N-CSRS 1 d396288dncsrs.htm N-CSRS N-CSRS

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number            811-08090                    

                                     Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust                                    

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

1300 South Clinton Street

                                     Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802                                    

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Ronald A. Holinsky, Esq.

Lincoln Financial Group

150 North Radnor Chester Road

                                         Radnor, Pennsylvania 19087                                        

(Name and address of agent for service)

Copies of all communications to:

Robert A. Robertson, Esq.

Dechert LLP

2010 Main Street

Suite 500

Irvine, CA 92614

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (260) 455-3404

Date of fiscal year end:  December 31

Date of reporting period:  June 30, 2017

Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-CSR, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-CSR unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.


 

 

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LVIP American Allocation Funds

 

LVIP American Balanced Allocation Fund

 

LVIP American Growth Allocation Fund

 

LVIP American Income Allocation Fund

 

each a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP American Allocation Funds

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocations      2  
Schedules of Investments      3  
Statements of Assets and Liabilities      6  
Statements of Operations      7  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      8  
Financial Highlights      9  
Notes to Financial Statements      15  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP American Allocation Funds

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

Each Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). The Lincoln Life and LNY hold each Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of a Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis tables. The Expense Analysis tables do not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. These Expense Analyses are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analyses are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the tables, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the tables, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the tables, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in a Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Funds do not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of each table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Funds’ actual expenses shown in the tables reflect fee waivers in effect.

LVIP American Balanced Allocation Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,078.10       0.23%          $1.19        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,076.40       0.58%          2.99        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,023.65       0.23%          $1.15        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,021.92       0.58%          2.91        

LVIP American Growth Allocation Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,091.30       0.23%          $1.19        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,089.30       0.58%          3.00        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,023.65       0.23%          $1.15        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,021.92       0.58%          2.91        

LVIP American Income Allocation Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,056.20       0.26%          $1.33        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,054.40       0.61%          3.11        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,023.51       0.26%          $1.30        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,021.77       0.61%          3.06        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to each Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

Each Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. Each Fund invests a substantial portion of its assets in other investment companies (“Underlying Funds”). In addition to the Funds’ expenses reflected above, the Funds also indirectly bear their portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in each table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

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LVIP American Allocation Funds

Security Type/Sector Allocations (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

LVIP American Balanced Allocation Fund

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Affiliated Investment

   3.02% 

Fixed Income Fund

   3.02% 

Unaffiliated Investments

   97.06% 

Asset Allocation Fund

   15.93% 

Equity Funds

   27.95% 

Fixed Income Funds

   32.18% 

International Equity Funds

   18.99% 

International Fixed Income Fund

   2.01% 

Total Value of Securities

   100.08% 

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

   (0.08%)

Total Net Assets

   100.00% 

LVIP American Growth Allocation Fund

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Affiliated Investment

   3.02% 

Fixed Income Fund

   3.02% 

Unaffiliated Investments

   97.05% 

Asset Allocation Fund

   11.95% 

Equity Funds

   31.97% 

Fixed Income Funds

   24.14% 

International Equity Funds

   28.99% 

Total Value of Securities

   100.07% 

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

   (0.07%)

Total Net Assets

   100.00% 

LVIP American Income Allocation Fund

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Unaffiliated Investments

   100.04% 

Asset Allocation Fund

   14.90% 

Equity Funds

   20.93% 

Fixed Income Funds

   54.21% 

International Equity Funds

   6.98% 

International Fixed Income Fund

   3.02% 

Total Value of Securities

   100.04% 

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

   (0.04%)

Total Net Assets

   100.00% 
 

 

LVIP American Allocation Funds–2


LVIP American Balanced Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENT–3.02%

 

Fixed Income Fund–3.02%

     

✢American Funds Insurance Series® – Mortgage Bond Fund

     2,481,390      $ 26,352,362  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment
(Cost $25,458,234)

        26,352,362  
     

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–97.06%

 

Asset Allocation Fund–15.93%

 

²American Funds® – Capital Income Builder

     2,269,471        139,095,872  
     

 

 

 
        139,095,872  
     

 

 

 

Equity Funds–27.95%

     

²American Funds®

     

AMCAP Fund

     1,774,902        52,483,848  

American Mutual Fund

     1,337,223        52,071,462  

✢American Funds Insurance Series® 

     

Blue Chip Income & Growth Fund

     3,815,395        52,423,528  

Growth Fund

     745,585        52,250,588  

Growth-Income Fund

     764,594        34,842,561  
     

 

 

 
             244,071,987  
     

 

 

 

Fixed Income Funds–32.18%

 

²American Funds® – Intermediate Bond Fund of America

     3,929,857        52,699,376  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Fixed Income Funds (continued)

 

✢American Funds Insurance Series® 

     

Bond Fund

     19,402,004      $ 210,705,763  

High-Income Bond Fund

     1,668,549        17,553,133  
     

 

 

 
        280,958,272  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–18.99%

 

✢American Funds Insurance Series® 

     

Global Growth & Income Fund

     1,190,128        17,435,371  

Global Growth Fund

     628,287        17,397,260  

Global Small Capitalization Fund

     1,536,234        34,933,960  

International Fund

     3,554,457        69,916,176  

New World Fund

     1,157,476        26,112,649  
     

 

 

 
        165,795,416  
     

 

 

 

International Fixed Income Fund–2.01%

 

  

✢American Funds Insurance Series® – Global Bond Fund

     1,501,740        17,600,397  
     

 

 

 
        17,600,397  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $760,290,145)

 

          847,521,944  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.08% (Cost $785,748,379)

     873,874,306  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.08%)

     (729,788
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 68,392,788 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $      873,144,518  
  

 

 

 

 

 

² 

Class R-6 shares.

 

Class 1 shares.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Allocation Funds–3


LVIP American Growth Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENT–3.02%

 

Fixed Income Fund–3.02%

 

✢American Funds Insurance Series® – Mortgage Bond Fund

     2,460,523      $ 26,130,759  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment (Cost $25,583,886)

        26,130,759  
     

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–97.05%

 

Asset Allocation Fund–11.95%

 

²American Funds® – Capital Income Builder

     1,686,685        103,376,933  
     

 

 

 
        103,376,933  
     

 

 

 

Equity Funds–31.97%

     

²American Funds®

     

AMCAP Fund

     1,760,070        52,045,268  

American Mutual Fund

     1,547,581        60,262,785  

✢American Funds Insurance Series® 

     

Blue Chip Income & Growth Fund

     4,414,195        60,651,037  

Growth Fund

     739,982        51,857,957  

Growth-Income Fund

     1,137,332        51,828,201  
     

 

 

 
             276,645,248  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Fixed Income Funds–24.14%

 

²American Funds® – Intermediate Bond Fund of America

     1,948,417      $ 26,128,277  

✢American Funds Insurance Series® 

     

Bond Fund

     15,227,804        165,373,951  

High-Income Bond Fund

     1,654,570        17,406,079  
     

 

 

 
        208,908,307  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–28.99%

 

²American Funds® – EuroPacific Growth Fund

     332,857        17,281,910  

✢American Funds Insurance Series® 

     

Global Growth & Income Fund

     1,770,289        25,934,729  

Global Growth Fund

     934,539        25,877,385  

Global Small Capitalization Fund

     1,904,260        43,302,873  

International Fund

     5,287,138        103,998,002  

New World Fund

     1,530,447        34,526,894  
     

 

 

 
             250,921,793  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $739,465,779)

 

     839,852,281  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.07% (Cost $765,049,665)

     865,983,040  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.07%)

     (565,825
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 65,100,506 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $    865,417,215  
  

 

 

 

 

 

² 

Class R-6 shares.

 

Class 1 shares.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Allocation Funds–4


LVIP American Income Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–100.04%

 

Asset Allocation Fund–14.90%

 

✢American Funds® – Capital Income Builder

     487,323      $ 29,867,999  
     

 

 

 
        29,867,999  
     

 

 

 

Equity Funds–20.93%

     

²American Funds®

     

AMCAP Fund

     338,880        10,020,685  

American Mutual Fund

     255,126        9,934,612  

✢American Funds Insurance Series®

     

Blue Chip Income & Growth Fund

     582,620        8,005,192  

Growth Fund

     113,808        7,975,694  

Growth-Income Fund

     131,717        6,002,350  
     

 

 

 
             41,938,533  
     

 

 

 

Fixed Income Funds–54.21%

     

²American Funds® – Intermediate Bond Fund of America

     1,500,912        20,127,229  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Fixed Income Funds (continued)

 

✢American Funds Insurance Series® 

     

Bond Fund

     6,112,644      $ 66,383,312  

High-Income Bond Fund

     573,327        6,031,396  

Mortgage Bond Fund

     757,934        8,049,259  

U.S. Government/AAA-Rated Securities Fund

     657,165        8,043,699  
     

 

 

 
        108,634,895  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–6.98%

 

✢American Funds Insurance Series® 

     

Global Small Capitalization Fund

     175,943        4,000,937  

International Fund

     305,312        6,005,483  

New World Fund

     176,740        3,987,260  
     

 

 

 
        13,993,680  
     

 

 

 

International Fixed Income Fund–3.02%

 

✢American Funds Insurance Series® – Global Bond Fund

     516,036        6,047,938  
     

 

 

 
        6,047,938  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments (Cost $187,671,925)

 

          200,483,045  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.04% (Cost $187,671,925)

     200,483,045  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.04%)

     (87,920
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 17,130,913 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $    200,395,125  
  

 

 

 

 

 

² 

Class R-6 shares.

 

Class 1 shares.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Allocation Funds–5


LVIP American Allocation Funds

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    LVIP American
Balanced Allocation
Fund
  LVIP American
Growth Allocation
Fund
  LVIP American
Income Allocation
Fund

ASSETS:

           

Affiliated investment, at value

    $ 26,352,362     $ 26,130,759     $

Unaffiliated investments, at value

      847,521,944       839,852,281       200,483,045
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

      873,874,306       865,983,040       200,483,045

Receivable for investments sold

      43,098       301,085       109,526

Receivable for fund shares sold

      42,484       1,918       36,860

Dividends receivable from investments

      22,216       11,125       11,937
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

      873,982,104       866,297,168       200,641,368
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

           

Due to manager and affiliates

      417,070       415,269       96,018

Payable for fund shares redeemed

      327,519       124,709       10,722

Cash due to custodian

      45,849       310,397       121,415

Other accrued expenses payable

      27,800       27,936       18,088

Payable for investments purchased

      19,348       1,642      
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

      837,586       879,953       246,243
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

    $ 873,144,518     $ 865,417,215     $ 200,395,125
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Affiliated investment, at cost

    $ 25,458,234     $ 25,583,886     $

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

      760,290,145       739,465,779       187,671,925
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

    $ 785,748,379     $ 765,049,665     $ 187,671,925
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Standard Class:

           

Net Assets

    $ 32,107,926     $ 13,988,600     $ 7,562,097

Shares Outstanding

      2,509,923       1,050,138       645,142

Net Asset Value Per Share

    $ 12.792     $ 13.321     $ 11.722

Service Class:

           

Net Assets

    $ 841,036,592     $ 851,428,615     $ 192,833,028

Shares Outstanding

      65,882,865       64,050,368       16,485,771

Net Asset Value Per Share

    $ 12.766     $ 13.293     $ 11.697

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

           

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

    $ 753,512,011     $ 726,880,668     $ 182,791,465

Undistributed net investment income

      3,711,953       3,194,685       910,447

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

      27,794,627       34,408,487       3,882,093

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

      88,125,927       100,933,375       12,811,120
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

    $ 873,144,518     $ 865,417,215     $ 200,395,125
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Allocation Funds–6


LVIP American Allocation Funds

Statements of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    LVIP American
Balanced Allocation
Fund
  LVIP American
Growth Allocation
Fund
  LVIP American
Income Allocation
Fund

INVESTMENT INCOME:

           

Dividends from unaffiliated investments

    $ 6,053,752     $ 5,552,527     $ 1,494,691

Dividends from affiliated investment

      78,873       77,437      
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
      6,132,625       5,629,964       1,494,691
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

           

Distribution fees-Service Class

      1,428,751       1,450,426       331,703

Management fees

      1,059,594       1,053,679       246,344

Accounting and administration expenses

      45,195       45,094       22,024

Shareholder servicing fees

      42,347       41,847       9,755

Professional fees

      18,896       19,143       11,529

Reports and statements to shareholders

      12,135       9,557       4,358

Trustees’ fees and expenses

      11,330       11,309       2,642

Custodian fees

      6,782       7,183       2,780

Consulting fees

      1,783       1,772       1,066

Pricing fees

      48       44       11

Other

      5,730       5,961       1,301
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
      2,632,591       2,646,015       633,513

Less:

           

Management fees waived

      (211,919 )       (210,736 )       (49,269 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

      2,420,672       2,435,279       584,244
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

      3,711,953       3,194,685       910,447
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

           

Net realized gain (loss) from:

           

Distributions from unaffiliated investments

      13,542,464       13,963,083       2,646,159

Distributions from affiliated investment

      160,095       157,221      

Sale of unaffiliated investments

      2,929,169       4,564,052       425,622

Sale of affiliated investment

      (13,926 )       (10,233 )      
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized gain

      16,617,802       18,674,123       3,071,781
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

           

Unaffiliated investments

      42,060,964       50,422,224       6,507,716

Affiliated investment

      161,469       159,796      
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

      42,222,433       50,582,020       6,507,716
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

      58,840,235       69,256,143       9,579,497
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

    $ 62,552,188     $ 72,450,828     $ 10,489,944
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Allocation Funds–7


LVIP American Allocation Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     LVIP American
Balanced Allocation
Fund
    LVIP American
Growth Allocation
Fund
    LVIP American
Income Allocation
Fund
 
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

            

Net investment income

   $ 3,711,953     $ 13,162,874     $ 3,194,685     $ 12,450,293     $ 910,447     $ 3,320,996  

Net realized gain

     16,617,802       19,373,333       18,674,123       24,449,679       3,071,781       3,060,450  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     42,222,433       13,868,453       50,582,020       12,706,103       6,507,716       3,322,592  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     62,552,188       46,404,660       72,450,828       49,606,075       10,489,944       9,704,038  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

            

Net investment income:

            

Standard Class

           (641,069           (312,758           (176,601

Service Class

           (14,073,966           (13,697,791           (3,586,143

Net realized gain:

            

Standard Class

           (1,471,927           (706,457           (209,830

Service Class

           (32,803,483           (38,155,745           (5,116,191
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (48,990,445           (52,872,751           (9,088,765
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

            

Proceeds from shares sold:

            

Standard Class

     1,688,674       11,029,343       932,837       4,974,358       980,671       1,644,173  

Service Class

     49,903,834       83,162,842       35,608,071       60,262,671       16,683,025       34,037,807  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

            

Standard Class

           2,112,996             1,019,215             386,431  

Service Class

           46,877,448             51,853,536             8,702,334  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     51,592,508       143,182,629       36,540,908       118,109,780       17,663,696       44,770,745  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

            

Standard Class

     (2,415,467     (12,696,961     (3,663,706     (4,341,222     (1,607,346     (1,637,747

Service Class

     (63,845,964     (115,338,686     (70,672,878     (112,969,084     (19,458,283     (35,409,021
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (66,261,431     (128,035,647     (74,336,584     (117,310,306     (21,065,629     (37,046,768
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (14,668,923     15,146,982       (37,795,676     799,474       (3,401,933     7,723,977  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

     47,883,265       12,561,197       34,655,152       (2,467,202     7,088,011       8,339,250  

NET ASSETS:

            

Beginning of period

     825,261,253       812,700,056       830,762,063       833,229,265       193,307,114       184,967,864  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 873,144,518     $ 825,261,253     $ 865,417,215     $ 830,762,063     $ 200,395,125     $ 193,307,114  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 3,711,953     $     $ 3,194,685     $     $ 910,447     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Allocation Funds–8


LVIP American Balanced Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP American Balanced Allocation Fund Standard Class
        Six Months
   Ended
   6/30/171
   (unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 11.865      $ 11.893     $ 12.768     $ 12.820     $ 11.416     $ 10.545

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.075        0.235       0.237       0.279       0.246       0.270

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.852        0.503       (0.328 )       0.453       1.463       0.947
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.927        0.738       (0.091 )       0.732       1.709       1.217
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.256 )       (0.363 )       (0.297 )       (0.257 )       (0.337 )

Net realized gain

              (0.510 )       (0.421 )       (0.487 )       (0.048 )       (0.009 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.766 )       (0.784 )       (0.784 )       (0.305 )       (0.346 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 12.792      $ 11.865     $ 11.893     $ 12.768     $ 12.820     $ 11.416
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       7.81%        6.20%       (0.68% )       5.74%       14.98%       11.58%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 32,108      $ 30,474     $ 30,201     $ 30,939     $ 29,314     $ 17,492

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.23%        0.23%       0.22%       0.22%       0.22%       0.20%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.28%        0.28%       0.27%       0.27%       0.28%       0.28%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.21%        1.94%       1.85%       2.13%       2.01%       2.40%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.16%        1.89%       1.80%       2.08%       1.95%       2.32%

Portfolio turnover

       15%        30%       25%       19%       49%       24%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Allocation Funds–9


LVIP American Balanced Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP American Balanced Allocation Fund Service Class
        Six Months
   Ended
   6/30/171
   (unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $   11.860      $   11.890     $   12.765     $   12.818     $   11.416     $   10.549

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.053        0.192       0.192       0.233       0.202       0.231

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.853        0.501       (0.328 )       0.452       1.462       0.945
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.906        0.693       (0.136 )       0.685       1.664       1.176
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.213 )       (0.318 )       (0.251 )       (0.214 )       (0.300 )

Net realized gain

              (0.510 )       (0.421 )       (0.487 )       (0.048 )       (0.009 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.723 )       (0.739 )       (0.738 )       (0.262 )       (0.309 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $   12.766      $   11.860     $   11.890     $   12.765     $   12.818     $   11.416
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       7.64%        5.83%       (1.03% )       5.37%       14.59%       11.18%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 841,037      $ 794,787     $ 782,499     $ 819,047     $ 778,627     $ 685,676

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.58%        0.58%       0.57%       0.57%       0.57%       0.55%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.63%        0.63%       0.62%       0.62%       0.63%       0.63%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.86%        1.59%       1.50%       1.78%       1.66%       2.05%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.81%        1.54%       1.45%       1.73%       1.60%       1.97%

Portfolio turnover

       15%        30%       25%       19%       49%       24%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Allocation Funds–10


LVIP American Growth Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP American Growth Allocation Fund Standard Class
        Six Months
   Ended
   6/30/171
    (unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 12.207      $ 12.265     $ 13.298     $ 13.297     $ 11.526     $ 10.485

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.070        0.229       0.243       0.287       0.247       0.253

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.044        0.561       (0.369 )       0.459       1.820       1.120
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.114        0.790       (0.126 )       0.746       2.067       1.373
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.251 )       (0.370 )       (0.303 )       (0.247 )       (0.327 )

Net realized gain

              (0.597 )       (0.537 )       (0.442 )       (0.049 )       (0.005 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.848 )       (0.907 )       (0.745 )       (0.296 )       (0.332 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 13.321      $ 12.207     $ 12.265     $ 13.298     $ 13.297     $ 11.526
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       9.13%        6.45%       (0.89% )       5.63%       17.94%       13.15%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 13,988      $ 15,462     $ 13,884     $ 15,753     $ 14,903     $ 10,649

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.23%        0.22%       0.22%       0.22%       0.22%       0.21%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.28%        0.27%       0.27%       0.27%       0.28%       0.29%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.10%        1.84%       1.82%       2.11%       1.97%       2.25%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.05%        1.79%       1.77%       2.06%       1.91%       2.17%

Portfolio turnover

       12%        30%       23%       19%       42%       18%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Allocation Funds–11


LVIP American Growth Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP American Growth Allocation Fund Service Class
        Six Months
   Ended
   6/30/171
   (unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $   12.203      $   12.263     $   13.295     $   13.295     $   11.527     $   10.490

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.048        0.185       0.196       0.239       0.202       0.214

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.042        0.560       (0.368 )       0.458       1.818       1.118
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.090        0.745       (0.172 )       0.697       2.020       1.332
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.208 )       (0.323 )       (0.255 )       (0.203 )       (0.290 )

Net realized gain

              (0.597 )       (0.537 )       (0.442 )       (0.049 )       (0.005 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.805 )       (0.860 )       (0.697 )       (0.252 )       (0.295 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $   13.293      $   12.203     $   12.263     $   13.295     $   13.295     $   11.527
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       8.93%        6.08%       (1.23% )       5.26%       17.53%       12.74%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 851,429      $ 815,300     $ 819,345     $ 845,384     $ 783,260     $ 642,165

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.58%        0.57%       0.57%       0.57%       0.57%       0.56%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.63%        0.62%       0.62%       0.62%       0.63%       0.64%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.75%        1.49%       1.47%       1.76%       1.62%       1.90%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.70%        1.44%       1.42%       1.71%       1.56%       1.82%

Portfolio turnover

       12%        30%       23%       19%       42%       18%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP American Income Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP American Income Allocation Fund Standard Class
        Six Months
   Ended
   6/30/171
   (unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 11.098      $ 11.047     $ 11.827     $ 11.937     $ 11.208     $ 10.660

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.072        0.234       0.226       0.266       0.231       0.286

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.552        0.388       (0.310 )       0.469       0.771       0.635
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.624        0.622       (0.084 )       0.735       1.002       0.921
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.258 )       (0.361 )       (0.300 )       (0.254 )       (0.365 )

Net realized gain

              (0.313 )       (0.335 )       (0.545 )       (0.019 )       (0.008 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.571 )       (0.696 )       (0.845 )       (0.273 )       (0.373 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 11.722      $ 11.098     $ 11.047     $ 11.827     $ 11.937     $ 11.208
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       5.62%        5.62%       (0.70% )       6.20%       8.95%       8.66%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $   7,562      $   7,772     $   7,355     $   8,346     $   6,351     $   5,799

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.26%        0.25%       0.25%       0.24%       0.25%       0.23%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.31%        0.30%       0.30%       0.29%       0.30%       0.31%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.26%        2.06%       1.91%       2.17%       1.97%       2.56%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.21%        2.01%       1.86%       2.12%       1.92%       2.48%

Portfolio turnover

       23%        31%       31%       22%       61%       30%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Allocation Funds–13


LVIP American Income Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP American Income Allocation Fund Service Class
        Six Months
   Ended
   6/30/171
   (unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $   11.094      $   11.044     $   11.823     $   11.934     $   11.207     $   10.663

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.052        0.194       0.184       0.223       0.190       0.247

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.551        0.387       (0.308 )       0.468       0.769       0.633
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.603        0.581       (0.124 )       0.691       0.959       0.880
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.218 )       (0.320 )       (0.257 )       (0.213 )       (0.328 )

Net realized gain

              (0.313 )       (0.335 )       (0.545 )       (0.019 )       (0.008 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.531 )       (0.655 )       (0.802 )       (0.232 )       (0.336 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $   11.697      $   11.094     $   11.044     $   11.823     $   11.934     $   11.207
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       5.44%        5.25%       (1.04% )       5.84%       8.57%       8.27%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 192,833      $ 185,535     $ 177,613     $ 203,605     $ 208,183     $ 195,751

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.61%        0.60%       0.60%       0.59%       0.60%       0.58%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.66%        0.65%       0.65%       0.64%       0.65%       0.66%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.91%        1.71%       1.56%       1.82%       1.62%       2.21%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.86%        1.66%       1.51%       1.77%       1.57%       2.13%

Portfolio turnover

       23%        31%       31%       22%       61%       30%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Allocation Funds–14


LVIP American Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP American Balanced Allocation Fund, LVIP American Growth Allocation Fund and LVIP American Income Allocation Fund (each, a “Fund”, and collectively, the “Funds”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Funds are non-diversified management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act. Each Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Funds’ shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

Each Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests a substantial portion of its assets in the American Funds Insurance Series® funds and American Funds® retail funds (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Underlying Funds, which are advised by an unaffiliated adviser, invest in U.S. and foreign stocks, bonds and money market instruments. In addition to investment company investments, each Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The investment objective of the LVIP American Balanced Allocation Fund is to seek to have a balance between a high level of current income and growth of capital, with an emphasis on growth of capital.

The investment objective of the LVIP American Growth Allocation Fund is to seek to have a balance between a high level of current income and growth of capital, with a greater emphasis on growth of capital.

The investment objective of the LVIP American Income Allocation Fund is to seek to have a high level of current income with some consideration given to growth of capital.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

Each Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, each Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Funds.

Security Valuation–The Funds value Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because each Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Funds evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing each Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on each Funds’ federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. If applicable, each Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statements of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Funds did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Funds on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

LVIP American Allocation Funds–15


LVIP American Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

The Funds declare and distribute dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Funds may receive earnings credits from their custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of each Fund’s investment portfolio, and providing certain administrative services to each Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each Fund. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is in addition to the management fees indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.05% of the average daily net assets of each Fund. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) and LIAC.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Funds. For these services, the Funds reimburse Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statements of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

     LVIP American
Balanced Allocation
Fund
   LVIP American
Growth Allocation
Fund
   LVIP American
Income Allocation
Fund

Administrative

     $ 24,046      $ 23,967      $ 5,592

Legal

       5,804        5,785        1,350

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Funds. Effective May 1, 2017, the each Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the average daily net assets of each Fund, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Funds. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statements of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Funds reimburse Lincoln Life for the cost of these services. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, these fees were as follows:

 

     LVIP American
Balanced Allocation
Fund
   LVIP American
Growth Allocation
Fund
   LVIP American
Income Allocation
Fund

Printing and mailing

       $8,379          $5,798          $2,140

The Funds currently offer two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to their distribution and service plan, the Funds are authorized to pay out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or other, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statements of Operations, the Funds indirectly bear the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which they invest. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Funds may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

 

LVIP American Allocation Funds–16


LVIP American Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

At June 30, 2017, the Funds had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

     LVIP American
Balanced Allocation
Fund
   LVIP American
Growth Allocation
Fund
   LVIP American
Income Allocation
Fund

Management fees payable to LIAC

     $ 144,375      $ 142,847      $ 33,193

Distribution fees payable to LFD

       243,382        245,911        55,872

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

       8,379        5,798        2,140

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

       20,934        20,713        4,813

Certain officers and trustees of the Funds are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Funds. The Funds pay compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

Affiliated investments, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers whereby the Fund held 5% or more of the issuers’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds or ETFs). Affiliated investments of the Funds and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

LVIP American Balanced Allocation Fund

 

    Value
12/31/16
  Purchases   Sales   Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
  Value
6/31/17
  Dividends   Capital Gain
Distributions

American Funds Insurance Series® - Mortgage Bond Fund

    $ 24,794,514     $ 2,581,311     $ 1,171,006     $ (13,926 )     $ 161,469     $ 26,352,362     $ 78,853     $ 160,095

LVIP American Growth Allocation Fund

 

    Value
12/31/16
  Purchases   Sales   Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
  Value
6/30/17
  Dividends   Capital Gain
Distributions

American Funds Insurance Series® - Mortgage Bond Fund

    $ 24,966,580     $ 2,580,674     $ 1,566,058     $ (10,233 )     $ 159,796     $ 26,130,759     $ 77,437     $ 157,221

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, each Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

     LVIP American
Balanced Allocation
Fund
   LVIP American
Growth Allocation
Fund
   LVIP American
Income Allocation
Fund

Purchases

     $ 132,314,931      $ 104,146,572      $ 44,849,554

Sales

       130,831,602        125,320,172        45,005,371

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for each Fund were as follows:

 

     LVIP American
Balanced Allocation
Fund
   LVIP American
Growth Allocation
Fund
   LVIP American
Income Allocation
Fund

Cost of investments

     $ 785,748,379      $ 765,049,665      $ 187,671,925
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

     $   89,515,606      $ 102,100,071      $   13,054,821

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

       (1,389,679 )        (1,166,696 )        (243,701 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

     $   88,125,927      $ 100,933,375      $   12,811,120
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that each Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable

 

LVIP American Allocation Funds–17


LVIP American Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

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 reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including each Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of each Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

Level 1

   LVIP American
Balanced Allocation
Fund
   LVIP American
Growth Allocation
Fund
   LVIP American
Income Allocation
Fund

Investments:

              

Assets:

              

Affiliated Investment

     $   26,352,362      $   26,130,759      $                 —

Unaffiliated Investments

       847,521,944        839,852,281        200,483,045
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Investments

     $ 873,874,306      $ 865,983,040      $ 200,483,045
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Funds’ policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     LVIP American
Balanced Allocation
Fund
  LVIP American
Growth Allocation
Fund
  LVIP American
Income Allocation
Fund
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
  12/31/16   Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
  12/31/16   Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
  12/31/16

Shares sold:

                        

Standard Class

       137,145       893,691       74,064       401,133       85,956       146,485

Service Class

       4,050,524       6,899,895       2,787,913       4,926,830       1,460,608       2,999,806

Shares reinvested:

                        

Standard Class

             175,472             82,413             34,315

Service Class

             3,900,671             4,198,845             773,215
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
       4,187,669       11,869,729       2,861,977       9,609,221       1,546,564       3,953,821
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

                        

Standard Class

       (195,733 )       (1,040,137 )       (290,559 )       (348,926 )       (141,103 )       (146,241 )

Service Class

       (5,180,191 )       (9,599,470 )       (5,551,022 )       (9,126,678 )       (1,698,464 )       (3,131,472 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
       (5,375,924 )       (10,639,607 )       (5,841,581 )       (9,475,604 )       (1,839,567 )       (3,277,713 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

       (1,188,255 )       1,230,122       (2,979,604 )       133,617       (293,003 )       676,108
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

5. Contractual Obligations

The Funds enter into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Funds’ existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

 

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LVIP American Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

6. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Funds’ current financial statement presentation and expects that the Funds will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

7. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no additional material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.

 

LVIP American Allocation Funds–19


 

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LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

  


LVIP American Century Select

Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Index

 

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation      2  
Schedule of Investments      3  
Statement of Assets and Liabilities      4  
Statement of Operations      5  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      5  
Financial Highlights      6  
Notes to Financial Statements      8  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,055.20       0.06     $0.31     

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,053.40       0.41     2.09     

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)*

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,024.50       0.06     $0.30     

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.76       0.41     2.06     

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to a Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies (Underlying Funds). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

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LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Sector

 

  

Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Affiliated Investments

   92.98%  

Equity Funds

   92.98%  

Unaffiliated Investment

   6.86%  

Money Market Fund

   6.86%  

Total Value of Securities

   99.84%  

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

   0.16%  

Total Net Assets

   100.00%  
 

 

LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund–2


LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–92.98%

 

  

Equity Funds–92.98%

     

*American Century VP–

     

Capital Appreciation Fund

     4,302,282      $ 63,630,752  

Mid Cap Value Fund

     11,915,679            254,876,376  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $290,119,568)

 

     318,507,128  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENT–6.86%

 

Money Market Fund–6.86%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     23,506,303      $   23,506,303  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investment
(Cost $23,506,303)

        23,506,303  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.84% (Cost $313,625,871)

     342,013,431  

RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.16%

     562,198  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 26,184,259 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 342,575,629  
  

 

 

 

 

 

*  Class I shares.

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

   Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
     Notional
Value
     Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Currency Contracts:

              

3

   British Pound    $ 240,572      $ 244,594        9/19/17      $ 4,022      $  

3

   Euro      425,203        430,013        9/19/17        4,810         

3

   Japanese Yen      345,272        334,125        9/19/17               (11,147
              

 

 

    

 

 

 
                 8,832        (11,147
              

 

 

    

 

 

 

Equity Contracts:

              

21

   E-mini Russell 2000 Index      1,469,615        1,485,015        9/18/17        15,400         

82

   E-mini S&P 500 Index      9,948,588        9,925,690        9/18/17               (22,898

52

   E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index      9,181,193        9,079,720        9/18/17               (101,473

12

   Euro STOXX 50 Index      487,106        470,246        9/18/17               (16,860

3

   FTSE 100 Index      290,565        282,990        9/18/17               (7,575

2

   Nikkei 225 Index (OSE)      357,681        355,990        9/8/17               (1,691
              

 

 

    

 

 

 
                 15,400        (150,497
              

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

               $ 24,232      $ (161,644
              

 

 

    

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional value presented above represents the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

FTSE–Financial Times Stock Exchange

OSE–Osaka Securities Exchange

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

ASSETS:

  

Affiliated investments, at value

   $ 318,507,128  

Unaffiliated investment, at value

     23,506,303  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

     342,013,431  

Cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts

     854,198  

Receivable for fund shares sold

     154,471  

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at value

     125,135  

Expense reimbursement from Lincoln Investment Advisor Corporation

     24,551  

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

     24,232  

Dividends receivable from investments

     15,120  

Foreign currencies, at value

     9,463  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     343,220,601  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

  

Cash due to custodian

     304,010  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

     161,644  

Due to manager and affiliates

     135,087  

Other accrued expenses payable

     22,992  

Payable for fund shares redeemed

     17,135  

Payable for investments purchased

     4,104  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     644,972  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 342,575,629  
  

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

   $ 290,119,568  

Unaffiliated investment, at cost

     23,506,303  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

   $ 313,625,871  
  

 

 

 

Foreign currencies, at cost

   $ 9,476  
  

 

 

 

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at cost

   $ 125,135  
  

 

 

 

Standard Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 13,640  

Shares Outstanding

     1,041  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 13.103

Service Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 342,561,989  

Shares Outstanding

     26,183,218  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 13.083  

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 302,511,303  

Undistributed net investment income

     1,959,835  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

     9,854,357  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and derivatives

     28,250,134  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 342,575,629  
  

 

 

 

*Net Asset Value Per Share does not recalculate exactly, due to rounding.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund–4


LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap

Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends from affiliated investments

   $ 1,623,922  

Dividends from unaffiliated investment

     62,463  
  

 

 

 
     1,686,385  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     1,170,454  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     546,188  

Accounting and administration expenses

     25,662  

Professional fees

     17,760  

Shareholder servicing fees

     16,437  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     14,974  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     3,982  

Custodian fees

     2,240  

Consulting fees

     2,135  

Pricing fees

     141  

Other

     996  
  

 

 

 
     1,800,969  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (1,076,818

Expenses reimbursed

     (84,326
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     639,825  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     1,046,560  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Distributions from affiliated investments

     7,697,050  

Sale of affiliated investments

     (136,943

Foreign currencies

     2,041  

Futures contracts

     1,301,799  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     8,863,947  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Affiliated investments

     5,397,081  

Futures contracts

     (23,136

Foreign currencies

     (1
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     5,373,944  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     14,237,891  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 15,284,451  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap

Managed Volatility Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 1,046,560     $ 2,139,083  

Net realized gain

     8,863,947       3,830,204  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     5,373,944       27,023,080  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     15,284,451       32,992,367  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (197

Service Class

           (3,064,802
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (3,064,999
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

            

Service Class

     84,631,460       96,050,060  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           197  

Service Class

           3,064,802  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     84,631,460       99,115,059  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

            

Service Class

     (16,848,809     (29,205,299
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (16,848,809     (29,205,299
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     67,782,651       69,909,760  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     83,067,102       99,837,128  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     259,508,527       159,671,399  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 342,575,629     $ 259,508,527  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 1,959,835     $ 913,275  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund–5


LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund
Standard Class
   

Six months
Ended

6/30/171
(unaudited)

   Year Ended  

1/2/143

to

12/31/14

       12/31/162   12/31/15  
   

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 12.418      $ 10.706     $ 11.348     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                

Net investment income4

      0.065        0.164       0.177       0.116

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.620        1.740       (0.618 )       1.300
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.685        1.904       (0.441 )       1.416
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                

Net investment income

             (0.192 )       (0.201 )       (0.068 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.192 )       (0.201 )       (0.068 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 13.103      $ 12.418     $ 10.706     $ 11.348
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

      5.52%        17.83%       (3.91% )       14.17%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 14      $ 13     $ 11     $ 12

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

      0.06%        0.04%       0.00%       0.00%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

      0.80%        0.83%       0.85%       0.95%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      1.02%        1.43%       1.57%       1.11%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      0.28%        0.64%       0.72%       0.16%

Portfolio turnover

      2%        28%       15%       7%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund
Service Class
     Six months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  Year Ended  

1/2/143
to
12/31/14

     12/31/162   12/31/15  
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 12.420     $ 10.708     $ 11.349     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                

Net investment income4

       0.043       0.125       0.137       0.084

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.620       1.739       (0.616 )       1.293
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.663       1.864       (0.479 )       1.377
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                

Net investment income

             (0.152 )       (0.162 )       (0.028 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.152 )       (0.162 )       (0.028 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 13.083     $ 12.420     $ 10.708     $ 11.349
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

       5.34%       17.43%       (4.24% )       13.77%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 342,562     $ 259,496     $ 159,660     $ 88,120

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

       0.41%       0.39%       0.35%       0.35%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

       1.15%       1.18%       1.20%       1.30%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.67%       1.08%       1.22%       0.76%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.07% )       0.29%       0.37%       (0.19% )

Portfolio turnover

       2%       28%       15%       7%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”), Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all its assets in other open-end investment companies, primarily the American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Fund is advised by Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”). The American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund, which is advised by an unaffiliated adviser, invests at least 80% of its assets in medium size companies. In addition to investment company investments, the Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments, and employs an actively managed risk-management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2014–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

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LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

LIAC is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolios, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser(s), and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.75% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.69% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses (excluding Underlying Fund fees and expenses) exceed 0.06% of the average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.41% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s volatility management overlay. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for the administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 8,501  

Legal

     2,054  
 

 

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, each Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $11,462 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and Service Class shares. The two classes of shares are identical except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Because the Underlying Funds have varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivables due from and liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 24,551  

Management fees payable to LIAC

     16,897  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     98,561  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     11,462  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     8,167  
 

 

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

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LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

Affiliated investments, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers whereby the Fund held 5% or more of the issuers’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds). Affiliated investments of the Fund and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

    Value
12/31/16
  Purchases   Sales   Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
  Value
6/30/17
  Dividends   Capital Gain
Distributions

American Century VP Capital Appreciation Fund

    $ 47,857,957     $ 15,878,992     $ 3,154,349     $ (30,667 )     $ 3,078,819     $ 63,630,752     $     $ 2,913,464

American Century VP Mid Cap Value

      193,306,676       62,741,207       3,383,493       (106,276 )       2,318,262       254,876,376       1,623,922       4,783,586
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

    $ 241,164,633     $ 78,620,199     $ 6,537,842     $ (136,943 )     $ 5,397,081     $ 318,507,128     $ 1,623,922     $ 7,697,050
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 78,620,199  

Sales

     6,537,842  
 

 

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 313,625,871  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 28,387,560  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

      
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 28,387,560  
  

 

 

 
 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

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LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

3. Investments (continued)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

       Level 1  

Investments:

    

Assets:

    

Affiliated Investment

     $ 318,507,128  

Unaffiliated Investments

       23,506,303  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments

     $ 342,013,431  
    

 

 

 

Derivatives:

    

Assets:

    

Futures Contracts

     $ 24,232  
    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

    

Futures Contracts

     $ (161,644
    

 

 

 
 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Service Class

     6,591,905       8,262,655  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           16  

Service Class

           248,366  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     6,591,905       8,511,037  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Service Class

     (1,302,712     (2,528,058
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (1,302,712     (2,528,058
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     5,289,193       5,982,979  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

 

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LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

     Asset Derivatives      Liability Derivatives  
     Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location      Fair Value      Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location    Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

    
Unrealized appreciation on
futures contracts
 
 
   $ 8,832      Unrealized depreciation on
futures contracts
   $ (11,147

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

    
Unrealized appreciation on
futures contracts
 
 
     15,400      Unrealized depreciation on
futures contracts
     (150,497
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

      $ 24,232         $ (161,644
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain (Loss)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
   Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

  

Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts

     $ 38,499      $ 6,974

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

  

Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts

       1,263,300        (30,110 )
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

        $ 1,301,799      $ (23,136 )
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
   Short Derivative
Volume

Futures contracts (Average notional value)

       $20,687,313           $—   

6. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

7. Market Risk

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP American Growth Fund

 

LVIP American Growth-Income Fund

 

LVIP American International Fund

 

each a series of Lincoln Variable
Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

 


LVIP American Funds

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Statements of Net Assets      3  
Statements of Operations      8  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      9  
Financial Highlights      11  
Notes to Financial Statements      16  

 

 

 

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

 

For a free copy of the Funds’ proxy voting procedures and information regarding how a Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP American Funds

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

Each Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold each Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of a Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis tables. The Expense Analysis tables do not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. These Expense Analyses are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analyses are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the tables, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the tables, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the tables, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in a Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Funds do not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of each table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Funds’ actual expenses shown in the tables reflect expense reimbursements in effect for the LVIP American Global Small Capitalization Fund.

LVIP American Global Growth Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Service Class II Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,184.00       0.63%         $3.41      

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Service Class II Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,021.67       0.63%         $3.16      

LVIP American Global Small Capitalization Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Service Class II Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,124.60       0.65%         $3.42      

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Service Class II Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,021.57       0.65%         $3.26      

LVIP American Growth Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Service Class II Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,148.00       0.62%         $3.30      

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Service Class II Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,021.72       0.62%         $3.11      
 

 

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LVIP American Funds

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited) (continued)

LVIP American Growth-Income Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Service Class II Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,095.80       0.60%       $3.12      

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Service Class II Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,021.82       0.60%       $3.01      

LVIP American International Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $ 1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Service Class II Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,183.50       0.62%         $3.36      

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Service Class II Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,021.72       0.62%         $3.11      

 

*

 “Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to each Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

Each Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. Each Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies (Underlying Funds). In addition to the Funds’ expenses reflected above, the Funds also indirectly bear their portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in each table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial Statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

LVIP American Funds–2


LVIP American Global Growth Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

INVESTMENT COMPANY–100.06%

    

International Equity Fund–100.06%

    

American Funds Insurance Series®
Global Growth Fund Class 1

     5,770,903     $ 159,796,329  
    

 

 

 

Total Investment Company
(Cost $138,243,249)

       159,796,329  
    

 

 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.06% (Cost $138,243,249)

       159,796,329  

« LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.06%)

       (102,014
    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 8,585,302 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

       $159,694,315  
    

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP AMERICAN GLOBAL GROWTH FUND SERVICE CLASS II ($159,694,315 / 8,585,302 Shares)

       $18.601  
    

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

    

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

       $128,096,802  

Distributions in excess of net investment income

       (249,920

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

       10,294,353  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

       21,553,080  
    

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

       $159,694,315  
    

 

 

 

 

«

Of this amount, $86,542 represents due to manager and affiliates, $525,514 payable for investments purchased, and $154,870 payable for fund shares redeemed as of June 30, 2017.

The LVIP American Global Growth Fund (Fund) invests substantially all of its assets in Class 1 shares of the Global Growth Fund, a series of the American Funds Insurance Series® (Underlying Fund) (See Note 1 in Notes to Financial Statements). The Fund has an investment objective that is consistent with its corresponding Underlying Fund. The financial statements of the Underlying Fund, including the Schedule of Investments, should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s financial statements.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Funds–3


LVIP American Global Small Capitalization Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    Number of
Shares
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

INVESTMENT COMPANY–100.08%

   

International Equity Fund–100.08%

   

American Funds Insurance Series®
Global Small Capitalization Fund Class 1

    3,175,291     $ 72,206,114  
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Company
(Cost $61,443,333)

      72,206,114  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.08% (Cost $61,443,333)

      72,206,114  

« LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.08%)

      (55,359
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 4,412,319 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

      $72,150,755  
   

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP AMERICAN GLOBAL SMALL CAPITALIZATION FUND SERVICE CLASS II ($72,150,755 / 4,412,319 Shares)

      $16.352  
   

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

   

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

      $52,227,163  

Undistributed net investment income

      75,094  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

      9,085,717  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

      10,762,781  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

      $72,150,755  
   

 

 

 

 

 

«

Of this amount, $5,659 represents expense reimbursement receivable from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation, $46,250 due to manager and affiliates, and $26,708 payable for fund shares redeemed as of June 30, 2017.

The LVIP American Global Small Capitalization Fund (Fund) invests substantially all of its assets in Class 1 shares of the Global Small Capitalization Fund, a series of the American Funds Insurance Series® (Underlying Fund) (See Note 1 in Notes to Financial Statements). The Fund has an investment objective that is consistent with its corresponding Underlying Fund. The financial statements of the Underlying Fund, including the Schedule of Investments, should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s financial statements.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Funds–4


LVIP American Growth Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    Number of
Shares
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

INVESTMENT COMPANY–100.06%

   

Equity Fund–100.06%

   

American Funds Insurance Series®
Growth Fund Class 1

    6,583,538     $ 461,374,331  
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Company
(Cost $403,862,601)

      461,374,331  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.06% (Cost $403,862,601)

      461,374,331  

« LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.06%)

      (290,591
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 23,205,823 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

       $ 461,083,740  
   

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP AMERICAN GROWTH FUND SERVICE CLASS II ($461,083,740 / 23,205,823 Shares)

      $19.869  
   

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

   

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

       $ 336,514,221  

Distributions in excess of net investment income

      (544,545

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

      67,602,334  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

      57,511,730  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

       $ 461,083,740  
   

 

 

 

 

 

«

Of this amount, $273,844 represents due to manager and affiliates and $210,033 payable for fund shares redeemed as of June 30, 2017.

The LVIP American Growth Fund (Fund) invests substantially all of its assets in Class 1 shares of the Growth Fund, a series of the American Funds Insurance Series® (Underlying Fund) (See Note 1 in Notes to Financial Statements). The Fund has an investment objective that is consistent with its corresponding Underlying Fund. The financial statements of the Underlying Fund, including the Schedule of Investments, should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s financial statements.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Funds–5


LVIP American Growth-Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    Number of
Shares
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

INVESTMENT COMPANY–100.05%

   

Equity Fund–100.05%

   

American Funds Insurance Series®
Growth-Income Fund Class 1

    8,564,947     $ 390,304,665  
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Company
(Cost $341,446,488)

      390,304,665  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.05% (Cost $341,446,488)

      390,304,665  

« LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.05%)

      (212,726
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 19,574,822 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

       $ 390,091,939  
   

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP AMERICAN GROWTH-INCOME FUND SERVICE
CLASS II ($390,091,939 / 19,574,822 Shares)

      $19.928  
   

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

   

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

       $ 291,139,916  

Undistributed net investment income

      13,220  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

      50,080,626  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

      48,858,177  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

       $ 390,091,939  
   

 

 

 

 

«

Of this amount, $195,598 represents due to manager and affiliates, $106,332 payable for investments purchased, and $172,239 payable for fund shares redeemed as of June 30, 2017.

The LVIP American Growth-Income Fund (Fund) invests substantially all of its assets in Class 1 shares of the Growth-Income Fund, a series of the American Funds Insurance Series® (Underlying Fund) (See Note 1 in Notes to Financial Statements). The Fund has an investment objective that is consistent with its corresponding Underlying Fund. The financial statements of the Underlying Fund, including the Schedule of Investments, should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s financial statements.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Funds–6


LVIP American International Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    Number of
Shares
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

INVESTMENT COMPANY–100.06%

   

International Equity Fund–100.06%

   

American Funds Insurance Series®
International Fund Class 1

    8,444,507     $ 166,103,473  
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Company
(Cost $141,575,729)

      166,103,473  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.06% (Cost $141,575,729)

      166,103,473  

« LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.06%)

      (104,157
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 11,101,755 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

       $ 165,999,316  
   

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL FUND SERVICE CLASS II ($165,999,316 / 11,101,755 Shares)

      $14.953  
   

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

   

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

       $ 131,591,219  

Undistributed net investment income

      81,809  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

      9,798,544  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

      24,527,744  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

       $ 165,999,316  
   

 

 

 

 

«

Of this amount, $88,375 represents due to manager and affiliates and $177,049 payable for fund shares redeemed as of June 30, 2017.

The LVIP American International Fund (Fund) invests substantially all of its assets in Class 1 shares of the International Fund, a series of the American Funds Insurance Series® (Underlying Fund) (See Note 1 in Notes to Financial Statements). The Fund has an investment objective that is consistent with its corresponding Underlying Fund. The financial statements of the Underlying Fund, including the Schedule of Investments, should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s financial statements.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Funds–7


LVIP American Funds

Statements of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    LVIP American
Global Growth
Fund
  LVIP American
Global Small
Capitalization
Fund
  LVIP American
Growth Fund
  LVIP American
Growth-Income
Fund
  LVIP American
International
Fund

INVESTMENT INCOME:

                   

Dividends from investment companies

    $ 188,817     $ 300,386     $ 726,098     $ 1,064,173     $ 563,972
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

                   

Distribution fees-Service Class II

      382,275       190,631       1,134,233       966,070       425,347

Accounting and administration expenses

      19,810       17,407       29,230       27,228       20,413

Professional fees

      12,204       11,562       14,869       14,296       12,385

Reports and statements to shareholders

      12,105       13,108       56,282       13,646       10,973

Shareholder servicing fees

      7,544       3,468       21,964       18,367       7,976

Trustees’ fees and expenses

      1,803       905       5,345       4,607       2,025

Consulting fees

      1,008       926       1,311       1,237       1,019

Custodian fees

      961       503       2,532       2,146       977

Pricing fees

      14       9       26       24       13

Other

      1,013       563       4,851       3,332       1,035
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
      438,737       239,082       1,270,643       1,050,953       482,163

Less:

                   

Expenses reimbursed

            (13,790 )                  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

      438,737       225,292       1,270,643       1,050,953       482,163
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

      (249,920 )       75,094       (544,545 )       13,220       81,809
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

                   

Net realized gain (loss) from:

                   

Distributions from investment companies

      4,647,932             43,282,282       24,545,853       1,890,960

Sale of investment companies

      (187,802 )       (48,735 )       (30,096 )       (40,797 )       (55,550 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

      4,460,130       (48,735 )       43,252,186       24,505,056       1,835,410
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investment companies

      19,035,824       8,101,692       12,830,930       6,865,051       24,031,185
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

      23,495,954       8,052,957       56,083,116       31,370,107       25,866,595
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

    $ 23,246,034     $ 8,128,051     $ 55,538,571     $ 31,383,327     $ 25,948,404
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Funds–8


LVIP American Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    LVIP American
Global Growth
Fund
    LVIP American
Global Small

Capitalization
Fund
    LVIP American
Growth Fund
 
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (249,920   $ 667,089     $ 75,094     $ (103,179   $ (544,545   $ 1,475,379  

Net realized gain (loss)

    4,460,130       7,780,460       (48,735     10,454,683       43,252,186       27,691,201  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    19,035,824       (7,539,998     8,101,692       (9,182,377     12,830,930       1,846,332  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    23,246,034       907,551       8,128,051       1,169,127       55,538,571       31,012,912  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

           

Net investment income:

           

Service Class II

          (1,121,354           (81,402           (1,516,081

Net realized gain:

           

Service Class II

          (9,441,562           (5,050,522           (67,210,496
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (10,562,916           (5,131,924           (68,726,577
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

           

Proceeds from shares sold:

           

Service Class II

    26,642,624       25,761,733       4,289,697       6,097,075       67,926,125       41,809,686  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

           

Service Class II

          10,562,916             5,131,925             68,726,578  

Cost of shares redeemed:

           

Service Class II

    (11,993,143     (25,747,930     (6,544,629     (12,547,918     (25,426,307     (45,300,517
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    14,649,481       10,576,719       (2,254,932     (1,318,918     42,499,818       65,235,747  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    37,895,515       921,354       5,873,119       (5,281,715     98,038,389       27,522,082  

NET ASSETS:

           

Beginning of period

    121,798,800       120,877,446       66,277,636       71,559,351       363,045,351       335,523,269  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 159,694,315     $ 121,798,800     $ 72,150,755     $ 66,277,636     $ 461,083,740     $ 363,045,351  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (Distributions in excess of) net investment income

  $ (249,920   $     $ 75,094     $     $ (544,545   $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Funds–9


LVIP American Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

 

    LVIP American
Growth-Income
Fund
    LVIP
American
International
Fund
 
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

       

Net investment income

  $ 13,220     $ 3,458,864     $ 81,809     $ 1,445,705  

Net realized gain

    24,505,056       29,212,789       1,835,410       9,727,399  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    6,865,051       (335,747     24,031,185       (6,307,541
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    31,383,327       32,335,906       25,948,404       4,865,563  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

       

Net investment income:

       

Service Class II

          (5,131,682           (1,475,782

Net realized gain:

       

Service Class II

          (38,482,883           (8,351,893
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (43,614,565           (9,827,675
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

       

Proceeds from shares sold:

       

Service Class II

    58,435,385       38,783,168       13,080,098       12,846,660  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

       

Service Class II

          43,614,565             9,827,675  

Cost of shares redeemed:

       

Service Class II

    (17,702,534     (38,595,676     (14,571,713     (20,331,216
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    40,732,851       43,802,057       (1,491,615     2,343,119  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    72,116,178       32,523,398       24,456,789       (2,618,993

NET ASSETS:

       

Beginning of period

    317,975,761       285,452,363       141,542,527       144,161,520  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 390,091,939     $ 317,975,761     $ 165,999,316     $ 141,542,527  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

  $ 13,220     $     $ 81,809     $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Funds–10


LVIP American Global Growth Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP American Global Growth Fund Service Class II
        Six Months
   Ended
   6/30/171
   (unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $   15.711     $   17.092     $   17.617       $17.456     $ 13.672     $ 11.301

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income (loss)2

       (0.031 )       0.090       0.139       0.152       0.142       0.079

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       2.921       (0.013 )       0.946       0.175       3.780       2.415
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       2.890       0.077       1.085       0.327       3.922       2.494
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.146 )       (0.255 )       (0.159 )       (0.138 )       (0.118 )

Net realized gain

             (1.312 )       (1.355 )       (0.007 )            

Return of capital

                                     (0.005 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (1.458 )       (1.610 )       (0.166 )       (0.138 )       (0.123 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $   18.601     $   15.711     $   17.092       $17.617       $17.456         $13.672  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       18.40%       0.24%       6.57%       1.87%       28.69%       22.11%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 159,694     $ 121,799     $ 120,877       $93,841     $ 77,575     $ 54,199

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.63%       0.62%       0.62%       0.64%       0.65%       0.65%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.63%       0.62%       0.62%       0.64%       0.68%       0.78%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.36% )       0.55%       0.76%       0.87%       0.93%       0.62%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.36% )       0.55%       0.76%       0.87%       0.90%       0.49%

Portfolio turnover

       2%       15%       8%       5%       9%       9%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

 

4

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Fund in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Funds–11


LVIP American Global Small Capitalization Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP American Global Small Capitalization Fund Service Class II
        Six Months
   Ended
   6/30/171
   (unaudited)
    12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 14.540      $ 15.433     $ 15.556     $ 15.314       $12.010     $ 10.298

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income (loss)2

       0.017        (0.022 )       (0.107 )       (0.047 )       0.031       0.112

Net realized and unrealized gain

       1.795        0.300       0.086       0.306       3.306       1.712
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.812        0.278       (0.021 )       0.259       3.337       1.824
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.018 )       (0.035 )             (0.033 )       (0.112 )

Net realized gain

              (1.153 )       (0.067 )       (0.017 )            
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (1.171 )       (0.102 )       (0.017 )       (0.033 )       (0.112 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 16.352      $ 14.540     $ 15.433     $ 15.556       $15.314     $ 12.010
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       12.46%        1.68%       (0.15% )       1.69%       27.79%       17.76%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 72,151      $ 66,278     $ 71,559     $ 70,830       $68,715     $ 53,497

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.65%        0.65%       0.65%       0.65%       0.65%       0.65%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.69%        0.67%       0.66%       0.67%       0.69%       0.78%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       0.22%        (0.15% )       (0.65% )       (0.30% )       0.23%       0.98%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.18%        (0.17% )       (0.66% )       (0.32% )       0.19%       0.85%

Portfolio turnover

       3%        15%       14%       10%       12%       9%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

 

4

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Fund in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Funds–12


LVIP American Growth Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP American Growth Fund Service Class II
        Six Months
   Ended
   6/30/171
   (unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $   17.307     $   19.682     $   19.398     $   18.116     $   14.048     $   11.986

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income (loss)2

       (0.025 )       0.081       0.053       0.165       0.095       0.065

Net realized and unrealized gain

       2.587       1.559       1.158       1.309       4.070       2.026
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       2.562       1.640       1.211       1.474       4.165       2.091
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.073 )       (0.052 )       (0.180 )       (0.097 )       (0.029 )

Net realized gain

             (3.942 )       (0.875 )       (0.012 )            
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (4.015 )       (0.927 )       (0.192 )       (0.097 )       (0.029 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $   19.869     $   17.307     $   19.682     $   19.398     $   18.116     $   14.048
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       14.80%       9.10%       6.47%       8.13%       29.65%       17.45%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 461,084     $ 363,045     $ 335,523     $ 315,752     $ 278,925     $ 211,217

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.62%       0.61%       0.61%       0.61%       0.61%       0.64%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.27% )       0.43%       0.27%       0.88%       0.60%       0.48%

Portfolio turnover

       1%       8%       8%       6%       9%       11%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

 

4

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Fund in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Funds–13


LVIP American Growth-Income Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP American Growth-Income Fund Service Class II
    

   Six Months

   Ended

   6/30/171

   (unaudited)

    12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $   18.186      $   19.032     $   19.921     $   18.273     $   13.864     $   11.976

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.001        0.220       0.206       0.191       0.169       0.187

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.741        1.787       (0.020 )       1.686       4.408       1.852
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.742        2.007       0.186       1.877       4.577       2.039
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.298 )       (0.263 )       (0.211 )       (0.168 )       (0.151 )

Net realized gain

              (2.555 )       (0.812 )       (0.018 )            
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (2.853 )       (1.075 )       (0.229 )       (0.168 )       (0.151 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $   19.928      $   18.186     $   19.032     $   19.921     $   18.273     $   13.864
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       9.58%        11.16%       1.12%       10.26%       33.02%       17.04%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 390,092      $ 317,976     $ 285,452     $ 262,235     $ 230,210     $ 169,256

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.60%        0.59%       0.59%       0.59%       0.61%       0.64%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.01%        1.17%       1.03%       1.00%       1.05%       1.41%

Portfolio turnover

       1%        8%       6%       7%       9%       6%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

 

4

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Fund in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Funds–14


LVIP American International Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP American International Fund Service Class II
        Six Months
   Ended
   6/30/171
   (unaudited)
    12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 12.634      $ 13.115     $ 13.985     $ 14.566     $ 12.135     $ 10.577

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.007        0.131       0.170       0.158       0.133       0.143

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       2.312        0.308       (0.846 )       (0.594 )       2.433       1.690
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       2.319        0.439       (0.676 )       (0.436 )       2.566       1.833
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.133 )       (0.192 )       (0.125 )       (0.135 )       (0.264 )

Net realized gain

              (0.787 )       (0.002 )       (0.020 )            

Return of capital

                                      (0.011 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.920 )       (0.194 )       (0.145 )       (0.135 )       (0.275 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 14.953      $ 12.634     $ 13.115     $ 13.985     $ 14.566     $ 12.135
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       18.35%        3.15%       (4.84% )       (3.00% )       21.15%       17.45%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 165,999      $ 141,543     $ 144,162     $ 145,005     $ 142,730     $ 116,870

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.62%        0.61%       0.61%       0.61%       0.63%       0.65%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.62%        0.61%       0.61%       0.61%       0.63%       0.67%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.11%        1.02%       1.19%       1.08%       1.01%       1.25%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.11%        1.02%       1.19%       1.08%       1.01%       1.23%

Portfolio turnover

       5%        11%       6%       6%       10%       8%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

 

4

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Fund in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Funds–15


LVIP American Funds

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP American Global Growth Fund, LVIP American Global Small Capitalization Fund, LVIP American Growth Fund, LVIP American Growth-Income Fund and LVIP American International Fund (each, a “Fund”, and collectively, the “Funds”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Funds are diversified management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act. Each Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold each Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The LVIP American Global Growth Fund, LVIP American Global Small Capitalization Fund, LVIP American Growth Fund, LVIP American Growth-Income Fund and LVIP American International Fund operate under a fund of funds structure and invest substantially all of their assets in Class 1 shares of the Global Growth Fund, Global Small Capitalization Fund, Growth Fund, Growth-Income Fund and International Fund, respectively, each a series of the American Funds Insurance Series® (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Underlying Funds invest in U.S. and foreign stocks, bonds and money market instruments.

The investment objective of the LVIP American Global Growth Fund, LVIP American Global Small Capitalization Fund and LVIP American International Fund is long-term growth of capital.

The investment objective of the LVIP American Growth Fund is growth of capital.

The investment objective of the LVIP American Growth-Income Fund is long-term growth of capital and income.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

Each Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, each Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Funds.

Security Valuation–The Funds value Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because each Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Funds evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Funds’ tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Funds’ federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013-December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. If applicable, the Funds recognize interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expenses and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Funds did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Funds declare and distribute dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Funds may receive earnings credits from their custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

LVIP American Funds–16


LVIP American Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of each Fund’s investment portfolio, and providing certain administrative services to each Fund. To the extent that a Fund invests all of its investable assets (i.e., securities and cash) in another registered investment company, the Trust will not pay the adviser any advisory fees. To the extent a Fund does not invest investable assets in another registered investment company, the advisory fee rates payable by the Service Class II of each Fund to LIAC are set forth in the following table:

 

Fund

  

Annual Fee Rate
Based on
Average Daily
Net Asset Value

LVIP American Global Growth Fund

    0.80%

LVIP American Global Small Capitalization Fund

    1.00%

LVIP American Growth Fund

    0.75%

LVIP American Growth-Income Fund

    0.75%

LVIP American International Fund

    0.85%

The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. This fee is in addition to the management fees indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, no advisory fees were charged to the Funds.

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the LVIP American Global Small Capitalization Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses (excluding Distribution fees and Underlying Funds’ fees and expenses) exceed 0.10% of the average daily net assets. This agreement will continue at least through April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Funds. For these services, the Funds reimburse Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statements of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

    LVIP American
Global Growth
Fund
  LVIP American
Global Small
Capitalization
Fund
  LVIP American
Growth
Fund
  LVIP American
Growth-Income
Fund
  LVIP American
International
Fund

Administrative

    $ 3,832     $ 1,917     $ 11,338     $ 9,743     $ 4,313

Legal

      926       463       2,738       2,353       1,041

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Funds. Effective May 1, 2017, the Funds pay Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statements of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Funds. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statements of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Funds reimburse Lincoln Life for the cost of these services. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, these fees amounted as follows:

 

    LVIP American
Global Growth
Fund
  LVIP American
Global Small
Capitalization
Fund
  LVIP American
Growth
Fund
  LVIP American
Growth-Income
Fund
  LVIP American
International
Fund

Printing and mailing

    $ 10,701     $ 11,888     $ 54,147     $ 11,683     $ 9,511

The Funds currently offer one class of shares: Service Class II. The Service Class II shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to their distribution and service plan, the Funds are authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class II shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.75% of average daily net assets of the Service Class II shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.55% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class II shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statements of Operations, the Funds indirectly bear the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which they invest. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense

 

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LVIP American Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

and fee levels, and the Funds may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, the Funds had receivables due from and liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

    LVIP American
Global Growth
Fund
   LVIP American
Global Small
Capitalization
Fund
   LVIP American
Growth
Fund
   LVIP American
Growth-Income
Fund
   LVIP American
International
Fund

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

    $      $ 5,659      $      $      $

Distribution fees payable to LFD

      72,042        32,641        208,693        174,703        74,914

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

      10,701        11,888        54,147        11,683        9,511

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

      3,799        1,721        11,004        9,212        3,950

Certain officers and trustees of the Funds are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Funds. The Funds pay compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, each Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

    LVIP American
Global Growth
Fund
   LVIP American
Global Small
Capitalization
Fund
   LVIP American
Growth

Fund
   LVIP American
Growth-Income
Fund
   LVIP American
International
Fund

Purchases

    $ 22,563,085      $ 2,184,547      $ 88,471,064      $ 67,531,354      $ 7,948,908

Sales

      3,488,766        4,355,627        3,132,680        2,195,314        7,447,883

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated because final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for each Fund were as follows:

 

    LVIP American
Global Growth
Fund
   LVIP American
Global Small
Capitalization
Fund
   LVIP American
Growth
Fund
   LVIP American
Growth-Income
Fund
   LVIP American
International
Fund

Cost of investments

    $ 138,243,249      $ 61,443,333      $ 403,862,601      $ 341,446,488      $ 141,575,729
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

    $ 21,553,080      $ 10,762,781      $ 57,511,730      $ 48,858,177      $ 24,527,744

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

                                 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

    $ 21,553,080      $ 10,762,781      $ 57,511,730      $ 48,858,177      $ 24,527,744
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that each Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

LVIP American Funds–18


LVIP American Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

3. Investments (continued)

The following table summarizes the valuation of each Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

Level 1

  LVIP American
Global Growth
Fund
   LVIP American
Global Small
Capitalization
Fund
   LVIP American
Growth
Fund
   LVIP American
Growth-Income
Fund
   LVIP American
International
Fund

Investments:

                       

 

Assets:

                       

Investment Companies

    $ 159,796,329      $ 72,206,114      $ 461,374,331      $ 390,304,665      $ 166,103,473

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments, or Level 3 investments. The Funds’ policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     LVIP American
Global Growth
Fund
  LVIP American
Global Small
Capitalization
Fund
  LVIP American
Growth
Fund
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
  Year Ended
12/31/16
  Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
  Year Ended
12/31/16
  Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
  Year Ended
12/31/16

Shares sold:

                        

Service Class II

       1,521,239       1,594,655       270,913       422,026       3,565,944       2,244,834

Shares reinvested:

                        

Service Class II

             650,087             346,847             4,102,975

Shares redeemed:

                        

Service Class II

       (688,149 )       (1,564,848 )       (416,941 )       (847,424 )       (1,336,897 )       (2,417,875 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

       833,090       679,894       (146,028 )       (78,551 )       2,229,047       3,929,934
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

     LVIP American
Growth-Income
Fund
  LVIP American
International
Fund
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
  Year Ended
12/31/16
  Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
  Year Ended
12/31/16

Shares sold:

                

Service Class II

       3,005,245       2,070,470       926,298       1,016,401

Shares reinvested:

                

Service Class II

             2,458,576             749,067

Shares redeemed:

                

Service Class II

       (915,080 )       (2,042,807 )       (1,027,681 )       (1,554,696 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

       2,090,165       2,486,239       (101,383 )       210,772
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

5. Contractual Obligations

The Funds enter into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Funds’ existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

6. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Funds’ current financial statement presentation and expects that the Funds will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

 

LVIP American Funds–19


LVIP American Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

7. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.

 

LVIP American Funds–20


 

 

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LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

 

LVIP American Global Balanced Allocation Managed Risk Fund

 

LVIP American Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

 

each a series of Lincoln Variable

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP American Global Allocation

Managed Risk Funds

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocations      2  
Schedules of Investments      3  
Statements of Assets and Liabilities      5  
Statements of Operations      6  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      7  
Financial Highlights      8  
Notes to Financial Statements      12  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

Each Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. These Expense Analyses are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analyses are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the tables, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the tables, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the tables, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Funds do not charge transaction fees such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of each table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

LVIP American Global Balanced Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

    Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

 

 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,063.00       0.28%       $1.43  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,061.20       0.63%         3.22  

 

 

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.41       0.28%       $1.40  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,021.67       0.63%         3.16  

 

 

LVIP American Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

    Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

 

 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,084.50       0.28%       $1.45  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,082.70       0.63%         3.25  

 

 

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.41       0.28%       $1.40  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,021.67       0.63%         3.16  

 

 

 

*

Expenses Paid During Period are equal to each Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

Each Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. Each Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies (Underlying Funds). In addition to the Funds’ expenses reflected above, the Funds also indirectly bear their portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in each table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial statements of the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–1


LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Security Type/Sector Allocations (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

LVIP American Global Balanced Allocation

Managed Risk Fund

 

Security Type/Sector   Percentage  
of Net Assets
 

 

 

Affiliated Investment

    3.71%   

 

 

Fixed Income Fund

    3.71%   

Unaffiliated Investments

    96.30%   

 

 

Asset Allocation Fund

    15.92%   

Equity Funds

    24.96%   

Fixed Income Funds

    37.13%   

International Equity Funds

    12.97%   

International Fixed Income Fund

    1.86%   

Money Market Fund

    3.46%   

 

 

Total Value of Securities

    100.01%   

 

 

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

    (0.01%)  

 

 

Total Net Assets

    100.00%   

 

 

LVIP American Global Growth Allocation

Managed Risk Fund

 

Security Type/Sector   Percentage  
of Net Assets
 

 

 

Affiliated Investments

    23.84%   

 

 

Fixed Income Funds

    18.85%   

International Equity Fund

    4.99%   

Unaffiliated Investments

    76.16%   

 

 

Asset Allocation Fund

    11.95%   

Equity Funds

    33.98%   

Fixed Income Funds

    4.28%   

International Equity Funds

    21.97%   

Money Market Fund

    3.98%   

 

 

Total Value of Securities

    100.00%   

 

 

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

    0.00%   

 

 

Total Net Assets

    100.00%   

 

 
 

 

LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–2


LVIP American Global Balanced Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    Number of
Shares
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENT–3.71%

 

Fixed Income Fund–3.71%

   

✢American Funds Insurance
Series®–Mortgage Bond Fund

    6,747,801     $ 71,661,643  
   

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment
(Cost $70,664,095)

 

    71,661,643  
   

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–96.30%

 

Asset Allocation Fund–15.92%

 

 

²American Funds®–Capital Income Builder

    5,009,903       307,056,967  
   

 

 

 
      307,056,967  
   

 

 

 

Equity Funds–24.96%

 

 

²American Funds®

   

AMCAP Fund

    6,530,088       193,094,708  

American Mutual Fund

    4,433,136       172,626,309  

✢American Funds Insurance
Series®–Growth-Income Fund

    2,539,777       115,737,619  
   

 

 

 
      481,458,636  
   

 

 

 

Fixed Income Funds–37.13%

   

²American Funds®–Intermediate Bond Fund of America

    9,349,126       125,371,776  

✢American Funds Insurance
Series®

   

Bond Fund

    46,169,512       501,400,896  

High-Income Bond Fund

    5,099,097       53,642,502  

U.S. Government/AAA-Rated Securities Fund

    2,920,137       35,742,478  
   

 

 

 
      716,157,652  
   

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

International Equity Funds–12.97%

 

²American Funds®

   

EuroPacific Growth Fund

    1,483,829     $ 77,040,425  

New Perspective Fund

    1,392,171       57,594,111  

✢American Funds Insurance Series®

   

Global Growth & Income Fund

    1,318,454       19,315,356  

Global Small Capitalization Fund

    2,544,481       57,861,499  

New World Fund

    1,701,538       38,386,688  
   

 

 

 
      250,198,079  
   

 

 

 

International Fixed Income Fund–1.86%

 

✢American Funds Insurance Series®–Global Bond Fund

    3,054,691       35,800,974  
   

 

 

 
      35,800,974  
   

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–3.46%

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

    66,818,437       66,818,437  
   

 

 

 
      66,818,437  
   

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $1,730,582,132)

 

    1,857,490,745  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.01% (Cost $1,801,246,227)

     1,929,152,388  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.01%)

     (288,892
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 168,813,201 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 1,928,863,496  
  

 

 

 

 

 

² 

Class R-6 shares.

 

Class 1 shares.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–3


LVIP American Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    Number of
Shares
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–23.84%

 

Fixed Income Funds–18.85%

 

 

✢American Funds Insurance Series®

   

Bond Fund

    55,174,961     $ 599,200,078  

Mortgage Bond Fund

    8,906,910       94,591,383  
   

 

 

 
      693,791,461  
   

 

 

 

International Equity Fund–4.99%

 

 

✢American Funds Insurance Series®–New World Fund

    8,140,297       183,645,091  
   

 

 

 
      183,645,091  
   

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $861,682,232)

      877,436,552  
   

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–76.16%

 

Asset Allocation Fund–11.95%

 

²American Funds®
Capital Income Builder

    7,173,838       439,684,550  
   

 

 

 
      439,684,550  
   

 

 

 

Equity Funds–33.98%

   

²American Funds®

   

AMCAP Fund

    14,979,841       442,953,886  

American Mutual Fund

    10,352,124       403,111,703  

✢American Funds Insurance Series®–Growth-Income Fund

    8,876,532       404,503,571  
   

 

 

 
      1,250,569,160  
   

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
    Value
(U.S. $)
 
UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)  

Fixed Income Funds–4.28%

 

 

²American Funds®–Intermediate Bond Fund of America

    7,052,269     $ 94,570,932  

✢American Funds Insurance Series®–High-Income Bond Fund

    5,975,140       62,858,472  
   

 

 

 
      157,429,404  
   

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–21.97%

 

²American Funds®

 

 

EuroPacific Growth Fund

    7,081,305       367,661,368  

New Perspective Fund

    5,317,516       219,985,631  

✢American Funds Insurance Series®

   

Global Growth & Income Fund

    2,505,844       36,710,616  

Global Small Capitalization Fund

    8,101,636       184,231,208  
   

 

 

 
      808,588,823  
   

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–3.98%

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%) 146,393,159

      146,393,158  
   

 

 

 
      146,393,158  
   

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $2,506,426,931)

      2,802,665,095  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.00% (Cost $3,368,109,163)

     3,680,101,647  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–0.00%

     (17,435
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 309,989,750 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 3,680,084,212  
  

 

 

 

 

 

² 

Class R-6 shares.

 

Class 1 shares.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–4


LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     LVIP
American Global
Balanced Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
  LVIP
American Global
Growth Allocation
Managed Risk Fund

ASSETS:

        

Affiliated investments, at value

     $ 71,661,643     $ 877,436,552

Unaffiliated investments, at value

       1,857,490,745       2,802,665,095
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

       1,929,152,388       3,680,101,647

Receivable for investments sold

       1,012,617       1,814,352

Dividends receivable from investments

       111,194       132,223

Receivable for fund shares sold.

       61,370       588,229
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

       1,930,337,569       3,682,636,451
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

        

Due to manager and affiliates

       1,029,256       1,943,155

Other accrued expenses payable

       54,902       87,090

Payable for fund shares redeemed

       389,915       521,994
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

       1,474,073       2,552,239
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

     $ 1,928,863,496     $ 3,680,084,212
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

     $ 70,664,095     $ 861,682,232

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

       1,730,582,132       2,506,426,931
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

     $ 1,801,246,227     $ 3,368,109,163
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Standard Class:

        

Net Assets

     $ 696,746     $ 642,490

Shares Outstanding

       60,861       54,016

Net Asset Value Per Share

     $ 11.448     $ 11.894

Service Class:

        

Net Assets

     $ 1,928,166,750     $ 3,679,441,722

Shares Outstanding

       168,752,340       309,935,734

Net Asset Value Per Share

     $ 11.426     $ 11.872

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

        

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

     $ 1,797,080,106     $ 3,404,446,697

Undistributed net investment income

       8,235,559       12,369,104

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

       (4,358,330 )       (48,724,073 )

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

       127,906,161       311,992,484
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

     $ 1,928,863,496     $ 3,680,084,212
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–5


LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Statements of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     LVIP American Global
Balanced Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
  LVIP American Global
Growth Allocation
Managed Risk Fund

INVESTMENT INCOME:

        

Dividends from affiliated investments

     $ 226,061     $ 4,782,417

Dividends from unaffiliated investments

       13,870,235       18,799,383
    

 

 

     

 

 

 
       14,096,296       23,581,800
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

        

Distribution fees-Service Class

       3,377,683       6,384,773

Management fees

       2,413,478       4,561,386

Shareholder servicing fees

       94,395       179,014

Accounting and administration expenses

       84,546       146,475

Professional fees

       34,115       51,763

Reports and statements to shareholders

       29,946       39,013

Trustees’ fees and expenses

       26,180       49,503

Custodian fees

       13,229       30,389

Consulting fees

       3,873       5,818

Pricing fees

       32       193

Other

       8,757       16,502
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

       6,086,234       11,464,829
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

       8,010,062       12,116,971
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

        

Net realized gain (loss) from:

        

Distributions from affiliated investments

       458,973       11,199,673

Distributions from unaffiliated investments.

       18,017,119       34,448,706

Sale of affiliated investments

       (19,005 )       (7,398,726 )

Sale of unaffiliated investments

       1,807,955       9,985,965
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized gain

       20,265,042       48,235,618
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

        

Affiliated investments

       479,161       37,126,047

Unaffiliated investments

       86,993,797       195,080,163
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

       87,472,958       232,206,210
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

       107,738,000       280,441,828
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

     $ 115,748,062     $ 292,558,799
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–6


LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     LVIP American Global
Balanced Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
    LVIP American Global
Growth Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
 
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

        

Net investment income

   $ 8,010,062     $ 29,961,096     $ 12,116,971     $ 48,639,135  

Net realized gain (loss)

     20,265,042       (10,068,157     48,235,618       (71,572,368

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     87,472,958       62,739,812       232,206,210       132,892,531  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     115,748,062       82,632,751       292,558,799       109,959,298  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

        

Net investment income:

        

Standard Class

           (13,250           (15,459

Service Class

           (32,520,371           (51,764,390
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (32,533,621           (51,779,849
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

        

Proceeds from shares sold:

        

Standard Class

     176       76,313       11,313       467,051  

Service Class

     40,712,211       134,654,449       47,588,436       141,248,058  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

        

Standard Class

           13,250             15,459  

Service Class

           32,520,371             51,764,390  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     40,712,387       167,264,383       47,599,749       193,494,958  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

        

Standard Class

     (6,345     (11,925     (317,119     (518,990

Service Class

     (176,121,144     (263,717,671     (349,039,128     (508,612,319
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (176,127,489     (263,729,596     (349,356,247     (509,131,309
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (135,415,102     (96,465,213     (301,756,498     (315,636,351
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS

     (19,667,040     (46,366,083     (9,197,699     (257,456,902

NET ASSETS:

        

Beginning of period

     1,948,530,536       1,994,896,619       3,689,281,911       3,946,738,813  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 1,928,863,496     $ 1,948,530,536     $ 3,680,084,212     $ 3,689,281,911  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 8,235,559     $ 225,497     $ 12,369,104     $ 252,133  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–7


LVIP American Global Balanced Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period was as follows:

 

    LVIP American Global Balanced Allocation Managed Risk Fund
    Standard Class
       Six Months
   Ended
   6/30/171
   (unaudited)
  

 

Year Ended

  3/16/123
to
12/31/12
        12/31/162   12/31/15   12/31/14   12/31/13  
   

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.770      $ 10.503     $ 11.223     $ 11.066     $ 10.144     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income4

      0.065        0.200       0.199       0.241       0.237       0.337

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.613        0.287       (0.434 )       0.366       1.110       (0.038 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.678        0.487       (0.235 )       0.607       1.347       0.299
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.220 )       (0.314 )       (0.232 )       (0.195 )       (0.155 )

Net realized gain

                   (0.120 )       (0.218 )       (0.230 )      

Return of capital

                   (0.051 )                  
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.220 )       (0.485 )       (0.450 )       (0.425 )       (0.155 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 11.448      $ 10.770     $ 10.503     $ 11.223     $ 11.066     $ 10.144
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

      6.30%        4.64%       (2.10% )       5.49%       13.29%       3.00%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 696      $ 662     $ 567     $ 553     $ 657     $ 11

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

      0.28%        0.27%       0.27%       0.27%       0.27%       0.25%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

      0.28%        0.27%       0.27%       0.27%       0.28%       0.30%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      1.18%        1.86%       1.77%       2.11%       2.17%       4.32%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      1.18%        1.86%       1.77%       2.11%       2.16%       4.27%

Portfolio turnover

      13%        22%       20%       12%       53%       14%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–8


LVIP American Global Balanced Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP American Global Balanced Allocation Managed Risk Fund
    Service Class
       Six Months
   Ended
   6/30/171
   (unaudited)
  

 12/31/162

 

 

Year Ended

 

12/31/13

  3/16/123
to
12/31/12
       12/31/15   12/31/14    
   

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.767      $ 10.501     $ 11.221     $ 11.065     $ 10.144     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income4

      0.046        0.162       0.159       0.201       0.197       0.318

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.613        0.287       (0.433 )       0.365       1.111       (0.047 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.659          0.449         (0.274)         0.566         1.308         0.271  
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.183 )       (0.275 )       (0.192 )       (0.157 )       (0.127 )

Net realized gain

                   (0.120 )       (0.218 )       (0.230 )      

Return of capital

                   (0.051 )                
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.183 )       (0.446 )       (0.410 )       (0.387 )       (0.127 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 11.426      $ 10.767     $ 10.501     $ 11.221     $ 11.065     $ 10.144
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

      6.12%          4.27%         (2.45%)         5.13%         12.91%         2.72%  

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 1,928,167      $ 1,947,869     $ 1,994,330     $ 1,885,717     $ 1,375,950     $ 569,265

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

      0.63%        0.62%       0.62%       0.62%       0.62%       0.60%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

      0.63%        0.62%       0.62%       0.62%       0.63%       0.65%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      0.83%        1.51%       1.42%       1.77%       1.82%       3.97%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      0.83%        1.51%       1.42%       1.77%       1.81%       3.92%

Portfolio turnover

      13%        22%       20%       12%       53%       14%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–9


LVIP American Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period was as follows:

 

    LVIP American Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund
    Standard Class
       Six Months
   Ended
   6/30/171
   (unaudited)
    12/31/162  

 

Year Ended

 

12/31/13

  3/16/123
to
12/31/12
       12/31/15   12/31/14    
   

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.967      $ 10.803     $ 11.574     $ 11.648     $ 10.214     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income4

      0.058        0.176       0.190       0.232       0.243       0.325

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.869        0.182       (0.555 )       0.069       1.542       0.037
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations.

      0.927          0.358         (0.365)         0.301         1.785         0.362  
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.194 )       (0.264 )       (0.232 )       (0.161 )       (0.148 )

Net realized gain

                   (0.027 )       (0.143 )       (0.190 )      

Return of capital

                   (0.115 )                  
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.194 )       (0.406 )       (0.375 )       (0.351 )       (0.148 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 11.894      $ 10.967     $ 10.803     $ 11.574     $ 11.648     $ 10.214
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

      8.45%        3.31%       (3.16% )       2.56%       17.49%       3.64%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 642      $ 890     $ 914     $ 878     $ 488     $ 19

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

      0.28%        0.27%       0.27%       0.26%       0.26%       0.23%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

      0.28%        0.27%       0.27%       0.26%       0.27%       0.29%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      1.01%        1.62%       1.63%       1.95%       2.13%       4.15%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      1.01%        1.62%       1.63%       1.95%       2.12%       4.09%

Portfolio turnover

      11%        25%       22%       15%       48%       48%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–10


LVIP American Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP American Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund
    Service Class
       Six Months
   Ended
   6/30/171
   (unaudited)
  

 

Year Ended

  3/16/123
to
12/31/12
        12/31/162   12/31/15   12/31/14   12/31/13  
   

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.965      $ 10.802     $ 11.572     $ 11.647     $ 10.214     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income4

      0.038        0.138       0.149       0.190       0.198       0.304

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.869        0.181       (0.553 )       0.069       1.547       0.030
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.907        0.319       (0.404 )       0.259       1.745       0.334
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.156 )       (0.224 )       (0.191 )       (0.122 )       (0.120 )

Net realized gain

                   (0.027 )       (0.143 )       (0.190 )      

Return of capital

                   (0.115 )                
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.156 )       (0.366 )       (0.334 )       (0.312 )       (0.120 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 11.872      $ 10.965     $ 10.802     $ 11.572     $ 11.647     $ 10.214
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

      8.27%        2.94%       (3.49% )       2.20%       17.10%       3.35%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 3,679,442      $ 3,688,392     $ 3,945,825     $ 3,768,318     $ 2,544,418     $ 789,986

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

      0.63%        0.62%       0.62%       0.61%       0.61%       0.58%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

      0.63%        0.62%       0.62%       0.61%       0.62%       0.64%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      0.66%        1.27%       1.28%       1.60%       1.78%       3.80%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      0.66%        1.27%       1.28%       1.60%       1.77%       3.74%

Portfolio turnover

      11%        25%       22%       15%       48%       12%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–11


LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP American Global Balanced Allocation Managed Risk Fund and LVIP American Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund (each, a “Fund”, and collectively, the “Funds”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Funds are non-diversified management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act. Each Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold each Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

Each Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in the American Funds Insurance Series® funds and American Funds® retail funds (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Underlying Funds, which are advised by an unaffiliated adviser, invest in U.S. and foreign stocks, bonds and money market instruments. In addition to investment company investments, the Funds may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments, and employ an actively managed risk-management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The investment objective of the LVIP American Global Balanced Allocation Managed Risk Fund is to seek a balance between a high level of current income and growth of capital.

The investment objective of the LVIP American Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund is to seek a balance between a high level of current income and growth of capital, with a greater emphasis on growth of capital.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

Each Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, each Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Funds.

Security Valuation–The Funds value Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because each Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to and make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Funds evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing each Funds’ tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on each Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for the open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013-December 31, 2016) and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. If applicable, each Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statements of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Funds did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Funds on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series within the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e. the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Funds declare and distribute dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–12


LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

The Funds may receive earnings credits from their custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Funds’ investment portfolios and providing certain administrative services to the Funds. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Funds. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is in addition to the management fees indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds (including LIAC).

Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for managing the Funds’ managed risk strategy. For these services, LIAC, not the Funds, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on each Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Funds. For these services, the Funds reimburse Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statements of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, fees for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

     LVIP American Global Balanced
Allocation Managed Risk Fund
     LVIP American Global Growth
Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Administrative

       $55,371          $104,675

Legal.

       13,363          25,261

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Funds. Effective May 1, 2017, the each Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the average daily net assets of each Fund, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Funds. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statements of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Funds reimburse Lincoln Life for the cost of these services. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, these fees were as follows:

 

     LVIP American Global Balanced
Allocation Managed Risk Fund
     LVIP American Global Growth
Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Printing and mailing

   $22,647      $26,827

The Funds currently offer two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to their distribution and service plan, the Funds are authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statements of Operations, the Funds indirectly bear the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which they invest. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Funds may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, the Funds had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

     LVIP American Global Balanced
Allocation Managed Risk Fund
     LVIP American Global Growth
Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Management fees payable to LIAC

     $ 400,163        $ 761,730

Distribution fees payable to LFD

       560,027          1,066,237

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

       46,419          88,361

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

       22,647          26,827

Certain officers and trustees of the Funds are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Funds. The Funds pay compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–13


LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

Affiliated investments, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers whereby the Fund held 5% or more of the issuers’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds). Affiliated investments of the Funds and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

LVIP American Global Balanced Allocation Managed Risk Fund

 

   

Value

     12/31/16    

 

    Purchases    

 

        Sales         

 

Net Realized
Gain (Loss)

 

Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Value

      6/30/17      

 

  Dividends  

 

Capital Gain
Distributions

American Funds Insurance Series® - Bond Fund*

    $ 639,157,709     $     $     $     $     $     $     $

American Funds Insurance Series® - Mortgage Bond Fund

      75,107,944       3,110,168       7,016,625       (19,005 )       479,161       71,661,643       226,061       458,973
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

    $ 714,265,653     $ 3,110,168     $ 7,016,625     $ (19,005 )     $ 479,161     $ 71,661,643     $ 226,061     $ 458,973
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

*Issuer is not an affiliated investment of the Fund at June 30, 2017.

LVIP American Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

 

   

Value

    12/31/16    

 

  Purchases  

 

      Sales      

 

Net Realized
  Gain (Loss)  

 

Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Value

     6/30/17     

 

    Dividends    

  

Capital Gain
Distributions

American Funds Insurance Series® - Bond Fund

    $ 745,289,989     $ 41,289,000     $ 192,329,001     $ (5,505,618 )     $ 10,455,708     $ 599,200,078     $ 4,154,961      $ 10,552,281

American Funds Insurance Series® - Mortgage Bond Fund

      106,351,919       5,175,208       17,592,785       9,293       647,748       94,591,383       318,865        647,392

American Funds Insurance Series® - New World Fund

      175,883,458       1,542,236       17,900,793       (1,902,401 )       26,022,591       183,645,091       308,591       
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

    $ 1,027,525,366     $ 48,006,444     $ 227,822,579     $ (7,398,726 )     $ 37,126,047     $ 877,436,552     $ 4,782,417      $ 11,199,673
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, each Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

     LVIP American Global Balanced
Allocation Managed Risk Fund
   LVIP American Global Growth
Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Purchases

     $ 252,650,320      $ 385,763,536

Sales

       360,877,563        633,007,183

 

LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–14


LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

3. Investments (continued)

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for each Fund were as follows:

 

     LVIP American Global Balanced
Allocation Managed Risk Fund
     LVIP American Global Growth
Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Cost of investments

     $ 1,801,246,227        $ 3,368,109,163
    

 

 

        

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

     $ 133,079,216        $ 315,887,340

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

       (5,173,055 )          (3,894,856 )
    

 

 

        

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

     $ 127,906,161        $ 311,992,484
    

 

 

        

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

     Post-Enactment Losses (No Expiration)
     LVIP American Global Balanced
Allocation Managed Risk Fund
   LVIP American Global Growth
Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Short term.

       $7,416,528          $45,295,413  

Long-term

              7,177,433
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

       $7,416,528          $52,472,846  
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Funds would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including each Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of each Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

Level 1

Investments:

 

Assets:

   LVIP American Global Balanced
Allocation Managed Risk Fund
   LVIP American Global Growth
Allocation Managed Risk Fund
     

Affiliated Investments

     $ 71,661,643      $ 877,436,552

Unaffiliated Investments

       1,857,490,745        2,802,665,095
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Investments

     $ 1,929,152,388      $ 3,680,101,647
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Funds’ policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

 

LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–15


LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

    

LVIP American Global Balanced
 Allocation Managed Risk Fund

    

LVIP American Global Growth
 Allocation Managed Risk Fund

    

  Six Months  
Ended
6/30/17

    

Year
Ended
     12/31/16     

    

  Six Months  
Ended
6/30/17

    

Year
Ended
     12/31/16     

Shares sold:

                         

Standard Class

       16          7,358          992          42,704

Service Class

       3,654,681          12,586,537          4,134,186          13,045,339

Shares reinvested:

                         

Standard Class

                1,230                   1,407

Service Class

                3,018,412                   4,714,426
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 
       3,654,697          15,613,537          4,135,178          17,803,876
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

                         

Standard Class

       (568 )          (1,106 )          (28,123 )          (47,539 )

Service Class

       (15,807,721 )          (24,611,427 )          (30,580,629 )          (46,654,098 )
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 
       (15,808,289 )          (24,612,533 )          (30,608,752 )          (46,701,637 )
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Net decrease

       (12,153,592 )          (8,998,996 )          (26,473,574 )          (28,897,761 )
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

5. Contractual Obligations

The Funds enter into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Funds’ existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

6. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Funds’ current financial statement presentation and expects that the Funds will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

7. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no additional material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.

 

LVIP American Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–16


 

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LVIP American Preservation Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

  


LVIP American Preservation Fund

Index

 

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation      2  
Schedule of Investments      3  
Statement of Assets and Liabilities      4  
Statement of Operations      5  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      5  
Financial Highlights      6  
Notes to Financial Statements      8  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP American Preservation Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

    Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
  Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
  Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

 

 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

  $1,000.00   $1,014.50   0.19%     $0.95  

Service Class Shares

  1,000.00   1,012.70   0.54%       2.69  

 

 

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $1,000.00   $1,023.85   0.19%     $0.95  

Service Class Shares

  1,000.00   1,022.12   0.54%       2.71  

 

 

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies (“Underlying Funds”). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

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LVIP American Preservation Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Affiliated Investments

   10.00% 

Fixed Income Fund

   5.00% 

Money Market Fund

   5.00% 

Unaffiliated Investments

   90.06% 

Fixed Income Funds

   89.06% 

International Fixed Income Fund

   1.00% 

Total Value of Securities

   100.06% 

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

   (0.06%)

Total Net Assets

   100.00% 
 

 

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LVIP American Preservation Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    Number of
Shares
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–10.00%

 

Fixed Income Fund–5.00%

 

American Funds Insurance Series®
Mortgage Bond Fund

    3,035,515     $ 32,237,167  
   

 

 

 
      32,237,167  
   

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–5.00%

   

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–LVIP Government Money Market Fund (seven-day effective yield 0.47%)

    3,227,179       32,271,788  
   

 

 

 
      32,271,788  
   

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $64,409,177)

 

    64,508,955  
   

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–90.06%

 

Fixed Income Funds–89.06%

   

American Funds®

   

Bond Fund of America

    1,002,584       12,953,381  

Intermediate Bond Fund of America

    13,000,664          174,338,901  

Short-Term Bond Fund of America

    27,952,245       277,845,320  
    Number of
Shares
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Fixed Income Funds (continued)

 

American Funds Insurance Series®

   

Bond Fund

    2,969,131     $ 32,244,766  

High-Income Bond Fund

    1,836,796       19,323,089  

U.S. Government/AAA-Rated Securities Fund

    4,743,985       58,066,380  
   

 

 

 
      574,771,837  
   

 

 

 

International Fixed Income Fund–1.00%

 

American Funds Insurance Series®
Global Bond Fund

    551,112       6,459,037  
   

 

 

 
      6,459,037  
   

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $581,567,990)

 

       581,230,874  
   

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.06% (Cost $645,977,167)

     645,739,829  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.06%)

     (394,829
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 65,120,556 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $    645,345,000  
  

 

 

 

 

 

Class R-6 shares.

*

Standard Class shares.

 

Class 1 shares.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP American Preservation Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

ASSETS:

  

Affiliated investments. at value

   $ 64,508,955  

Unaffiliated investments. at value

     581,230,874  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

     645,739,829  

Receivable for investments sold

     1,842,295  

Dividends receivable from investments

     616,703  

Receivable for fund shares sold

     72,806  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     648,271,633  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

  

Cash due to custodian

     2,458,713  

Due to manager and affiliates

     287,902  

Payable for fund shares redeemed

     153,248  

Other accrued expenses payable

     26,770  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     2,926,633  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 645,345,000  
  

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

   $ 64,409,177  

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

     581,567,990  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

   $ 645,977,167  
  

 

 

 

Standard Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 124,804  

Shares Outstanding

     12,572  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 9.927  

Service Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 645,220,196  

Shares Outstanding

     65,107,984  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 9.910  

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 645,864,686  

Undistributed net investment income

     3,304,778  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (3,587,126

Net unrealized depreciation of investments

     (237,338
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 645,345,000  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP American Preservation Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends from affiliated investments

   $ 120,917  

Dividends from unaffiliated investments

     4,037,095  
  

 

 

 
     4,158,012  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     1,080,631  

Management fees

     772,036  

Accounting and administration expenses

     36,706  

Shareholder servicing fees

     31,214  

Professional fees

     18,974  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     10,516  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     8,110  

Custodian fees

     3,886  

Consulting fees

     1,524  

Pricing fees

     40  

Other

     1,774  
  

 

 

 
     1,965,411  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (308,814
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     1,656,597  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     2,501,415  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Distributions from affiliated investments

     202,747  

Distributions from unaffiliated investments

     795,117  

Sale of affiliated investments

     (14,883

Sale of unaffiliated investments

     (888,551
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     94,430  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Affiliated investments

     183,848  

Unaffiliated investments

     5,051,042  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation)

     5,234,890  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     5,329,320  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 7,830,735  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP American Preservation Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income

  $ 2,501,415     $ 5,774,386  

Net realized gain

    94,430       137,039  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    5,234,890       897,219  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    7,830,735       6,808,644  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net investment income:

   

Standard Class

          (4,218

Service Class

          (7,116,062
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (7,120,280
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

   

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    9,337       344,438  

Service Class

    120,270,552       248,744,755  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          4,218  

Service Class

          7,116,062  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    120,279,889       256,209,473  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (136,446     (175,104

Service Class

    (62,820,513     (110,298,784
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (62,956,959     (110,473,888
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    57,322,930       145,735,585  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET
ASSETS

    65,153,665       145,423,949  

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    580,191,335       434,767,386  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 645,345,000     $ 580,191,335  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

  $ 3,304,778     $ 803,363  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP American Preservation Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

        LVIP American Preservation Fund Standard Class
        Six Months                                   
        Ended                                  8/29/122
        6/30/171      Year Ended      to
        (unaudited)      12/31/16      12/31/15      12/31/14      12/31/13      12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 9.785        $ 9.755        $ 9.888        $ 9.788        $ 10.020        $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                       

Net investment income3

       0.057          0.145          0.150          0.137          0.153          0.239

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.085          0.042          (0.119 )          0.073          (0.264 )          (0.187 )
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.142          0.187          0.031          0.210          (0.111 )          0.052
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                                       

Net investment income

                (0.157 )          (0.164 )          (0.110 )          (0.121 )          (0.032 )
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

                (0.157 )          (0.164 )          (0.110 )          (0.121 )          (0.032 )
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 9.927        $ 9.785        $ 9.755        $ 9.888        $ 9.788        $ 10.020
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total return4

       1.45%          1.92%          0.31%          2.14%          (1.09% )          0.50%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                                       

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 125        $ 250        $ 81        $ 128        $ 224        $ 10

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

       0.19%          0.18%          0.18%          0.19%          0.23%          0.25%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/ reimbursed5

       0.29%          0.28%          0.28%          0.29%          0.35%          1.39%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.16%          1.45%          1.50%          1.38%          1.54%          6.98%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.06%          1.35%          1.40%          1.28%          1.42%          5.84%

Portfolio turnover

       15%          14%          21%          13%          55%          3%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP American Preservation Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

      LVIP American Preservation Fund Service Class
      Six Months                                   
      Ended                                  8/29/122
      6/30/171      Year Ended      to
      (unaudited)      12/31/16      12/31/15      12/31/14      12/31/13      12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 9.786        $ 9.755        $ 9.888        $ 9.789        $ 10.018        $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                       

Net investment income3

       0.040          0.110          0.115          0.102          0.118          0.227

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.084          0.043          (0.119 )          0.073          (0.262 )          (0.188 )
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.124          0.153          (0.004 )          0.175          (0.144 )          0.039
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                                       

Net investment income

                (0.122 )          (0.129 )          (0.076 )          (0.085 )          (0.021 )
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

                (0.122 )          (0.129 )          (0.076 )          (0.085 )          (0.021 )
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 9.910        $ 9.786        $ 9.755        $ 9.888        $ 9.789        $ 10.018
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total return4

       1.27%          1.57%          (0.04% )          1.78%          (1.43% )          0.39%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                                       

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 645,220        $ 579,941        $ 434,686        $ 301,155        $ 162,846        $ 32,209

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

       0.54%          0.53%          0.53%          0.54%          0.58%          0.60%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/ reimbursed5

       0.64%          0.63%          0.63%          0.64%          0.70%          1.74%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.81%          1.10%          1.15%          1.03%          1.19%          6.63%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.71%          1.00%          1.05%          0.93%          1.07%          5.49%

Portfolio turnover

       15%          14%          21%          13%          55%          3%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP American Preservation Fund–7


LVIP American Preservation Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP American Preservation Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in other open-end investment companies that are advised by Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”), American Funds Insurance Series® Funds and American Funds® retail funds (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Underlying Funds invest in U.S. and foreign stocks, bonds and money market instruments. In addition to investment company investments, the Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek current income, consistent with the preservation of capital.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investments companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

LVIP American Preservation Fund–8


LVIP American Preservation Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

LIAC is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds (including LIAC). LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administrative expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 17,291  

Legal

     4,175  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $6,557 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 79,787  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     186,133  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     15,425  

Printing & mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     6,557  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

LVIP American Preservation Fund–9


LVIP American Preservation Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

Affiliated investments, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers whereby the Fund held 5% or more of the issuers’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds). Affiliated investments of the Fund and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

   

Value

    12/31/16    

 

 Purchases 

 

      Sales      

 

Net Realized
 Gain (Loss) 

 

Net
Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Value

      6/30/17       

  Dividends  

Capital Gain
Distributions

American Funds Insurance Series® - Mortgage Bond Fund

    $ 28,954,664     $ 4,035,241     $ 921,703     $ (14,883 )     $ 183,848     $ 32,237,167     $ 99,861     $ 202,747

LVIP Money Market Fund

      11,615,760       21,059,556       403,528                   32,271,788       21,056      
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

    $ 40,570,424     $ 25,094,797     $ 1,325,231     $ (14,883 )     $ 183,848     $ 64,508,955     $ 120,917     $ 202,747
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 155,843,261  

Sales

     94,292,586  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 645,977,167  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 1,774,164  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (2,011,502
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized depreciation

   $ (237,338
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

Post-Enactment Losses (No  Expiration)

 Short-Term 

  

Long-Term

  

   Total   

$193,084

   $1,069,595    $1,262,679

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

LVIP American Preservation Fund–10


LVIP American Preservation Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

 

Assets:

  

Affiliated Investments

   $ 64,508,955  

Unaffiliated Investments

     581,230,874  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 645,739,829  
  

 

 

 
 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year
Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     948       34,309  

Service Class

     12,216,657       25,077,891  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           431  

Service Class

           727,190  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     12,217,605       25,839,821  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (13,946     (17,505

Service Class

     (6,373,405     (11,102,526
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (6,387,351     (11,120,031
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     5,830,254       14,719,790  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

 

5. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

6. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

7. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

LVIP American Preservation Fund–11


 

 

LOGO

 

 

 

 

LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

  

LOGO


LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings      2  
Statement of Net Assets      3  
Statement of Operations      5  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      5  
Financial Highlights      6  
Notes to Financial Statements      8  

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”), Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”), and to unaffiliated insurance companies. Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

 

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,172.10       0.96   $5.17

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,170.60       1.21   6.51

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,020.03       0.96   $4.81

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,018.79       1.21   6.06

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund–1


LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage  
of Net Assets
 

 

 

Common Stock

     92.30%  

 

 

Building Products

     3.98%   

Capital Markets

     8.59%   

Diversified Consumer Services

     3.93%   

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     1.00%   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     0.68%   

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     7.65%   

Food & Staples Retailing

     1.79%   

Food Products

     1.40%   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     6.07%   

Health Care Technology

     0.54%   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     20.48%   

Household Products

     1.25%   

Insurance

     6.82%   

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     0.48%   

Internet Software & Services

     5.35%   

IT Services

     5.82%   

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     2.56%   

Machinery

     1.39%   

Media

     1.12%   

Software

     7.45%   

Specialty Retail

     0.63%   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     1.95%   

Thrift & Mortgage Finance

     0.23%   

Trading Companies & Distributors

     1.14%   

 

 

Convertible Preferred Stock

     0.20%  

 

 

Master Limited Partnerships

     1.37%  

 

 

Money Market Fund

     7.14%  

 

 

Total Value of Securities

     101.01%  

 

 

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (1.01%

 

 

Total Net Assets

     100.00%  

 

 

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage  
of Net Assets
 

 

 

Vail Resorts

     8.23%   

Marriott Vacations Worldwide

     4.05%   

CoStar Group

     3.99%   

Arch Capital Group

     3.73%   

Gartner

     3.73%   

IDEXX Laboratories

     3.62%   

Choice Hotels International

     3.47%   

Gaming and Leisure Properties

     3.02%   

ANSYS

     2.67%   

SS&C Technologies Holdings

     2.53%   

 

 

Total

     39.04%  

 

 

 

IT–Information Technology  

 

 

LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund–2


LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK–92.30%

 

Building Products–3.98%

 

†Caesarstone

     115,000      $ 4,030,750  

†Masonite International

     131,000        9,890,500  

†Trex

     132,500        8,964,950  
     

 

 

 
        22,886,200  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–8.59%

 

Cohen & Steers

     191,000        7,743,140  

FactSet Research Systems

     50,900        8,458,562  

Financial Engines

     215,000        7,869,000  

Moelis & Co. Class A

     151,000        5,866,350  

Morningstar

     84,000        6,580,560  

MSCI Class A

     125,000        12,873,750  
     

 

 

 
        49,391,362  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services–3.93%

 

†Bright Horizons Family Solutions

     165,000        12,739,650  

†Nord Anglia Education

     301,741        9,827,704  
     

 

 

 
        22,567,354  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–1.00%

 

†Iridium Communications

     519,673        5,742,387  
     

 

 

 
        5,742,387  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–0.68%

 

Littelfuse

     23,870        3,938,550  
     

 

 

 
        3,938,550  
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–7.65%

 

Alexander’s

     11,100        4,678,206  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities

     57,000        6,866,790  

American Assets Trust

     63,027        2,482,634  

Douglas Emmett

     330,000        12,609,300  

Gaming and Leisure Properties

     460,000        17,328,200  
     

 

 

 
        43,965,130  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–1.79%

 

†Performance Food Group

     247,000        6,767,800  

†Smart & Final Stores

     386,000        3,512,600  
     

 

 

 
        10,280,400  
     

 

 

 

Food Products–1.40%

 

†TreeHouse Foods

     98,200        8,021,958  
     

 

 

 
        8,021,958  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–6.07%

 

†Glaukos

     116,522        4,832,167  

†IDEXX Laboratories

     129,000        20,823,180  

†Neogen

     32,550        2,249,531  

West Pharmaceutical Services

     74,000        6,994,480  
     

 

 

 
        34,899,358  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Technology–0.54%

 

†Evolent Health Class A

     9,000        228,150  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Health Care Technology (continued)

 

†Inovalon Holdings Class A

     220,000      $ 2,893,000  
     

 

 

 
        3,121,150  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–20.48%

 

Boyd Gaming

     145,000        3,597,450  

Choice Hotels International

     310,000        19,917,500  

ClubCorp Holdings

     265,000        3,471,500  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide

     197,500        23,255,625  

†Penn National Gaming

     363,500        7,778,900  

†Pinnacle Entertainment

     303,819        6,003,463  

Red Rock Resorts Class A

     270,100        6,360,855  

Vail Resorts

     233,300        47,320,239  
     

 

 

 
        117,705,532  
     

 

 

 

Household Products–1.25%

 

Church & Dwight

     138,000        7,159,440  
     

 

 

 
        7,159,440  
     

 

 

 

Insurance–6.82%

 

†Arch Capital Group

     230,000        21,456,700  

Kinsale Capital Group

     92,129        3,437,333  

Primerica

     188,512        14,279,784  
     

 

 

 
        39,173,817  
     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–0.48%

 

†AO World

     1,825,871        2,764,548  
     

 

 

 
        2,764,548  
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–5.35%

 

†Benefitfocus

     189,112        6,874,221  

†CoStar Group

     87,000        22,933,200  

†Wix.com

     13,115        912,804  
     

 

 

 
        30,720,225  
     

 

 

 

IT Services–5.82%

 

†Gartner

     173,600        21,441,336  

MAXIMUS

     191,500        11,993,645  
     

 

 

 
        33,434,981  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–2.56%

 

Bio-Techne

     48,500        5,698,750  

†Mettler-Toledo International

     15,300        9,004,662  
     

 

 

 
        14,703,412  
     

 

 

 

Machinery–1.39%

 

†Middleby

     65,850        8,001,434  
     

 

 

 
        8,001,434  
     

 

 

 

Media–1.12%

 

Manchester United Class A

     396,063        6,436,024  
     

 

 

 
        6,436,024  
     

 

 

 

Software–7.45%

 

†ANSYS

     126,000        15,331,680  

†Guidewire Software

     95,000        6,527,450  
 

 

LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund–3


LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Software (continued)

 

Pegasystems

    110,000     $ 6,418,500  

SS&C Technologies Holdings

    379,000       14,557,390  
   

 

 

 
      42,835,020  
   

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–0.63%

 

Camping World Holdings Class A

    23,500       724,975  

Dick’s Sporting Goods

    73,000       2,907,590  
   

 

 

 
      3,632,565  
   

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–1.95%

 

†Under Armour Class A

    274,000       5,962,240  

†Under Armour Class C

    261,251       5,266,820  
   

 

 

 
      11,229,060  
   

 

 

 

Thrift & Mortgage Finance–0.23%

 

†Essent Group

    36,000       1,337,040  
   

 

 

 
      1,337,040  
   

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–1.14%

 

Air Lease

    175,000       6,538,000  
   

 

 

 
      6,538,000  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $219,346,078)

 

    530,484,947  
   

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK–0.20%

 

Iridium Communications

 

6.75% exercise price $7.47

    2,926     $ 1,129,436  
   

 

 

 

Total Convertible Preferred Stock
(Cost $731,500)

 

    1,129,436  
   

 

 

 

MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS–1.37%

 

Carlyle Group

    162,500       3,209,375  

Oaktree Capital Group

    100,000       4,660,000  
   

 

 

 

Total Master Limited Partnerships
(Cost $6,920,059)

 

    7,869,375  
   

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–7.14%

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

    41,014,122       41,014,122  
   

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $41,014,122)

 

            41,014,122  
   

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–101.01% (Cost $268,011,759)

     580,497,880  

« LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(1.01%)

     (5,791,632
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 12,202,740 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

       $574,706,248  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP BARON GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FUND STANDARD CLASS ($36,330,823 / 754,392 Shares)

  $ 48.159  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP BARON GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FUND SERVICE CLASS ($538,375,425 / 11,448,348 Shares)

  $ 47.026  
 

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

     $ 215,530,793  

Accumulated net investment loss

     (504,694

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

     47,194,028  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     312,486,121  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

     $ 574,706,248  
  

 

 

 

 

  Non-income producing for the period.

« Includes $6,343,258 payable for securities purchased, $96,508 payable for fund shares redeemed, $579,418 due to manager and affiliates and $18,443 expense reimbursement receivable from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation as of June 30, 2017.

IT–Information Technology

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $   2,692,660  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     2,665,831  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     633,662  

Accounting and administration expenses

     66,193  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     33,835  

Shareholder servicing fees

     27,449  

Professional fees

     22,606  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     7,053  

Custodian fees

     5,586  

Consulting fees

     1,437  

Pricing fees

     116  

Other

     3,897  
  

 

 

 
     3,467,665  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (240,583

Expenses reimbursed

     (29,728
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     3,197,354  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT LOSS

     (504,694
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments

     25,625,564  

Foreign currencies

     (3,390
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     25,622,174  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     58,098,806  

Foreign currencies

     (6
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     58,098,800  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     83,720,974  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 83,216,280  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
   12/31/16   
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (504,694   $ 1,729,293  

Net realized gain

     25,622,174       22,124,821  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     58,098,800       3,322,963  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     83,216,280       27,177,077  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (175,577

Service Class

           (2,403,811

Net realized gain:

    

Standard Class

           (1,589,935

Service Class

           (33,844,955
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (38,014,278
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

 

 

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     11,821,682       8,191,603  

Service Class

     35,199,505       42,818,568  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           1,765,512  

Service Class

           36,248,766  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     47,021,187       89,024,449  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (3,143,836     (12,079,842

Service Class

     (49,722,671     (106,499,335
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (52,866,507     (118,579,177
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (5,845,320     (29,554,728
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

     77,370,960       (40,391,929

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     497,335,288       537,727,217  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 574,706,248     $ 497,335,288  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated net investment loss

   $ (504,694   $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund–5


LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund Standard Class

 
        Six Months
   Ended
   6/30/171
    

 

Year Ended

 
        (unaudited)       12/31/16      12/31/15      12/31/14      12/31/13      12/31/12  
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 41.088      $ 41.922      $ 47.819      $ 45.941      $ 35.526      $ 31.857  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                 

Net investment income (loss)2

     0.011        0.240        (0.017      0.092        0.032        0.681  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     7.060        2.219        (2.102      2.244        13.978        5.155  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     7.071        2.459        (2.119      2.336        14.010        5.836  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                 

Net investment income

            (0.305             (0.197      (0.184      (0.483

Net realized gain

            (2.988      (3.778      (0.261      (3.411      (1.684
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (3.293      (3.778      (0.458      (3.595      (2.167
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 48.159      $ 41.088      $ 41.922      $ 47.819      $ 45.941      $ 35.526  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return3

     17.21%        5.83%        (4.53%      5.12%        40.41%        18.54%  

Ratios and supplemental data:

                 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

   $ 36,331      $ 23,668      $ 26,105      $ 8,964      $ 16,739      $ 10,415  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     0.96%        1.01%        1.01%        1.01%        1.03%        1.04%  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     1.06%        1.05%        1.05%        1.05%        1.06%        1.08%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

     0.05%        0.58%        (0.03%      0.20%        0.08%        1.97%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     (0.05%      0.54%        (0.07%      0.16%        0.05%        1.93%  

Portfolio turnover

     3%        8%        12%        12%        6%        18%  

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund Service Class  
        Six Months
   Ended
   6/30/171
    

 

Year Ended

 
        (unaudited)      12/31/16      12/31/15      12/31/14      12/31/13      12/31/12  
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 40.172      $ 41.063      $ 47.034      $ 45.201      $ 35.084      $ 31.488  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                 

Net investment income (loss)2

     (0.044      0.133        (0.133      (0.022      (0.071      0.586  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     6.898        2.168        (2.060      2.201        13.783        5.092  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     6.854        2.301        (2.193      2.179        13.712        5.678  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                 

Net investment income

            (0.204             (0.085      (0.184      (0.398

Net realized gain

            (2.988      (3.778      (0.261      (3.411      (1.684
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (3.192      (3.778      (0.346      (3.595      (2.082
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 47.026      $ 40.172      $ 41.063      $ 47.034      $ 45.201      $ 35.084  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return3

     17.06%        5.57%        (4.77%      4.85%        40.06%        18.24%  

Ratios and supplemental data:

                 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

   $ 538,375      $ 473,667      $ 511,622      $ 576,278      $ 590,082      $ 404,872  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     1.21%        1.26%        1.26%        1.26%        1.28%        1.29%  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     1.31%        1.30%        1.30%        1.30%        1.31%        1.33%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

     (0.20%      0.33%        (0.28%      (0.05%      (0.17%      1.72%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     (0.30%      0.29%        (0.32%      (0.09%      (0.20%      1.68%  

Portfolio turnover

     3%        8%        12%        12%        6%        18%  

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”), Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”) and unaffiliated insurance companies. Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation through long-term investments in securities of small and mid-sized companies with undervalued assets or favorable growth prospects.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between their bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are used when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures, or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund does not separate that portion of realized gains and losses on foreign equity securities resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices. These changes are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date

 

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LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of such distribution by the issuer or management estimate. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund invests in master limited partnerships (“MLPs”) which make distributions that are primarily attributable to return of capital. The Fund records investment income and return of capital in the Statement of Operations using management’s estimate of the percentage of income included in the distributions received from each MLP based on historical information from the MLPs and other industry sources. These estimates may be adjusted based on information received from the MLPs after the tax and fiscal year ends.

The return of capital portion of the MLP distributions is a reduction in the cost basis of each investment which increases net realized gain (loss) and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation). If the return of capital distributions exceed its cost basis, the distributions are treated as realized gains. The actual amounts of income and return of capital are only determined by each MLP after its fiscal year-end and may differ from the estimated amounts. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund estimated that 100% of the MLP distributions received would be treated as a return of capital.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. The commission rebates are included in “Net realized gain (loss) on investments” on the Statement of Operations and totaled $196 for the six months ended June 30, 2017. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.06% on the first $250 million of average daily net assets of the Fund; 0.11% on the next $250 million, 0.16% on the next $200 million; 0.17% on the next $50 million; and 0.22% in excess of $750 million of average daily net assets of the Fund. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

Effective May 1, 2017, LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses exceed 0.96% of the average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 1.21% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

BAMCO, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) a subsidiary of Baron Capital Group, Inc., provides day-to-day portfolio management services to the Fund. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, cost for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund–9


LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

Administrative

   $ 14,895  

Legal

     3,596  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and Statements to Shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $27,754 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivable due from and liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 18,443  

Management fees payable to LIAC

     426,562  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     111,440  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     13,662  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     27,754  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 14,510,965  

Sales

     49,941,795  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 268,011,759  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 320,585,453  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (8,099,332
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 312,486,121  
  

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default

 

LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund–10


LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

 

Assets:

  

Common Stock

   $ 530,484,947  

Convertible Preferred Stock

     1,129,436  

Master Limited Partnerships

     7,869,375  

Money Market Fund

     41,014,122  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 580,497,880  
  

 

 

 
 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     248,641       198,522  

Service Class

     790,701       1,060,985  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           42,482  

Service Class

           893,952  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     1,039,342       2,195,941  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (70,288     (287,678

Service Class

     (1,133,451     (2,623,278
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (1,203,739     (2,910,956
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (164,397     (715,015
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

 

5. Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of equity securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in small-and mid-sized companies and may be subject to certain risks associated with ownership of securities of such companies. Investments in small-or mid-sized companies may be more volatile than investments in larger companies for a number of reasons, which include more limited financial resources or a dependence on narrow product lines.

 

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LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Market Risk (continued)

The Fund invests in REITs and is subject to the risks associated with that industry. If the Fund acquires a direct interest in real estate as a result of defaults or receives rental income directly from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company could be jeopardized. The Fund had no direct real estate holdings during the six months ended June 30, 2017. The Fund’s REIT holdings are also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs it holds use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. As of June 30, 2017, there were no Rule 144A securities.

6. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

7. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

8. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no additional material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

 

LOGO


LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value

Managed Volatility Fund

Index

 

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings      2  
Statement of Net Assets      3  
Statement of Operations      7  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      7  
Financial Highlights      8  
Notes to Financial Statements      10  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) Fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

 

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
  Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 

Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to

6/30/17*

 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $1,000.00   $1,063.40   0.66%     $3.38     

Service Class Shares

  1,000.00   1,062.10   0.91%     4.65     

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $1,000.00   $1,021.52   0.66%     $3.31     

Service Class Shares

  1,000.00   1,020.28   0.91%     4.56     

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Common Stock

     89.74%    

Aerospace & Defense

     2.73%    

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.44%    

Automobiles

     0.06%    

Banks

     12.97%    

Beverages

     1.35%    

Capital Markets

     3.73%    

Chemicals

     2.39%    

Commercial Services & Supplies

     0.35%    

Communications Equipment

     0.55%    

Containers & Packaging

     1.32%    

Distributors

     0.31%    

Diversified Consumer Services

     0.13%    

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     1.52%    

Electric Utilities

     6.03%    

Electrical Equipment

     0.52%    

Energy Equipment & Services

     0.54%    

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     0.27%    

Food & Staples Retailing

     0.69%    

Food Products

     0.43%    

Gas Utilities

     0.12%    

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     0.69%    

Health Care Providers & Services

     5.11%    

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     0.85%    

Household Durables

     0.76%    

Household Products

     1.10%    

Industrial Conglomerates

     4.10%    

Insurance

     5.21%    

Leisure Products

     0.15%    

Machinery

     0.77%    

Media

     2.04%    

Metals & Mining

     0.06%    

Multiline Retail

     1.20%    

Multi-Utilities

     3.87%    
Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     8.77%    

Paper & Forest Products

     0.19%    

Personal Products

     1.08%    

Pharmaceuticals

     5.95%    

Professional Services

     0.93%    

Road & Rail

     0.39%    

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     1.48%    

Software

     3.65%    

Specialty Retail

     1.27%    

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     1.85%    

Thrift & Mortgage Finance

     0.07%    

Tobacco

     1.37%    

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     0.38%    

Money Market Fund

     9.90%    

Total Value of Securities

     99.64%    

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.36%    

Total Net Assets

     100.00%    

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     2.85%    

Citigroup

     2.60%    

Bank of America

     2.55%    

Pfizer

     2.49%    

Oracle

     2.08%    

Dow Chemical

     1.90%    

Wells Fargo & Co.

     1.88%    

Lockheed Martin

     1.70%    

Anthem

     1.64%    

Merck & Co.

 

    

 

1.64%  

 

 

 

 

 

Total

     21.33%    
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund–2


LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

   

Number of

Shares

   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK–89.74%

 

Aerospace & Defense–2.73%

 

Lockheed Martin

    74,654     $       20,724,697  

Northrop Grumman

    48,790       12,524,881  
   

 

 

 
      33,249,578  
   

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics–0.44%

 

United Parcel Service Class B

    48,100       5,319,379  
   

 

 

 
      5,319,379  
   

 

 

 

Automobiles–0.06%

 

Ford Motor

    68,441       765,855  
   

 

 

 
      765,855  
   

 

 

 

Banks–12.97%

 

Bank of America

    1,282,500       31,113,450  

Bank of Hawaii

    33,061       2,743,071  

BB&T

    34,457       1,564,692  

Citigroup

    474,430       31,729,878  

FNB

    44,078       624,144  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    380,720       34,797,808  

KeyCorp

    268,780       5,036,937  

PacWest Bancorp

    49,820       2,326,594  

People’s United Financial

    51,432       908,289  

SunTrust Banks

    150,205       8,519,628  

Trustmark

    39,883       1,282,637  

U.S. Bancorp

    239,010       12,409,399  

United Bankshares

    42,290       1,657,768  

Valley National Bancorp

    51,326       606,160  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    412,760       22,871,032  
   

 

 

 
      158,191,487  
   

 

 

 

Beverages–1.35%

 

Coca-Cola

    185,234       8,307,745  

Diageo

    275,778       8,148,158  
   

 

 

 
      16,455,903  
   

 

 

 

Capital Markets–3.73%

 

CME Group

    66,659       8,348,373  

Federated Investors Class B

    47,851       1,351,791  

Goldman Sachs Group

    48,670       10,799,873  

Invesco

    120,524       4,241,240  

Lazard Class A

    88,867       4,117,208  

Morgan Stanley

    321,320       14,318,019  

Waddell & Reed Financial Class A

    121,676       2,297,243  
   

 

 

 
      45,473,747  
   

 

 

 

Chemicals–2.39%

 

CF Industries Holdings

    56,569       1,581,669  

Dow Chemical

    367,290       23,164,980  

Huntsman

    31,493       813,779  

Olin

    34,988       1,059,437  

Praxair

    18,810       2,493,266  
   

 

 

 
      29,113,131  
   

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–0.35%

 

Pitney Bowes

    79,583     $         1,201,703  

RR Donnelley & Sons

    53,415       669,824  

Waste Management

    32,834       2,408,374  
   

 

 

 
      4,279,901  
   

 

 

 

Communications Equipment–0.55%

 

Motorola Solutions

    76,760       6,658,162  
   

 

 

 
      6,658,162  
   

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging–1.32%

 

International Paper

    130,487       7,386,869  

Packaging Corp. of America

    37,793       4,209,762  

Sonoco Products

    39,023       2,006,563  

WestRock

    43,487       2,463,973  
   

 

 

 
      16,067,167  
   

 

 

 

Distributors–0.31%

 

Genuine Parts

    40,414       3,748,803  
   

 

 

 
      3,748,803  
   

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services–0.13%

 

H&R Block

    51,785       1,600,674  
   

 

 

 
      1,600,674  
   

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–1.52%

 

AT&T

    65,425       2,468,485  

BCE

    47,060       2,119,582  

CenturyLink

    134,163       3,203,812  

Verizon Communications

    241,510       10,785,837  
   

 

 

 
      18,577,716  
   

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–6.03%

 

Alliant Energy

    45,762       1,838,260  

American Electric Power

    50,507       3,508,721  

Edison International

    38,730       3,028,299  

Entergy

    66,205       5,082,558  

Eversource Energy

    46,056       2,796,060  

Exelon

    179,076       6,459,271  

FirstEnergy

    281,204       8,199,909  

Great Plains Energy

    54,229       1,587,825  

IDACORP

    38,224       3,262,418  

NextEra Energy

    133,653       18,728,795  

OGE Energy

    46,480       1,617,039  

PG&E

    138,193       9,171,869  

Pinnacle West Capital

    45,133       3,843,526  

PPL

    60,712       2,347,126  

Xcel Energy

    46,638       2,139,751  
   

 

 

 
      73,611,427  
   

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–0.52%

 

Eaton

    46,586       3,625,788  

Emerson Electric

    44,774       2,669,426  
   

 

 

 
      6,295,214  
   

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund–3


LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Energy Equipment & Services–0.54%

 

Halliburton

    79,700     $         3,403,987  

Helmerich & Payne

    58,725       3,191,117  
   

 

 

 
      6,595,104  
   

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–0.27%

 

Weyerhaeuser

    98,760       3,308,460  
   

 

 

 
      3,308,460  
   

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–0.69%

 

Kroger

    285,870       6,666,488  

Sysco

    35,170       1,770,106  
   

 

 

 
      8,436,594  
   

 

 

 

Food Products–0.43%

 

General Mills

    44,565       2,468,901  

Mondelez International

    64,020       2,765,024  
   

 

 

 
      5,233,925  
   

 

 

 

Gas Utilities–0.12%

 

New Jersey Resources

    37,608       1,493,038  
   

 

 

 
      1,493,038  
   

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–0.69%

 

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    29,920       5,837,691  

Smith & Nephew

    147,680       2,548,582  
   

 

 

 
      8,386,273  
   

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–5.11%

 

Aetna

    115,123       17,479,125  

Anthem

    106,570       20,049,014  

Cardinal Health

    23,790       1,853,717  

McKesson

    45,930       7,557,322  

Quest Diagnostics

    61,540       6,840,786  

UnitedHealth Group

    46,060       8,540,445  
   

 

 

 
      62,320,409  
   

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–0.85%

 

Darden Restaurants

    41,543       3,757,149  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings

    6,130       379,141  

McDonald’s

    40,929       6,268,686  
   

 

 

 
      10,404,976  
   

 

 

 

Household Durables–0.76%

 

Garmin

    54,710       2,791,851  

Leggett & Platt

    38,929       2,044,940  

Tupperware Brands

    62,603       4,396,609  
   

 

 

 
      9,233,400  
   

 

 

 

Household Products–1.10%

 

Kimberly-Clark

    40,875       5,277,371  

Procter & Gamble

    93,880       8,181,642  
   

 

 

 
      13,459,013  
   

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–4.10%

 

3M

    30,000       6,245,700  
    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Industrial Conglomerates (continued)

 

General Electric

    717,300     $       19,374,273  

Honeywell International

    85,070       11,338,980  

Koninklijke Philips

    366,860       13,029,089  
   

 

 

 
      49,988,042  
   

 

 

 

Insurance–5.21%

 

Allstate

    42,740       3,779,926  

American International Group

    259,730       16,238,320  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    38,737       2,217,693  

Cincinnati Financial

    38,535       2,791,861  

Marsh & McLennan

    79,134       6,169,287  

Mercury General

    59,459       3,210,786  

MetLife

    216,740       11,907,696  

Old Republic International

    51,677       1,009,252  

Prudential Financial

    96,240       10,407,394  

Travelers

    45,990       5,819,115  
   

 

 

 
      63,551,330  
   

 

 

 

Leisure Products–0.15%

 

Mattel

    84,531       1,819,952  
   

 

 

 
      1,819,952  
   

 

 

 

Machinery–0.77%

 

Caterpillar

    46,063       4,949,930  

PACCAR

    32,315       2,134,083  

Pentair

    35,160       2,339,546  
   

 

 

 
      9,423,559  
   

 

 

 

Media–2.04%

 

Cinemark Holdings

    38,592       1,499,299  

Comcast Class A

    369,980       14,399,622  

Meredith

    45,156       2,684,524  

Publicis Groupe

    84,850       6,329,285  
   

 

 

 
      24,912,730  
   

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–0.06%

 

Commercial Metals

    36,737       713,800  
   

 

 

 
      713,800  
   

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–1.20%

 

Dollar General

    97,280       7,012,915  

Kohl’s

    75,721       2,928,131  

Macy’s

    66,311       1,541,068  

Target

    60,820       3,180,278  
   

 

 

 
      14,662,392  
   

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–3.87%

 

Avista

    51,855       2,201,763  

Black Hills

    38,959       2,628,564  

CenterPoint Energy

    54,369       1,488,623  

CMS Energy

    42,464       1,963,960  

Dominion Energy

    118,786       9,102,571  

DTE Energy

    45,961       4,862,214  

NiSource

    42,398       1,075,213  
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund–4


LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Multi-Utilities (continued)

 

NorthWestern

    51,327     $ 3,131,974  

Public Service Enterprise Group

    221,434       9,523,876  

SCANA

    50,250       3,367,253  

Sempra Energy

    42,302       4,769,551  

WEC Energy Group

    49,677       3,049,174  
   

 

 

 
      47,164,736  
   

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–8.77%

 

Anadarko Petroleum

    36,970       1,676,220  

Chevron

    163,353       17,042,618  

ConocoPhillips

    32,192       1,415,160  

Enbridge

    86,250       3,433,613  

Exxon Mobil

    91,010       7,347,237  

Hess

    187,864       8,241,594  

HollyFrontier

    67,538       1,855,269  

Marathon Oil

    317,080       3,757,398  

Marathon Petroleum

    125,370       6,560,612  

Occidental Petroleum

    271,772       16,270,990  

ONEOK

    62,625       3,266,520  

Royal Dutch Shell ADR Class A

    143,330       7,623,723  

Suncor Energy

    439,080       12,821,136  

TOTAL ADR

    236,906       11,748,169  

Valero Energy

    58,382       3,938,450  
   

 

 

 
          106,998,709  
   

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products–0.19%

 

Domtar

    60,978       2,342,775  
   

 

 

 
      2,342,775  
   

 

 

 

Personal Products–1.08%

 

Nu Skin Enterprises Class A

    39,908       2,507,819  

Unilever (New York Shares)

    193,490       10,694,192  
   

 

 

 
      13,202,011  
   

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–5.95%

 

AstraZeneca

    216,311       14,467,054  

Eli Lilly & Co

    34,770       2,861,571  

Johnson & Johnson

    36,930       4,885,470  

Merck & Co

    312,477       20,026,651  

Pfizer

    904,150       30,370,399  
   

 

 

 
      72,611,145  
   

 

 

 

Professional Services–0.93%

 

Experian

    332,590       6,822,614  

Nielsen Holdings

    117,340       4,536,364  
   

 

 

 
      11,358,978  
   

 

 

 

Road & Rail–0.39%

 

Union Pacific

    43,162       4,700,773  
   

 

 

 
      4,700,773  
   

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–1.48%

 

Intel

    40,709       1,373,522  

QUALCOMM

    85,190       4,704,192  
    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)

 

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ADR

    344,220     $ 12,033,931  
   

 

 

 
      18,111,645  
   

 

 

 

Software–3.65%

 

Constellation Software

    3,530       1,846,690  

Microsoft

    250,530       17,269,033  

Oracle

    506,090       25,375,353  
   

 

 

 
      44,491,076  
   

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–1.27%

 

Gap

    156,810       3,448,252  

Home Depot

    50,560       7,755,904  

L Brands

    65,749       3,543,214  

Staples

    75,219       757,455  
   

 

 

 
      15,504,825  
   

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–1.85%

 

Lenovo Group

    5,974,000       3,772,271  

†Samsung Electronics GDR

    15,475       16,016,625  

Seagate Technology

    73,033       2,830,029  
   

 

 

 
      22,618,925  
   

 

 

 

Thrift & Mortgage Finance–0.07%

 

New York Community Bancorp

    66,316       870,729  
   

 

 

 
      870,729  
   

 

 

 

Tobacco–1.37%

 

Altria Group

    92,519       6,889,890  

Philip Morris International

    84,144       9,882,713  
   

 

 

 
      16,772,603  
   

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.38%

 

SK Telecom ADR

    180,240       4,626,761  
   

 

 

 
      4,626,761  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $870,103,509)

 

        1,094,726,832  
   

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–9.90%

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

    120,761,847       120,761,847  
   

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $120,761,847)

 

    120,761,847  
   

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund–5


LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.64% (Cost $990,865,356)

     $1,215,488,679  

« RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.36%

     4,445,680  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 62,862,639 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

     $1,219,934,359  
  

 

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP BLACKROCK DIVIDEND VALUE MANAGED VOLATILITY FUND STANDARD CLASS ($320,371,593 / 16,474,798 Shares)

   $ 19.446  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP BLACKROCK DIVIDEND VALUE MANAGED VOLATILITY FUND SERVICE CLASS ($899,562,766 / 46,387,841 Shares)

   $ 19.392  
  

 

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

     $1,040,070,113  

Undistributed net investment income

     11,432,068  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (55,807,631

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

     224,239,809  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

     $1,219,934,359  
  

 

 

 

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

«

Includes $2,302,002 cash collateral and $970,569 foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, $29,638 cash due to custodian, $197,965 payable for fund shares redeemed, $1,518,134 payable for securities purchased and $869,299 due to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

   Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
     Notional
Value
     Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Currency Contracts:

              

20

  British Pound    $ 1,603,810      $ 1,630,625        9/19/17        $ 26,815      $  

19

  Euro      2,692,950        2,723,413        9/19/17          30,463         

16

  Japanese Yen      1,841,448        1,782,000        9/19/17                 (59,448
             

 

 

    

 

 

 
                57,278        (59,448
             

 

 

    

 

 

 

Equity Contracts:

              

13

  Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index      409,558        410,280        9/18/17          722         

507

  E-mini S&P 500 Index      61,518,144        61,369,815        9/18/17                 (148,329

39

  E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index      6,881,099        6,809,790        9/18/17                 (71,309

80

  Euro STOXX 50 Index      3,247,376        3,134,973        9/18/17                 (112,403

18

  FTSE 100 Index      1,743,388        1,697,939        9/18/17                 (45,449

11

  Nikkei 225 Index (OSE)      1,967,247        1,957,946        9/8/17                 (9,301
             

 

 

    

 

 

 
                722        (386,791
             

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

            $ 58,000      $ (446,239
             

 

 

    

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements”

Summary of Abbreviations:

ADR–American Depositary Receipt

FTSE–Financial Times Stock Exchange

GDR–Global Depository Receipt

OSE–Osaka Securities Exchange

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund–6


LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $ 16,400,521  

Foreign tax withheld

     (318,876
  

 

 

 
     16,081,645  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     4,223,258  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     1,068,552  

Accounting and administration expenses

     145,805  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     67,544  

Shareholder servicing fees

     58,586  

Index fees

     42,160  

Professional fees

     28,301  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     15,825  

Custodian fees

     12,390  

Consulting fees

     3,059  

Pricing fees

     1,289  

Other

     4,571  
  

 

 

 
     5,671,340  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (729,651
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     4,941,689  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     11,139,956  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN:

  

Net realized gain from:

  

Investments

     28,635,061  

Foreign currencies

     20,933  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     21,067  

Futures contracts

     6,075,503  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     34,752,564  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     25,672,194  

Foreign currencies

     5,296  

Futures contracts

     (263,732
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation)

     25,413,758  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     60,166,322  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 71,306,278  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income

  $ 11,139,956     $ 18,659,843  

Net realized gain

    34,752,564       7,926,139  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    25,413,758       88,720,636  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    71,306,278       115,306,618  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net investment income:

   

Standard Class

          (5,789,538

Service Class

          (12,838,820
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (18,628,358
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

 

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    3,084,602       19,974,258  

Service Class

    82,157,472       199,065,525  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          5,789,538  

Service Class

          12,838,820  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    85,242,074       237,668,141  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (20,782,670     (40,537,736

Service Class

    (40,350,188     (69,104,288
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (61,132,858     (109,642,024
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    24,109,216       128,026,117  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

    95,415,494       224,704,377  

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    1,124,518,865       899,814,488  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 1,219,934,359     $ 1,124,518,865  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

  $ 11,432,068     $ 292,112  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund–7


LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund Standard Class
      Six Months
 Ended
 6/30/171
 (unaudited)
     12/31/162    12/31/15   

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

   12/31/13    12/31/123
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 18.287        $ 16.634      $ 17.805      $ 17.455      $ 14.977      $ 12.887

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                               

Net investment income4

       0.196          0.355        0.296        0.295        0.299        0.221

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.963          1.636        (1.162 )        0.314        2.428        1.966
    

 

 

        

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.159          1.991        (0.866 )        0.609        2.727        2.187
    

 

 

        

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                               

Net investment income

                (0.338 )        (0.305 )        (0.259 )        (0.249 )        (0.097 )
    

 

 

        

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

                (0.338 )        (0.305 )        (0.259 )        (0.249 )        (0.097 )
    

 

 

        

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 19.446        $ 18.287      $ 16.634      $ 17.805      $ 17.455      $ 14.977
    

 

 

        

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total return5

       6.34%          11.97%        (4.87% )        3.49%        18.21%        16.99%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                               

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 320,371        $ 318,457      $ 304,296      $ 337,563      $ 351,809      $ 322,496

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.66%          0.68%        0.72%        0.72%        0.76%        0.78%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.79%          0.80%        0.81%        0.81%        0.84%        0.83%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       2.09%          2.07%        1.72%        1.68%        1.84%        1.54%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.96%          1.95%        1.63%        1.59%        1.76%        1.49%

Portfolio turnover

       14%          51%        24%        24%        14%        103%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3

Commencing at the close of business on September 21, 2012, BlackRock Investment Management LLC (sub-adviser) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio.

 

4

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund–8


LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund Service Class
      Six Months
 Ended
 6/30/171
 (unaudited)
     12/31/162    12/31/15   

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

   12/31/13    12/31/123
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 18.258        $ 16.613      $ 17.781      $ 17.434      $ 14.961      $ 12.874

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                               

Net investment income4

       0.172          0.312        0.252        0.251        0.261        0.186

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.962          1.628        (1.158 )        0.312        2.419        1.962
    

 

 

        

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.134          1.940        (0.906 )        0.563        2.680        2.148
    

 

 

        

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                               

Net investment income

                (0.295 )        (0.262 )        (0.216 )        (0.207 )        (0.061 )
    

 

 

        

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

                (0.295 )        (0.262 )        (0.216 )        (0.207 )        (0.061 )
    

 

 

        

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 19.392        $ 18.258      $ 16.613      $ 17.781      $ 17.434      $ 14.961
    

 

 

        

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total return5

       6.21%          11.68%        (5.09% )        3.23%        17.92%        16.69%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                               

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 899,563        $ 806,062      $ 595,518      $ 499,132      $ 332,144      $ 75,798

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.91%          0.93%        0.97%        0.97%        1.01%        1.03%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.04%          1.05%        1.06%        1.06%        1.09%        1.08%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.84%          1.82%        1.47%        1.43%        1.59%        1.29%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.71%          1.70%        1.38%        1.34%        1.51%        1.24%

Portfolio turnover

       14%          51%        24%        24%        14%        103%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3

Commencing at the close of business on September 21, 2012, BlackRock Investment Management LLC (sub-adviser) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio.

 

4

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek reasonable income by investing primarily in income-producing equity securities.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are used when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under the policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (“the Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund does not separate that portion of realized gains and losses on foreign equity securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices. These changes are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date

 

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LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of such distributions by the issuer or management estimate. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.75% of the first $500 million of average daily net assets of the Fund, and 0.70% of average daily net assets of the Fund in excess of $500 million. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee as follows; 0.11% on the first $750 million of average daily net assets of the Fund and 0.15% of average daily net assets in excess of $750 million. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

BlackRock Investment Management LLC (“BlackRock”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays BlackRock a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets. SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSGA”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s volatility management overlay. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays SSGA a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 33,071  

Legal

     7,983  
 

 

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $59,688 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

 

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LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 596,188  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     184,371  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     59,688  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     29,052  
 

 

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 171,959,868  

Sales

     148,719,784  
 

 

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 990,865,356  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 244,490,427  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (19,867,104
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 224,623,323  
  

 

 

 
 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses; however there may be a greater likelihood that all or a portion of the Fund’s pre-enactment capital loss carryovers, if any, may expire without being utilized, due to the fact that post-enactment capital losses must be utilized before pre-enactment capital loss carryovers. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss, whereas before the Act, capital losses carried forward were treated as short-term.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

     Pre-Enactment
Short-Term Capital
Losses Expiring In
   Post-Enactment
Losses (No Expiration)*
         
  

2017

    Short-Term      Long-Term        Total      
   $36,214,077    $47,650,993    $—     $83,865,070    

*Capital loss carryovers with no expiration must be utilized first.

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

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LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

3. Investments (continued)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

 

Assets:

  

Common Stock

   $ 1,094,726,832  

Money Market Fund

     120,761,847  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 1,215,488,679  
  

 

 

 

Derivatives:

  

 

Assets:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ 58,000  
  

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ (446,239
  

 

 

 
 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. This does not include transfers between Level 1 investments and Level 2 investments that resulted from the Fund’s use of international fair value pricing during the period. In accordance with the fair value procedures described in Note 1, international fair value pricing uses other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to the events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded causing a change in classification between levels. International fair value pricing was not utilized at June 30, 2017. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
   6/30/17   
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     163,207       1,172,979  

Service Class

     4,379,884       11,608,818  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           315,857  

Service Class

           701,538  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     4,543,091       13,799,192  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (1,103,207     (2,367,134

Service Class

     (2,139,443     (4,010,304
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (3,242,650     (6,377,438
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     1,300,441       7,421,754  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change

 

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LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. This risk is generally mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty. No foreign currency exchange contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency exchange contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

    Asset Derivatives   Liability Derivatives
    Statement of Net Assets Location   Fair Value   Statement of Net Assets Location     Fair Value  

Futures Contracts (Currency contracts)

      Receivables and other assets net of liabilities     $ 57,278       Receivables and other assets net of liabilities     $ (59,448 )

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

      Receivables and other assets net of liabilities       722       Receivables and other assets net of liabilities       (386,741 )
       

 

 

         

 

 

 

Total

        $ 58,000         $ (446,239 )
       

 

 

         

 

 

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in Income

  Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Foreign currency exchange contracts
(Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts     $ 21,067     $

Futures contracts
(Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts       233,998       77,988

Futures contracts
(Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts       5,841,505       (341,720 )
      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

       $ 6,096,570     $ (263,732 )
      

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

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LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
   Short Derivative
Volume

Foreign currency exchange contracts (average cost)

     $ 42,454      $ 2,749

Futures contracts (average notional value)

       79,564,204       

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights to help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives and foreign currency exchange contracts and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting items and netting provisions in the event of a default or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instrument payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of an ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out) netting including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Net Assets.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had the following assets and liabilities subject to offsetting provisions:

Offsetting of Financial Assets and Liabilities and Derivative Assets and Liabilities

 

Counterparty

   Gross Value of
Derivative Asset
  Gross Value of
Derivative Liability
    Net Position                

Goldman Sachs Capital

     $ 58,000     $ (446,239 )     $ (388,239 )              
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

               

Counterparty

     Net Position     Fair Value of Non
Cash Collateral
Received
  Cash Collateral
Received
  Fair Value of
Non Cash
Collateral
Pledged
   Cash Collateral
Pledged
   Net Exposurea

Goldman Sachs Capital

     $ (388,239 )     $     $     $      $ 388,239      $
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

aNet exposure represents the receivable (payable) that would be due from (to) the counterparty in an event of default.

6. Credit and Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of equity securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

The Fund invests in REITs and is subject to the risks associated with that industry. If the Fund acquires a direct interest in real estate directly as a result of defaults or receives rental income from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company could be jeopardized. The Fund had no direct real estate holdings during the six months ended June 30, 2017. The Fund’s REIT holdings are also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs it holds use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which

 

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LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

6. Credit and Market Risk (continued)

are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. As of June 30, 2017, there were no Rule 144A securities held by the Fund.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Funds’ current financial statement presentation and expects that the Funds will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Managed Risk Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP BlackRock Global Allocation V.I.

Managed Risk Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation      2  
Schedule of Investments      3  
Statement of Assets and Liabilities      4  
Statement of Operations      5  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      5  
Financial Highlights      6  
Notes to Financial Statements      8  

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Managed Risk Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses cannot be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

    Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

 

 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,073.80       0.11%       $0.57  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,072.00       0.46%         2.36  

 

 

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,024.25       0.11%       $0.55  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.51       0.46%         2.31  

 

 

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies (Underlying Funds). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

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LVIP BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Managed Risk Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Sector   Percentage  
of Net Assets
 

 

 

Affiliated Investment

    96.04%   

 

 

Global Multi-Asset Fund

    96.04%   

Unaffiliated Investment

    4.05%   

 

 

Money Market Fund

    4.05%   

Total Value of Securities

    100.09%   

 

 

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

    (0.09%)  

 

 

Total Net Assets

    100.00%   

 

 
 

 

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LVIP BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Managed Risk Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENT–96.04%

 

Global Multi-Asset Fund–96.04%

 

*BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund

     57,579,705      $ 962,156,866  
     

 

 

 
        962,156,866  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment
(Cost $963,771,145)

 

     962,156,866  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENT–4.05%

 

Money Market Fund–4.05%

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     40,635,737      $ 40,635,737  
     

 

 

 
        40,635,737  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investment
(Cost $40,635,737)

 

     40,635,737  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.09% (Cost $1,004,406,882)

    1,002,792,603  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.09%)

    (924,832)  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 97,608,308 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

  $ 1,001,867,771  
 

 

 

 

 

 

*

Class I shares.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Managed Risk Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

ASSETS:

  

Affiliated investment, at value

   $ 962,156,866  

Unaffiliated investment, at value

     40,635,737  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

     1,002,792,603  

Cash

     74,630  

Receivable for fund shares sold

     34,658  

Dividends receivable from investments

     24,870  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     1,002,926,761  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

  

Due to manager and affiliates

     397,221  

Payable for investments purchased

     365,568  

Payable for fund shares redeemed

     263,536  

Other accrued expenses payable

     32,665  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     1,058,990  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 1,001,867,771  
  

 

 

 

Affiliated investment, at cost

   $ 963,771,145  

Unaffiliated investment, at cost

     40,635,737  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

   $ 1,004,406,882  
  

 

 

 

Standard Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 180,460  

Shares Outstanding

     17,449  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 10.342  

Service Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 1,001,687,311  

Shares Outstanding

     97,590,859  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 10.264  

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 1,043,436,781  

Undistributed net investment income

     5,303,953  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (45,258,684

Net unrealized depreciation of investments

     (1,614,279
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 1,001,867,771  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Managed Risk Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends from unaffiliated investment

   $ 107,193  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     3,700,376  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     1,726,534  

Accounting and administration expenses

     50,420  

Shareholder servicing fees

     48,586  

Professional fees

     24,676  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     22,487  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     13,411  

Custodian fees

     5,283  

Consulting fees

     2,880  

Pricing fees

     60  

Other

     4,368  
  

 

 

 
     5,599,081  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (3,305,669
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     2,293,412  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT LOSS

     (2,186,219
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized loss from:

  

Sale of affiliated investment

     (8,149,763

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Affiliated investment

     79,308,467  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     71,158,704  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 68,972,485  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.    

LVIP BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Managed Risk Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (2,186,219   $ 7,746,245  

Net realized loss

    (8,149,763     (29,157,019

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    79,308,467       46,659,605  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    68,972,485       25,248,831  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net investment income:

   

Standard Class

          (1,277

Service Class

          (7,549,486

Net realized gain:

   

Standard Class

          (822

Service Class

          (4,849,230
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (12,400,815
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

   

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    417       24,746  

Service Class

    37,962,076       122,489,292  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          2,099  

Service Class

          12,398,716  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    37,962,493       134,914,853  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (2,982     (126,996

Service Class

    (94,203,608     (134,620,651
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (94,206,590     (134,747,647
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (56,244,097     167,206  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

    12,728,388       13,015,222  

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    989,139,383       976,124,161  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 1,001,867,771     $ 989,139,383  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

  $ 5,303,953     $ 7,490,172  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Managed Risk Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

        LVIP BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Managed Risk Fund Standard Class
        Six Months                            
        Ended                           5/1/133
        6/30/171      Year Ended      to
        (unaudited)      12/31/162      12/31/15      12/31/14      12/31/13
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 9.631        $ 9.480        $ 10.490        $ 10.709        $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                

Net investment income (loss)4

       (0.005 )          0.107          0.109          0.299          0.235

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.716          0.162          (0.565 )          (0.319 )          0.490
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.711            0.269            (0.456)            (0.020)            0.725  

Less dividends and distributions from:

                                

Net investment income

                (0.072 )          (0.107 )          (0.108 )         

Net realized gain

                (0.046 )          (0.447 )          (0.091 )          (0.016 )
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

                (0.118 )          (0.554 )          (0.199 )          (0.016 )
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.342        $ 9.631        $ 9.480        $ 10.490        $ 10.709
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total return5

       7.38%          2.85%          (4.32% )          (0.21% )          7.25%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                                

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 181        $ 170        $ 265        $ 304        $ 2,961

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

       0.11%          0.10%          0.11%          0.10%          0.10%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

       0.78%          0.78%          0.81%          0.80%          0.84%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.09% )          1.13%          1.05%          2.77%          3.42%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.76% )          0.45%          0.35%          2.07%          2.68%

Portfolio turnover

       2%          9%          8%          3%          13%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Managed Risk Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

        LVIP BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Managed Risk Fund Service Class
        Six Months                            
        Ended                           5/1/133
        6/30/171      Year Ended      to
        (unaudited)      12/31/162      12/31/15      12/31/14      12/31/13
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 9.575        $ 9.459        $ 10.466        $ 10.684        $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                

Net investment income (loss)4

       (0.022 )          0.074          0.072          0.260          0.213

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.711          0.160          (0.561 )          (0.317 )          0.487
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.689          0.234          (0.489 )          (0.057 )          0.700
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                                

Net investment income

                (0.072 )          (0.071 )          (0.070 )         

Net realized gain

                (0.046 )          (0.447 )          (0.091 )          (0.016 )
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

                (0.118 )          (0.518 )          (0.161 )          (0.016 )
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.264        $ 9.575        $ 9.459        $ 10.466        $ 10.684
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total return5

       7.20%          2.50%          (4.66% )          (0.55% )          7.00%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                                

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 1,001,687        $ 988,969        $ 975,859        $ 806,422        $ 329,225

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

       0.46%          0.45%          0.46%          0.45%          0.45%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

       1.13%          1.13%          1.16%          1.15%          1.19%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.44% )          0.78%          0.70%          2.42%          3.07%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (1.11% )          0.10%          0.00%          1.72%          2.33%

Portfolio turnover

       2%          9%          8%          3%          13%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Managed Risk Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Managed Risk Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in other open-end investment companies, primarily the BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund (collectively, “the Underlying Funds”). The Fund is advised by Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”). The BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund, which is advised by an unaffiliated adviser, invests primarily in a portfolio of equity, debt and money market instruments. In addition to investment company investments, the Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments, and employs an actively managed risk-management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax return through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013-December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

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LVIP BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Managed Risk Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

LIAC is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-advisor, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.75% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.67% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC.

Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s managed risk strategy. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 28,204  

Legal

     6,807  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $17,272 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 66,231  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     289,709  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     24,009  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     17,272  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

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LVIP BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Managed Risk Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

Affiliated investments, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers whereby the Fund held 5% or more of the issuers’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds or ETFs). Affiliated investments of the Fund and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

   

Value
    12/31/16    

 

 Purchases 

 

      Sales      

 

Net Realized

      Gain (Loss)      

 

Net Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Value

      6/30/17      

  Dividends  

Capital Gain
Distributions

BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund

      950,225,202       14,621,913       73,848,953       (8,149,763 )       79,308,467       962,156,866            

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 14,621,913  

Sales

     73,848,953  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 1,004,406,882  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (1,614,279
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized depreciation

   $ (1,614,279
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

Post-Enactment Losses (No Expiration)

 Short-Term 

  

Long-Term

  

   Total   

$4,046,229

   $11,229,575    $15,275,804

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

LVIP BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Managed Risk Fund–10


LVIP BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Managed Risk Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

3. Investments (continued)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

Assets:

  

Affiliated Investment

   $ 962,156,866  

Unaffiliated Investment

     40,635,737  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 1,002,792,603  
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     42       2,625  

Service Class

     3,787,892       13,059,620  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           219  

Service Class

           1,301,976  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     3,787,934       14,364,440  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (294     (13,151

Service Class

     (9,479,934     (14,251,203
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (9,480,228     (14,264,354
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (5,692,294     100,086  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

 

5. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

6. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

7. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no additional material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

LVIP BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Managed Risk Fund–11


 

LOGO

 

 

 

LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

 

LOGO


LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF

Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation      2  
Statement of Net Assets      3  
Statement of Operations      4  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      4  
Financial Highlights      5  
Notes to Financial Statements      7  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,073.40       0.33   $ 1.70  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,071.50       0.68     3.49  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.16       0.33   $ 1.66  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,021.42       0.68     3.41  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in iShares Exchange-Traded Funds (“Underlying ETFs”) or financial instruments that provide exposure to such Underlying ETFs (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial Statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund–1


LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Investment Companies

     101.19%   

Equity Funds

     49.06%   

Fixed Income Funds

     28.41%   

International Equity Funds

     18.61%   

Money Market Fund

     5.11%   

Total Value of Securities

     101.19%   

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (1.19%)  

Total Net Assets

     100.00%   
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund–2


LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES–101.19%

 

Equity Funds–49.06%

     

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

     153,752      $ 37,424,774  

iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

     49,093        8,539,727  

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA ETF

     656,150        32,105,420  

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

     60,909        8,583,296  
     

 

 

 
        86,653,217  
     

 

 

 

Fixed Income Funds–28.41%

     

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

     229,417        25,123,456  

iShares Core U.S. Credit Bond ETF

     72,809        8,131,309  

iShares Core U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

     336,765        8,506,684  

iShares MBS ETF

     78,781        8,410,660  
     

 

 

 
        50,172,109  
     

 

 

 
     Number
of Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES (continued)

 

International Equity Funds–18.61%

 

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol EAFE ETF

     323,497      $ 22,398,932  

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol Emerging Markets ETF

     188,885        10,464,229  
     

 

 

 
        32,863,161  
     

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–5.11%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     9,020,916        9,020,916  
     

 

 

 
        9,020,916  
     

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies (Cost $170,776,023)

        178,709,403  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–101.19% (Cost $170,776,023)

     178,709,403  

«LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(1.19%)

     (2,101,483
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 16,297,848 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 176,607,920  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP BLACKROCK GLOBAL GROWTH ETF ALLOCATION MANAGED RISK FUND STANDARD CLASS ($4,940,297 / 455,159 Shares)

   $ 10.854  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP BLACKROCK GLOBAL GROWTH ETF ALLOCATION MANAGED RISK FUND SERVICE CLASS ($171,667,623 / 15,842,689 Shares)

   $ 10.836  
  

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 167,822,625  

Undistributed net investment income

     1,094,238  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (242,323

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     7,933,380  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 176,607,920  
  

 

 

 

 

« Includes $86,661 due to manager and affiliates, $2,324,771 payable for investments purchased, and $21,755 payable for fund shares redeemed as of June 30, 2017.

Summary of Abbreviations:

EAFE–Europe Australasia Far East

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

MBS–Mortgage-Backed Security

MSCI–Morgan Stanley Capital International

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund–3


LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended to June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $ 1,554,091  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     231,708  

Management fees

     170,131  

Professional fees

     20,409  

Accounting and administration expenses

     19,397  

Shareholder servicing fees

     7,832  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     2,778  

Custodian fees

     2,565  

Consulting fees

     1,948  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     1,590  

Pricing fees

     31  

Other

     1,464  
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     459,853  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     1,094,238  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized loss on investments

     (18,774

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     7,902,271  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     7,883,497  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 8,977,735  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF Allocation

Managed Risk Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)
    5/2/16*
to
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 1,094,238     $ 910,487  

Net realized loss

     (18,774     (232,809

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     7,902,271       31,109  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     8,977,735       708,787  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (25,117

Service Class

           (896,172

Return of capital:

    

Standard Class

           (88

Service Class

           (3,959
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (925,336
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     2,614,008       2,984,848  

Service Class

     73,191,250       103,006,267  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           25,205  

Service Class

           900,131  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     75,805,258       106,916,451  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (108,747     (799,584

Service Class

     (8,817,882     (5,148,762
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (8,926,629     (5,948,346
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     66,878,629       100,968,105  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     75,856,364       100,751,556  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     100,751,556        
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 176,607,920     $ 100,751,556  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 1,094,238     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

*Date of commencement of operations.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund–4


LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund
    Standard Class
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
             (unaudited)            
  5/2/162
to
            12/31/16             

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.112     $ 10.000

Income from investment operations:

       

Net investment income3

      0.102       0.213

Net realized and unrealized gain

      0.640       0.018
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.742       0.231
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

       

Net investment income

            (0.119 )

Return of capital

            4
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.119 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.854     $ 10.112
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

      7.34%       2.31%

Ratios and supplemental data:

       

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 4,940     $ 2,185

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

      0.33%       0.35%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

      0.33%       0.40%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      1.94%       3.14%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      1.94%       3.09%

Portfolio turnover

      0% 7       3%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4

Return of capital distributions of $88 were made by the Fund’s Standard Class, which calculated to de minimis amounts of $ 0.000 per share.

 

5

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

 

7

Portfolio turnover is calculated to less than 0.50%.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund
    Service Class
    Six Months
ended
6/30/171
                (unaudited)                 
  5/2/162
to
                 12/31/16                

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.113     $ 10.000

Income from investment operations:

       

Net investment income3

      0.084       0.189

Net realized and unrealized gain

      0.639       0.018
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.723       0.207
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

       

Net investment income

            (0.094 )

Return of capital

            4
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.094 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.836     $ 10.113
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

      7.15%       2.07%

Ratios and supplemental data:

       

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 171,668     $ 98,567

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

      0.68%       0.70%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

      0.68%       0.75%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      1.59%       2.79%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      1.59%       2.74%

Portfolio turnover

      0% 7       3%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4

Return of capital distributions of $3,959 were made by the Fund’s Service Class, which calculated to de minimis amounts of $0.000 per share.

 

5

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

 

7

Portfolio turnover is calculated to less than 0.50%.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in iShares Exchange-Traded Funds (“Underlying ETFs”) or financial instruments that provide exposure to such Underlying ETFs (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Underlying Funds invest in U.S. and foreign stocks, bonds and money market instruments. A significant portion of the Underlying Funds employ a passive investment style (i.e. index funds). In addition to company investments, the Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments, and employs an actively managed risk-management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at http://www.sec.gov.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek a balance between current income and growth of capital, with a greater emphasis on growth of capital.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–ETFs, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on the valuation date. ETFs traded on the Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sales price. If on a particular day an ETF does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Investments in government money market fund have a stable NAV.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax return to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for the open tax year ended December 31, 2016, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

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LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-advisers, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds.

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses (excluding Underlying Fund fees and expenses) exceed 0.37% of the average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.72% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees and LIAC.

BlackRock Investment Management LLC (“BlackRock”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays BlackRock a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC (“Milliman”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s managed risk strategy. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays Milliman a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 3,510  

Legal

     848  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $128 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

 

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LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 34,934  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     47,547  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     4,052  

Printing & mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     128  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 66,226,667  

Sales

     413,197  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 170,776,023  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 8,147,685  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (214,305
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 7,933,380  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

    Post-Enactment Losses (No Expiration)
  Short-Term      Long-Term      Total
  $9,203      $27,539      $36,742

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

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LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)    

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

 

Assets:

  

Investment Companies

   $ 178,709,403  
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
     5/2/16*
to
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

     

Standard Class

     249,410        291,876  

Service Class

     6,930,601        10,164,196  

Shares reinvested:

     

Standard Class

            2,490  

Service Class

            88,911  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     7,180,011        10,547,473  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

     

Standard Class

     (10,298      (78,319

Service Class

     (834,694      (506,325
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (844,992      (584,644
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase

     6,335,019        9,962,829  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*

Date of commencement of operations.

5. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

6. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

7. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LOGO

 

 

 

 

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

   LOGO


LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation and Credit Quality Breakdown      2  
Statement of Net Assets      3  
Statement of Operations      7  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      7  
Financial Highlights      8  
Notes to Financial Statements      10  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

 

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
  Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
  Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*

Actual

               

Standard Class Shares

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,004.60       0.48 %     $ 2.39

Service Class Shares

      1,000.00       1,003.50       0.73 %       3.63

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,022.41       0.48 %     $ 2.41

Service Class Shares

      1,000.00       1,021.17       0.73 %       3.66

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Credit Quality Breakdown (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

 

 

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     0.06%  

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     0.30%  

Sovereign Bonds

     44.85%  

Australia

     1.59%  

Canada

     0.86%  

Denmark

     0.40%  

France

     10.66%  

Germany

     4.83%  

Italy

     8.39%  

Japan

     5.15%  

New Zealand

     0.90%  

Spain

     2.39%  

Sweden

     1.05%  

United Kingdom

     8.63%  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     53.64%  

Money Market Fund

     1.84%  

Total Value of Securities

     100.69%  

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.69%

Total Net Assets

     100.00%  
Credit Quality Breakdown
(as a % of fixed income investments)*
       

U.S. Government

     54.26%  

AAA

     8.98%  

AA

     19.53%  

A

     5.21%  

BBB

     10.92%  

BB

     0.03%  

Not Rated

     1.07%  

Total

     100.00%  

*For financial reporting purposes, credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either Standard & Poor’s Rating Services (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. (“Moody”) or Fitch Inc. (“Fitch”). U.S. Treasury Obligations appear under “U.S. Government”. “Not Rated” is used to classify securities for which a rating is not available and does not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

 

 

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LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

            Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

NON-AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS–0.06%

 

ABN Amro Mortgage

        

Series 2003-4 A4 5.50% 3/25/33

        63,444      $ 63,967  

Series 2003-6 1A4 5.50% 5/25/33

        114,723        117,673  

◆Cendant Mortgage Capital Pass Through Series 2003-6 A3 5.25% 7/25/33

        211,899        212,582  

◆CHL Mortgage Pass Through Trust Series 2004-5 2A4 5.50% 5/25/34

        101,950        103,174  

•PHHMC Trust Series 2007-6 A1 5.829% 12/18/37

        67,063        68,900  

◆WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates Trust Series 2003-S11 3A5 5.95% 11/25/33

        223,953        234,328  

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust Series 2007-3 3A1 5.50% 4/25/22

        29,232        29,834  
        

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(Cost $839,819)

 

     830,458  
        

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES–0.30%

 

#BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2012-PARK A 144A 2.959% 12/10/30

        1,014,000        1,032,393  

#BB-UBS Trust Series 2012-SHOW A 144A 3.43% 11/5/36

        930,000        952,190  

#Goldman Sachs Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2012-ALOH A 144A 3.551% 4/10/34

        883,000        925,997  

#•Irvine Core Office Trust Series 2013-IRV A2 144A 3.279% 5/15/48

        798,000        819,611  

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2013-C7 A4 2.918% 2/15/46

        357,000        361,879  
        

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $4,062,586)

 

     4,092,070  
        

 

 

 

DSOVEREIGN BONDS–44.85%

 

Australia–1.59%

 

Australia Government Bonds

 

  

1.00% 11/21/18

     AUD        4,875,000        4,027,963  

1.25% 2/21/22

     AUD        4,928,375        4,332,523  

3.00% 9/20/25

     AUD        5,835,000        6,311,096  
            Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DSOVEREIGN BONDS (continued)

 

Australia (continued)

        

Australia Government Bonds (continued)

 

  

4.00% 8/20/20

     AUD        4,780,000      $ 6,821,088  
        

 

 

 
           21,492,670  
        

 

 

 

Canada–0.86%

        

Canadian Government Real Return Bonds

 

  

4.00% 12/1/31

     CAD        3,881,358        4,459,701  

4.25% 12/1/21

     CAD        7,801,061        7,106,377  
        

 

 

 
           11,566,078  
        

 

 

 

Denmark–0.40%

        

Denmark Inflation Linked Government Bond

 

  

0.10% 11/15/23

     DKK        32,794,364        5,337,170  
        

 

 

 
           5,337,170  
        

 

 

 

France–10.66%

        

French Republic Government Bond O.A.T.

 

  

0.10% 3/1/21

     EUR        8,143,760        9,724,330  

0.10% 7/25/21

     EUR        4,452,160        5,339,225  

0.10% 3/1/25

     EUR        13,221,138        15,988,403  

0.25% 7/25/18

     EUR        56,714,833        65,889,065  

0.25% 7/25/24

     EUR        5,805,540        7,138,385  

1.10% 7/25/22

     EUR        2,621,763        3,329,674  

1.30% 7/25/19

     EUR        1,986,243        2,390,359  

#144A 2.00% 5/25/48

     EUR        2,510,000        2,966,664  

2.10% 7/25/23

     EUR        12,387,680        16,828,331  

2.25% 7/25/20

     EUR        11,169,721        14,159,878  
        

 

 

 
           143,754,314  
        

 

 

 

Germany–4.83%

        

Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesobligation Inflation Linked Bond

 

  

0.75% 4/15/18

     EUR        12,042,503        13,814,973  

Deutsche Bundesrepublik Inflation Linked Bonds

 

  

0.10% 4/15/23

     EUR        1,775,485        2,156,031  

0.10% 4/15/26

     EUR        13,039,995        16,039,249  

1.75% 4/15/20

     EUR        26,828,625        33,058,092  
        

 

 

 
           65,068,345  
        

 

 

 

Italy–8.39%

        

Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro Inflation Linked Bonds

 

  

#144A 1.25% 9/15/32

     EUR        1,100,902        1,225,684  

#144A 1.30% 5/15/28

     EUR        21,316,473        24,329,177  

2.10% 9/15/21

     EUR        9,514,748        11,874,426  

2.35% 9/15/19

     EUR        3,773,809        4,582,448  

#144A 2.35% 9/15/24

     EUR        25,101,681        31,852,586  

2.55% 9/15/41

     EUR        608,108        794,144  

2.60% 9/15/23

     EUR        17,903,646        23,170,058  

#144A 2.70% 3/1/47

     EUR        3,520,000        3,591,190  

3.10% 9/15/26

     EUR        8,671,372        11,694,196  
        

 

 

 
           113,113,909  
        

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund–3


LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

           Principal
Amount°
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DSOVEREIGN BONDS (continued)

 

 

Japan–5.15%

 

 

Japanese Government CPI Linked Bonds

 

 

0.10% 9/10/23

     JPY       1,001,246,400     $ 9,225,087  

0.10% 3/10/24

     JPY       809,411,400       7,464,792  

0.10% 9/10/24

     JPY       1,026,443,000       9,511,994  

0.10% 3/10/25

     JPY       3,150,300,000       29,221,676  

0.10% 3/10/26

     JPY       1,435,236,516       13,338,544  

0.10% 3/10/27

     JPY       75,450,600       703,893  
      

 

 

 
         69,465,986  
      

 

 

 

New Zealand–0.90%

      

New Zealand Government Bonds

 

 

2.50% 9/20/35

     NZD       5,694,000       4,511,000  

3.00% 9/20/30

     NZD       8,909,000       7,640,028  
      

 

 

 
         12,151,028  
      

 

 

 

Spain–2.39%

      

Spain Government Bond #144A 5.15% 10/31/44

     EUR       1,598,000       2,655,894  

Spain Government Inflation Linked Bonds

 

 

0.30% 11/30/21

     EUR       6,631,423       7,928,479  

#144A 0.55% 11/30/19

     EUR       6,491,094       7,678,720  

#144A 1.80% 11/30/24

     EUR       10,852,457       14,007,393  
      

 

 

 
         32,270,486  
      

 

 

 

Sweden–1.05%

      

Sweden Inflation Linked Bonds

 

 

0.25% 6/1/22

     SEK       29,680,000       3,991,160  

1.00% 6/1/25

     SEK       31,395,000       4,548,468  

4.00% 12/1/20

     SEK       30,130,000       5,657,668  
      

 

 

 
         14,197,296  
      

 

 

 

United Kingdom–8.63%

      

United Kingdom Gilt Inflation Linked Bonds

 

 

0.125% 11/22/19

     GBP       3,845,502       5,385,970  

0.125% 3/22/24

     GBP       6,742,150       10,150,460  

0.125% 3/22/26

     GBP       14,125,018       21,737,257  

1.25% 11/22/17

     GBP       42,526,489       56,438,240  

1.875% 11/22/22

     GBP       3,526,280       5,698,405  

2.50% 4/16/20

     GBP       3,540,000       17,030,719  
      

 

 

 
         116,441,051  
      

 

 

 

Total Sovereign Bonds
(Cost $574,662,976)

 

    604,858,333  
      

 

 

 

 

    Principal
Amount°
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS–53.64%

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index Bonds

   

0.875% 2/15/47

    5,307,963     $ 5,156,797  

1.00% 2/15/46

    3,085,650       3,086,138  

2.00% 1/15/26

    3,277,120       3,674,782  

¥2.125% 2/15/41

    15,155,923       18,965,182  

2.50% 1/15/29

    9,746,906       11,731,756  

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index Notes

   

0.125% 4/15/19

    8,285,787       8,291,794  

0.125% 4/15/20

    25,011,004       25,056,699  

0.125% 4/15/21

    5,137,966       5,131,995  

0.125% 1/15/22

    25,427,245       25,402,606  

0.125% 4/15/22

    93,070,405       92,673,087  

0.125% 7/15/22

    23,132,527       23,115,362  

0.125% 1/15/23

    38,092,467       37,765,291  

0.125% 7/15/24

    26,445,521       25,992,060  

0.125% 7/15/26

    80,008,012       77,225,013  

0.25% 1/15/25

    71,802,029       70,569,332  

0.375% 7/15/23

    27,523,872       27,716,540  

0.375% 7/15/25

    37,274,988       37,015,703  

0.375% 1/15/27

    8,229,755       8,088,187  

¥0.625% 7/15/21

    27,781,763       28,486,503  

0.625% 1/15/24

    35,222,272       35,744,195  

0.625% 1/15/26

    29,889,919       30,098,252  

1.125% 1/15/21

    45,433,946       47,187,515  

1.25% 7/15/20

    35,668,569       37,190,796  

1.375% 1/15/20

    10,301,315       10,681,207  

2.375% 1/15/25

    23,432,125       26,708,826  

2.375% 1/15/27

    551,701       643,411  
   

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(Cost $720,786,288)

 

    723,399,029  
   

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
       

MONEY MARKET FUND–1.84%

 

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

    24,806,560       24,806,560  
   

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $24,806,560)

 

    24,806,560  
   

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.69% (Cost $1,325,158,229)

        1,357,986,450    

« LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.69%)

        (9,240,599 )    
       

 

 

     

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 132,260,456 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

        $1,348,745,851    
       

 

 

     

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP BLACKROCK INFLATION PROTECTED BOND FUND STANDARD CLASS ($504,760,265 / 49,461,025 Shares)

          $10.205    
         

 

 

     

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP BLACKROCK INFLATION PROTECTED BOND FUND SERVICE CLASS ($843,985,586 / 82,799,431 Shares)

          $10.193    
         

 

 

     

 

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund–4


LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 1,450,880,171  

Undistributed net investment income

     19,597,677  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (148,311,561

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

     26,579,564  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 1,348,745,851  
  

 

 

 

 

#

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At June 30, 2017, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $92,037,499, which represents 6.82% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 6 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

D

Securities have been classified by country of origin.

 

Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate as of June 30, 2017. Interest rates reset periodically.

 

«

Includes $15,858 cash due to custodian, $787,048 cash collateral held at broker for future contracts, $239,459 foreign currencies collateral due to broker for futures contracts, $716,607 due to manager and affiliates, $10,144,611 payable for securities purchased and $863,024 payable for fund shares redeemed as of June 30, 2017.

 

Pass Through Agreement. Security represents the contractual right to receive a proportionate amount of underlying payments due to the counterparty pursuant to various agreements related to the rescheduling of obligations and the exchange of certain notes.

 

°

Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.

 

¥

Fully or partially pledged as collateral for derivatives.

The following foreign currency exchange contracts and futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Counterparty

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

ANZB

       JPY        (74,427,000 )       USD        669,256       7/6/17      $ 7,364      $

ANZB

       NZD        (20,682,540 )       USD        14,729,484       7/6/17               (425,263 )

BAML

       EUR        (2,660,000 )       USD        3,002,674       7/6/17               (36,379 )

BCLY

       EUR        (6,008,000 )       USD        6,780,409       7/6/17               (83,739 )

BCLY

       GBP        2,742,938       USD        (3,500,000 )       7/6/17        73,246       

BCLY

       NZD        3,703,000       USD        (2,636,888 )       7/6/17        76,416       

BCLY

       SEK        (119,450,788 )       USD        13,806,627       7/6/17               (376,731 )

CITI

       AUD        (27,410,000 )       USD        20,325,238       7/6/17               (740,678 )

CITI

       GBP        1,919,000       USD        (2,472,885 )       7/6/17        27,009       

GSC

       EUR        6,458,000       USD        (7,282,438 )       7/6/17        95,835       

GSC

       GBP        (629,000 )       USD        800,260       7/6/17               (19,142 )

GSC

       JPY        (521,324,000 )       USD        4,715,943       7/6/17        79,716       

HSBC

       CAD        (14,974,000 )       USD        11,105,580       7/6/17               (442,830 )

HSBC

       EUR        (9,714,000 )       USD        10,965,046       7/6/17               (133,212 )

HSBC

       GBP        7,788,000       USD        (10,104,879 )       7/3/17        39,603       

HSBC

       GBP        (5,410,000 )       USD        7,020,189       7/6/17               (27,456 )

MSC

       EUR        (293,977,000 )       USD        331,855,466       7/6/17               (4,013,671 )

MSC

       GBP        (88,462,000 )       USD        113,994,884       7/6/17               (1,245,194 )

MSC

       GBP        415,000       USD        (539,568 )       8/3/17        1,572       

MSC

       JPY        195,457,000       USD        (1,754,328 )       7/6/17               (16,094 )

NT

       DKK        (34,044,690 )       USD        5,164,120       7/6/17               (66,885 )

NT

       EUR        (9,107,000 )       USD        10,280,145       7/6/17               (124,615 )

RBS

       JPY        (7,466,506,000 )       USD        67,547,144       7/6/17        1,146,170       
                           

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

                            $ 1,546,931      $ (7,751,889 )
                           

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund–5


LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)    Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
   Notional
Value
   Expiration
Date
   Unrealized
Appreciation
  Unrealized
Depreciation
   

Interest Rate Contracts:

                    
    (27)      Australia 10 yr Bonds      $ (2,721,304 )      $ (2,682,424 )        9/18/17      $ 38,880     $
    (229)      Euro-BTP        (35,740,351 )        (35,346,185 )        9/8/17        394,166      
    (159)      Euro-Bund        (29,596,793 )        (29,395,891 )        9/8/17        200,902      
    57      Euro-Buxl 30 yr Bonds        10,717,206        10,645,569        9/8/17              (71,637 )
    35      Euro-O.A.T.        6,042,161        5,935,525        9/8/17              (106,636 )
    348      Euro-SCHATZ        44,508,473        44,456,818        9/8/17              (51,655 )
    (10)      Japan 10 yr Bonds (OSE)        (13,380,720 )        (13,346,076 )        9/13/17        34,644      
    40      Long Gilt        6,677,362        6,541,946        9/28/17              (135,416 )
    (1)      Short Euro-BTP        (128,388 )        (128,697 )        9/8/17              (309 )
    358      U.S. Treasury 2 yr Notes        77,423,233        77,367,156        10/2/17              (56,077 )
    (493)      U.S. Treasury 5 yr Notes        (58,299,683 )        (58,093,117 )        10/2/17        206,566      
    295      U.S. Treasury 10 yr Notes        37,177,040        37,031,719        9/21/17              (145,321 )
    (288)      U.S. Treasury 10 yr Ultra Notes        (38,790,918 )        (38,826,000 )        9/21/17              (35,082 )
    (166)      U.S. Treasury Long Bonds        (25,273,283 )        (25,512,125 )        9/21/17              (238,842 )
    (183)      U.S. Treasury Ultra Bonds        (30,128,488 )        (30,355,125 )        9/21/17              (226,637 )
                        

 

 

     

 

 

 
   

Total

                    $ 875,158     $ (1,067,612 )
                        

 

 

     

 

 

 

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts and futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

AUD–Australian Dollar

ANZB–Australian and New Zealand Banking Group Limited

BAML–Bank of America Merrill Lynch

BAMLL–Bank of America Merrill Lynch Large Loan

BB–Barclays Bank

BCLY–Barclays Bank

BTP–Buoni del Tesoro Poliennali

CAD–Canadian Dollar

CITI–Citigroup Global Markets

CPI–Consumer Price Index

DKK–Danish Krone

EUR–Euro

GBP–British Pound Sterling

GSC–Goldman Sachs Capital

HSBC–Hong Kong Shanghai Bank

JPY–Japanese Yen

MSC–Morgan Stanley Capital

NT–Northern Trust

NZD–New Zealand Dollar

O.A.T.–Obligations Assimilables du Trésor (French Treasury Bond)

OSE–Osaka Securities Exchange

RBS–Royal Bank of Scotland

SCHATZ–German Treasury Security

SEK–Swedish Krona

USD–United States Dollar

yr–Year

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund–6


LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Interest

   $ 11,784,678  

Dividends

     30,586  
  

 

 

 
     11,815,264  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     2,827,082  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     1,036,915  

Accounting and administration expenses

     168,676  

Shareholder servicing fees

     66,517  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     46,017  

Professional fees

     41,702  

Custodian fees

     32,559  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     18,228  

Pricing fees

     7,760  

Consulting fees

     2,324  

Other

     5,641  
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     4,253,421  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     7,561,843  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments

     521,807  

Foreign currencies

     (2,530,517

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     (26,044,832

Futures contracts

     (581,690
  

 

 

 

Net realized loss

     (28,635,232
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     39,871,182  

Foreign currencies

     242,947  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     (13,629,449

Futures contracts

     (45,461
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     26,439,219  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED LOSS

     (2,196,013
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 5,365,830  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 7,561,843     $ 758,327  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (28,635,232     27,953,984  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     26,439,219       15,852,871  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     5,365,830       44,565,182  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (6,860,168

Service Class

           (6,436,716
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (13,296,884
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

 

 

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     32,196,291       57,672,731  

Service Class

     76,800,074       90,560,771  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           6,860,168  

Service Class

           6,436,716  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     108,996,365       161,530,386  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (60,329,161     (83,533,256

Service Class

     (40,715,258     (106,633,288
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (101,044,419     (190,166,544
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     7,951,946       (28,636,158
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     13,317,776       2,632,140  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     1,335,428,075       1,332,795,935  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 1,348,745,851     $ 1,335,428,075  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 19,597,677     $ 12,035,834  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund Standard Class
      Six Months
 Ended
 6/30/171
  

 

Year Ended

        (unaudited)     12/31/16    12/31/15    12/31/14    12/31/13    12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.158      $ 9.936      $ 10.351      $ 10.189      $ 11.480      $ 11.023

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                             

Net investment income2

       0.064        0.021        0.010        0.120        0.035        0.097

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       (0.017 )        0.334        (0.302 )        0.194        (0.997 )        0.618
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.047        0.355        (0.292 )        0.314        (0.962 )        0.715
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                             

Net investment income

              (0.133 )        (0.123 )        (0.152 )        (0.057 )       

Net realized gain

                                   (0.272 )        (0.258 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.133 )        (0.123 )        (0.152 )        (0.329 )        (0.258 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.205      $ 10.158      $ 9.936      $ 10.351      $ 10.189      $ 11.480
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total return3

       0.46%        3.57%        (2.82% )        3.07%        (8.37% )        6.51%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                             

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 504,760      $ 530,309      $ 537,382      $ 370,362      $ 311,319      $ 334,673

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.48%        0.47%        0.46%        0.46%        0.48%        0.51%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.27%        0.21%        0.10%        1.14%        0.32%        0.85%

Portfolio turnover

       43%        82%        367%        378%        438%        483%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund Service Class
        Six Months
   Ended
   6/30/171
   (unaudited)
  

 

Year Ended

         12/31/16    12/31/15    12/31/14    12/31/13    12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.158      $ 9.912      $ 10.352      $ 10.164      $ 11.450      $ 11.022

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                             

Net investment income (loss)2

       0.052        (0.004 )        (0.016 )        0.094        0.008        0.068

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       (0.017 )        0.332        (0.301 )        0.193        (0.993 )        0.618
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.035        0.328        (0.317 )        0.287        (0.985 )        0.686
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                             

Net investment income

              (0.082 )        (0.123 )        (0.099 )        (0.029 )       

Net realized gain

                                   (0.272 )        (0.258 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.082 )        (0.123 )        (0.099 )        (0.301 )        (0.258 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.193      $ 10.158      $ 9.912      $ 10.352      $ 10.164      $ 11.450
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total return3

       0.35%        3.30%        (3.07% )        2.82%        (8.60% )        6.24%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                             

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 843,986      $ 805,119      $ 795,414      $ 846,056      $ 804,355      $ 392,748

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.73%        0.72%        0.71%        0.71%        0.73%        0.76%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       1.02%        (0.04% )        (0.15% )        0.89%        0.07%        0.60%

Portfolio turnover

       43%        82%        367%        378%        438%        483%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek to maximize real return, consistent with preservation of real capital and prudent investment management.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Securities listed on a foreign exchange are valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. U.S. government and agency securities are valued at the mean between their bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Other debt securities are valued based upon valuations provided by an independent pricing service or broker and reviewed by management. To the extent current market prices are not available, the pricing service may take into account developments related to the specific security, as well as transactions in comparable securities. Swap prices are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments. Valuations for fixed income securities, including short-term debt securities, utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are used when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for the open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016) and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund generally separates the portion of realized gains and losses on investments in debt securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of debt securities. Gains or losses attributable to changes in foreign exchange rates are included in the Statement of Operations under “Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currencies.” For foreign equity securities, these changes are included in net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date

 

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LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Realized gains (losses) on paydowns of asset- and mortgage-backed securities are classified as interest income. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisers Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.45% of the first $500 million of the average daily net assets of the Fund and 0.40% of average daily net assets in excess of $500 million. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 38,506  

Legal

     9,295  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $39,396 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 470,340  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     174,261  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     39,396  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     32,610  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

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LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases other than U.S. government securities

   $ 259,173,982  

Purchases of U.S. government securities

     312,365,281  

Sales other than U.S. government securities

     306,709,417  

Sales of U.S. government securities

     306,548,358  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated because final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 1,325,158,229  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 42,825,470  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (9,997,249
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 32,828,221  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

Post-Enactment Losses (No Expiration)

Short-Term

  

Long-Term

  

Total

$56,779,908

   $48,268,187    $105,048,095

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

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LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1   Level 2   Total

Investments:

            

 

Assets:

            

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     $     $ 830,458     $ 830,458

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

             4,092,070       4,092,070

Sovereign Bonds

             604,858,333       604,858,333

U.S. Treasury Obligations

             723,399,029       723,399,029

Money Market Fund

       24,806,560             24,806,560
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Investments

     $ 24,806,560     $ 1,333,179,890     $ 1,357,986,450
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Derivatives:

            

 

Assets:

            

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

     $     $ 1,546,931     $ 1,546,931
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

     $ 875,158     $     $ 8 75,158
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

            

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

     $     $ (7,751,889 )     $ (7,751,889 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

     $ (1,067,612 )     $     $ (1,067,612 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the year.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments or Level 2 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. International fair value pricing was not utilized at June 30, 2017. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
  Year Ended
12/31/16

Shares sold:

        

Standard Class

       3,165,541       5,682,552

Service Class

       7,531,917       8,939,845

Shares reinvested:

        

Standard Class

             674,521

Service Class

             633,438
    

 

 

     

 

 

 
       10,697,458       15,930,356
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

        

Standard Class

       (5,911,106 )       (8,232,103 )

Service Class

       (3,988,514 )       (10,561,832 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 
       (9,899,620 )       (18,793,935 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

       797,838       (2,863,579 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives, 2) how they are accounted for, and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the

 

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LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. This risk is generally mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value     

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value  

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

   Liabilities net of receivables and other assets    $ 1,546,931      Liabilities net of receivables and other assets    $ (7,751,889

Futures contracts (Interest rate contracts)

   Liabilities net of receivables and other assets      875,158      Liabilities net of receivables and other assets      (1,067,612
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

      $ 2,422,089         $ (8,819,501
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts      $ (26,044,832 )     $ (13,629,449 )

Futures contracts (Interest rate contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts        (581,690 )       (45,461 )
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

        $ (26,626,522 )     $ (13,674,910 )
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

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LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
   Short Derivative
Volume

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Average cost)

     $ 44,822,579      $ 646,162,355

Futures contracts (Average notional value)

       160,449,939        347,355,781

At June 30, 2017, the Fund pledged and received U.S. Treasury Obligations with a value of $3,123,445 and $127,146, respectively, as collateral for derivatives.

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights to help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and foreign currency exchange contracts and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting items and netting provisions in the event of a default or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instrument payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of an ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out) netting including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Net Assets.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had the following assets and liabilities subject to offsetting provisions:

Offsetting of Financial Assets and Liabilities and Derivative Assets and Liabilities

 

Counterparty

   Gross Value of
Derivative Asset
     Gross Value
of Derivative
Liability
     Net Position  

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

   $      $ (36,379    $ (36,379

Barclays Bank

     149,662        (460,470      (310,808

Citigroup Global Markets

     27,009        (740,678      (713,669

Goldman Sachs Capital

     175,551        (19,142      156,409  

Hong Kong Shanghai Bank

     39,603        (603,498      (563,895

JPMorgan Chase Bank

     875,158        (1,067,612      (192,454

Morgan Stanley Capital

     1,572        (5,274,959      (5,273,387

Royal Bank of Scotland

     1,146,170               1,146,170  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,414,725      $ (8,202,738    $ (5,788,013
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Counterparty

   Net Position   Fair Value of
Non Cash
Collateral
Received
   Cash Collateral
Received
   Fair Value of
Non Cash
Collateral
Pledged
   Cash
Collateral
Pledged
   Net
Exposurea

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

     $ (36,379 )     $      $      $      $      $ (36,379 )

Barclays Bank

       (310,808 )                                   (310,808 )

Citigroup Global Markets

       (713,669 )                                   (713,669 )

Goldman Sachs Capital

       156,409                                   156,409

Hong Kong Shanghai Bank

       (563,895 )                                   (563,895 )

JPMorgan Chase Bank

       (192,454 )                            192,454       

Morgan Stanley Capital

       (5,273,387 )                                   (5,273,387 )

Royal Bank of Scotland

       1,146,170                                   1,146,170
    

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

     $ (5,788,013 )     $      $      $      $ 192,454      $ (5,595,559 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

aNet

exposure represents the receivable (payable) that would be due from (to) the counterparty in an event of default.

 

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund–15


LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

6. Credit and Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund primarily invests in inflation protected debt securities whose principal and/or interest payments are adjusted for inflation, unlike traditional debt securities that make fixed principal and interest payments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in inflation protected debt securities issued by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities, foreign governments and corporations, which may include synthetic investments such as options, forwards, futures contracts, or swap agreements that, when combined with non-inflation indexed bonds, have economic characteristics similar to inflation-indexed bonds.

The Fund invests in fixed income securities whose values are derived from an underlying pool of mortgages or consumer loans. The values of these securities are sensitive to changes in economic conditions, including delinquencies and defaults, and may be adversely affected by changes in interest rates and shifts in the market’s perception of issuers. Investors receive principal and interest payments as the underlying mortgages and consumer loans are paid back. Some of these securities are collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”). CMOs are debt securities issued by U.S. government agencies or by financial institutions and other mortgage lenders, which are collateralized by a pool of mortgages held under an indenture. Prepayment of mortgages may shorten the stated maturity of the obligations and can result in a loss of premium, if any has been paid. Certain of these securities may be stripped (securities which provide only the principal or interest feature of the underlying security). The yield to maturity on an interest-only CMO is extremely sensitive not only to changes in prevailing interest rates, but also to the rate of principal payments (including prepayments) on the related underlying mortgage assets. A rapid rate of principal payments may have a material adverse effect on CMO’s yield to maturity. If the underlying mortgage assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may fail to fully recoup its initial investment in these securities even if the securities are rated in the highest rating categories.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. Rule 144A securities are identified on the Statement of Net Assets.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund–16


 

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   LOGO

LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund

 

      a series of Lincoln Variable

      Insurance Products Trust

 

  Semiannual Report

 

  June 30, 2017

  


LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Sector Allocation

     2  

Statement of Net Assets

     3  

Statement of Operations

     5  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     5  

Financial Highlights

     6  

Notes to Financial Statements

     8  

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund

Disclosure

        OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses cannot be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

 

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
  Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
  Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

  $1,000.00   $1,040.40   0.36%   $1.82

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00     1,039.20   0.61%     3.08
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

Standard Class Shares

  $1,000.00   $1,023.01   0.36%   $1.81

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00     1,021.77   0.61%     3.06

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in iShares Exchange-Traded Funds (“Underlying ETFs”) or financial instruments that provide exposure to such Underlying ETFs (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial Statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund–1


LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Investment Companies

       99.67 %

Equity Funds

       20.69 %

Fixed Income Funds

       66.72 %

International Equity Funds

       10.98 %

Money Market Fund

       1.28 %

Options Purchased

       0.06 %

Total Value of Securities

       99.73 %

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

       0.27 %

Total Net Assets

       100.00 %

 

LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund–2


LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES–99.67%

 

Equity Funds–20.69%

 

Alerian MLP ETF

     46,450      $ 555,542  

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF

     6,828        213,853  

iShares Core High Dividend ETF

     6,780        563,621  

iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF

     36,768        1,440,203  

iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF

     2,628        209,636  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

      2,982,855

 

 

     

 

 

 

Fixed Income Funds–66.72%

 

iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     19,605        938,295  

iShares 1-3 Year Credit Bond ETF

     26,420        2,782,290  

iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF

     16,161        996,164  

iShares CMBS ETF

     8,345        428,933  

iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF

     8,503        432,973  

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     39,186        3,463,651  

iShares Intermediate Credit Bond ETF

     5,236        574,808  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

9,617,114

 

 

     

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–10.98%

 

iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF

     7,094        284,966  

iShares Europe ETF

     8,123        360,011  

iShares International Developed Real Estate ETF

     7,537        214,654  

iShares International Select Dividend ETF

     22,077        722,359  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

1,581,990

 

 

     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES (continued)

 

Money Market Fund–1.28%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     184,998      $ 184,998  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

184,998

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies (Cost $13,962,350)

            14,366,957  
     

 

 

 
    

 

Number of
Contracts

        

 

OPTIONS PURCHASED–0.06%

 

Equity Put Options–0.06%

 

S&P 500 Index strike price $2,300, expiration date 10/31/17 (JPMC)

     1        3,045  

S&P 500 Index strike price $2,300, expiration date 9/15/17 (JPMC)

     1        1,657  

S&P 500 Index strike price $2,350, expiration date 10/31/17 (JPMC)

     1        4,010  
     

 

 

 

 

Total Options Purchased (Premium paid $9,999)

        8,712  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.73% (Cost $13,972,349)

     14,375,669  

«RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.27%

     38,790  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 1,482,040 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 14,414,459  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP BLACKROCK MULTI-ASSET INCOME FUND STANDARD CLASS ($1,793,257 / 184,183 Shares)

     $9.736  

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP BLACKROCK MULTI-ASSET INCOME FUND SERVICE CLASS ($12,621,202 / 1,297,857 Shares)

     $9.725  

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 14,401,189  

Undistributed net investment income

     192,407  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (573,455

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

     394,318  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $       14,414,459  
  

 

 

 

 

«

Includes $51,965 cash collateral and $32 foreign currencies collateral due to broker for futures contracts, $6,647 due to manager and affiliates, $10,209 expense reimbursement receivable from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation, and $292 payable for fund shares redeemed as of June 30, 2017.

 

LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund–3


LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

     Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
     Notional
Value
   Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation

Currency Contracts:

                                

(3)  Euro

       $    (424,445)           $    (430,012        9/19/17            $        $ (5,567 )
                         

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

Equity Contracts:

                                

 1   E-mini S&P 500 Index

         121,320              121,045        9/18/17                     (275 )
                         

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

Interest Rate Contracts:

                                

(7)  U.S. Treasury 2 yr Notes

         (1,513,892)             (1,512,765 )        10/2/17            1,127           

(6)  U.S. Treasury 5 yr Notes

         (709,029)             (707,016 )        10/2/17            2,013           

(1)  U.S. Treasury 10 yr Notes

         (125,864)             (125,531 )        9/21/17            333           

(2)  U.S. Treasury Long Bonds

         (305,368)             (307,375 )        9/21/17                     (2,007 )

(2)  U.S. Treasury Ultra Bonds

         (326,427)             (331,750 )        9/21/17                     (5,323 )
                         

 

 

        

 

 

 
                            3,473          (7,330 )
                         

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total

                          $ 3,473        $ (13,172 )
                         

 

 

        

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

CMBS–Commercial Mortgage-Backed Security

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

JPMC–JPMorgan Chase Bank

MLP–Master Limited Partnership

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

yr–Year

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund–4


LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

 

Dividends

  $ 240,164  
 

 

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

 

Management fees

    46,063  

Professional fees

    18,429  

Distribution fees-Service Class

    14,769  

Reports and statements to shareholders

    3,358  

Accounting and administration expenses

    1,808  

Consulting fees

    866  

Custodian fees

    744  

Shareholder servicing fees

    685  

Pricing fees

    462  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    226  

Other

    141  
 

 

 

 
    87,551  

 

Less:

 

Management fees waived

    (28,451

Expenses reimbursed

    (19,945
 

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

    39,155  
 

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

    201,009  
 

 

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Investments

    (1,460

Foreign currencies

    415  

Futures contracts

    (10,096

Options purchased

    (15,142
 

 

 

 

Net realized loss

    (26,283
 

 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation

 

(depreciation) of:

 

Investments

    367,411  

Foreign currencies

    699  

Futures contracts

    (20,035

Options purchased

    (1,287
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    346,788  
 

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

    320,505  
 

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ 521,514  
 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year
Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income

  $ 201,009     $ 330,251  

Net realized loss

    (26,283     (297,839

Net change in unrealized appreciation

   

(depreciation)

    346,788       642,659  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    521,514       675,071  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net investment income:

   

Standard Class

          (48,697

Service Class

          (291,936

Return of capital:

   

Standard Class

          (642

Service Class

          (4,199
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (345,474
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

 

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    86,205       941,636  

Service Class

    1,757,864       3,697,603  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          49,339  

Service Class

          296,135  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    1,844,069       4,984,713  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (71,634     (44,979

Service Class

    (762,939     (1,179,371
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (834,573     (1,224,350
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    1,009,496       3,760,363  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

    1,531,010       4,089,960  

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    12,883,449       8,793,489  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 14,414,459     $ 12,883,449  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Undistributed (Distributions in excess of) net investment income

  $ 192,407     $ (8,602
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund

Financial Highlights

Select data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

            LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund Standard Class         
 

        Six Months
        Ended

        6/30/171
        (unaudited)

 

 

Year Ended

 

      5/1/142      

      to      

      12/31/14      

          12/31/16               12/31/15        
   

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 9.358     $ 9.005     $ 9.699     $ 10.000

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

               

Net investment income3

      0.151       0.311       0.347       0.284

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.227       0.320       (0.727 )       (0.339 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.378       0.631       (0.380 )       (0.055 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

               

Net investment income

            (0.274 )       (0.314 )       (0.244 )

Return of capital

            (0.004 )             (0.002 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.278 )       (0.314 )       (0.246 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 9.736     $ 9.358     $ 9.005     $   9.699
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

      4.04%       7.01%       (3.92% )       (0.55% )

 

Ratios and supplemental data:

               

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 1,793     $ 1,709     $ 757     $ 765

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

      0.36%       0.36%       0.36%       0.36%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed5

      1.07%       1.04%       1.09%       1.32%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      3.18%       3.31%       3.60%       4.20%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      2.47%       2.63%       2.87%       3.24%

Portfolio turnover

      7%       35%       40%       31%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

             LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund Service Class         
  

      Six Months
      Ended

      6/30/171

      (unaudited)

  

 

Year Ended

 

      5/1/142      

      to      

      12/31/14      

            12/31/16               12/31/15        
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 9.358      $ 9.006     $ 9.699     $ 10.000

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                 

Net investment income3

       0.139        0.286       0.322       0.266

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.228        0.321       (0.725 )       (0.337 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.367        0.607       (0.403 )       (0.071 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                 

Net investment income

              (0.251 )       (0.290 )       (0.228 )

Return of capital

              (0.004 )             (0.002 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.255 )       (0.290 )       (0.230 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 9.725      $ 9.358     $ 9.006     $ 9.699
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       3.92%        6.74%       (4.16% )       (0.72% )

 

Ratios and supplemental data:

                 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 12,621      $ 11,174     $ 8,036     $ 5,546

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

       0.61%        0.61%       0.61%       0.61%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed5

       1.32%        1.29%       1.34%       1.57%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       2.93%        3.06%       3.35%       3.95%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       2.22%        2.38%       2.62%       2.99%

Portfolio turnover

       7%        35%       40%       31%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund–7


LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek to maximize current income; capital appreciation is a secondary objective. The Fund currently invests substantially all of its assets in iShares Exchange-Traded Funds (“Underlying ETFs”) or financial instruments that provide exposure to such Underlying ETFs (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”).

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation– ETFs, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. ETFs traded on the Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sales price. If on a particular day an ETF does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market fund have a stable NAV. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Exchange-traded options are valued at the last reported sale price or, if no sales are reported, at the mean between the last reported bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2014–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund–8


LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction. There were no commission rebates for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.68% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.42% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC.

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses (excluding Underlying Funds fees and expenses) exceed 0.36% of the average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.61% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

BlackRock Investment Management, LLC. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 479  

Legal

     116  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contract holder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $730 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivables due from or liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 10,209  

Management fees payable to LIAC

     3,032  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     2,547  

 

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LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

 

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     730  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     338  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

At June 30, 2017, Lincoln Life directly owned 36.64% of the Fund.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 2,136,806  

Sales

     917,775  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 13,972,349  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 416,491  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (11,884
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 404,607  
  

 

 

 

Qualified late year ordinary and capital losses (including currency and specified gain/loss items) represent losses realized from November 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016, that, in accordance with federal income tax regulations, the Fund has elected to defer and treat as having arisen on the first day of the following fiscal year. At December 31, 2016, the Fund deferred $8,602 of qualified late year ordinary losses.

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

Post-Enactment Losses (No Expiration)

 

Short-Term

   Long-Term      Total  
$100,941      $126,016        $226,957  

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund–10


LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

Assets:

      

Investment Companies

   $ 14,366,957  

Options Purchased

     8,712  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 14,375,669  
  

 

 

 

Derivatives:

  

Assets:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ 3,473  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ (13,172
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
  Year
Ended
12/31/16

Shares sold:

        

Standard Class

       8,977       98,175

Service Class

       183,572       395,998

Shares reinvested:

        

Standard Class

             5,274

Service Class

             31,648
    

 

 

     

 

 

 
       192,549       531,095
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

        

Standard Class

       (7,488 )       (4,807 )

Service Class

       (79,696 )       (125,991 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 
       (87,184 )       (130,798 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase

       105,365       400,297
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: (1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; (2) how they are accounted for; and (3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in

 

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LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Options Contracts–During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund entered into options contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may buy or write options contracts for any number of reasons, including without limitation: to manage the Fund’s exposure to changes in securities prices caused by interest rates or market conditions and foreign currencies; as an efficient means of adjusting the Fund’s overall exposure to certain markets; to protect the value of portfolio securities; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; as a cash management tool; and to generate income. The Fund may buy or write call or put options on securities, futures, swaps, “swaptions”, financial indices, and foreign currencies. When the Fund buys an option, a premium is paid and an asset is recorded and adjusted on a daily basis to reflect the current market value of the option purchased. When the Fund writes an option, a premium is received and a liability is recorded and adjusted on a daily basis to reflect the current market value of the option written. Premiums received from writing options that expire unexercised are treated by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gains. The difference between the premium received and the amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including brokerage commissions, is treated as realized gain or loss. If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security in determining whether the Fund has a realized gain or loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the securities purchased by the Fund. The Fund, as writer of an option, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option. When writing options, the Fund is subject to minimal counterparty risk because the counterparty is only obligated to pay premiums and does not bear the market risk of an unfavorable market change. When buying options, the Fund is subject to counterparty risk because the counterparty is only obligated to pay premiums and does not bear the market risk of an unfavorable market change. There were no options written during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used options contracts to manage the Fund’s exposure to changes in securities prices caused by interest rates or market conditions; to adjust the Fund’s overall exposure to certain markets; and to protect the value of portfolio securities.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    Asset Derivatives       

Liability Derivatives

    Statement of Net Assets Location  

Fair Value

 

Statement of Net Assets Location

  Fair Value

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

  Receivables and other assets net of liabilities   $        —  

Receivables and other assets net of liabilities

    $ (5,567 )

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

  Receivables and other assets net of liabilities    

Receivables and other assets net of liabilities

      (275 )

Futures contracts (Interest rate contracts)

  Receivables and other assets net of liabilities   3,473  

Receivables and other assets net of liabilities

      (7,330 )

Options purchased (Equity contracts)

  Receivables and other assets net of liabilities   8,712  

Receivables and other assets net of liabilities

     
   

 

     

 

 

 

Total

    $12,185       $ (13,172 )
   

 

     

 

 

 

 

LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund–12


LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

   

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

  Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

 

Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts

    $ (6,307 )     $ (6,878 )

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

 

Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts

      9,127       (3,579 )

Futures contracts (Interest rate contracts)

 

Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts

      (12,916 )       (9,578 )

Options purchased (Equity contracts)

 

Net realized gain (loss) from options purchased and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of options purchased

      (15,142 )       (1,287 )
     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

      $ (25,238 )     $ (21,322 )
     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
     Short Derivative
Volume
 

Futures contracts (average notional value)

     $220,508        $2,450,228  

Options contracts (average notional value)

     5,392         

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights to help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and foreign currency exchange contracts and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting items and netting provisions in the event of a default or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instrument payables and/or receivables with collateral held or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of an ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out) including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Net Assets.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had the following assets and liabilities subject to offsetting provisions:

Offsetting of Financial Assets and Liabilities and Derivative Assets and Liabilities

 

Counterparty

   Gross Value of
Derivative Asset
   Gross Value of
Derivative Liability
   Net Position

JPMorgan Chase Bank

       $3,473          $(14,459)          $(10,986)  

 

Counterparty

   Net Position    Fair Value of
Non Cash
Collateral
Received
   Cash
Collateral
Received
   Fair Value of
Non Cash
Collateral
Pledged
   Cash
Collateral
Pledged
   Net
Exposure(a)

JPMorgan Chase Bank

       $(10,986)          $—          $—          $—          $10,986          $—  

(a)Net exposure represents the receivable (payable) that would be due from (to) the counterparty in an event of default.

 

LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund–13


LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

6. Market Risk

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

LVIP BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Fund–14


 

LOGO

 

  

LOGO

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

(formerly LVIP Delaware Foundation® Moderate Allocation Fund)

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

  


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Sector Allocation, Top 10 Equity Holdings and Geography Allocation

     2  

Schedule of Investments

     5  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     23  

Statement of Operations

     24  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     24  

Financial Highlights

     25  

Notes to Financial Statements

     27  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”), Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”), and to unaffiliated insurance companies. Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners, are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) Fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses cannot be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

 

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
  Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
 

Annualized

Expense
Ratio

  Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*

Actual

Standard Class Shares

  $1,000.00   $1,066.50   0.73%   $3.74

Service Class Shares

 

    1,000.00

 

    1,065.30

 

  0.98%

 

    5.02

 

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

Standard Class Shares

  $1,000.00   $1,021.17   0.73%   $3.66

Service Class Shares

 

    1,000.00

 

    1,019.93

 

  0.98%

 

    4.91

 

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–1


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation, Top 10 Equity Holdings and

Geography Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

Sector and geographical designations may be different than those presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector   Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Common Stock

    49.36

U.S. Markets

    25.41

Aerospace & Defense

    0.43

Air Freight & Logistics

    0.08

Auto Components

    0.23

Banks

    0.75

Beverages

    0.50

Biotechnology

    0.77

Building Products

    0.27

Capital Markets

    1.17

Chemicals

    0.42

Commercial Services & Supplies

    0.13

Communications Equipment

    0.53

Construction & Engineering

    0.01

Consumer Finance

    0.25

Diversified Financial Services

    0.06

Electric Utilities

    0.01

Electrical Equipment

    0.10

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

    0.15

Energy Equipment & Services

    0.03

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

    0.59

Food & Staples Retailing

    0.31

Food Products

    0.93

Gas Utilities

    0.01

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

    0.34

Health Care Providers & Services

    1.17

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

    0.68

Household Products

    0.27

Industrial Conglomerates

    0.16

Insurance

    0.51

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

    0.32

Internet Software & Services

    1.60

IT Services

    0.78

Leisure Products

    0.35

Life Sciences Tools & Services

    0.26

Machinery

    0.77

Media

    1.14

Multiline Retail

    0.33

Multi-Utilities

    0.41

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    0.39

Pharmaceuticals

    1.18

Professional Services

    0.35

Road & Rail

    0.67

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    1.14

Software

    1.93

Specialty Retail

    1.65

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

    1.04

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

    0.09

Water Utilities

    0.14
Security Type/Sector   Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services

    0.01

Developed Markets

    18.67

Aerospace & Defense

    0.14

Air Freight & Logistics

    0.05

Airlines

    0.25

Auto Components

    0.27

Automobiles

    0.61

Banks

    3.03

Beverages

    0.24

Biotechnology

    0.13

Building Products

    0.09

Capital Markets

    0.14

Chemicals

    1.21

Commercial Services & Supplies

    0.18

Construction & Engineering

    0.52

Construction Materials

    0.02

Consumer Finance

    0.09

Containers & Packaging

    0.01

Distributors

    0.01

Diversified Financial Services

    0.06

Diversified Telecommunication Services

    1.08

Electric Utilities

    0.09

Electrical Equipment

    0.20

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

    0.15

Energy Equipment & Services

    0.18

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

    0.01

Food & Staples Retailing

    0.20

Food Products

    0.19

Gas Utilities

    0.17

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

    0.20

Health Care Providers & Services

    0.02

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

    0.26

Household Durables

    0.27

Household Products

    0.12

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

    0.00

Industrial Conglomerates

    0.09

Insurance

    1.25

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

    0.01

Internet Software & Services

    0.03

IT Services

    0.54

Life Sciences Tools & Services

    0.46

Machinery

    0.24

Media

    0.18

Metals & Mining

    0.40

Multiline Retail

    0.01

Multi-Utilities

    0.17

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    1.05

Paper & Forest Products

    0.28
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–2


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation, Top 10 Equity Holdings and

Geography Allocation (unaudited) (continued)

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Pharmaceuticals

     0.83

Professional Services

     0.15

Real Estate Management & Development

     0.41

Road & Rail

     0.07

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     0.07

Software

     0.20

Specialty Retail

     0.04

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.12

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     0.20

Thrift & Mortgage Finance

     0.01

Tobacco

     0.75

Trading Companies & Distributors

     0.21

Transportation Infrastructure

     0.12

Water Utilities

     0.01

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     0.58

Emerging Markets

     5.28

Auto Components

     0.01

Automobiles

     0.05

Banks

     0.66

Beverages

     0.02

Biotechnology

     0.01

Capital Markets

     0.01

Chemicals

     0.05

Construction & Engineering

     0.21

Construction Materials

     0.05

Diversified Financial Services

     0.07

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     0.19

Electric Utilities

     0.12

Electrical Equipment

     0.02

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     0.64

Food & Staples Retailing

     0.01

Food Products

     0.25

Health Care Providers & Services

     0.04

Household Durables

     0.01

Household Products

     0.02

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     0.05

Industrial Conglomerates

     0.09

Insurance

     0.05

Internet Software & Services

     0.73

IT Services

     0.07

Leisure Products

     0.03

Machinery

     0.02

Marine

     0.06

Media

     0.03

Metals & Mining

     0.30

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     0.68

Personal Products

     0.00

Pharmaceuticals

     0.02

Real Estate Management & Development

     0.05

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     0.22

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.06

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     0.03

Thrift & Mortgage Finance

     0.09

Tobacco

     0.01

Transportation Infrastructure

     0.03

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     0.22

 

 

Preferred Stock

     0.35

 

 

Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

     18.94

 

 

Corporate Bonds

     19.96

Aerospace & Defense

     0.43

Automobiles

     0.96

Banks

     3.33

Beverages

     0.24

Biotechnology

     0.18

Building Products

     0.10

Capital Markets

     2.65

Chemicals

     0.21

Diversified Financial Services

     0.13

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     0.74

Electric Utilities

     1.24

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     0.04

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     0.66

Food Products

     0.05

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     0.86

Health Care Providers & Services

     0.44

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     0.30

Household Durables

     0.21

Industrial Conglomerates

     0.05

Insurance

     0.47

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     0.22

Internet Software & Services

     0.32

IT Services

     0.22

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     0.11

Machinery

     0.06

Media

     0.84

Metals & Mining

     0.04

Multi-Utilities

     0.44

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     1.46

Paper & Forest Products

     0.07

Pharmaceuticals

     0.67

Professional Services

     0.03

Road & Rail

     0.09

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     0.47

Software

     0.18

Specialty Retail

     0.04

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.68

Tobacco

     0.73

 

 

Municipal Bonds

     0.24

 

 

Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities

     2.65

 

 

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Security

     0.04
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–3


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation, Top 10 Equity Holdings and

Geography Allocation (unaudited) (continued)

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Sovereign Bonds

     0.80

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     23.24

 

Rights

     0.00

 

Money Market Fund

     3.38

 

Total Investments

     118.96

 

TBA Sales

     (0.24 %) 

 

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (18.72 %) 

 

Total Net Assets

     100.00

Holdings are for informational purpose only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Alphabet Class A & Class C

     1.08 %     

Johnson & Johnson

     0.72 %     

Apple

     0.62 %     

Microsoft

     0.61 %     

Union Pacific

     0.52 %     

Adobe Systems

     0.52 %     

Home Depot

     0.52 %     

Comcast Class A

     0.51 %     

Lowe’s

     0.51 %     

Bank of Nova Scotia

     0.50 %     

 

Total

  

 

 

 

6.11

 

%     

Geography*    Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Australia

     1.31 %  

Austria

     0.28 %  

Belgium

     0.05 %  

Brazil

     0.24 %  

Canada

     1.77 %  

Cayman Islands

     0.04 %  

China

     1.87 %  

Colombia

     0.52 %  

Denmark

     0.51 %  

Finland

     0.67 %  

France

     1.32 %  

Germany

     2.18 %  

Guernsey

     0.42 %  

Hong Kong

     0.55 %  

Hungary

     0.07 %  

India

     0.51 %  

Indonesia

     0.17 %  

Ireland

     0.32 %  

Israel

     0.14 %  

Italy

     0.42 %  

Japan

     4.06 %  

Luxembourg

     0.32 %  

Malaysia

     0.07 %  

Mexico

     0.32 %  

Netherlands

     0.64 %  

Norway

     0.52 %  

Philippines

     0.15 %  

Poland

     0.39 %  

Portugal

     0.12 %  

Republic of Korea

     0.69 %  

Russia

     0.08 %  

Singapore

     0.12 %  

South Africa

     0.05 %  

Spain

     0.57 %  

Sweden

     0.69 %  

Switzerland

     0.76 %  

Taiwan

     0.90 %  

Thailand

     0.43 %  

Turkey

     0.42 %  

United Kingdom

     2.86 %  

United States

     87.76 %  

Uruguay

     0.06 %  

 

Total

  

 

 

 

115.34

 

%  

*Allocation includes all investments except for money market fund.

IT–Information Technology

 

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–4


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK–49.36%

     

U.S. MARKETS–25.41%

     

Aerospace & Defense–0.43%

     

Boeing

     1,663      $       328,858  

Curtiss-Wright

     76        6,975  

Lockheed Martin

     265        73,567  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

409,400

 

 

     

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics–0.08%

     

FedEx

     355        77,152  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

77,152

 

 

     

 

 

 

Auto Components–0.23%

     

Lear

     1,483        210,705  

Tenneco

     156        9,021  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

219,726

 

 

     

 

 

 

Banks–0.75%

     

Bank of America

     6,818        165,405  

Bank of Hawaii

     113        9,376  

Citigroup

     3,023        202,178  

Citizens Financial Group

     8,103        289,115  

Investors Bancorp

     395        5,277  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     500        45,700  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

717,051

 

 

     

 

 

 

Beverages–0.50%

     

Dr Pepper Snapple Group

     2,744        250,006  

PepsiCo

     1,966        227,053  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

477,059

 

 

     

 

 

 

Biotechnology–0.77%

     

AbbVie

     1,826        132,403  

†Alexion Pharmaceuticals

     252        30,661  

†Alkermes

     170        9,855  

Amgen

     839        144,501  

†Biogen

     246        66,755  

†BioMarin Pharmaceutical

     192        17,437  

†Celgene

     869        112,857  

Gilead Sciences

     1,480        104,754  

†Incyte

     190        23,923  

†Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

     87        42,729  

†Seattle Genetics

     111        5,743  

†United Therapeutics

     49        6,357  

†Vertex Pharmaceuticals

     278        35,826  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

733,801

 

 

     

 

 

 

Building Products–0.27%

     

Fortune Brands Home & Security

     1,586        103,471  

Masco

     3,645        139,275  

Owens Corning

     170        11,376  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

254,122

 

 

     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–1.17%

     

Ameriprise Financial

     1,819        231,540  

Charles Schwab

     944        40,554  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

U.S. MARKETS (continued)

     

Capital Markets (continued)

     

CME Group

     3,682      $       461,134  

Evercore Partners Class A

     250        17,625  

Intercontinental Exchange

     353        23,270  

Legg Mason

     171        6,525  

S&P Global

     1,388        202,634  

SEI Investments

     964        51,844  

TD Ameritrade Holding

     1,715        73,728  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

1,108,854

 

 

     

 

 

 

Chemicals–0.42%

     

Air Products & Chemicals

     450        64,377  

Cabot

     120        6,412  

Eastman Chemical

     267        22,425  

LyondellBasell Industries Class A

     3,348        282,538  

Praxair

     86        11,399  

Westlake Chemical

     160        10,594  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

397,745

 

 

     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–0.13%

 

  

KAR Auction Services

     278        11,668  

Republic Services

     459        29,252  

Waste Management

     1,154        84,646  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

125,566

 

 

     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment–0.53%

 

  

Cisco Systems

     14,666        459,046  

†F5 Networks

     297        37,737  

InterDigital

     145        11,209  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

507,992

 

 

     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering–0.01%

 

  

EMCOR Group

     107        6,996  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

6,996

 

 

     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–0.25%

     

American Express

     2,224        187,350  

Discover Financial Services

     768        47,762  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

235,112

 

 

     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services–0.06%

 

  

Voya Financial

     1,667        61,496  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

61,496

 

 

     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–0.01%

     

OGE Energy

     165        5,740  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

5,740

 

 

     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–0.10%

     

Emerson Electric

     965        57,533  

Rockwell Automation

     234        37,899  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

95,432

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–0.15%

 

†Flex

     5,076        82,790  
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–5


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

U.S. MARKETS (continued)

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (continued)

 

†Sanmina

     329      $ 12,535  

TE Connectivity

     548        43,117  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

      138,442

 

 

     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services–0.03%

 

Baker Hughes, a GE company

     483        26,328  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

26,328

 

 

     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–0.59%

 

Brixmor Property Group

     610        10,907  

DCT Industrial Trust

     524        28,003  

Equity LifeStyle Properties

     115        9,929  

First Industrial Realty Trust

     368        10,532  

Host Hotels & Resorts

     2,743        50,115  

Park Hotels & Resorts

     859        23,159  

RLJ Lodging Trust

     2,323        46,158  

Simon Property Group

     2,034        329,020  

Ventas

     96        6,670  

Weingarten Realty Investors

     1,478        44,488  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

558,981

 

 

     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–0.31%

 

CVS Health

     293        23,575  

†US Foods Holding

     320        8,710  

Walgreens Boots Alliance

     192        15,036  

Wal-Mart Stores

     3,243        245,430  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

292,751

 

 

     

 

 

 

Food Products–0.93%

     

Archer-Daniels-Midland

     7,153        295,991  

Hershey

     688        73,871  

Ingredion

     2,038        242,950  

Kraft Heinz

            0  

McCormick & Co.

     2,094        204,186  

†Pilgrim’s Pride

     2,028        44,454  

Pinnacle Foods

     353        20,968  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

882,420

 

 

     

 

 

 

Gas Utilities–0.01%

     

UGI

     160        7,746  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

7,746

 

 

     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–0.34%

 

  

Baxter International

     549        33,236  

Danaher

     898        75,782  

†IDEXX Laboratories

     903        145,762  

†Masimo

     781        71,212  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

325,992

 

 

     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–1.17%

 

  

AmerisourceBergen

     1,793        169,492  

Cardinal Health

     1,209        94,205  

†Express Scripts Holding

     3,479        222,099  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

U.S. MARKETS (continued)

 

Health Care Providers & Services (continued)

 

Humana

     172      $ 41,387  

McKesson

     246        40,477  

Quest Diagnostics

     200        22,232  

UnitedHealth Group

     2,371        439,631  

†WellCare Health Plans

     471        84,573  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    1,114,096

 

 

     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–0.68%

 

Carnival

     4,051        265,624  

Domino’s Pizza

     494        104,496  

Extended Stay America

     930        18,005  

†Hyatt Hotels Class A

     106        5,958  

McDonald’s

     1,530        234,335  

Papa John’s International

     258        18,514  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

646,932

 

 

     

 

 

 

Household Products–0.27%

     

Clorox

     628        83,675  

Energizer Holdings

     104        4,994  

Procter & Gamble

     1,918        167,154  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

255,823

 

 

     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–0.16%

 

3M

     484        100,764  

Carlisle

     554        52,852  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

153,616

 

 

     

 

 

 

Insurance–0.51%

     

CNA Financial

     5,247        255,791  

Principal Financial Group

     980        62,789  

Prudential Financial

     1,436        155,289  

Reinsurance Group of America

     73        9,372  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

483,241

 

 

     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–0.32%

 

†Amazon.com

     313        302,984  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

302,984

 

 

     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–1.60%

 

†Alphabet Class A

     548        509,465  

†Alphabet Class C

     569        517,067  

†eBay

     3,334        116,423  

†Facebook Class A

     705        106,441  

LogMeIn

     229        23,931  

†VeriSign

     2,521        234,352  

†Yelp

     482        14,470  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

1,522,149

 

 

     

 

 

 

IT Services–0.78%

     

Accenture Class A

     2,063        255,152  

Amdocs

     388        25,010  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding

     2,022        65,796  

DST Systems

     136        8,391  
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–6


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

U.S. MARKETS (continued)

 

  

IT Services (continued)

 

  

Genpact

     437      $ 12,162  

International Business Machines

     235        36,150  

Jack Henry & Associates

     270        28,045  

Mastercard Class A

     2,087        253,466  

†Teradata

     349        10,292  

Visa Class A

     473        44,358  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

738,822

 

 

     

 

 

 

Leisure Products–0.35%

 

  

Hasbro

     2,944        328,285  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

328,285

 

 

     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–0.26%

 

Agilent Technologies

     2,008        119,094  

†Charles River Laboratories International

     107        10,823  

†Mettler-Toledo International

     186        109,468  

†PRA Health Sciences

     93        6,976  

†Waters

     31        5,699  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

252,060

 

 

     

 

 

 

Machinery–0.77%

 

  

Illinois Tool Works

     2,717        389,210  

Ingersoll-Rand

     1,153        105,373  

Oshkosh

     272        18,735  

PACCAR

     2,516        166,157  

Parker-Hannifin

     143        22,854  

Stanley Black & Decker

     124        17,451  

Toro

     198        13,719  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

733,499

 

 

     

 

 

 

Media–1.14%

 

  

CBS Class B

     3,484        222,210  

=Century Communications

     5,000        0  

Cinemark Holdings

     205        7,964  

Comcast Class A

     12,571        489,263  

Interpublic Group

     5,577        137,194  

†Live Nation Entertainment

     279        9,723  

Omnicom Group

     836        69,304  

Regal Entertainment Group Class A

     455        9,309  

Scripps Networks Interactive Class A

     74        5,055  

Time Warner

     903        90,670  

Twenty-First Century Fox Class A

     1,385        39,251  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

  1,079,943

 

 

     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–0.33%

 

  

Big Lots

     489        23,619  

Kohl’s

     441        17,053  

Target

     5,215        272,692  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

313,364

 

 

     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–0.41%

 

  

Ameren

     241        13,175  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

U.S. MARKETS (continued)

 

  

Multi-Utilities (continued)

 

  

CenterPoint Energy

     11,551      $ 316,266  

CMS Energy

     1,041        48,146  

NorthWestern

     142        8,665  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

386,252

 

 

     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–0.39%

 

†Antero Resources

     903        19,514  

ConocoPhillips

     250        10,990  

Exxon Mobil

     860        69,428  

†Gulfport Energy

     238        3,511  

Marathon Petroleum

     441        23,078  

†Newfield Exploration

     127        3,614  

†Rice Energy

     2,741        72,993  

Valero Energy

     2,455        165,614  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

368,742

 

 

     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–1.18%

 

  

Eli Lilly & Co.

     71        5,843  

Johnson & Johnson

     5,140        679,971  

Merck & Co.

     4,346        278,535  

Pfizer

     1,809        60,764  

Zoetis

     1,616        100,806  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

  1,125,919

 

 

     

 

 

 

Professional Services–0.35%

 

  

Equifax

     637        87,537  

ManpowerGroup

     2,162        241,387  

†WageWorks

     93        6,250  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

335,174

 

 

     

 

 

 

Road & Rail–0.67%

 

  

Landstar System

     203        17,377  

Norfolk Southern

     884        107,583  

†Swift Transportation

     460        12,190  

Union Pacific

     4,563        496,956  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

634,106

 

 

     

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–1.14%  

Applied Materials

     3,573        147,601  

Intel

     5,976        201,630  

KLA-Tencor

     895        81,901  

Maxim Integrated Products

     1,831        82,212  

Texas Instruments

     5,487        422,115  

Xilinx

     2,378        152,953  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

1,088,412

 

 

     

 

 

 

Software–1.93%

 

  

†Adobe Systems

     3,502        495,323  

†Aspen Technology

     244        13,483  

CDK Global

     83        5,151  

†Citrix Systems

     837        66,608  

†Dell Technologies Class V

     898        54,877  

Intuit

     3,081        409,188  
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–7


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

U.S. MARKETS (continued)

 

Software (continued)

 

†Manhattan Associates

     218      $ 10,477  

Microsoft

     8,442        581,907  

†Paycom Software

     183        12,519  

†VMware Class A

     2,028        177,308  

†Zynga Class A

     2,953        10,749  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

  1,837,590

 

 

     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–1.65%

 

American Eagle Outfitters

     380        4,579  

Best Buy

     1,660        95,168  

†Burlington Stores

     106        9,751  

Home Depot

     3,218        493,641  

Lowe’s

     6,262        485,493  

Ross Stores

     2,512        145,018  

TJX

     4,640        334,869  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

1,568,519

 

 

     

 

 

 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–1.04%  

Apple

     4,123        593,794  

HP

     9,914        173,297  

†NCR

     273        11,149  

NetApp

     2,673        107,054  

Xerox

     3,611        103,744  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

989,038

 

 

     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–0.09%

 

Carter’s

     186        16,545  

Ralph Lauren

     911        67,232  

†Steven Madden

     1        20  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

83,797

 

 

     

 

 

 

Water Utilities–0.14%

 

American Water Works

     1,682        131,112  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

131,112

 

 

     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.01%

 

Telephone & Data Systems

     325        9,019  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

9,019

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total U.S. Markets

(Cost $21,626,880)

     

 

 

 

24,148,398

 

 

     

 

 

 

§DEVELOPED MARKETS–18.67%

 

Aerospace & Defense–0.14%

 

QinetiQ Group

     26,116        91,908  

Thales

     343        36,919  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

128,827

 

 

     

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics–0.05%

 

bpost

     1,252        30,222  

PostNL

     3,919        18,294  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

48,516

 

 

     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

§DEVELOPED MARKETS (continued)

 

Airlines–0.25%

 

Qantas Airways

     54,669      $ 240,346  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

240,346

 

 

     

 

 

 

Auto Components–0.27%

 

Brembo

     455        6,657  

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin

     172        22,867  

Cie Plastic Omnium

     644        23,490  

Faurecia

     647        32,862  

Valeo

     2,386        160,758  

†Xinyi Glass Holdings

     6,000        5,940  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

252,574

 

 

     

 

 

 

Automobiles–0.61%

     

Ferrari

     290        24,891  

Geely Automobile Holdings

     75,000        161,769  

Nissan Motor

     12,800        127,232  

Peugeot

     11,675        232,889  

Renault

     372        33,672  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

580,453

 

 

     

 

 

 

Banks–3.03%

     

†Banco Comercial Portugues Class R

     31,512        8,483  

Bank Hapoalim

     2,543        17,161  

Bank of Nova Scotia

     7,913        476,013  

BNP Paribas

     2,687        193,528  

BOC Hong Kong Holdings

     3,500        16,744  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

     4,948        402,120  

Chiba Bank

     1,000        7,237  

Dah Sing Banking Group

     2,000        4,257  

Danske Bank

     4,457        171,424  

Finecobank Banca Fineco

     2,341        18,422  

First International Bank of Israel

     562        10,192  

Gunma Bank

     1,200        7,191  

Hokuhoku Financial Group

     300        4,777  

HSBC Holdings

     8,467        78,485  

ING Groep

     3,487        60,138  

Lloyds Banking Group

     8,282        7,136  

Mediobanca

     7,041        69,482  

Mizuho Financial Group

     82,200        150,112  

National Australia Bank

     769        17,489  

†Raiffeisen Bank International

     716        18,073  

Resona Holdings

     35,400        194,665  

Royal Bank of Canada

     3,963        287,751  

Senshu Ikeda Holdings

     13,300        56,050  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

     6,600        256,958  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings

     2,100        75,038  

Swedbank Class A

     654        15,937  

Toronto-Dominion Bank

     4,223        212,811  

Westpac Banking

     1,833        42,984  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

  2,880,658

 

 

     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–8


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

§DEVELOPED MARKETS (continued)

 

Beverages–0.24%

 

Carlsberg Class B

     358      $ 38,245  

Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Class C

     300        8,669  

Coca-Cola European Partners

     244        9,923  

Davide Campari-Milano

     2,222        15,659  

Diageo

     4,823        142,501  

Fevertree Drinks

     300        6,662  

Kirin Holdings

     500        10,176  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

231,835

 

 

     

 

 

 

Biotechnology–0.13%

 

CSL

     512        54,318  

†Genmab

     49        10,454  

Grifols

     280        7,798  

Shire

     988        54,535  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

127,105

 

 

     

 

 

 

Building Products–0.09%

 

Cie de Saint-Gobain

     1,500        80,145  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

80,145

 

 

     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–0.14%

 

#Anima Holding 144A

     723        5,182  

Banca Generali

     104        3,096  

BT Investment Management

     1,212        10,601  

#Euronext 144A

     390        20,245  

Jupiter Fund Management

     770        5,065  

Macquarie Group

     573        38,976  

Magellan Financial Group

     347        7,692  

Partners Group Holding

     67        41,539  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

132,396

 

 

     

 

 

 

Chemicals–1.21%

 

#Covestro 144A

     1,857        134,067  

DIC

     100        3,587  

Evonik Industries

     4,946        158,089  

Koninklijke DSM

     5,500        399,775  

LANXESS

     1,345        101,834  

Lenzing

     26        4,659  

Lintec

     200        4,776  

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings

     25,900        214,177  

Nippon Shokubai

     100        6,428  

Sumitomo Chemical

     13,000        74,665  

Teijin

     300        5,764  

Tosoh

     1,000        10,233  

Ube Industries

     4,000        10,278  

Wacker Chemie

     130        14,113  

Zeon

     1,000        10,642  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

1,153,087

 

 

     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–0.18%

 

Downer EDI

     1,198        5,902  

Intrum Justitia

     828        28,109  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

§DEVELOPED MARKETS (continued)

 

Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)

 

IWG

     1,424      $ 5,998  

Rentokil Initial

     4,078        14,516  

Secom

     1,300        98,533  

Toppan Printing

     2,000        21,907  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

174,965

 

 

     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering–0.52%

 

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios

     400        15,453  

CIMIC Group

     664        19,822  

HOCHTIEF

     2,226        407,805  

Kajima

     2,000        16,857  

Maeda

     1,000        11,007  

NCC Class B

     537        15,126  

Nishimatsu Construction

     1,000        5,299  

Penta-Ocean Construction

     1,100        6,249  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

497,618

 

 

     

 

 

 

Construction Materials–0.02%

 

CSR

     2,703        8,788  

Wienerberger

     344        7,815  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

16,603

 

 

     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–0.09%

 

Hitachi Capital

     3,400        81,679  

Ujjivan Financial Services

     1,039        4,976  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

86,655

 

 

     

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging–0.01%

 

DS Smith

     2,020        12,460  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

12,460

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributors–0.01%

 

Inchcape

     1,014        9,965  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

9,965

 

 

     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services–0.06%

 

ORIX

     3,700        57,239  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

57,239

 

 

     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–1.08%

 

Deutsche Telekom

     22,683        407,264  

Koninklijke KPN

     7,905        25,289  

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone

     5,400        254,937  

Proximus SADP

     605        21,165  

Telefonica

     1,199        12,377  

Telenor

     12,152        201,593  

Telstra

     31,115        102,834  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

1,025,459

 

 

     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–0.09%

 

Chubu Electric Power

     4,200        55,732  
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–9


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

§DEVELOPED MARKETS (continued)

 

Electric Utilities (continued)

 

CLP Holdings

     3,000      $ 31,739  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

87,471

 

 

     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–0.20%

 

Nexans

     136        7,440  

Vestas Wind Systems

     1,921        177,336  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

184,776

 

 

     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–0.15%

 

†Celestica

     554        7,527  

Electrocomponents

     1,124        8,447  

Hitachi

     17,000        104,199  

Japan Aviation Electronics Industry

     1,000        13,825  

Venture

     700        6,127  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

140,125

 

 

     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services–0.18%

 

Subsea 7

     12,504        168,193  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    168,193

 

 

     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–0.01%

 

Stockland

     3,455        11,631  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

11,631

 

 

     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–0.20%

 

Axfood

     524        8,745  

Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion

     971        6,045  

Jeronimo Martins

     5,040        98,377  

Sundrug

     300        11,176  

Woolworths

     3,428        67,292  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

191,635

 

 

     

 

 

 

Food Products–0.19%

 

Leroy Seafood Group

     2,050        11,135  

Maple Leaf Foods

     282        7,120  

†Marine Harvest

     6,414        109,784  

NH Foods

     1,000        30,362  

Saputo

     368        11,706  

Suedzucker

     521        10,857  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

180,964

 

 

     

 

 

 

Gas Utilities–0.17%

 

Tokyo Gas

     31,000        161,043  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

161,043

 

 

     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–0.20%

 

Cochlear

     424        50,659  

GN Store Nord

     1,365        39,858  

Straumann Holding Class R

     166        94,434  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

184,951

 

 

     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

§DEVELOPED MARKETS (continued)

 

Health Care Providers & Services–0.02%

 

Miraca Holdings

     500      $ 22,449  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

22,449

 

 

     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–0.26%

 

Aristocrat Leisure

     7,630        132,301  

Autogrill

     441        5,344  

Carnival

     1,305        86,345  

Kindred Group SDR

     778        8,801  

Melia Hotels International

     465        6,952  

Skylark.

     500        7,175  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

246,918

 

 

     

 

 

 

Household Durables–0.27%

 

Electrolux Class B

     6,001        196,669  

Fujitsu General

     500        11,576  

Haseko

     800        9,702  

Iida Group Holdings

     200        3,327  

JM

     221        7,820  

Sekisui Chemical

     500        8,940  

Sekisui House

     400        7,040  

Skyworth Digital Holdings

     6,000        3,727  

Sumitomo Forestry

     400        6,281  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    255,082

 

 

     

 

 

 

Household Products–0.12%

 

Lion

     500        10,340  

Pigeon

     300        10,856  

Reckitt Benckiser Group

     911        92,360  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

113,556

 

 

     

 

 

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers–0.00%

 

China Power International Development

     8,000        2,838  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

2,838

 

 

     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–0.09%

 

DCC

     540        49,162  

Rheinmetall

     333        31,614  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

80,776

 

 

     

 

 

 

Insurance–1.25%

 

AIA Group

     5,800        42,381  

Allianz

     1,363        268,384  

ASR Nederland

     379        12,781  

Assicurazioni Generali

     7,045        115,949  

AXA

     3,539        96,808  

Direct Line Insurance Group

     1,544        7,147  

Hannover Rueck

     47        5,634  

NN Group

     1,311        46,598  

Old Mutual

     17,268        43,497  

Old Mutual (South African Shares)

     3,855        9,642  

Prudential

     107        2,454  

Sampo Class A

     5,847        299,649  
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–10


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
COMMON STOCK (continued)  
§DEVELOPED MARKETS (continued)  
Insurance (continued)  

Suncorp Group

     6,612      $ 75,315  

Talanx

     908        33,912  

Tokio Marine Holdings

     2,300        95,108  

†Topdanmark

     251        8,015  

Tryg

     619        13,539  

Unipol Gruppo Finanziario

     1,579        6,925  

Vienna Insurance Group

     181        5,105  
     

 

 

 
        1,188,843  
     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–0.01%

 

†ASOS

     141        10,558  
     

 

 

 
        10,558  
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–0.03%

 

Moneysupermarket.com Group

     1,236        5,694  

Rightmove

     193        10,683  

†Wix.com

     138        9,605  
     

 

 

 
        25,982  
     

 

 

 

IT Services–0.54%

     

Amadeus IT Group

     5,526        330,408  

Atos

     635        89,135  

Fujitsu

     2,000        14,720  

Itochu Techno-Solutions

     200        6,988  

Obic

     500        30,673  

Tech Mahindra

     1,068        6,312  

#Worldpay Group 144A

     9,183        37,651  
     

 

 

 
        515,887  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–0.46%

 

†ICON

     153        14,962  

†Lonza Group

     1,962        424,155  
     

 

 

 
        439,117  
     

 

 

 

Machinery–0.24%

     

Atlas Copco Class A

     2,310        88,565  

Cargotec Class B

     223        14,149  

Georg Fischer

     31        30,017  

Glory

     100        3,272  

Sandvik

     1,620        25,479  

Spirax-Sarco Engineering

     176        12,264  

Valmet

     533        10,355  

Volvo Class B

     2,558        43,601  
     

 

 

 
            227,702  
     

 

 

 

Media–0.18%

     

†Altice Class B-W/I

     351        8,100  

Fairfax Media

     10,215        8,636  

Fuji Media Holdings

     500        6,784  

Mediaset Espana Comunicacion

     6,544        81,432  

Modern Times Group Class B

     157        5,404  

Nippon Television Holdings

     400        6,714  

NOS

     1,022        6,203  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
COMMON STOCK (continued)  
§DEVELOPED MARKETS (continued)  
Media (continued)  

Technicolor

     5,168      $ 22,536  

UBM

     2,248        20,203  
     

 

 

 
        166,012  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–0.40%

     

†Anglo American

     2,291        30,737  

†Anglo American (London Stock Exchange)

     7,339        97,881  

BHP Billiton

     2,015        36,054  

BHP Billiton (London Stock Exchange)

     1,824        27,938  

Centamin

     3,479        7,014  

Dowa Holdings

     4,000        30,265  

Evolution Mining

     6,377        11,812  

†Glencore

     10,364        38,768  

†Kinross Gold

     1,149        4,669  

Newcrest Mining

     1,572        24,358  

Northern Star Resources

     5,270        19,240  

OZ Minerals

     1,087        6,191  

Regis Resources

     2,046        5,944  

Rio Tinto

     854        36,061  
     

 

 

 
        376,932  
     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–0.01%

     

Dollarama

     123        11,753  
     

 

 

 
        11,753  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–0.17%

 

A2A

     9,917        16,469  

E.ON

     12,921        121,722  

National Grid

     1,816        22,512  
     

 

 

 
        160,703  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–1.05%

 

BP

     16,756        96,636  

Caltex Australia

     6,726        163,411  

Canadian Natural Resources

     7,290        210,358  

Enerplus

     1,146        9,297  

Inter Pipeline

     428        8,383  

Japan Petroleum Exploration

     200        4,166  

JXTG Holdings

     29,500        128,701  

Neste

     1,547        60,941  

OMV

     4,433        230,044  

Repsol

     1,250        19,131  

Royal Dutch Shell Class A

     1,427        37,822  

Royal Dutch Shell Class B

     913        24,526  
     

 

 

 
            993,416  
     

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products–0.28%

 

Mondi

     418        10,965  

UPM-Kymmene

     8,996        256,459  
     

 

 

 
        267,424  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–11


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
COMMON STOCK (continued)  
§DEVELOPED MARKETS (continued)  

Pharmaceuticals–0.83%

 

Astellas Pharma      29,400      $ 359,283  

Bayer

     939        121,405  

Daiichi Sankyo

     1,200        28,241  

GlaxoSmithKline

     6,832        145,532  

Indivior

     1,093        4,452  

Ipsen

     66        9,035  

Kaken Pharmaceutical

     300        16,350  

Novo Nordisk Class B

     622        26,637  

Recordati

     1,199        48,642  

Shionogi & Co.

     200        11,130  

Sino Biopharmaceutical

     13,000        11,489  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries

     256        8,469  
     

 

 

 
            790,665  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services–0.15%

 

Intertek Group

     2,501        137,366  

Teleperformance

     66        8,454  
     

 

 

 
        145,820  
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development–0.41%

 

CapitaLand

     18,500        47,031  

Daito Trust Construction

     600        93,327  

Deutsche EuroShop

     148        5,834  

Henderson Land Development

     1,100        6,136  

Hysan Development

     4,000        19,084  

Kerry Properties

     7,500        25,456  

KWG Property Holding

     12,000        8,038  

Nomura Real Estate Holdings

     400        7,838  

Shenzhen Investment

     8,000        3,535  

Sun Hung Kai Properties

     10,000        146,911  

Swire Properties

     2,600        8,575  

TAG Immobilien

     516        8,112  

Wheelock & Co.

     1,000        7,544  
     

 

 

 
        387,421  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail–0.07%

 

ComfortDelGro

     35,300        58,972  

Sotetsu Holdings

     1,000        4,952  
     

 

 

 
        63,924  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–0.07%

 

BE Semiconductor Industries

     202        10,786  

†Dialog Semiconductor

     167        7,130  

Infineon Technologies

     351        7,411  

STMicroelectronics

     2,947        42,310  
     

 

 

 
        67,637  
     

 

 

 

Software–0.20%

 

†Check Point Software Technologies

     881        96,099  

Nintendo

     100        33,501  

Playtech

     946        11,717  

Software

     216        9,461  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
COMMON STOCK (continued)  
§DEVELOPED MARKETS (continued)  

Software (continued)

 

Square Enix Holdings

     400      $ 13,087  

†Temenos Group

     131        11,694  

†Ubisoft Entertainment

     249        14,129  
     

 

 

 
        189,688  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–0.04%

     

Dixons Carphone

     4,400        16,252  

Fielmann

     124        9,565  

JB Hi-Fi

     318        5,712  

WH Smith

     143        3,194  
     

 

 

 
        34,723  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.12%

 

Logitech International Class R

     3,175        116,716  
     

 

 

 
            116,716  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–0.20%

 

  

adidas

     73        13,986  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton

     524        130,650  

Moncler

     1,807        42,309  

PRADA

     1,200        4,465  
     

 

 

 
        191,410  
     

 

 

 

Thrift & Mortgage Finance–0.01%

 

Aareal Bank

     140        5,550  
     

 

 

 
        5,550  
     

 

 

 

Tobacco–0.75%

     

British American Tobacco

     4,592        313,038  

Imperial Brands

     4,344        195,111  

Swedish Match

     5,905        207,962  
     

 

 

 
        716,111  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–0.21%

 

ITOCHU

     7,400        109,808  

Kloeckner

     995        10,478  

Mitsubishi

     2,200        46,083  

Sumitomo

     2,500        32,496  
     

 

 

 
        198,865  
     

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure–0.12%

 

#Aena 144A

     316        61,663  

Atlantia

     649        18,265  

Sydney Airport

     6,123        33,367  
     

 

 

 
        113,295  
     

 

 

 

Water Utilities–0.01%

 

Guangdong Investment

     6,000        8,269  
     

 

 

 
        8,269  
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.58%

 

KDDI

     3,300        87,286  

NTT DOCOMO

     17,800        419,699  
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–12


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

§DEVELOPED MARKETS (continued)

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services (continued)

 

Vodafone Group

     16,284      $ 46,183  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

553,168

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Developed Markets
(Cost $17,100,062)

            17,736,905  
     

 

 

 

×EMERGING MARKETS–5.28%

 

Auto Components–0.01%

 

  

Apollo Tyres

     2,002        7,455  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

7,455

 

 

     

 

 

 

Automobiles–0.05%

     

Dongfeng Motor Group

     8,000        9,458  

Tata Motors

     5,807        38,860  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

48,318

 

 

     

 

 

 

Banks–0.66%

     

Agricultural Bank of China

     19,000        8,980  

Axis Bank

     1,850        14,807  

Banco do Brasil

     1,665        13,479  

Bangkok Bank NVDR

     3,200        17,427  

Bank of China

     69,000        33,848  

Bank Pekao

     151        5,085  

China Construction Bank

     150,001        116,236  

CTBC Financial Holding

     10,000        6,558  

ICICI Bank

     5,367        24,091  

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China

     111,001        74,925  

Kasikornbank NVDR

     13,300        77,717  

Krung Thai Bank NVDR

     14,800        8,191  

OTP Bank

     793        26,540  

†Punjab National Bank

     4,048        8,599  

Siam Commercial Bank NVDR

     15,500        70,952  

State Bank of India

     7,378        31,236  

Turkiye Garanti Bankasi

     5,299        14,744  

Turkiye Halk Bankasi

     1,933        7,224  

Turkiye Is Bankasi Class C

     30,649        64,896  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

625,535

 

 

     

 

 

 

Beverages–0.02%

 

  

Ambev

     2,800        15,543  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

15,543

 

 

     

 

 

 

Biotechnology–0.01%

 

  

†Celltrion

     89        8,953  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

8,953

 

 

     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–0.01%

 

  

China Cinda Asset Management

     31,000        11,554  

Yuanta Financial Holding

     6,000        2,643  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

14,197

 

 

     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

×EMERGING MARKETS (continued)

 

Chemicals–0.05%

 

PTT Global Chemical NVDR

     21,500      $ 43,354  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

43,354

 

 

     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering–0.21%

 

  

China Communications Construction

     89,000        114,678  

China Railway Construction

     59,000        76,929  

Hyundai Development Co-Engineering & Construction

     159        6,525  

†Metallurgical Corp of China

     14,000        4,734  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

202,866

 

 

     

 

 

 

Construction Materials–0.05%

 

  

Anhui Conch Cement

     7,000        24,342  

†Cemex

     24,887        23,422  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

47,764

 

 

     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services–0.07%

 

  

Haci Omer Sabanci Holding

     21,311        66,202  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

66,202

 

 

     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–0.19%

 

Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero

     437,900        148,513  

†True NVDR

     173,000        31,575  

†Turk Telekomunikasyon

     1,740        3,086  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

183,174

 

 

     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–0.12%

     

Korea Electric Power

     255        9,093  

PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna

     28,523        93,213  

Transmissora Alianca de Energia Eletrica

     1,198        8,039  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

110,345

 

 

     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–0.02%

 

  

Bharat Heavy Electricals

     5,962        12,480  

Teco Electric and Machinery

     9,000        8,654  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

21,134

 

 

     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–0.64%

 

AU Optronics

     38,000        17,364  

Compeq Manufacturing

     9,000        7,337  

Delta Electronics Thailand NVDR

     4,800        12,258  

Hon Hai Precision Industry

     116,001        446,156  

Innolux

     231,000        120,740  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    603,855

 

 

     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–0.01%

 

Magnit GDR

     276        9,384  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

9,384

 

 

     

 

 

 

Food Products–0.25%

 

  

Gruma Class B

     435        5,675  

JBS

     14,058        27,964  

Uni-President Enterprises

     42,000        84,221  
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–13


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
COMMON STOCK (continued)  
×EMERGING MARKETS (continued)  
Food Products (continued)  

Universal Robina

     38,170      $ 123,224  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

241,084

 

 

     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–0.04%

 

Netcare

     18,643        36,666  
     

 

 

 
        36,666  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables–0.01%

 

LG Electronics

     98        6,869  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

6,869

 

 

     

 

 

 

Household Products–0.02%

 

Hindustan Unilever

     719        12,009  

Unilever Indonesia

     1,100        4,028  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

16,037

 

 

     

 

 

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers–0.05%

 

Huadian Power International

     6,000        2,682  

Huaneng Power International

     58,000        40,264  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

42,946

 

 

     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–0.09%

 

  

Enka Insaat ve Sanayi

     32,002        48,843  

KOC Holding

     5,049        23,218  

Turkiye Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari

     11,213        14,660  
     

 

 

 
        86,721  
     

 

 

 

Insurance–0.05%

 

  

Ping An Insurance Group of China

     7,500        49,424  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

49,424

 

 

     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–0.73%

 

  

†Alibaba Group Holding ADR

     1,153        162,458  

†Just Dial

     1,074        6,176  

NAVER

     31        22,705  

NetEase ADR

     772        232,086  

†Sohu.com

     185        8,336  

Tencent Holdings

     6,500        232,445  

†YY ADR

     453        26,288  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

690,494

 

 

     

 

 

 

IT Services–0.07%

     

HCL Technologies

     1,261        16,600  

Infosys

     1,175        17,007  

Tata Consultancy Services

     731        26,716  

Wipro.

     2,478        9,904  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

70,227

 

 

     

 

 

 

Leisure Products–0.03%

     

Merida Industry

     5,000        26,792  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

26,792

 

 

     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
COMMON STOCK (continued)  
×EMERGING MARKETS (continued)     
Machinery–0.02%  

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings

     25,500      $ 22,041  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

22,041

 

 

     

 

 

 

Marine–0.06%

     

MISC

     32,200        55,959  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

55,959

 

 

     

 

 

 

Media–0.03%

     

BEC World NVDR

     25,900        16,011  

Multiplus

     537        6,208  

Naspers Class N

     46        8,949  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

31,168

 

 

     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–0.30%

 

  

Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari

     58,108        116,432  

KGHM Polska Miedz

     5,543        165,513  

MMC Norilsk Nickel

     59        8,071  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

290,016

 

 

     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–0.68%

 

  

Banpu NVDR

     45,200        22,088  

Bharat Petroleum

     5,777        57,147  

China Petroleum & Chemical

     28,000        21,841  

China Shenhua Energy

     16,000        35,617  

CNOOC

     26,000        28,473  

Hindustan Petroleum

     3,974        31,377  

Indian Oil

     3,870        23,063  

LUKOIL PJSC

     462        22,503  

MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas

     456        35,792  

Novatek PJSC GDR

     97        10,806  

Oil & Natural Gas

     15,571        37,893  

Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN

     3,127        94,426  

Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo

     9,982        17,024  

PTT Exploration & Production NVDR

     28,100        71,346  

PTT NVDR

     2,800        30,497  

SK Innovation

     216        29,923  

S-Oil

     183        15,163  

Surgutneftegas OJSC

     7,572        3,296  

Tatneft PJSC

     1,504        9,579  

Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri

     1,403        40,354  

United Tractors

     5,200        10,710  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

648,918

 

 

     

 

 

 

Personal Products–0.00%

 

  

Amorepacific

     18        4,783  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

4,783

 

 

     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–0.02%

 

  

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories

     131        5,452  

Hypermarcas

     591        4,943  
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund—14


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
COMMON STOCK (continued)  
×EMERGING MARKETS (continued)  
Pharmaceuticals (continued)  

Lupin.

     355      $ 5,821  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

16,216

 

 

     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development–0.05%

 

Greentown China Holdings

     4,000        4,406  

Guangzhou R&F Properties

     26,400        41,050  

Sino-Ocean Group Holdings

     4,000        1,957  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

47,413

 

 

     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–0.22%

 

Elite Advanced Laser

     5,000        22,600  

SK Hynix.

     2,289        134,841  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

     8,000        54,832  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

212,273

 

 

     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.06%

 

Inventec

     43,000        35,056  

Samsung Electronics

     11        22,853  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

57,909

 

 

     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–0.03%

 

ANTA Sports Products

     2,000        6,609  

Feng TAY Enterprise

     2,000        8,843  

Formosa Taffeta

     11,000        11,047  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

26,499

 

 

     

 

 

 

Thrift & Mortgage Finance–0.09%

 

Housing Development Finance

     3,270        81,700  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

81,700

 

 

     

 

 

 

Tobacco–0.01%

     

British American Tobacco Malaysia

     800        8,092  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

8,092

 

 

     

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure–0.03%

 

Zhejiang Expressway

     22,000        28,742  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

28,742

 

 

     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.22%

 

America Movil

     19,063        15,293  

China Mobile

     15,000        159,175  

Mobile TeleSystems ADR

     548        4,592  

PLDT

     560        19,954  

Total Access Communication NVDR

     7,000        10,818  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

209,832

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Emerging Markets
(Cost $4,675,611)

        5,016,900  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $43,402,553)

        46,902,203  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
PREFERRED STOCK–0.35%  

Banco Bradesco 4.30%

     1,500      $ 12,746  

Bayerische Motoren Werke 4.30%

     97        7,997  

Braskem 3.69%

     805        8,339  

†Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao

     1,632        32,094  

Cia Energetica de Sao Paulo Class B 5.66%

     7,426        34,183  

Henkel 1.53%

     1,219        167,770  

Itau Unibanco Holding 4.84%

     5,465        60,623  

†Metalurgica Gerdau

     1,504        2,265  

Surgutneftegas 23.46%

     6,712        3,242  

†=Vedanta Limited

     32,180        4,979  
     

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $343,947)

        334,238  
     

 

 

 

 

    

Principal

Amount°

        

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES–18.94%

 

Fannie Mae S.F. 15 yr TBA 4.00% 7/1/32

     200,000        206,875  

Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr

     

4.50% 8/1/41

     39,649        43,235  

5.00% 2/1/35

     5,557        6,097  

5.00% 10/1/35

     4,874        5,350  

5.00% 11/1/35

     5,661        6,212  

5.50% 8/1/37

     5,159        5,781  

6.00% 12/1/36

     1,251        1,420  

6.00% 2/1/37

     3,980        4,531  

6.00% 8/1/37

     4,615        5,211  

6.00% 9/1/37

     1,417        1,614  

6.00% 5/1/38

     14,461        16,339  

6.00% 9/1/38

     3,786        4,307  

6.00% 11/1/38

     2,940        3,340  

6.00% 9/1/39

     12,820        14,503  

6.00% 3/1/40

     5,613        6,379  

6.00% 7/1/40

     18,895        21,401  

6.00% 5/1/41

     6,871        7,794  

Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr TBA

     

3.50% 7/1/47

     2,750,000        2,824,443  

4.00% 7/1/47

     6,287,000        6,608,963  

4.50% 7/1/47

     4,330,040        4,644,814  

4.50% 8/1/47

     319,960        342,788  

5.00% 7/1/47

     1,300,000        1,420,047  

Freddie Mac S.F. 30 yr

     

4.50% 5/1/40

     118,538        128,992  

5.50% 3/1/34

     1,549        1,733  

5.50% 12/1/34

     1,449        1,623  

5.50% 4/1/38

     6,103        6,794  

5.50% 7/1/38

     6,145        6,841  

6.00% 3/1/36

     4,427        5,023  

6.00% 9/1/37

     3,914        4,404  

6.00% 1/1/38

     1,702        1,915  

6.00% 6/1/38

     4,655        5,264  
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–15


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)  

Freddie Mac S.F. 30 yr TBA 3.50% 7/1/47

     575,000      $ 590,707  

GNMA II S.F. 30 yr 5.00% 5/20/47

     448,476        481,456  

GNMA II S.F. 30 yr TBA 3.00% 7/20/47

     400,000        404,031  

3.50% 7/20/47

     50,000        51,789  

4.00% 7/20/47

     75,000        78,920  

4.50% 7/1/47

     25,000        26,570  
     

 

 

 

Total Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $18,079,003)

 

         17,997,506  
     

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS–19.96%

 

Aerospace & Defense–0.43%

 

Lockheed Martin

     

2.50% 11/23/20

     200,000        202,905  

4.70% 5/15/46

     50,000        56,413  

Rockwell Collins

     

3.20% 3/15/24

     45,000        45,681  

3.50% 3/15/27

     100,000        101,607  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

406,606

 

 

     

 

 

 

Automobiles–0.96%

     

Ford Motor Credit

     

2.375% 3/12/19

     200,000        200,988  

2.459% 3/27/20

     200,000        200,305  

General Motors 6.75% 4/1/46

     75,000        89,258  

General Motors Financial

     

2.35% 10/4/19

     100,000        100,045  

3.20% 7/13/20

     200,000        203,925  

5.25% 3/1/26

     105,000        113,606  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

908,127

 

 

     

 

 

 

Banks–3.33%

     

Bank of America

     

2.25% 4/21/20

     300,000        300,325  

•2.881% 4/24/23

     100,000        100,297  

•3.124% 1/20/23

     165,000        166,988  

•3.824% 1/20/28

     30,000        30,557  

4.183% 11/25/27

     70,000        71,333  

Citigroup

     

2.55% 4/8/19

     300,000        302,952  

2.65% 10/26/20

     300,000        303,109  

Fifth Third Bancorp
2.875% 7/27/20

     20,000        20,466  

HSBC Holdings

     

3.40% 3/8/21

     200,000        205,666  

•4.041% 3/13/28

     200,000        207,404  

Huntington Bancshares 2.30% 1/14/22

     35,000        34,511  

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.55% 10/29/20

     200,000        201,772  
    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)  
Banks (continued)  

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (continued)

 

2.55% 3/1/21

     200,000      $ 201,085  

•3.22% 3/1/25

     100,000        100,277  

•3.782% 2/1/28

     85,000        87,027  

4.25% 10/1/27

     55,000        57,490  

•4.26% 2/22/48

     95,000        99,637  

Santander UK Group Holdings 2.875% 10/16/20

     100,000        101,628  

US Bancorp

     

2.625% 1/24/22

     25,000        25,275  

3.60% 9/11/24

     75,000        77,977  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

2.60% 7/22/20

     300,000        304,362  

3.069% 1/24/23

     120,000        121,758  

•Westpac Banking 4.322% 11/23/31

     40,000        41,080  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    3,162,976

 

 

     

 

 

 

Beverages–0.24%

     

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance 3.65% 2/1/26

     100,000        103,211  

Constellation Brands 3.70% 12/6/26

     100,000        101,969  

PepsiCo 4.45% 4/14/46

     25,000        27,320  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

232,500

 

 

     

 

 

 

Biotechnology–0.18%

     

Celgene

     

3.25% 8/15/22

     150,000        154,384  

4.625% 5/15/44

     15,000        15,819  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

170,203

 

 

     

 

 

 

Building Products–0.10%

     

Lennox International 3.00% 11/15/23

     35,000        34,998  

Masco 3.50% 4/1/21

     55,000        56,758  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

91,756

 

 

     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–2.65%

     

Bank of New York Mellon

     

2.15% 2/24/20

     10,000        10,061  

2.20% 8/16/23

     40,000        38,818  

2.50% 4/15/21

     85,000        85,720  

CME Group 5.30% 9/15/43

     50,000        62,260  

Credit Suisse Group Funding

     

Guernsey 2.75% 3/26/20

     400,000        403,409  

Export-Import Bank of Korea 2.125% 1/25/20

     400,000        398,287  

Goldman Sachs Group

     

2.60% 12/27/20

     300,000        301,777  

2.875% 2/25/21

     200,000        202,314  

3.85% 1/26/27

     75,000        76,381  
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–16


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)  
Capital Markets (continued)  

Goldman Sachs Group (continued)

 

  

5.15% 5/22/45

     80,000      $ 89,066  

6.75% 10/1/37

     50,000        65,021  

Jefferies Group

     

6.45% 6/8/27

     30,000        34,445  

6.50% 1/20/43

     10,000        11,338  

Morgan Stanley

     

2.80% 6/16/20

     400,000        406,102  

3.95% 4/23/27

     65,000        65,719  

4.30% 1/27/45

     50,000        51,832  

4.375% 1/22/47

     110,000        115,042  

TD Ameritrade Holding

3.30% 4/1/27

     100,000        99,998  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    2,517,590

 

 

     

 

 

 

Chemicals–0.21%

     

Dow Chemical 8.55% 5/15/19

     155,000        173,682  

Monsanto 4.70% 7/15/64

     25,000        25,299  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

198,981

 

 

     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services–0.13%

 

Berkshire Hathaway

     

2.75% 3/15/23

     25,000        25,351  

4.50% 2/11/43

     25,000        27,536  

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance

 

2.70% 2/15/23

     35,000        35,068  

2.85% 1/27/25

     40,000        39,852  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

127,807

 

 

     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–0.74%

 

AT&T

     

2.45% 6/30/20

     200,000        201,167  

4.75% 5/15/46

     120,000        118,129  

5.25% 3/1/37

     60,000        64,119  

Verizon Communications

     

4.50% 9/15/20

     200,000        213,808  

4.862% 8/21/46

     75,000        75,304  

5.25% 3/16/37

     30,000        32,351  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

704,878

 

 

     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–1.24%

 

Berkshire Hathaway Energy
3.75% 11/15/23

     145,000        152,733  

Cleveland Electric Illuminating
5.50% 8/15/24

     40,000        45,898  

Duke Energy 2.65% 9/1/26

     135,000        128,472  

Emera US Finance
3.55% 6/15/26

     100,000        100,418  

Entergy

     

2.95% 9/1/26

     10,000        9,595  

4.00% 7/15/22

     35,000        37,033  

Entergy Louisiana 4.05% 9/1/23

     90,000        96,417  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)  
Electric Utilities (continued)  

Entergy Mississippi
2.85% 6/1/28

     40,000      $ 38,823  

Exelon

     

3.497% 6/1/22

     35,000        35,797  

3.95% 6/15/25

     35,000        36,279  

Great Plains Energy

     

3.90% 4/1/27

     30,000        30,409  

4.85% 6/1/21

     20,000        21,332  

Indiana Michigan Power 4.55% 3/15/46

     15,000        16,476  

ITC Holdings 3.25% 6/30/26

     15,000        14,784  

Kansas City Power & Light 3.65% 8/15/25

     65,000        66,078  

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings
2.40% 9/15/19

     55,000        55,404  

NV Energy 6.25% 11/15/20

     45,000        50,663  

Public Service Co. of New Hampshire
3.50% 11/1/23

     30,000        31,352  

Southern

     

2.75% 6/15/20

     60,000        60,740  

3.25% 7/1/26

     55,000        53,908  

Southern Co. Gas Capital 3.25% 6/15/26

     100,000        98,321  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    1,180,932

 

 

     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–0.04%

 

Tech Data 4.95% 2/15/27

     40,000        42,483  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

42,483

 

 

     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–0.66%

 

American Tower

     

2.25% 1/15/22

     100,000        97,611  

3.45% 9/15/21

     150,000        154,837  

3.50% 1/31/23

     100,000        102,688  

4.00% 6/1/25

     55,000        57,063  

4.40% 2/15/26

     25,000        26,249  

CC Holdings GS V

3.849% 4/15/23

     50,000        52,632  

Crown Castle International 5.25% 1/15/23

     55,000        61,170  

Hospitality Properties Trust
4.50% 3/15/25

     40,000        41,117  

Host Hotels & Resorts
3.75% 10/15/23

     30,000        30,632  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

623,999

 

 

     

 

 

 

Food Products–0.05%

 

Kraft Heinz Foods
4.375% 6/1/46

     50,000        49,165  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

49,165

 

 

     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–17


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies–0.86%  

Abbott Laboratories 4.90% 11/30/46

     55,000      $ 60,823  

Baxter International
2.60% 8/15/26

     100,000        95,352  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

     

2.404% 6/5/20

     40,000        40,093  

2.894% 6/6/22

     35,000        35,149  

3.363% 6/6/24

     140,000        140,530  

Stryker 4.625% 3/15/46

     25,000        27,423  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings

     

2.70% 4/1/20

     300,000        302,928  

3.375% 11/30/21

     35,000        35,913  

4.625% 11/30/19

     80,000        84,262  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    822,473

 

 

     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–0.44%

 

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings 3.60% 2/1/25

     100,000        101,662  

McKesson 4.75% 3/1/21

     100,000        107,360  

Quest Diagnostics 3.45% 6/1/26

     100,000        100,377  

UnitedHealth Group
4.25% 4/15/47

     100,000        106,879  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

416,278

 

 

     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–0.30%

 

Mcdonald’s

     

3.50% 3/1/27

     200,000        203,707  

4.875% 12/9/45

     50,000        55,965  

Wyndham Worldwide 4.15% 4/1/24

     25,000        25,715  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

285,387

 

 

     

 

 

 

Household Durables–0.21%

 

Newell Brands 2.60% 3/29/19

     200,000        202,035  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

202,035

 

 

     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–0.05%

 

Roper Technologies

     

2.80% 12/15/21

     25,000        25,239  

3.80% 12/15/26

     25,000        25,736  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

50,975

 

 

     

 

 

 

Insurance–0.47%

     

Aflac 4.00% 10/15/46

     50,000        49,392  

Allstate 3.28% 12/15/26

     190,000        193,218  

MetLife 6.817% 8/15/18

     130,000        137,282  

XLIT

     

4.45% 3/31/25

     25,000        25,815  

5.50% 3/31/45

     40,000        42,844  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

448,551

 

 

     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–0.22%

 

Expedia 5.00% 2/15/26

     60,000        65,810  
    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail (continued)  

Priceline Group 3.60% 6/1/26

     140,000      $ 141,979  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    207,789

 

 

     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–0.32%

 

Alibaba Group Holding 2.50% 11/28/19

     200,000        201,666  

eBay 2.75% 1/30/23

     100,000        99,242  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

300,908

 

 

     

 

 

 

IT Services–0.22%

 

#DXC Technology 144A 4.25% 4/15/24

     50,000        51,806  

Mastercard 3.80% 11/21/46

     25,000        25,461  

Visa 4.30% 12/14/45

     120,000        131,943  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

209,210

 

 

     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–0.11%

 

Thermo Fisher Scientific 3.00% 4/15/23

     100,000        100,941  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

100,941

 

 

     

 

 

 

Machinery–0.06%

 

Crane 4.45% 12/15/23

     55,000        57,886  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

57,886

 

 

     

 

 

 

Media–0.84%

 

CBS 4.30% 2/15/21

     200,000        212,625  

Charter Communications Operating

     

#144A 3.75% 2/15/28

     100,000        98,738  

4.908% 7/23/25

     75,000        81,156  

#144A 5.375% 5/1/47

     60,000        63,717  

Comcast 3.00% 2/1/24

     60,000        60,879  

Time Warner 3.80% 2/15/27

     100,000        100,873  

Time Warner Cable

     

4.00% 9/1/21

     100,000        104,625  

7.30% 7/1/38

     60,000        76,917  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

799,530

 

 

     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–0.04%

 

Southern Copper
5.875% 4/23/45

     35,000        37,603  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

37,603

 

 

     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–0.44%

 

Ameren Illinois 9.75% 11/15/18

     170,000        187,906  

CMS Energy 6.25% 2/1/20

     30,000        33,044  

Consumers Energy
3.25% 8/15/46

     30,000        27,576  

Dominion Energy 3.90% 10/1/25

     75,000        77,772  

DTE Energy

     

2.85% 10/1/26

     50,000        47,651  

3.30% 6/15/22

     40,000        41,089  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

415,038

 

 

     
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–18


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–1.46%

 

BP Capital Markets

     

3.216% 11/28/23

     75,000      $ 76,232  

3.224% 4/14/24

     20,000        20,215  

Buckeye Partners

     

2.65% 11/15/18

     200,000        201,130  

5.60% 10/15/44

     25,000        25,900  

Enable Midstream Partners 5.00% 5/15/44

     25,000        23,507  

Energy Transfer 9.70% 3/15/19

     48,000        53,778  

Exxon Mobil 4.114% 3/1/46

     60,000        63,455  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners 3.95% 9/1/22

     40,000        41,374  

MPLX 4.875% 12/1/24

     20,000        21,356  

ONEOK Partners 3.20% 9/15/18

     400,000        404,792  

Petroleos Mexicanos 6.75% 9/21/47

     50,000        50,619  

Plains All American Pipeline 8.75% 5/1/19

     95,000        105,659  

Regency Energy Partners 5.00% 10/1/22

     15,000        16,105  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction

     

#144A 4.20% 3/15/28

     40,000        40,496  

5.625% 4/15/23

     100,000        111,293  

Western Gas Partners 5.45% 4/1/44

     25,000        25,467  

Williams Partners

     

3.90% 1/15/25

     50,000        50,629  

5.10% 9/15/45

     50,000        51,995  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

 

 

    1,384,002

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products–0.07%

 

Georgia-Pacific 8.00% 1/15/24

     50,000        64,226  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

 

 

64,226

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–0.67%

 

Allergan Funding 2.45% 6/15/19

     300,000        301,964  

Eli Lilly & Co. 3.10% 5/15/27

     80,000        80,887  

Johnson & Johnson 3.70% 3/1/46

     100,000        103,001  

Novartis Capital 4.40% 5/6/44

     50,000        55,610  

Pfizer 3.00% 12/15/26

     50,000        50,201  

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland 2.40% 9/23/21

     50,000        49,466  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

 

 

641,129

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Professional Services–0.03%

     

Verisk Analytics 5.50% 6/15/45

     25,000        27,878  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

 

 

27,878

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Road & Rail–0.09%

     

Burlington Northern Santa Fe 4.70% 9/1/45

     50,000        56,447  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Road & Rail (continued)

 

Canadian Natural Resources 2.95% 1/15/23

     30,000      $ 29,799  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

 

 

86,246

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–0.47%

 

Applied Materials 4.35% 4/1/47

     55,000        58,525  

Broadcom

     

#144A 3.00% 1/15/22

     40,000        40,399  

#144A 3.625% 1/15/24

     170,000        174,156  

KLA-Tencor 4.65% 11/1/24

     25,000        27,040  

NVIDIA

     

2.20% 9/16/21

     100,000        98,984  

3.20% 9/16/26

     50,000        49,675  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

 

 

448,779

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Software–0.18%

 

Autodesk 3.50% 6/15/27

     70,000        68,981  

Microsoft

     

2.875% 2/6/24

     15,000        15,257  

4.10% 2/6/37

     25,000        26,982  

4.45% 11/3/45

     50,000        55,772  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

 

 

166,992

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–0.04%

     

Home Depot 4.25% 4/1/46

     35,000        37,645  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

 

 

37,645

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.68%

 

Apple 3.45% 2/9/45

     100,000        94,211  

#Dell International 144A 6.02% 6/15/26

     30,000        33,102  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise 3.60% 10/15/20

     400,000        412,750  

HP 4.375% 9/15/21

     100,000        106,683  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

 

 

646,746

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Tobacco–0.73%

     

Altria Group 3.875% 9/16/46

     150,000        146,080  

Philip Morris International

     

3.375% 8/11/25

     120,000        123,059  

4.25% 11/10/44

     50,000        51,595  

4.50% 3/26/20

     200,000        213,419  

Reynolds American 4.00% 6/12/22

     150,000        159,127  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

 

 

693,280

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $18,778,198)

     

 

 

 

    18,969,530

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS–0.24%

 

Bay Area Toll Authority
(Build America Bonds) Series S3 6.907% 10/1/50

     45,000        68,329  
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–19


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS (continued)

 

California State Various Purposes
(Build America Bonds)
7.55% 4/1/39

     35,000      $ 53,470  

New Jersey Turnpike Authority

     

(Build America Bonds)
Series A 7.102% 1/1/41

     25,000        36,714  

(Build America Bonds)
Series F 7.414% 1/1/40

     15,000        22,676  

Oregon State Taxable Pension
5.892% 6/1/27

     35,000        42,356  
     

 

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds
(Cost $219,966)

        223,545  
     

 

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES–2.65%

 

AVANT Loans Funding Trust

     

#Series 2016-A B 144A
7.65% 6/15/20

     194,711        197,692  

#Series 2016-B B 144A
7.80% 9/15/20

     243,000        249,046  

#Series 2016-C B 144A
4.92% 11/16/20

     250,000        253,222  

Drive Auto Receivables Trust

     

#Series 2016-CA C 144A 3.02% 11/15/21

     200,000        200,877  

Series 2017-1 B 2.36% 3/15/21

     200,000        199,905  

Series 2017-1 C 2.84% 4/15/22

     230,000        230,591  

#=Marlette Funding Trust Series
2017–2A A 144A 2.39% 7/15/24

     200,000        199,940  

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust

     

Series 2015-2 D 3.02% 4/15/21

     150,000        151,886  

Series 2017-2 B 2.21% 10/15/21

     230,000        229,976  

Series 2017-2 C 2.79% 8/15/22

     210,000        209,735  

#SoFi Consumer Loan Program Series 2017-4 A 144A
2.50% 5/26/26

     190,000        189,966  

#•Trafigura Securitisation
Finance Series 2017-1A A1 144A
2.056% 12/15/20

     210,000        210,000  
     

 

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $2,523,008)

 

         2,522,836  
     

 

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED

SECURITY– 0.04%

 

 

DB-JPM Mortgage Trust Series 2016–C3 A5 2.89% 9/10/49

     40,000        39,315  
     

 

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Security
(Cost $41,463)

 

     39,315  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DSOVEREIGN BONDS–0.80%

 

Colombia–0.52%

     

Colombia Government International Bond
11.75% 2/25/20

     400,000      $ 498,000  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

498,000

 

 

     

 

 

 

Mexico–0.22%

     

Mexico Government International Bond 4.15% 3/28/27

     200,000        207,350  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

207,350

 

 

     

 

 

 

Uruguay–0.06%

     

Uruguay Government International Bond
4.375% 10/27/27

     50,000        53,375  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

53,375

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Total Sovereign Bonds
(Cost $762,983)

        758,725  
     

 

 

 

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS–23.24%

 

  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     

2.875% 11/15/46

     1,000,000        1,005,723  

3.125% 2/15/42

     2,250,000        2,383,286  

6.25% 5/15/30

     2,000,000        2,851,718  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     

1.25% 3/31/19

     2,850,000        2,844,266  

1.25% 4/30/19

     3,000,000        2,992,968  

1.50% 4/15/20

     1,500,000        1,499,093  

1.875% 1/31/22

     2,000,000        2,002,812  

1.875% 3/31/22

     3,000,000        3,002,109  

2.125% 3/31/24

     3,000,000        3,002,694  

2.25% 2/15/27

     500,000        497,764  
     

 

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(Cost $21,995,707)

          22,082,433  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
        

 

RIGHTS–0.00%

     

†ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios expiration date 7/11/17

     400        320  

†Repsol expiration date 7/3/17

     1,224        559  
     

 

 

 

 

Total Rights
(Cost $911)

        879  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–20


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

              

MONEY MARKET FUND–3.38%

          

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     3,210,535      $     3,210,535       
     

 

 

      

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $3,210,535)

        3,210,535       
     

 

 

      

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS–118.96% (Cost $109,358,274)

 

     $ 113,041,745  
                   Principal
Amount°
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

TBA SALES–(0.24%)

 

    

Agency Mortgage-Backed Security–(0.24%)

 

    

Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr TBA 3.00% 7/1/47

 

     (225,000     (224,697
          

 

 

 

Total TBA Sales
(Proceeds $226,371)

             (224,697
          

 

 

 

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(18.72%)

 

 

 

 

 

(17,787,697

 

          

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 6,240,770 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

 

  $     95,029,351  
          

 

 

 

 

 

#

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At June 30, 2017, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $2,261,965, which represents 2.38% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 6 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

D

Securities have been classified by country of origin.

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate as of June 30, 2017. Interest rates reset periodically.

 

=

The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs and is reported as a Level 3 security in the disclosure table located in Note 3 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

×

Emerging Markets – developing countries with relatively low per capita income, often with above-average economic growth potential but with more risk.

 

§

Developed Markets – countries that are thought to be most developed and therefore less risky than emerging markets.

 

°

Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.

The following foreign currency exchange contracts and futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Counterparty

     Contracts to
Receive (Deliver)
       In Exchange For          Settlement Date         

Unrealized

  Appreciation  

      

Unrealized
Depreciation

 

BNYM

       THB          (178,154      USD          5,243        7/3/17                 $     —                        $  (1   

GSC

       AUD          100,000        USD          (76,380      7/5/17                 475                            

NT

       EUR          150,000        USD          (170,776      7/5/17                 590                            

NT

       SEK          115,794        USD          (13,556      7/5/17                 192                            

SSB

       JPY          5,000,000        USD          (44,532      7/5/17                                        (69   
                              

 

 

                    

 

 

    

Total

                                 $1,257                        $(70   
                              

 

 

                    

 

 

    

 

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LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

        Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
            Notional
Value
            Expiration
Date
            Unrealized
Appreciation
    

Unrealized
Depreciation

 

 

Equity Contracts:

 

                               

  

E-mini MSCI Emerging Markets
Index

        $       50,358              $       50,415            9/18/17            $        57            $        —    

   E-mini S&P 500 Index         243,329              242,090            9/18/17                           (1,239  

   Euro STOXX 50 Index         80,045              78,374            9/18/17                           (1,671  

  

Yen Denominated Nikkei 225
Index

        89,489              89,198            9/8/17                           (292  
                             

 

 

          

 

 

   
                                57              (3,202  
                             

 

 

          

 

 

   

Interest Rate Contracts:

 

                               

(27)

   U.S. Treasury 2 yr Notes         (5,839,202)             (5,834,953)           10/2/17              4,249                 

(2)

   U.S. Treasury 5 yr Notes         (236,155)             (235,672)           10/2/17              483                 

(29)

   U.S. Treasury 10 yr Notes         (3,651,994)             (3,640,406)           9/21/17              11,588                 

   U.S. Treasury Long Bonds         154,251              153,688            9/21/17                           (563  

(8)

   U.S. Treasury Ultra Bonds         (1,305,985)             (1,327,000)           9/21/17                           (21,015  
                             

 

 

          

 

 

   
                                16,320              (21,578  
                             

 

 

          

 

 

   

Total

 

                     $ 16,377            $ (24,780  
                             

 

 

          

 

 

   

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts and futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The foreign currency exchange contracts and notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1 See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

ADR–American Depositary Receipt

AUD–Australian Dollar

BNYM–Bank of New York Mellon

DB–Deutsche Bank

EUR–Euro

GDR–Global Depositary Receipt

GNMA–Government National Mortgage Association

GSC–Goldman Sachs Capital

IT–Information Technology

JPM–JPMorgan

JPY–Japanese Yen

MSCI–Morgan Stanley Capital International

NT–Northern Trust

NVDR–Non-Voting Depositary Receipt

OJSC–Open Joint Stock Company

PJSC–Public Joint Stock Company

S.F.–Single Family

SEK–Swedish Krona

SSB–State Street Bank

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

TBA–To be announced

THB–Thai Baht

USD–U.S. Dollar

yr–Year

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

 

ASSETS:

  

Investments, at value

   $ 113,041,745  

Cash

     236,522  

Receivable for securities sold

     20,579,814  

Dividends and interest receivable

     407,288  

Foreign currencies, at value

     272,736  

Foreign tax reclaims receivable

     35,997  

Cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts

     22,494  

Expense reimbursement receivable from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation

     21,184  

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

     16,377  

Receivable for fund shares sold

     14,133  

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at value

     1,397  

Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts

     1,257  
  

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     134,650,944  
  

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

  

TBA Sales, at value

     224,697  

Payable for securities purchased

     39,153,162  

Payables for fund shares redeemed

     81,461  

Other accrued expenses payable

     77,168  

Due to manager and affiliates

     59,484  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

     24,780  

Deferred capital gains taxes payable

     771  

Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts

     70  
  

 

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     39,621,593  
  

 

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 95,029,351  
  

 

 

 

 

Investments, at cost

   $ 109,358,274  

Foreign currencies, at cost

     270,413  

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at cost

     1,397  

TBA Sales, at proceeds

     (226,371

 

Standard Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 82,443,503  

Shares Outstanding

     5,430,407  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 15.182  

 

Service Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 12,585,848  

Shares Outstanding

     810,363  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 15.531  

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 75,029,591  

Undistributed net investment income

     810,143  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

     15,510,269  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

     3,679,348  
  

 

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 95,029,351  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–23


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $ 662,200  

Interest

     592,796  

Foreign tax withheld

     (41,550
  

 

 

 
     1,213,446  
  

 

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     349,772  

Professional fees.

     39,227  

Pricing fees

     33,692  

Custodian fees

     22,466  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     15,339  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     15,333  

Accounting and administration expenses

     11,666  

Shareholder servicing fees

     4,588  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     1,301  

Consulting fees

     953  

Other

     463  
  

 

 

 
     494,800  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (46,639

Expenses reimbursed

     (92,381
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     355,780  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     857,666  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments*

     14,537,409  

Foreign currencies

     (20,404

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     (44,694

Futures contracts

     (131,616

Options purchased

     (152

Swap contracts

     (11,258
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     14,329,285  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments**

     (9,173,292

Foreign currencies

     5,412  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     (7,471

Futures contracts

     22,102  

Swap contracts

     4,750  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (9,148,499
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     5,180,786  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 6,038,452  
  

 

 

 

*Includes $937 capital gains taxes paid.

**Includes $771 capital gains taxes accrued.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 857,666     $ 1,461,981  

Net realized gain

     14,329,285       2,532,668  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (9,148,499     432,987  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     6,038,452       4,427,636  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (1,579,117

Service Class

           (189,223

Net realized gain:

    

Standard Class

           (4,376,738

Service Class

           (557,401
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (6,702,479
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     3,681,504       7,054,447  

Service Class

     1,273,476       2,948,053  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           5,955,855  

Service Class

           746,624  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     4,954,980       16,704,979  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (9,283,239     (20,165,164

Service Class

     (1,327,650     (743,194
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (10,610,889     (20,908,358
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (5,655,909     (4,203,379
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

     382,543       (6,478,222

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     94,646,808       101,125,030  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 95,029,351     $ 94,646,808  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (Distributions in excess of) net investment income

   $ 810,143     $ (47,523
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund Standard Class
           Six Months
      Ended
      6/30/171, 2
      (unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/143
  12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 14.235      $ 14.606     $ 15.631     $ 15.878     $ 14.477     $ 13.334

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income4

       0.137        0.223       0.281       0.325       0.295       0.303

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.810        0.456       (0.468 )       0.409       1.746       1.199
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.947        0.679       (0.187 )       0.734       2.041       1.502
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.275 )       (0.336 )       (0.325 )       (0.290 )       (0.339 )

Net realized gain

              (0.775 )       (0.502 )       (0.656 )       (0.350 )       (0.020 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (1.050 )       (0.838 )       (0.981 )       (0.640 )       (0.359 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 15.182      $ 14.235     $ 14.606     $ 15.631     $ 15.878     $ 14.477
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Total return5

       6.65%        4.65%       (1.15% )       4.63%       14.24%       11.30%

 

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 82,443      $ 82,784     $ 91,928     $ 102,477     $ 103,403     $ 89,494

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.73%        0.73%       0.73%       0.73%       0.73%       0.73%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.03%        0.98%       1.00%       0.94%       1.00%       1.00%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.87%        1.52%       1.79%       2.01%       1.92%       2.15%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.57%        1.27%       1.52%       1.80%       1.65%       1.88%

Portfolio turnover

       203%        148%       124%       117%       163%       161%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2017, BlackRock Investment Management LLC replaced Delaware Investments Fund Advisers and Jackson Square Partners, LLC as the Fund’s sub-advisers.

 

3 

Effective October 1, 2014, Jackson Square Partners, LLC was added as a sub-adviser to the Fund.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–25


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund Service Class
           Six Months
      Ended
      6/30/171, 2
      (unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/143
  12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 14.580      $ 14.938     $ 15.966     $ 16.198     $ 14.761     $ 13.589

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income4

       0.122        0.190       0.246       0.290       0.262       0.274

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.829        0.464       (0.476 )       0.418       1.777       1.221
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.951        0.654       (0.230 )       0.708       2.039       1.495
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.237 )       (0.296 )       (0.284 )       (0.252 )       (0.303 )

Net realized gain

              (0.775 )       (0.502 )       (0.656 )       (0.350 )       (0.020 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (1.012 )       (0.798 )       (0.940 )       (0.602 )       (0.323 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 15.531      $ 14.580     $ 14.938     $ 15.966     $ 16.198     $ 14.761
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Total return5

       6.53%        4.38%       (1.39% )       4.38%       13.96%       11.03%

 

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 12,586      $ 11,863     $ 9,197     $ 7,534     $ 5,234     $ 2,665

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.98%        0.98%       0.98%       0.98%       0.98%       0.98%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.28%        1.23%       1.25%       1.19%       1.25%       1.25%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.62%        1.27%       1.54%       1.76%       1.67%       1.90%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.32%        1.02%       1.27%       1.55%       1.40%       1.63%

Portfolio turnover

       203%        148%       124%       117%       163%       161%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2017, BlackRock Investment Management LLC replaced Delaware Investments Fund Advisers and Jackson Square Partners, LLC as the Fund’s sub-advisers.

 

3 

Effective October 1, 2014, Jackson Square Partners, LLC was added as a sub-adviser to the Fund.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund–26


LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP BlackRock Scientific Allocation Fund (formerly LVIP Delaware Foundation® Moderate Allocation Fund) (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”), Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”), and to unaffiliated insurance companies. Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek to provide total return.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities and ETFs traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security or ETF does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. U.S. government and agency securities are valued at the mean between their bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Other debt securities, credit default swap (“CDS”) contracts, and interest rate swap contracts are valued based upon valuations provided by an independent pricing service or broker and reviewed by management. To the extent current market prices are not available, the pricing service may take into account developments related to the specific security, as well as transactions in comparable securities. Swap prices are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments. Valuations for fixed income securities, including short-term debt securities, utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are used when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Futures contracts and options on futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Exchange-traded options are valued at the last reported sale price or, if no sales are reported, at the mean between the last reported bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (“Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

To Be Announced Securities (TBA)–The Fund may contract to purchase securities for a fixed price at a transaction date beyond the customary settlement period (e.g., when issued, delayed delivery, forward commitment, or TBA transactions) consistent with the Fund’s ability to manage its investment portfolio and meet redemption requests. These transactions involve a commitment by the Fund to purchase securities for a predetermined price or yield with payment and delivery taking place more than three days in the future, or after a period longer than the customary settlement

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

period for that type of security. No interest will be earned by the Fund on such purchases until the securities are delivered; however, the market value may change prior to delivery.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund generally separates the portion of realized gains and losses on investments in debt securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of debt securities. Gains or losses attributable to the changes in foreign exchange rates are included in the Statement of Operations under “Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currencies.” For foreign equity securities, these changes are included in net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends and interest are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of such distributions by the issuer or management estimate. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Realized gains (losses) on paydowns of asset-and mortgage-backed securities are classified as interest income. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction. There were no commission rebates for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate 0.75% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. This fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date with mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

LIAC has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses exceed 0.73% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.98% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

Effective May 1, 2017, BlackRock Investment Management LLC (“BlackRock”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays BlackRock a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets. Prior to May 1, 2017, Delaware

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

 

Investments Fund Advisers (“DIFA”) and Jackson Square Partners, LLP (“JSP”) were responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, paid DIFA and JSP a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 2,677  

Legal

     646  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $3,798 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivables due from and liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 21,184  

Management fees payable to LIAC

     50,844  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     2,574  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     3,798  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     2,268  

The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain affiliated funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under these procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund engaged in securities purchases of $4,905 and securities sales of $7,391.

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases other than U.S. government securities

   $ 171,582,804  

Purchases of U.S. government securities

     34,487,383  

Sales other than U.S. government securities

     180,423,570  

Sales of U.S. government securities

     15,431,431  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 109,167,944  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 4,868,433  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (1,219,329
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 3,649,104  
  

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3. Investments (continued)

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

Level 1–

 

inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–

 

other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–

 

inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs, including related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. The Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Valuations may also be based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which is received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

         Level 1              Level 2              Level 3              Total      

Investments:

           

 

Assets:

           

Common Stock

           

U.S. Markets

           

Aerospace & Defense

   $ 409,400          $—        $—      $ 409,400    

Air Freight & Logistics

     77,152            —          —        77,152    

Auto Components

     219,726            —          —        219,726    

Banks

     717,051            —          —        717,051    

Beverages

     477,059            —          —        477,059    

Biotechnology

     733,801            —          —        733,801    

Building Products

     254,122            —          —        254,122    

Capital Markets

     1,108,854            —          —        1,108,854    

Chemicals

     397,745            —          —        397,745    

Commercial Services & Supplies

     125,566            —          —        125,566    

Communications Equipment

     507,992            —          —        507,992    

Construction & Engineering

     6,996            —          —        6,996    

Consumer Finance

     235,112            —          —        235,112    

Diversified Financial Services

     61,496            —          —        61,496    

Electric Utilities

     5,740            —          —        5,740    

Electrical Equipment

     95,432            —          —        95,432    

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     138,442            —          —        138,442    

Energy Equipment & Services

     26,328            —          —        26,328    

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     558,981            —          —        558,981    

Food & Staples Retailing

     292,751            —          —        292,751    

Food Products

     882,420            —          —        882,420    

Gas Utilities

     7,746            —          —        7,746    

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     325,992            —          —        325,992    

 

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3. Investments (continued)

 

         Level 1              Level 2              Level 3              Total      

Investments:

           

 

Assets:

           

Health Care Providers & Services

   $ 1,114,096          $—          $—        $ 1,114,096    

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     646,932                        646,932    

Household Products

     255,823                        255,823    

Industrial Conglomerates

     153,616                        153,616    

Insurance

     483,241                        483,241    

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     302,984                        302,984    

Internet Software & Services

     1,522,149                        1,522,149    

IT Services

     738,822                        738,822    

Leisure Products

     328,285                        328,285    

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     252,060                        252,060    

Machinery

     733,499                        733,499    

Media

     1,079,943                        1,079,943    

Multiline Retail

     313,364                        313,364    

Multi-Utilities

     386,252                        386,252    

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     368,742                        368,742    

Pharmaceuticals

     1,125,919                        1,125,919    

Professional Services

     335,174                        335,174    

Road & Rail

     634,106                        634,106    

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     1,088,412                        1,088,412    

Software

     1,837,590                        1,837,590    

Specialty Retail

     1,568,519                        1,568,519    

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     989,038                        989,038    

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     83,797                        83,797    

Water Utilities

     131,112                        131,112    

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     9,019                        9,019    

Developed Markets

           

Aerospace & Defense

     128,827                        128,827    

Air Freight & Logistics

     48,516                        48,516    

Airlines

     240,346                        240,346    

Auto Components

     252,574                        252,574    

Automobiles

     580,453                        580,453    

Banks

     2,880,658                        2,880,658    

Beverages

     231,835                        231,835    

Biotechnology

     127,105                        127,105    

Building Products

     80,145                        80,145    

Capital Markets

     132,396                        132,396    

Chemicals

     1,153,087                        1,153,087    

Commercial Services & Supplies

     174,965                        174,965    

Construction & Engineering

     497,618                        497,618    

Construction Materials

     16,603                        16,603    

Consumer Finance

     86,655                        86,655    

Containers & Packaging

     12,460                        12,460    

Distributors

     9,965                        9,965    

Diversified Financial Services

     57,239                        57,239    

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     1,025,459                        1,025,459    

Electric Utilities

     87,471                        87,471    

Electrical Equipment

     184,776                        184,776    

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     140,125                        140,125    

Energy Equipment & Services

     168,193                        168,193    

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     11,631                        11,631    

Food & Staples Retailing

     191,635                        191,635    

Food Products

     180,964                        180,964    

 

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3. Investments (continued)

 

         Level 1              Level 2              Level 3              Total      

Investments:

           

 

Assets:

           

Gas Utilities

   $ 161,043          $—          $—        $ 161,043  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     184,951                        184,951  

Health Care Providers & Services

     22,449                        22,449  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     246,918                        246,918  

Household Durables

     255,082                        255,082  

Household Products

     113,556                        113,556  

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     2,838                        2,838  

Industrial Conglomerates

     80,776                        80,776  

Insurance

     1,188,843                        1,188,843  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     10,558                        10,558  

Internet Software & Services

     25,982                        25,982  

IT Services

     515,887                        515,887  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     439,117                        439,117  

Machinery

     227,702                        227,702  

Media

     166,012                        166,012  

Metals & Mining

     376,932                        376,932  

Multiline Retail

     11,753                        11,753  

Multi-Utilities

     160,703                        160,703  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     993,416                        993,416  

Paper & Forest Products

     267,424                        267,424  

Pharmaceuticals

     790,665                        790,665  

Professional Services

     145,820                        145,820  

Real Estate Management & Development

     387,421                        387,421  

Road & Rail

     63,924                        63,924  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     67,637                        67,637  

Software

     189,688                        189,688  

Specialty Retail

     34,723                        34,723  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     116,716                        116,716  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     191,410                        191,410  

Thrift & Mortgage Finance

     5,550                        5,550  

Tobacco

     716,111                        716,111  

Trading Companies & Distributors

     198,865                        198,865  

Transportation Infrastructure

     113,295                        113,295  

Water Utilities

     8,269                        8,269  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     553,168                        553,168  

Emerging Markets

           

Auto Components

     7,455                        7,455  

Automobiles

     48,318                        48,318  

Banks

     625,535                        625,535  

Beverages

     15,543                        15,543  

Biotechnology

     8,953                        8,953  

Capital Markets

     14,197                        14,197  

Chemicals

     43,354                        43,354  

Construction & Engineering

     202,866                        202,866  

Construction Materials

     47,764                        47,764  

Diversified Financial Services

     66,202                        66,202  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     183,174                        183,174  

Electric Utilities

     110,345                        110,345  

Electrical Equipment

     21,134                        21,134  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     603,855                        603,855  

Food & Staples Retailing

     9,384                        9,384  

 

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3. Investments (continued)

 

         Level 1             Level 2             Level 3              Total      

Investments:

         

 

Assets:

         

Food Products

   $ 241,084     $     $      $ 241,084  

Health Care Providers & Services

     36,666                    36,666  

Household Durables

     6,869                    6,869  

Household Products

     16,037                    16,037  

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     42,946                    42,946  

Industrial Conglomerates

     86,721                    86,721  

Insurance

     49,424                    49,424  

Internet Software & Services

     690,494                    690,494  

IT Services

     70,227                    70,227  

Leisure Products

     26,792                    26,792  

Machinery

     22,041                    22,041  

Marine

     55,959                    55,959  

Media

     31,168                    31,168  

Metals & Mining

     290,016                    290,016  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     648,918                    648,918  

Personal Products

     4,783                    4,783  

Pharmaceuticals

     16,216                    16,216  

Real Estate Management & Development

     47,413                    47,413  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     212,273                    212,273  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     57,909                    57,909  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     26,499                    26,499  

Thrift & Mortgage Finance

     81,700                    81,700  

Tobacco

     8,092                    8,092  

Transportation Infrastructure

     28,742                    28,742  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     209,832                    209,832  

Preferred Stock

     329,259             4,979        334,238  

Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

           17,997,506              17,997,506  

Corporate Bonds

           18,969,530              18,969,530  

Municipal Bonds

           223,545              223,545  

Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities

           2,322,896       199,940        2,522,836  

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

           39,315              39,315  

Sovereign Bonds

           758,725              758,725  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

           22,082,433              22,082,433  

Rights

     320       559              879  

Money Market Fund

     3,210,535                    3,210,535  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 50,442,317     $ 62,394,509     $ 204,919      $ 113,041,745  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

         

TBA Sales

   $     $ (224,697   $      $ (224,697
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Derivatives:

         

 

Assets:

         

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

   $     $ 1,257     $      $ 1,257  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

   $ 16,377     $     $      $ 16,377  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

         

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

   $     $ (70   $      $ (70
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

   $ (24,780   $     $      $ (24,780
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. This does not include transfers between Level 1 investments and Level 2 investments that resulted from the Fund’s use of international fair value pricing during the period. In accordance with the fair valuation procedures described in Note 1, international

 

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3. Investments (continued)

 

fair value pricing uses other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to the events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded, causing a change in classification between levels. International fair value pricing was not utilized at June 30, 2017. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended    
   6/30/17   
 

Year Ended
    12/31/16   

Shares sold:

                           

Standard Class

                 249,206                484,651

Service Class

                 84,168                197,133

Shares reinvested:

                           

Standard Class

                                412,888

Service Class

                                50,608
              

 

 

              

 

 

 
              

 

 

 

333,374

 

            

 

 

 

1,145,280

 

              

 

 

              

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

                           

Standard Class

                 (634,486 )                (1,375,497 )

Service Class

                 (87,439 )                (49,811 )
              

 

 

              

 

 

 
              

 

 

 

(721,925

 

)

            

 

 

 

(1,425,308

 

)

              

 

 

              

 

 

 

Net decrease

              

 

 

 

(388,551

 

)

            

 

 

 

(280,028

 

)

              

 

 

              

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. This risk is generally mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency exchange contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owned that were denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in

 

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5. Derivatives (continued)

futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Options Contracts–During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund entered into options contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may buy or write options contracts for any number of reasons, including without limitation: to manage the Fund’s exposure to changes in securities prices caused by interest rates or market conditions and foreign currencies; as an efficient means of adjusting the Fund’s overall exposure to certain markets; to protect the value of portfolio securities; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; as a cash management tool; and to generate income. The Fund may buy or write call or put options on securities, futures, swaps, swaptions, financial indices, and foreign currencies. When the Fund buys an option, a premium is paid and an asset is recorded and adjusted on a daily basis to reflect the current market value of the option purchased. When the Fund writes an option, a premium is received and a liability is recorded and adjusted on a daily basis to reflect the current market value of the option written. Premiums received from writing options that expire unexercised are treated by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gains. The difference between the premium received and the amount paid at the close of the transaction, including brokerage commissions, is treated as realized gain or loss. If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security in determining whether the Fund has a realized gain or loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the securities purchased by the Fund. The Fund, as writer of an option, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option. When writing options, the Fund is subject to minimal counterparty risk because the counterparty is only obligated to pay premiums and does not bear the market risk of an unfavorable market change. When buying options, the Fund is subject to counterparty risk.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used options contracts to manage the Fund’s exposure to changes in foreign currencies, to adjust the Fund’s overall exposure to certain markets and to protect the value of portfolio securities.

No options contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017. There were no transactions in options written during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

Swap Contracts–The Fund enters into interest rate swap contracts and CDS contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may use interest rate swaps to manage the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or hedge against changes in interest rates. The Fund may enter into CDS contracts in order to hedge against credit events (including single name baskets, and systemic), to enhance total return, or to gain exposure to certain securities or markets.

Interest Rate Swaps–An interest rate swap contract is an exchange of interest rates between counterparties. In one instance, an interest rate swap involves payments received by the Fund from another party based on a variable or floating interest rate, in return for making payments based on a fixed interest rate. The Fund may enter into either side of such swap contract. Interest rate swaps may be used to manage the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates. Periodic payments on such contracts are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized appreciation/depreciation on swap contracts. Upon periodic payment (receipt) or termination of the contract, such amounts are recorded as realized gains or losses on swap contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from (paid) to the counterparty over the interest rate swap contract’s remaining life, to the extent that the amount is positive. This risk is mitigated by (1) for bilateral swap contracts having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty, and (2) for cleared swaps, trading these instruments through a central counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used interest rate swap contracts to manage the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates.

No interest rate swap contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017.

Credit Default Swaps–A CDS contract is a risk-transfer instrument through which one party (a purchaser of protection) transfers to another party (a seller of protection) the financial risk of a credit event (as defined in the CDS agreement), as it relates to a particular reference security or basket of securities (such as an index). In exchange for the protection offered by the seller of protection, the purchaser of protection agrees to pay the seller of protection a periodic amount at a stated rate that is applied to the notional amount of the CDS contract. In addition, an upfront payment may be made or received by the Fund in connection with an unwinding or assignment of a CDS contract. Upon the occurrence of a credit event, the seller of protection would pay the counterparty the agreed-upon value for the reference security or basket of securities. Credit events generally include, among others, bankruptcy, failure to pay and obligation default. No CDS were outstanding at June 30, 2017.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund entered into CDS contracts as a purchaser and seller of protection. Periodic payments (receipts) on such contracts are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized losses (gains) on swap contracts. Upon payment (receipt), such amounts

 

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5. Derivatives (continued)

are recorded as realized losses (gains) on swap contracts. Upfront payments made or received in connection with CDS contracts are amortized over the expected life of the CDS contracts as unrealized losses (gains) on swap contracts. The change in value of CDS contracts is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation daily. A realized gain or loss is recorded upon a credit event (as defined in the CDS agreement) or the maturity or termination of a CDS contract. Initial margin and variation margin is posted to central counterparties for centrally cleared CDS basket trades, as determined by an applicable central counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used CDS contracts to hedge against credit events (including single name baskets, and systemic).

CDS contracts may involve greater risks than if the Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly. CDS contracts are subject to general market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk, either as the seller of protection or the buyer of protection, is the fair value of the contract. This risk is mitigated by (1) for bilateral swap contracts, having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty, and (2) for cleared swaps, trading these instruments through a central counterparty.

Swaps Generally–The value of open swaps may differ from that which would be realized in the event the Fund terminated its positions in the agreement. Risks of entering into these contracts include the potential inability of the counterparty to meet the terms of the contracts. This type of risk is generally limited to the amount of favorable movement in the value of the underlying security, instrument or basket of instruments, if any, at the day of default. Risks also arise from potential losses from adverse market movements and such losses could exceed the unrealized amounts shown on the Schedule of Investments.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

  Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location  

  Fair Value     

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

  Fair Value  

Foreign currency
exchange contracts
(Currency contracts)

  

Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts

  $ 1,257     

Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts

  $ (70

Futures contracts
(Equity contracts)

  

Unrealized appreciation
on futures contracts

    57     

Unrealized depreciation
on futures contracts

    (3,202

Futures contracts
(Interest Rate
contracts)

  

Unrealized appreciation
on futures contracts

    16,320     

Unrealized depreciation
on futures contracts

    (21,578
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

     $ 17,634        $ (24,850
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

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5. Derivatives (continued)

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts      $ (44,694 )     $ (7,471 )

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts        8,549       (3,145 )

Futures contracts (Interest rate contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts        (140,165 )       25,247

Options purchased (Interest rate contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from options purchased and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of options purchased        (152 )      

Swap contracts (Credit contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from swap contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of swap contracts        (3,510 )       1,214

Swap contracts (Interest rate contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from swap contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of swap contracts        (7,748 )       3,536
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

        $ (187,720 )     $ 19,381
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long
    Derivative
Volume
     Short
    Derivative
Volume
 

Foreign currency exchange contracts (average cost)

     USD    412,764        USD    461,356  

Futures contracts (average notional value)

     567,746        4,066,120  

Options contracts (average notional value)

     12         

CDS contracts (average notional value)*

     138,233        246,240  

Interest rate swap contracts (average notional value)

            119,680  

* Long represents buying protection and short represents selling protection.

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights to help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and foreign currency exchange contracts and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting items and netting provisions in the event of a default or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instrument payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of an ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out) netting including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Schedule of Investments.

 

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5. Derivatives (continued)

At June 30, 2017 , the Fund had the following assets and liabilities subject to offsetting provisions:

Offsetting of Financial Assets and Liabilities and Derivative Assets and Liabilities

 

Counterparty

   Gross Value of
Derivative Asset
   Gross Value of
Derivative Liability
  Net Position

BNY Mellon

     $      $ (1 )       $(1)  
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Counterparty

     Net Position      Fair Value of
Non Cash
Collateral
Received
   Cash
Collateral
Received
   Fair Value of
Non Cash
Collateral
Pledged
   Cash
Collateral
Pledged
   Net
Exposure(a)

BNY Mellon

       $(1)        $      $      $      $      $ (1 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

a Net exposure represents the receivable (payable) that would be due from (to) the counterparty in an event of default.

6. Credit and Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund invests in high yield fixed income securities, which are securities rated BB or lower by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and/or Ba or lower by Moody’s Investors Service Inc., or similarly rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Investments in these higher yielding securities are generally accompanied by a greater degree of credit risk than higher rated securities. Additionally, lower rated securities may be more susceptible to adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than investment-grade securities.

The Fund invests in fixed income securities whose values are derived from an underlying pool of mortgages or consumer loans. The values of these securities are sensitive to changes in economic conditions, including delinquencies and defaults, and may be adversely effected by changes in interest rates and shifts in market’s perception of issuers. Investors receive principal and interest payments as the underlying mortgages and consumer loans are paid back. Some of these securities are collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”). CMOs are debt securities issued by U.S. government agencies or by financial institutions and other mortgage lenders, which are collateralized by a pool of mortgages held under an indenture. Prepayment of mortgages may shorten the stated maturity of the obligations and can result in a loss of premium, if any has been paid. Certain of these securities may be stripped (securities which provide only the principal or interest feature of the underlying security). The yield to maturity on an interest-only CMO is extremely sensitive, not only to changes in prevailing interest rates, but also to the rate of principal payments (including prepayments) on the related underlying mortgage assets. A rapid rate of principal payments may have a material adverse effect on the a CMO’s yield to maturity. If the underlying mortgage assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may fail to fully recoup its initial investment in these securities, even if the securities are rated in the highest rating categories.

The Fund invests in REITs and is subject to the risks associated with that industry. If the Fund acquires a direct interest in real estate as a result of defaults or receives rental income directly from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company could be jeopardized. The Fund had no direct real estate holdings during the six months ended June 30, 2017. The Fund’s REIT holdings are also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs it holds use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC, the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. Rule 144A securities are identified on the Schedule of Investments.

 

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7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP BlackRock U.S. Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

  


LVIP BlackRock U.S. Growth ETF

Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Sector Allocation

     2  

Statement of Net Assets

     3  

Statement of Operations

     4  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     4  

Financial Highlights

     5  

Notes to Financial Statements

     7  

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP BlackRock U.S. Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) Fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses cannot be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

 

      Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
     Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
     Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,060.80        0.32     $1.64  

Service Class Shares

     1,000.00        1,059.00        0.67     3.42  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.21        0.32     $1.61  

Service Class Shares

     1,000.00        1,021.47        0.67     3.36  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in iShares Exchange-Traded Funds (“Underlying ETFs”) or financial instruments that provide exposure to such Underlying ETFs (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial Statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

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LVIP BlackRock U.S. Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Sector   

Percentage

of Net Assets

 

Investment Companies

    100.91

Equity Funds

    67.83

Fixed Income Funds

    28.54

Money Market Fund

    4.54

Total Value of Securities

    100.91

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

    (0.91 %) 

 

Total Net Assets

    100.00
 

 

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LVIP BlackRock U.S. Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    

Number of

Shares

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES–100.91%

 

Equity Funds–67.83%

     

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

     245,223      $ 59,689,730  

iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

     82,981        14,434,545  

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA ETF

     1,048,758        51,315,729  

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

     132,095        18,614,827  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

      144,054,831

 

 

     

 

 

 

Fixed Income Funds–28.54%

 

  

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF .

     278,060        30,450,351  

iShares Core U.S. Credit Bond ETF

     86,040        9,608,947  

iShares Core U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

     412,056        10,408,535  

iShares MBS ETF

     95,037        10,146,150  
     

 

 

 
        60,613,983  
     

 

 

 
    

Number of

Shares

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES (continued)

 

Money Market Fund–4.54%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund–Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     9,636,908      $ 9,636,908  
     

 

 

 
        9,636,908  
     

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies (Cost $204,024,673)

        214,305,722  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.91% (Cost $204,024,673)

     214,305,722  

«LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.91%)

     (1,926,938
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 19,164,952 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 212,378,784  
  

 

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP BLACKROCK U.S. GROWTH ETF ALLOCATION MANAGED RISK FUND STANDARD CLASS ($2,636,564 / 237,541 Shares)

  

 

 

 

$11.099

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP BLACKROCK U.S. GROWTH ETF ALLOCATION MANAGED RISK FUND SERVICE CLASS ($209,742,220 / 18,927,411 Shares)

  

 

 

 

$11.081

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 201,349,354  

Undistributed net investment income

     1,015,945  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (267,564

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     10,281,049  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $     212,378,784  
  

 

 

 

 

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Includes $765,896 payable for fund shares redeemed, $1,257,800 payable for investments purchased and $107,800 due to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

Summary of Abbreviations:

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

MBS–Mortgage-Backed Security

MSCI–Morgan Stanley Capital International

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP BlackRock U.S. Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

 

Dividends

  $ 1,596,814  
 

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

 

Distribution fees-Service Class

    301,919  

Management fees

    218,214  

Professional fees

    20,722  

Accounting and administration expenses

    20,691  

Shareholder servicing fees

    9,841  

Reports and statements to shareholders

    2,726  

Custodian fees

    2,411  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    2,075  

Consulting fees.

    1,983  

Pricing fees

    33  

Other

    254  
 

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

    580,869  
 

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

    1,015,945  
 

 

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

 

Net realized loss from investments

    (42,757

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

    8,639,650  
 

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

    8,596,893  
 

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS.

  $ 9,612,838  
 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP BlackRock U.S. Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    5/2/16*
to
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income

  $ 1,015,945     $ 763,687  

Net realized loss

    (42,757     (229,188

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    8,639,650       1,641,399  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    9,612,838       2,175,898  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net investment income:

   

Standard Class

          (12,144

Service Class

          (756,105
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (768,249
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

   

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    1,122,056       1,542,936  

Service Class

    92,996,128       137,523,745  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          12,144  

Service Class

          756,105  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    94,118,184       139,834,930  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (43,175     (127,102

Service Class

    (20,039,219     (12,385,321
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (20,082,394     (12,512,423
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    74,035,790       127,322,507  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

    83,648,628       128,730,156  

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    128,730,156        
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 212,378,784     $ 128,730,156  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

  $ 1,015,945     $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

*Date of commencement of operations.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP BlackRock U.S. Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP BlackRock U.S. Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund Standard Class
    

Six Months

Ended

6/30/171

(unaudited)

        

5/2/162

to

12/31/16

     

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $10.463           $10.000    

 

Income from investment operations:

          

Net investment income3

     0.081           0.174    

Net realized and unrealized gain

     0.555           0.378    
  

 

 

       

 

 

   

Total from investment operations

     0.636           0.552    
  

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

          

Net investment income

               (0.089  
  

 

 

       

 

 

   

Total dividends and distributions

               (0.089  
  

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $11.099           $10.463    
  

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

Total return4

     6.08%           5.52%    

 

Ratios and supplemental data:

          

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $  2,637           $  1,444    

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

     0.32%           0.34%    

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed5

     0.32%           0.38%    

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

     1.51%           2.52%    

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     1.51%           2.48%    

Portfolio turnover

     1%           14%    

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and portfolio turnover and total return have not been annualized.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP BlackRock U.S. Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP BlackRock U.S. Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund Service Class
    

Six Months

Ended

6/30/171

(unaudited)

        

5/2/16 2

to

12/31/16

     

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $  10.464           $  10.000    

 

Income from investment operations:

          

Net investment income3

     0.062           0.150    

Net realized and unrealized gain

     0.555           0.377    
  

 

 

       

 

 

   

Total from investment operations

     0.617           0.527    
  

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

          

Net investment income

               (0.063  
  

 

 

       

 

 

   

Total dividends and distributions

               (0.063  
  

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $  11.081           $  10.464    
  

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

Total return4

     5.90%           5.27%    

 

Ratios and supplemental data:

          

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $209,742           $127,286    

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

     0.67%           0.69%    

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed5

     0.67%           0.73%    

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

     1.16%           2.17%    

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     1.16%           2.13%    

Portfolio turnover

     1%           14%    

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and portfolio turnover and total return have not been annualized.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP BlackRock U.S. Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP BlackRock U.S. Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in iShares Exchange-Traded Funds (“Underlying ETFs”) or financial instruments that provide exposure to such Underlying ETFs (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Underlying Funds invest in U.S. stocks, bonds and money market instruments. A significant portion of the Underlying Funds employ a passive investment style (i.e. index funds). In addition to company investments, the Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments, and employs an actively managed risk-management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek a balance between current income and growth of capital, with a greater emphasis on growth of capital.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–ETFs, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on the valuation date. ETFs traded on the Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sales price. If on a particular day an ETF does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax return to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax return through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for the open tax year ended December 31, 2016, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

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LVIP BlackRock U.S. Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-advisers and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds.

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses (excluding Underlying Fund fees and expenses) exceed 0.37% of the average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.72% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue at least through April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustee (“Board”) and LIAC.

BlackRock Investment Management LLC (“BlackRock”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays BlackRock a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC (“Milliman”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s managed risk strategy. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays Milliman a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 4,546  

Legal.

     1,099  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $219 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 43,046  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     59,542  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     4,993  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     219  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

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LVIP BlackRock U.S. Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 76,283,008  

Sales

     2,087,038  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 204,024,673  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 10,527,922  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (246,873
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 10,281,049  
  

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

 

Assets:

  

Investment Companies

   $ 214,305,722  
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

 

LVIP BlackRock U.S. Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund–9


LVIP BlackRock U.S. Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    5/2/16*
to
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     103,451       149,323  

Service Class

     8,610,314       13,293,633  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           1,158  

Service Class

           72,127  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     8,713,765       13,516,241  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (3,963     (12,428

Service Class

     (1,847,409     (1,201,254
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (1,851,372     (1,213,682
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     6,862,393       12,302,559  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

*

Date of commencement of operations.

5. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

6. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

7. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

LVIP BlackRock U.S. Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund–10


 

LOGO

   LOGO

LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

 

        a series of Lincoln Variable

        Insurance Products Trust

 

    Semiannual Report

 

    June 30, 2017

  


LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed

Volatility Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Sector Allocation

     2  

Schedule of Investments

     3  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     4  

Statement of Operations

     5  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     5  

Financial Highlights

     6  

Notes to Financial Statements

     8  

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses cannot be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

 

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
  Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
  Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*

Actual

Standard Class Shares

  $1,000.00   $1,092.30   0.00%   $—  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00     1,090.30   0.35%     1.81

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

Standard Class Shares

  $1,000.00   $1,024.79   0.00%   $—  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00     1,023.06   0.35%     1.76

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in other investment companies (Underlying Funds). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial Statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund–1


LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Affiliated Investments

   93.04%  

Equity Funds

   93.04%  

Unaffiliated Investment

   6.75%  

Money Market Fund

   6.75%  

Total Value of Securities

   99.79%  

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

   0.21%  

Total Net Assets

   100.00%  

 

LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund–2


LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–93.04%

 

 

Equity Funds–93.04%

    

*ClearBridge® – Variable Appreciation Portfolio

     3,699,650     $     146,506,126  

T. Rowe Price Capital Opportunity
Fund (Investor Class)

     3,896,174       97,560,204  
    

 

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $211,513,269)

       244,066,330  
    

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENT–6.75%

 

  

Money Market Fund–6.75%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash
Management Fund - Institutional
Shares (seven-day effective yield
0.86%)

     17,718,602      $       17,718,602  
     

 

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investment
(Cost $17,718,602)

        17,718,602  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.79% (Cost $229,231,871)

    261,784,932  

RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.21%

    539,052  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 22,543,346 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

  $    262,323,984  
 

 

 

 

 

 

*

Series I shares.

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

          Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
            Notional
Value
            Expiration
Date
            Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Equity Contracts:

                            

  127   

  E-mini S&P 500 Index         $15,408,180             $15,372,715           9/18/17              $(35,465  

8   

  E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index         1,411,623             1,396,880           9/18/17              (14,743  
                            

 

 

   

Total

                               $(50,208  
                            

 

 

   

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund–3


LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

ASSETS:

  

Affiliated investments, at value

   $ 244,066,330  

Unaffiliated investment, at value

     17,718,602  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

     261,784,932  

 

Cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts

  

 

 

 

666,883

 

 

Receivable for investments sold

     57,243  

Expense reimbursement from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation

     20,269  

Dividends receivable from investments

     11,383  

Receivable for fund shares sold

     11,269  

Cash

     7,174  
  

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     262,559,153  
  

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

  

Due to manager and affiliates

     88,274  

Payable for fund shares redeemed

     75,400  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

     50,208  

Other accrued expenses payable

     21,287  
  

 

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     235,169  
  

 

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 262,323,984  
  

 

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

  

 

$

 

211,513,269

 

 

Unaffiliated investment, at cost

     17,718,602  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

   $ 229,231,871  
  

 

 

 

 

Standard Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 90,381  

Shares Outstanding

     7,753  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 11.658

 

Service Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 262,233,603  

Shares Outstanding

     22,535,593  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 11.636  

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 233,075,885  

Accumulated net investment loss.

     (351,552

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (2,903,202

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and derivatives

     32,502,853  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 262,323,984  
  

 

 

 

 

 

*

Net Asset Value Per Share does not recalculate exactly, due to rounding.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund–4


LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends from unaffiliated investment

   $ 46,647  

Dividends from affiliated investments

     18,990  
  

 

 

 
     65,637  
  

 

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     803,973  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     439,518  

Accounting and administration expenses

     23,769  

Professional fees.

     16,899  

Shareholder servicing fees

     12,701  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     9,274  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     3,317  

Consulting fees

     2,070  

Custodian fees

     1,770  

Pricing fees

     49  

Other

     924  
  

 

 

 
     1,314,264  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (803,973

Expenses reimbursed

     (70,773
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     439,518  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT LOSS

     (373,881
  

 

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN:

  

Net realized gain from:

  

Distributions from affiliated investments

     418,974  

Sale of affiliated investments

     94,250  

Futures contracts

     1,205,251  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     1,718,475  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Affiliated investments

     20,230,631  

Futures contracts

     14,063  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     20,244,694  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     21,963,169  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 21,589,288  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (373,881   $ 2,033,598  

Net realized gain (loss)

     1,718,475       (1,584,154

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     20,244,694       14,780,299  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     21,589,288       15,229,743  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (1,080

Service Class

           (2,159,797
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (2,160,877
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     77       357  

Service Class

     25,868,410       105,172,086  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           1,080  

Service Class

           2,159,797  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     25,868,487       107,333,320  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (3,216     (5,352

Service Class

     (17,254,168     (19,263,455
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (17,257,384     (19,268,807
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     8,611,103       88,064,513  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     30,200,391       101,133,379  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     232,123,593       130,990,214  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 262,323,984     $ 232,123,593  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (Accumulated) net investment income (loss)

   $ (351,552   $ 22,329  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund–5


LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility
Fund Standard Class
 
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   

 

Year Ended

    1/2/143
to
12/31/14
 
       12/31/162     12/31/15    

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 10.672     $ 9.913     $ 10.501     $ 10.000  

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

        

Net investment income4

     0.003       0.154       0.139       0.258  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.983       0.741       (0.550     0.375  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.986       0.895       (0.411     0.633  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

        

Net investment income

           (0.136     (0.120     (0.132

Net realized gain

                 (0.057      
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

           (0.136     (0.177     (0.132
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 11.658     $ 10.672     $ 9.913     $ 10.501  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Total return5

     9.23%       9.03%       (3.90%     6.32%  

 

Ratios and supplemental data:

        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

   $ 90     $ 86     $ 83     $ 76  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

     0.00%       0.00%       0.00%       0.00%  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

     0.70%       0.71%       0.74%       0.88%  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

     0.05%       1.50%       1.35%       2.55%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     (0.65%     0.79%       0.61%       1.67%  

Portfolio turnover

     5%       35%       10%       6%  

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund–6


LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility
Fund Service Class
 
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   

 

Year Ended

   

1/2/143
to
12/31/14

 
       12/31/162     12/31/15    

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 10.672     $ 9.914     $ 10.502     $ 10.000  

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

        

Net investment income (loss)4

     (0.017     0.119       0.103       0.229  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.981       0.739       (0.550     0.368  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.964       0.858       (0.447     0.597  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

        

Net investment income

           (0.100     (0.084     (0.095

Net realized gain

                 (0.057      
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

           (0.100     (0.141     (0.095
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 11.636     $ 10.672     $ 9.914     $ 10.502  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Total return5

     9.03%       8.65%       (4.24%     5.96%  

 

Ratios and supplemental data:

        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

   $ 262,234     $ 232,038     $ 130,907     $ 64,617  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

     0.35%       0.35%       0.35%       0.35%  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

     1.05%       1.06%       1.09%       1.23%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

     (0.30%     1.15%       1.00%       2.20%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     (1.00%     0.44%       0.26%       1.32%  

Portfolio turnover

     5%       35%       10%       6%  

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests a significant portion of its assets in other open-end investment companies, which, in turn, invest at least 80% of their assets in equity securities. The Fund is advised by Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”). In addition to investment company investments, the Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments, and employs an actively managed risk-management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2014–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

LIAC is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and

 

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LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.64% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.64% of the average daily net asset of the Fund. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses (excluding Underlying Fund fees and expenses) exceed 0.00% of the average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.35% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s volatility management overlay. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, fees for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 6,988  

Legal

     1,687  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $6,098 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and Service Class shares. The two classes of shares are identical except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivables due from or liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 20,269  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     75,886  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     6,290  

Printing & mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     6,098  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

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LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

Affiliated investments, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers whereby the Fund held 5% or more of the investments’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds). Investments of the Fund and corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/16
     Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)
     Value
6/30/17
     Dividends      Capital Gain
Distributions
 

ClearBridge - Variable

                                         

Appreciation Portfolio

   $ 129,846,022      $ 11,680,837      $ 5,525,097              $14,699           $10,489,665      $ 146,506,126           $18,990              $418,974  

T. Rowe Price Capital Opportunity Fund - Investor Class

     86,121,135        6,708,596        5,090,044              79,551           9,740,966        97,560,204                         
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

          

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

          

 

 

 

Total

   $ 215,967,157      $ 18,389,433      $ 10,615,141              $94,250           $20,230,631      $ 244,066,330           $18,990              $418,974  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

          

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

          

 

 

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 18,389,433  

Sales

     10,615,141  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 229,231,871  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 32,553,061  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

      
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 32,553,061  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

Post-Enactment Losses (No Expiration)

 

Short-Term

  Long-Term   Total  
$3,663,806   $—   $ 3,663,806  

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

Level 1–

 

inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–

 

other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–

 

inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

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LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

 

Assets:

  

Affiliated Investments

   $ 244,066,330  

Unaffiliated Investment

     17,718,602  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 261,784,932  
  

 

 

 

 

Derivatives:

  

Liabilities:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ (50,208
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     7       34  

Service Class

     2,324,026       10,216,097  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           101  

Service Class

           201,538  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     2,324,033       10,417,770  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (282     (509

Service Class

     (1,531,572     (1,879,242
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (1,531,854     (1,879,751
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     792,179       8,538,019  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

 

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LVIP Blended Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

  

Liability Derivatives

    

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value   

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts    $—    Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts    $(50,208)

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain (Loss)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
   Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts    $1,205,251    $14,063

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
     Short Derivative
Volume
 

Futures contracts (average notional value)

     $16,184,245        $—      

6. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

7. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

8. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LOGO

   LOGO

LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

  


LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth

Managed Volatility Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Sector Allocations and Top 10 Equity Holdings

     2  

Statement of Net Assets

     3  

Statement of Operations

     8  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     8  

Financial Highlights

     9  

Notes to Financial Statements

     11  

Other Fund Information

     18  

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov


LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on

the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

 

      Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
     Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
     Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,131.30        0.71     $3.75  

Service Class Shares

     1,000.00        1,129.90        0.96     5.07  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.27        0.71     $3.56  

Service Class Shares

     1,000.00        1,020.03        0.96     4.81  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage  
of Net Assets
 

 

Common Stock

     91.33%   

 

Aerospace & Defense

     3.06%  

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.44%  

Airlines

     0.93%  

Auto Components

     1.27%  

Banks

     2.70%  

Beverages

     2.65%  

Biotechnology

     4.14%  

Building Products

     0.81%  

Capital Markets

     1.16%  

Chemicals

     1.48%  

Communications Equipment

     0.83%  

Construction Materials

     0.14%  

Consumer Finance

     0.81%  

Containers & Packaging

     1.19%  

Electric Utilities

     1.39%  

Electrical Equipment

     0.85%  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     0.69%  

Energy Equipment & Services

     0.17%  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     3.17%  

Food & Staples Retailing

     1.36%  

Food Products

     0.53%  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     2.86%  

Health Care Providers & Services

     3.43%  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     1.97%  

Household Durables

     0.61%  

Household Products

     0.37%  

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     0.12%  

Industrial Conglomerates

     0.73%  

Insurance

     3.19%  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     4.07%  

Internet Software & Services

     6.35%  

IT Services

     4.17%  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     1.03%  

Machinery

     2.53%  

Media

     3.59%  

Metals & Mining

     0.04%  

Multiline Retail

     0.27%  
Security Type/Sector    Percentage  
of Net Assets
 

 

Multi-Utilities

     0.52%   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     3.33%  

Personal Products

     1.45%  

Pharmaceuticals

     2.84%  

Professional Services

     0.24%  

Real Estate Management & Development

     0.32%  

Road & Rail

     0.39%  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     2.96%  

Software

     5.79%  

Specialty Retail

     1.55%  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     5.02%  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     0.46%  

Tobacco

     1.20%  

Trading Companies & Distributors

     0.16%  

 

Exchange-Traded Fund

     0.71%  

 

Money Market Fund

     7.89%  

 

Total Value of Securities

     99.93%  

 

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.07%  

 

Total Net Assets

     100.00%  

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage  
of Net Assets
 

 

Apple

     5.02%   

Alphabet Class A & Class C

     3.12%  

Amazon.com

     2.53%  

Facebook Class A

     2.46%  

Microsoft

     2.26%  

Comcast Class A

     1.74%  

Boeing

     1.21%  

Celgene

     1.11%  

American Tower

     1.09%  

United Health Group

     1.09%  

 

Total

     21.63%  

IT–Information Technology

 

 

LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund–2


LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK–91.33%

     

Aerospace & Defense–3.06%

     

Boeing

     48,739      $     9,638,137  

General Dynamics

     11,279        2,234,370  

Lockheed Martin

     12,253        3,401,555  

Raytheon

     19,064        3,078,455  

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Class A

     49,833        2,887,324  

United Technologies

     25,547        3,119,544  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

24,359,385

 

 

     

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics–0.44%

  

FedEx

     16,131        3,505,750  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

3,505,750

 

 

     

 

 

 

Airlines–0.93%

  

†JetBlue Airways

     78,889        1,801,036  

Southwest Airlines

     90,454        5,620,812  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

7,421,848

 

 

     

 

 

 

Auto Components–1.27%

  

BorgWarner

     65,990        2,795,336  

Delphi Automotive

     40,280        3,530,542  

Gentex

     34,774        659,663  

Lear

     22,010        3,127,181  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

10,112,722

 

 

     

 

 

 

Banks–2.70%

  

Bank of America

     346,839        8,414,314  

Citigroup

     56,335        3,767,685  

Citizens Financial Group

     77,292        2,757,779  

Huntington Bancshares

     133,215        1,801,067  

PNC Financial Services Group

     37,719        4,709,972  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

21,450,817

 

 

     

 

 

 

Beverages–2.65%

  

Anheuser-Busch InBev ADR

     6,802        750,669  

Coca-Cola

     9,228        413,876  

Constellation Brands Class A

     11,794        2,284,852  

Dr Pepper Snapple Group

     10,255        934,333  

Molson Coors Brewing Class B

     32,323        2,790,768  

†Monster Beverage

     167,455        8,319,164  

PepsiCo

     48,545        5,606,462  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

21,100,124

 

 

     

 

 

 

Biotechnology–4.14%

  

†Alexion Pharmaceuticals

     27,580        3,355,659  

†Alkermes

     9,044        524,281  

Amgen

     23,078        3,974,724  

†Biogen

     18,379        4,987,325  

†Bioverativ

     62,224        3,744,018  

†Celgene

     67,669        8,788,173  

†Incyte

     7,663        964,848  

†Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

     3,194        1,568,701  

†Vertex Pharmaceuticals

     38,877        5,010,079  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

32,917,808

 

 

     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Building Products–0.81%

     

Allegion

     37,788      $     3,065,363  

†Armstrong World Industries

     7,226        332,396  

Masco

     80,342        3,069,868  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

6,467,627

 

 

     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–1.16%

     

BlackRock

     1,414        597,288  

Goldman Sachs Group

     1,314        291,577  

Intercontinental Exchange

     47,379        3,123,224  

MarketAxess Holdings

     620        124,682  

Morgan Stanley

     8,860        394,802  

Northern Trust

     7,374        716,827  

S&P Global

     21,489        3,137,179  

TD Ameritrade Holding

     18,927        813,672  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

9,199,251

 

 

     

 

 

 

Chemicals–1.48%

     

†Axalta Coating Systems

     43,248        1,385,666  

Celanese Class A

     33,903        3,218,751  

Dow Chemical

     60,161        3,794,354  

Huntsman

     34,927        902,514  

Monsanto

     10,600        1,254,616  

PPG Industries

     10,933        1,202,193  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

11,758,094

 

 

     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment–0.83%

 

  

†ARRIS International

     30,749        861,587  

†F5 Networks

     23,311        2,961,896  

Juniper Networks

     98,627        2,749,721  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

6,573,204

 

 

     

 

 

 

Construction Materials–0.14%

     

Martin Marietta Materials

     1,695        377,273  

Vulcan Materials

     6,121        775,408  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

1,152,681

 

 

     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–0.81%

     

American Express

     34,940        2,943,346  

Capital One Financial

     42,445        3,506,806  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

6,450,152

 

 

     

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging–1.19%

 

AptarGroup

     8,375        727,453  

Ball

     25,940        1,094,927  

†Berry Global Group

     4,490        255,975  

†Crown Holdings

     19,540        1,165,756  

Graphic Packaging Holding

     23,085        318,111  

International Paper

     25,860        1,463,935  

†Owens-Illinois

     65,455        1,565,684  

Sealed Air

     64,627        2,892,705  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

9,484,546

 

 

     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–1.39%

     

Avangrid

     17,810        786,312  
 

 

LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund–3


LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Electric Utilities (continued)

 

Edison International

     16,800      $     1,313,592  

Eversource Energy

     15,586        946,226  

Exelon

     37,084        1,337,620  

NextEra Energy

     26,257        3,679,393  

PG&E

     30,962        2,054,948  

Pinnacle West Capital

     11,093        944,680  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

11,062,771

 

 

     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–0.85%

     

AMETEK

     66,246        4,012,520  

Eaton

     35,479        2,761,331  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

6,773,851

 

 

     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–0.69%

 

†Flex

     168,632        2,750,388  

Jabil

     92,863        2,710,671  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

5,461,059

 

 

     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services–0.17%

 

  

Baker Hughes, a GE company

     22,856        1,245,881  

Ensco Class A

     17,450        90,042  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

1,335,923

 

 

     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–3.17%

 

  

American Homes 4 Rent Class A

     54,499        1,230,042  

American Tower

     65,734        8,697,923  

Apartment Investment & Management

     24,441        1,050,230  

Boston Properties

     11,970        1,472,549  

Colony NorthStar

     25,040        352,814  

Crown Castle International

     22,026        2,206,565  

Equinix

     10,476        4,495,880  

Park Hotels & Resorts

     17,091        460,773  

Prologis

     17,485        1,025,320  

†Quality Care Properties

     13,736        251,506  

†SBA Communications

     21,416        2,889,018  

Simon Property Group

     6,890        1,114,526  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

25,247,146

 

 

     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–1.36%

 

  

Costco Wholesale

     13,376        2,139,224  

CVS Health

     34,327        2,761,950  

Walgreens Boots Alliance

     75,406        5,905,044  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

10,806,218

 

 

     

 

 

 

Food Products–0.53%

     

Conagra Brands

     4,660        166,642  

Kellogg

     45,401        3,153,553  

Tyson Foods Class A

     13,805        864,607  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

4,184,802

 

 

     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–2.86%

 

  

Abbott Laboratories

     36,125        1,756,036  

Baxter International

     70,621        4,275,395  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

     8,420        1,642,826  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)  

†Boston Scientific

     150,413      $     4,169,448  

Danaher

     9,981        842,297  

†IDEXX Laboratories

     12,752        2,058,428  

Medtronic

     62,930        5,585,038  

Stryker

     17,320        2,403,670  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

22,733,138

 

 

     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–3.43%

 

  

Cardinal Health

     26,285        2,048,127  

†Centene

     34,334        2,742,600  

Cigna

     21,951        3,674,378  

†HCA Healthcare

     14,652        1,277,654  

Humana

     16,218        3,902,375  

McKesson

     12,982        2,136,058  

UnitedHealth Group

     46,729        8,664,491  

†WellCare Health Plans

     15,696        2,818,374  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

27,264,057

 

 

     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–1.97%

 

  

Domino’s Pizza

     13,813        2,921,864  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings

     64,241        3,973,306  

†Hyatt Hotels Class A

     16,026        900,821  

International Game Technology

     36,063        659,953  

Las Vegas Sands

     54,520        3,483,283  

McDonald’s

     11,960        1,831,794  

Wynn Resorts

     6,072        814,377  

†Yum China Holdings

     27,855        1,098,323  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

15,683,721

 

 

     

 

 

 

Household Durables–0.61%

  

†Mohawk Industries

     20,230        4,889,389  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

4,889,389

 

 

     

 

 

 

Household Products–0.37%

  

Colgate-Palmolive

     40,232        2,982,398  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

2,982,398

 

 

     

 

 

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers–0.12%

 

AES

     83,203        924,385  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

924,385

 

 

     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–0.73%

 

  

3M

     1,265        263,360  

General Electric

     156,646        4,231,008  

Honeywell International

     9,872        1,315,839  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

5,810,207

 

 

     

 

 

 

Insurance–3.19%

  

Allstate

     14,000        1,238,160  

American International Group

     65,915        4,121,006  

Aon

     759        100,909  

†Athene Holding Class A

     19,630        973,844  

Chubb

     7,340        1,067,089  

Hartford Financial Services Group

     28,338        1,489,729  
 

 

LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund–4


LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Insurance (continued)

 

Manulife Financial (New York Shares)

     61,628      $     1,156,141  

Marsh & McLennan

     96,357        7,511,992  

MetLife

     25,895        1,422,671  

Prudential Financial

     16,540        1,788,636  

XL Group

     102,436        4,486,697  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

25,356,874

 

 

     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–4.07%

 

  

†Amazon.com

     20,803        20,137,304  

Expedia

     18,246        2,717,742  

†Netflix

     27,215        4,066,193  

†Priceline Group

     2,908        5,439,472  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

32,360,711

 

 

     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–6.35%

 

  

†Alphabet Class A

     17,065        15,864,989  

†Alphabet Class C

     9,866        8,965,530  

†eBay

     71,908        2,511,027  

†Facebook Class A

     129,779        19,594,033  

†GoDaddy Class A

     12,660        537,037  

†VeriSign

     32,486        3,019,899  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

50,492,515

 

 

     

 

 

 

IT Services–4.17%

     

Accenture Class A

     16,174        2,000,400  

Alliance Data Systems

     13,334        3,422,704  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Class A

     6,473        429,807  

†Euronet Worldwide

     11,233        981,427  

Fidelity National Information Services

     33,475        2,858,765  

†FleetCor Technologies

     12,016        1,732,827  

Global Payments

     36,906        3,333,350  

†PayPal Holdings

     36,417        1,954,500  

Sabre

     12,072        262,807  

Total System Services

     63,229        3,683,089  

†Vantiv Class A

     50,461        3,196,200  

Visa Class A

     77,733        7,289,801  

Western Union

     108,549        2,067,858  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

33,213,535

 

 

     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–1.03%

 

  

Agilent Technologies

     49,156        2,915,442  

†Mettler-Toledo International

     768        451,999  

Thermo Fisher Scientific

     27,729        4,837,879  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

8,205,320

 

 

     

 

 

 

Machinery–2.53%

     

Allison Transmission Holdings

     54,480        2,043,545  

Caterpillar

     49,695        5,340,225  

Deere & Co.

     28,195        3,484,620  

Donaldson

     6,967        317,277  

Fortive

     49,099        3,110,422  

Illinois Tool Works

     12,818        1,836,179  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

  

Machinery (continued)

  

PACCAR

     18,560      $     1,225,702  

Pentair

     41,931        2,790,089  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

20,148,059

 

 

     

 

 

 

Media–3.59%

  

†Charter Communications Class A

     11,237        3,785,183  

Comcast Class A

     355,419        13,832,907  

Interpublic Group

     126,763        3,118,370  

John Wiley & Sons Class A

     3,202        168,906  

†Liberty Media-Liberty Formula One Class C

     2,084        76,316  

†Live Nation Entertainment

     4,274        148,949  

Omnicom Group

     40,027        3,318,238  

Twenty-First Century Fox Class A

     76,803        2,176,597  

Viacom Class B

     58,527        1,964,751  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

28,590,217

 

 

     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–0.04%

  

Nucor

     5,291        306,190  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

306,190

 

 

     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–0.27%

  

Target

     40,880        2,137,615  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

2,137,615

 

 

     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–0.52%

  

Dominion Energy

     28,553        2,188,016  

Sempra Energy

     17,585        1,982,709  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

4,170,725

 

 

     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–3.33%

 

†Antero Resources

     45,686        987,274  

BP ADR

     37,369        1,294,836  

Chevron

     15,287        1,594,893  

†Continental Resources

     18,091        584,882  

†Diamondback Energy

     8,224        730,373  

Encana

     25,060        220,528  

EOG Resources

     2,371        214,623  

Exxon Mobil

     34,137        2,755,880  

Kinder Morgan

     79,855        1,530,022  

Marathon Petroleum

     54,728        2,863,916  

†Newfield Exploration

     153,427        4,366,532  

ONEOK

     9,185        479,090  

†Parsley Energy Class A

     34,050        944,888  

Pioneer Natural Resources

     5,198        829,497  

Suncor Energy

     38,932        1,136,814  

TransCanada

     65,232        3,109,609  

Valero Energy

     42,045        2,836,356  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

26,480,013

 

 

     

 

 

 

Personal Products–1.45%

  

Coty Class A

     249,082        4,672,778  

Estee Lauder Class A

     25,392        2,437,124  
 

 

LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund–5


LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Personal Products (continued)

     

Unilever (New York Shares)

     80,160      $     4,430,443  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

11,540,345

 

 

     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–2.84%

  

Allergan

     12,060        2,931,665  

AstraZeneca ADR

     54,310        1,851,428  

Bristol-Myers Squibb

     135,012        7,522,869  

Eli Lilly & Co.

     44,585        3,669,346  

Johnson & Johnson

     24,060        3,182,897  

Merck & Co.

     30,503        1,954,937  

†Mylan

     30,042        1,166,230  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ADR

     10,509        349,109  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

22,628,481

 

 

     

 

 

 

Professional Services–0.24%

  

Equifax

     10,093        1,386,980  

†IHS Markit

     12,386        545,479  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

1,932,459

 

 

     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development–0.32%

 

†CBRE Group Class A

     69,171        2,517,824  
     

 

 

 
        2,517,824  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail–0.39%

  

JB Hunt Transport Services

     11,630        1,062,749  

Norfolk Southern

     16,482        2,005,859  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

3,068,608

 

 

     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–2.96%

 

Applied Materials

     85,096        3,515,316  

Broadcom

     27,936        6,510,485  

Maxim Integrated Products

     70,000        3,143,000  

Microchip Technology

     28,479        2,198,009  

†Micron Technology

     40,605        1,212,465  

NVIDIA

     18,860        2,726,402  

QUALCOMM

     67,123        3,706,532  

Texas Instruments

     6,804        523,432  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

23,535,641

 

 

     

 

 

 

Software–5.79%

  

Activision Blizzard

     71,823        4,134,850  

†Adobe Systems

     47,423        6,707,509  

†Autodesk

     10,848        1,093,695  

†Citrix Systems

     36,094        2,872,361  

†Electronic Arts

     21,619        2,285,561  

Microsoft

     260,920        17,985,216  

†Red Hat

     34,078        3,262,969  

†salesforce.com

     25,041        2,168,551  

†ServiceNow

     29,472        3,124,032  

SS&C Technologies Holdings

     12,259        470,868  

†Workday Class A

     20,073        1,947,081  
     

 

 

 
        46,052,693  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Specialty Retail–1.55%

     

Advance Auto Parts

     19,659      $     2,292,043  

Best Buy

     6,972        399,705  

†Burlington Stores

     28,117        2,586,483  

Home Depot

     20,995        3,220,633  

L Brands

     14,553        784,261  

†Michaels

     27,131        502,466  

†O’Reilly Automotive

     6,298        1,377,625  

TJX

     16,212        1,170,020  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

12,333,236

 

 

     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–5.02%

 

Apple

     277,049        39,900,597  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

39,900,597

 

 

     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–0.46%

 

  

NIKE Class B

     57,388        3,385,892  

VF

     4,262        245,491  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

3,631,383

 

 

     

 

 

 

Tobacco–1.20%

  

Altria Group

     81,068        6,037,134  

British American Tobacco ADR

     50,926        3,490,468  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

9,527,602

 

 

     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–0.16%

 

  

†AerCap Holdings

     24,324        1,129,363  

†United Rentals

     1,317        148,439  
     

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

1,277,802

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $588,188,230)

        726,521,519  
     

 

 

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND–0.71%

 

  

SPDR® S&P 500 ETF Trust

     23,323        5,639,501  
     

 

 

 

Total Exchange-Traded Fund
(Cost $5,669,874)

        5,639,501  
     

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–7.89%

 

  

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund–Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     62,728,584        62,728,584  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $62,728,584)

        62,728,584  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund–6


LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.93% (Cost $656,586,688)

    $ 794,889,604  

«RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.07%

    564,276  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 22,978,280 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

    $ 795,453,880  
 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP BLENDED LARGE CAP GROWTH MANAGED VOLATILITY
FUND STANDARD CLASS ($252,282,218 / 7,194,529 Shares)

    $35.066  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP BLENDED LARGE CAP GROWTH MANAGED VOLATILITY
FUND SERVICE CLASS ($543,171,662 / 15,783,751 Shares)

    $34.413  
 

 

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

 

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

    $ 583,083,505  

Undistributed net investment income

    2,035,693  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

    72,199,076  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

    138,135,606  
 

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

    $ 795,453,880  
 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

«

Includes $2,268,008 cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts, $596,830 due to manager and affiliates, $11,502,902 payable for securities purchased and $432,707 payable for fund shares redeemed as of June 30, 2017.

Summary of Abbreviations:

ADR–American Depositary Receipt

ETF–Exchange Traded Fund

IT–Information Technology

SPDR–Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 20171:

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

     Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
       Notional
Value
       Expiration
Date
       Unrealized
Appreciation
       Unrealized
Depreciation
 

 

Equity Contracts:

                        

473    E-mini S&P 500 Index

       $57,419,808          $57,254,285          9/18/17          $—          $(165,523)  

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amount recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represents the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

 

1 

See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund–7


LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed

Volatility Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $ 5,282,591  

Foreign tax withheld

     (25,429
  

 

 

 
     5,257,162  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     2,785,663  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     642,493  

Accounting and administration expenses

     94,554  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     53,911  

Shareholder servicing fees

     38,449  

Professional fees

     25,070  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     10,196  

Custodian fees

     5,846  

Consulting fees

     2,629  

Pricing fees

     406  

Other

     3,581  
  

 

 

 
     3,662,798  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (315,029
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     3,347,769  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     1,909,393  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN
(LOSS):

  

Net realized gain from:

  

Investments

     86,117,553  

Foreign currencies

     976  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     73  

Futures contracts

     4,089,985  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     90,208,587  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     303,595  

Foreign currencies

     1,041  

Futures contracts

     (34,898
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation)

     269,738  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     90,478,325  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 92,387,718  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed

Volatility Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 1,909,393     $ 2,320,668  

Net realized gain

     90,208,587       4,122,544  

Net change in unrealized
appreciation (depreciation)

     269,738       (13,409,919
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net
assets resulting from operations

     92,387,718       (6,966,707
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND
DISTRIBUTIONS TO
SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (1,096,890

Service Class

           (1,100,346
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (2,197,236
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE
TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     1,600,670       4,146,333  

Service Class

     47,847,810       147,299,588  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           1,096,890  

Service Class

           1,100,346  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     49,448,480       153,643,157  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (14,957,356     (31,540,744

Service Class

     (46,064,248     (50,987,247
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (61,021,604     (82,527,991
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (11,573,124     71,115,166  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     80,814,594       61,951,223  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     714,639,286       652,688,063  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 795,453,880     $ 714,639,286  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment
income

   $ 2,035,693     $ 126,300  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund–8


LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund Standard Class  
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171,2
(unaudited)
     12/31/163,4     12/31/15     Year Ended
12/31/14
    12/31/13     12/31/125  

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 30.995      $ 31.553     $ 31.136     $ 29.555     $ 23.551     $ 20.234  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

             

Net investment income (loss)6

     0.112        0.153       0.011       0.006       (0.024     0.118  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     3.959        (0.566     0.406       1.575       6.028       3.199  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     4.071        (0.413     0.417       1.581       6.004       3.317  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

             

Net investment income

            (0.145                        
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.145                        
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 35.066      $ 30.995     $ 31.553     $ 31.136     $ 29.555     $ 23.551  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return7

     13.13%        (1.31%     1.34%       5.35%       25.49%       16.39%  

Ratios and supplemental data:

             

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

   $ 252,282      $ 235,309     $ 266,788     $ 294,661     $ 309,717     $ 277,091  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     0.71%        0.73%       0.72%       0.72%       0.74%       0.75%  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     0.79%        0.82%       0.83%       0.83%       0.85%       0.84%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

     0.67%        0.50%       0.04%       0.02%       (0.09%     0.52%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     0.59%        0.41%       (0.07%     (0.09%     (0.20%     0.43%  

Portfolio turnover

     79%        89%       57%       58%       48%       122%  

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2017, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. replaced UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc., as the Fund’s sub-adviser.

 

3 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

4 

Effective February 8, 2016, Wellington Management Company LLP was added as a sub-adviser to the Fund.

 

5 

Commencing close of business on September 21, 2012, UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. replaced Janus Capital Management LLC, as the Fund’s sub-adviser.

 

6 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

7 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund–9


LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund Service Class  
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171,2
(unaudited)
     12/31/163,4     12/31/15     Year Ended
12/31/14
    12/31/13     12/31/125  

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 30.456      $ 31.009     $ 30.675     $ 29.190     $ 23.318     $ 20.084  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

             

Net investment income (loss)6

     0.069        0.076       (0.066     (0.068     (0.089     0.060  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     3.888        (0.559     0.400       1.553       5.961       3.174  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     3.957        (0.483     0.334       1.485       5.872       3.234  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

             

Net investment income

            (0.070                        
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.070                        
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 34.413      $ 30.456     $ 31.009     $ 30.675     $ 29.190     $ 23.318  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return7

     12.99%        (1.56%     1.09%       5.09%       25.18%       16.10%  

Ratios and supplemental data:

             

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

   $ 543,172      $ 479,330     $ 385,900     $ 249,923     $ 169,959     $ 64,140  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     0.96%        0.98%       0.97%       0.97%       0.99%       1.00%  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     1.04%        1.07%       1.08%       1.08%       1.10%       1.09%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

     0.42%        0.25%       (0.21%     (0.23%     (0.34%     0.27%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     0.34%        0.16%       (0.32%     (0.34%     (0.45%     0.18%  

Portfolio turnover

     79%        89%       57%       58%       48%       122%  

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2017, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. replaced UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc., as the Fund’s sub-adviser.

 

3 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

4 

Effective February 8, 2016, Wellington Management Company LLP was added as a sub-adviser to the Fund.

 

5 

Commencing close of business on September 21, 2012, UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. replaced Janus Capital Management LLC, as the Fund’s sub-adviser.

 

6 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

7 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund–10


LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term growth of capital in a manner consistent with the preservation of capital.

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities and ETFs traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security or ETF does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Equity securities or ETFs listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sales price on the valuation date. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are used when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund does not separate that portion of realized gains and losses on foreign equity securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices. These changes are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date

 

LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund–11


LVIP Blended Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. Commission rebates are included in “Net realized gain (loss) from investments” on the Statement of Operations and totaled $10,689 for the six months ended June 30, 2017. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-advisers, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.75% of the first $500 million of the Fund’s average daily net assets and 0.70% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $500 million. Effective May 1, 2017, LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.14% on the first $100 million of the Fund’s average daily net assets, 0.09% on the next $400 million, 0.085% on the next $1.5 billion and 0.08% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $2 billion. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC. Prior to May 1, 2017, the waiver amount was 0.12% on the first $100 million of the Fund’s average daily net assets and 0.07% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $100 million.

Wellington Management Company LLP (“Wellington”), is responsible for the day-to-day management of a portion of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays Wellington a fee based on Wellington’s managed portion of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Effective May 1, 2017, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”), is responsible for the day-to-day management of a portion of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays GSAM a fee based on GSAM’s managed portion of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The fee amount is 0.19% on the first $500 million of the Fund’s average daily net assets, 0.16% on the next $500 million, and 0.15% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $1 billion. Prior to May 1, 2017, UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (“UBS”), was responsible for the day-to-day management of a portion of the Fund’s investment portfolio.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSGA”), is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays SSGA a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administrative expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 21,367  

Legal

     5,158  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contract holder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $45,830 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 419,548  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     112,347  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     45,830  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     19,105  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 556,075,158  

Sales

     568,541,036  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 656,586,688  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 146,567,912  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (8,264,996
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 138,302,916  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses; however, there may be a greater likelihood that all or a portion of the Fund’s pre-enactment capital loss carryovers, if any, may expire without being utilized, due to the fact that post-enactment capital losses must be utilized before pre-enactment capital loss carryovers. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss, whereas before the Act, capital losses carried forward were treated as short-term.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

Pre-Enactment
Short-Term
Capital Losses Expiring
     Post-Enactment
Losses (No Expiration)*
      
2017      Short-Term      Long-Term      Total
  $ 6,459,439        $ 8,627,805          $—        $ 15,087,244

 

*

Capital Loss Carryovers with no expiration must be utilized first.

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3. Investments (continued)

 

asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

Assets:

      

Common Stock

   $ 726,521,519  

Exchange-Traded Fund

     5,639,501  

Money Market Fund

     62,728,584  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 794,889,604  
  

 

 

 

 

Derivatives:

  

 

Liabilities:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ (165,523
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     47,795       136,599  

Service Class

     1,446,087       4,956,475  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           35,148  

Service Class

           35,882  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     1,493,882       5,164,104  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (445,179     (1,034,986

Service Class

     (1,400,942     (1,698,531
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (1,846,121     (2,733,517
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (352,239     2,430,587  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. No foreign currency exchange contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    Asset Derivatives       

Liability Derivatives

 
    Statement of Net Assets Location  

Fair Value

 

Statement of Net Assets Location

  Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

  Receivables and other assets net of liabilities   $—   Receivables and other assets net of liabilities   $ (165,523

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

   

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

  Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts     $ 73     $

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts       4,089,985       (34,898 )
     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

      $ 4,090,058     $ (34,898 )
     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative Volume    Short Derivative Volume

Futures contracts (average notional value)

       $51,797,550        $—

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights to help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and foreign currency exchange contracts and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting items and netting provisions in the event of a default or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instrument payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of an ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out) netting including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Net Assets.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had the following assets and liabilities subject to offsetting provisions:

Offsetting of Financial Assets and Liabilities and Derivative Assets and Liabilities

 

Counterparty

   Gross Value of
Derivative Asset
   Gross Value of
Derivative Liability
   Net Position

Goldman Sachs Capital

       $—          $(165,523)          $(165,523)  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

Counterparty

   Net Position    Fair Value of
Non Cash
Collateral
Received
   Cash
Collateral
Received
   Fair Value of
Non Cash
Collateral
Pledged
   Cash
Collateral
Pledged
   Net Exposure(a)

Goldman Sachs Capital

       $(165,523)          $—          $—          $—          $165,523          $—  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

a 

Net exposure represents the receivable (payable) that would be due from (to) the counterparty in an event of default.

6. Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of equity securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements (continued)

 

consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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Other Fund Information (unaudited)

Background

On March 6-7, 2017, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (the “Trust”) met to consider, among other things, the approval of the sub-advisory agreement between Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) and Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”) (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The trustees of the Trust who are not “interested persons” (as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) (the “Independent Trustees”) reported that they had reviewed materials provided by LIAC, Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and GSAM prior to and during the meeting, and were advised by their independent legal counsel of their fiduciary duties pertaining to approval of investment sub-advisory agreements and the factors that they should consider in evaluating such agreements. Among other information, LIAC, Lincoln Life and GSAM provided information to assist the Independent Trustees in assessing the nature, extent and quality of services to be provided, including in-person presentations by representatives of GSAM and GSAM’s responses to LIAC’s request for proposal. The Independent Trustees and their independent legal counsel met separately from the “interested” trustee, Trust officers, Lincoln Life and LIAC employees and GSAM to consider the approval of the Advisory Agreements.

Based upon its review, the Board concluded that it was in the best interests of the Fund that the Advisory Agreements be approved. In considering the approval of the Advisory Agreements, the Board did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all-important or controlling, and considered a variety of factors in its analysis including those discussed below. The Board did not allot a particular weight to any one factor or group of factors.

GSAM Sub-Advisory Agreement

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. In considering the approval of the Sub-Advisory Agreement between LIAC and GSAM on behalf of the Fund, the Board considered the nature, extent and quality of services to be provided by GSAM under the Sub-Advisory Agreement. The Board reviewed the services to be provided by GSAM, the investment professionals proposed to service the Fund, and the reputation, resources and investment approach of GSAM. The Board noted that GSAM provides sub-advisory services to another fund in the Trust and that the Board had also reviewed extensive information regarding GSAM during the annual contract renewal process that was completed in September 2016. The Board concluded that the services to be provided by GSAM were expected to be satisfactory.

Sub-Advisory Fee and Economies of Scale. The Board noted that the proposed sub-advisory fee schedule was lower than the current sub-advisory fee. The Board considered that the proposed sub-advisory fee schedule was negotiated between LIAC and GSAM, an unaffiliated third party and that LIAC would compensate GSAM from its fee and concluded the proposed sub-advisory fee was reasonable.

Profitability and Fallout Benefits. The Board considered that the sub-advisory fee schedule was negotiated between LIAC and GSAM, an unaffiliated third party, and that LIAC would compensate GSAM from its fees. The Board considered that GSAN did not expect any ancillary benefits from the portfolio-related transactions and did not identify any fallout benefits.

Conclusion. Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board determined that the terms of the Sub-Advisory Agreement are fair and reasonable, and that approval of the Sub-Advisory Agreement is in the best interests of the Fund.

 

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LOGO

   LOGO

LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

  


LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed

Volatility Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings

     2  

Statement of Net Assets

     3  

Statement of Operations

     9  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     9  

Financial Highlights

     10  

Notes to Financial Statements

     12  

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled, “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses cannot be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

 

      Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
     Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    

Annualized

Expense
Ratio

    Expenses
Paid
During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,125.70        0.74     $3.90  

Service Class Shares

     1,000.00        1,124.30        0.99     5.21  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.12        0.74     $3.71  

Service Class Shares

     1,000.00        1,019.89        0.99     4.96  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Common Stock

     92.37 %  

 

Aerospace & Defense

     0.78

Air Freight & Logistics

     1.17

Airlines

     0.61

Auto Components

     1.23

Automobiles

     0.17

Banks

     2.76

Beverages

     0.48

Biotechnology

     4.17

Building Products

     2.41

Capital Markets

     4.18

Chemicals

     2.17

Commercial Services & Supplies

     0.92

Communications Equipment

     1.83

Construction & Engineering

     0.08

Construction Materials

     0.54

Consumer Finance

     0.09

Containers & Packaging

     0.54

Diversified Consumer Services

     0.31

Electrical Equipment

     0.86

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     1.88

Energy Equipment & Services

     0.05

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     1.68

Food & Staples Retailing

     1.15

Food Products

     3.14

Gas Utilities

     0.14

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     5.71

Health Care Providers & Services

     2.41

Health Care Technology

     0.47

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     3.34

Household Durables

     1.06

Household Products

     0.40

Industrial Conglomerates

     0.20

Insurance

     0.56

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     0.45

Internet Software & Services

     5.00

IT Services

     3.58

Leisure Products

     1.17

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     0.98

Machinery

     3.71
Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Marine

     0.05 %  

Media

     0.39

Metals & Mining

     0.15

Multiline Retail

     0.69

Multi-Utilities

     0.11

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     1.98

Pharmaceuticals

     3.13

Professional Services

     1.84

Real Estate Management & Development

     0.18

Road & Rail

     0.70

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     2.85

Software

     8.56

Specialty Retail

     5.51

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     2.15

Trading Companies & Distributors

     1.70

 

Master Limited Partnerships

     0.45

 

Money Market Fund

     6.97

 

Total Value of Securities

     99.79

 

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.21

 

Total Net Assets

     100.00

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Intuitive Surgical

     2.09 %  

Zoetis

     1.97

Electronic Arts

     1.68

CoStar Group

     1.59

Fastenal

     1.56

ServiceNow

     1.43

Red Hat

     1.31

Microchip Technology

     1.30

Tiffany & Co.

     1.29

First Republic Bank

     1.18

 

Total

     15.40

IT-Information Technology

 

 

LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund–2


LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK–92.37%

     

Aerospace & Defense–0.78%

     

BWX Technologies

     1,693      $ 82,534  

Huntington Ingalls Industries

     2,300        428,168  

Rockwell Collins

     15,000        1,576,200  

Textron

     15,500        730,050  

TransDigm Group

     5,000        1,344,350  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    4,161,302

 

 

     

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics–1.17%

     

CH Robinson Worldwide

     8,700        597,516  

Expeditors International of Washington

     99,734        5,632,976  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

6,230,492

 

 

     

 

 

 

Airlines–0.61%

     

Alaska Air Group

     12,900        1,157,904  

Allegiant Travel

     2,500        339,000  

Copa Holdings Class A

     3,900        456,300  

†Spirit Airlines

     5,800        299,570  

†United Continental Holdings

     13,600        1,023,400  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

3,276,174

 

 

     

 

 

 

Auto Components–1.23%

     

BorgWarner

     135,487        5,739,229  

Delphi Automotive

     9,300        815,145  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

6,554,374

 

 

     

 

 

 

Automobiles–0.17%

     

Ferrari

     6,900        593,538  

Harley-Davidson

     5,600        302,512  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

896,050

 

 

     

 

 

 

Banks–2.76%

     

BankUnited

     13,100        441,601  

Citizens Financial Group

     23,500        838,480  

Fifth Third Bancorp

     25,100        651,596  

First Republic Bank

     63,131        6,319,413  

†Signature Bank

     30,243        4,340,778  

†SVB Financial Group

     6,700        1,177,793  

Webster Financial

     18,585        970,509  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

14,740,170

 

 

     

 

 

 

Beverages–0.48%

     

Brown-Forman Class B

     18,400        894,240  

Constellation Brands Class A

     1,300        251,849  

Dr Pepper Snapple Group

     13,900        1,266,429  

†Monster Beverage

     3,300        163,944  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

2,576,462

 

 

     

 

 

 

Biotechnology–4.17%

     

†ACADIA Pharmaceuticals

     120,832        3,370,004  

†Agios Pharmaceuticals

     3,800        195,510  

†Alexion Pharmaceuticals

     5,100        620,517  

†Alkermes

     87,787        5,089,012  

†Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

     4,000        319,040  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Biotechnology (continued)

     

†BioMarin Pharmaceutical

     54,696      $ 4,967,491  

†Bioverativ

     8,600        517,462  

†Bluebird Bio

     3,100        325,655  

†Incyte

     15,200        1,913,832  

†Intercept Pharmaceuticals

     2,100        254,247  

†Ironwood Pharmaceuticals

     35,100        662,688  

†Kite Pharma

     4,100        425,047  

†Neurocrine Biosciences

     15,595        717,370  

†Seattle Genetics

     8,800        455,312  

†TESARO

     7,369        1,030,628  

†Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical

     3,200        198,752  

†United Therapeutics

     3,000        389,190  

†Vertex Pharmaceuticals

     6,400        824,768  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    22,276,525

 

 

     

 

 

 

Building Products–2.41%

     

Allegion

     51,937        4,213,129  

AO Smith

     56,533        3,184,504  

Fortune Brands Home & Security

     83,786        5,466,199  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

12,863,832

 

 

     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–4.18%

     

CBOE Holdings

     22,100        2,019,940  

CME Group

     49,922        6,252,231  

†E*TRADE Financial

     20,800        791,024  

FactSet Research Systems

     2,700        448,686  

Financial Engines

     9,100        333,060  

Invesco

     7,200        253,368  

Lazard Class A

     22,100        1,023,893  

MarketAxess Holdings

     10,535        2,118,589  

Moody’s

     10,900        1,326,312  

MSCI

     7,200        741,528  

Northern Trust

     52,069        5,061,627  

State Street

     9,100        816,543  

TD Ameritrade Holding

     26,700        1,147,833  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

22,334,634

 

 

     

 

 

 

Chemicals–2.17%

     

Air Products & Chemicals

     5,700        815,442  

Ashland Global Holdings

     8,800        580,008  

†Axalta Coating Systems

     77,992        2,498,864  

Celanese Class A

     7,400        702,556  

CF Industries Holdings

     15,663        437,937  

NewMarket

     1,100        506,528  

PolyOne

     9,900        383,526  

RPM International

     22,900        1,249,195  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Class A

     26,686        2,387,330  

Sherwin-Williams

     2,900        1,017,784  

Valvoline

     42,859        1,016,615  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

11,595,785

 

 

     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–0.92%

 

  

†Copart

     23,400        743,886  
 

 

LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund–3


LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)

 

  

KAR Auction Services

     26,500      $ 1,112,205  

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers

     15,800        454,092  

Rollins

     22,900        932,259  

†Stericycle

     7,600        580,032  

Waste Connections

     17,250        1,111,245  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    4,933,719

 

 

     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment–1.83%

     

†Arista Networks

     14,640        2,192,926  

†F5 Networks

     5,400        686,124  

Harris

     50,166        5,472,107  

Motorola Solutions

     5,500        477,070  

†Palo Alto Networks

     6,900        923,289  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

9,751,516

 

 

     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering–0.08%

     

Valmont Industries

     3,000        448,800  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

448,800

 

 

     

 

 

 

Construction Materials–0.54%

     

Eagle Materials

     7,600        702,392  

Vulcan Materials

     17,300        2,191,564  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

2,893,956

 

 

     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–0.09%

     

Discover Financial Services

     7,900        491,301  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

491,301

 

 

     

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging–0.54%

     

Ball

     47,400        2,000,754  

Sealed Air

     19,300        863,868  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

2,864,622

 

 

     

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services–0.31%

     

Service Corp. International

     35,900        1,200,855  

†Sotheby’s

     8,500        456,195  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

1,657,050

 

 

     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–0.86%

     

Acuity Brands

     5,700        1,158,696  

AMETEK.

     9,900        599,643  

†Generac Holdings

     31,710        1,145,682  

Hubbell

     6,200        701,654  

†Sensata Technologies Holding

     22,600        965,472  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

4,571,147

 

 

     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–1.88%

 

Amphenol Class A

     26,900        1,985,758  

Cognex

     5,900        500,910  

†IPG Photonics

     4,100        594,910  

†Keysight Technologies

     20,019        779,340  

†Trimble

     172,493        6,152,825  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

10,013,743

 

 

     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Energy Equipment & Services–0.05%

     

Oceaneering International

     12,500      $ 285,500  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    285,500

 

 

     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–1.68%

 

  

American Campus Communities

     12,000        567,600  

Crown Castle International

     7,000        701,260  

CubeSmart

     17,700        425,508  

Equinix

     3,200        1,373,312  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

     4,200        530,838  

Iron Mountain

     19,700        676,892  

MGM Growth Properties

     23,100        674,289  

†SBA Communications

     16,800        2,266,320  

SL Green Realty

     6,200        655,960  

Taubman Centers

     7,600        452,580  

VEREIT

     80,009        651,273  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

8,975,832

 

 

     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–1.15%

     

Casey’s General Stores

     4,000        428,440  

PriceSmart

     3,400        297,840  

†Sprouts Farmers Market

     21,700        491,939  

Whole Foods Market

     117,314        4,940,093  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

6,158,312

 

 

     

 

 

 

Food Products–3.14%

     

†Blue Buffalo Pet Products

     147,356        3,361,190  

Conagra Brands

     18,800        672,288  

Flowers Foods

     19,800        342,738  

†Hain Celestial Group

     96,249        3,736,386  

Hershey

     13,600        1,460,232  

Hormel Foods

     19,700        671,967  

JM Smucker

     2,000        236,660  

McCormick & Co.

     12,800        1,248,128  

Pinnacle Foods

     13,300        790,020  

Snyder’s-Lance

     96,672        3,346,785  

Tyson Foods Class A

     14,700        920,661  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

16,787,055

 

 

     

 

 

 

Gas Utilities–0.14%

     

Atmos Energy

     8,900        738,255  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

738,255

 

 

     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–5.71%

 

  

†Align Technology

     33,113        4,970,924  

Cooper

     7,700        1,843,534  

DENTSPLY SIRONA

     16,452        1,066,748  

†Edwards Lifesciences

     52,082        6,158,176  

†Hologic

     38,600        1,751,668  

†IDEXX Laboratories

     9,600        1,549,632  

†Intuitive Surgical

     11,953        11,180,478  

STERIS

     6,500        529,750  

Teleflex

     4,800        997,248  
 

 

LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund–4


LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)

 

  

West Pharmaceutical Services

     4,800      $ 453,696  
     

 

 

 
            30,501,854  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–2.41%

 

  

†Acadia Healthcare

     20,183        996,637  

AmerisourceBergen

     11,000        1,039,830  

†Centene

     16,000        1,278,080  

†DaVita

     8,600        556,936  

†Envision Healthcare

     6,810        426,783  

†Henry Schein

     7,000        1,281,140  

Humana

     2,200        529,364  

†Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

     27,893        4,299,427  

†MEDNAX

     5,500        332,035  

†Molina Healthcare

     7,600        525,768  

Universal Health Services Class B

     7,100        866,768  

†WellCare Health Plans

     4,100        736,196  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

12,868,964

 

 

     

 

 

 

Health Care Technology–0.47%

     

†athenahealth

     1,900        267,045  

†Cerner

     13,500        897,345  

†Medidata Solutions

     6,500        508,300  

†Veeva Systems Class A

     13,400        821,554  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

2,494,244

 

 

     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–3.34%

     

Aramark

     16,500        676,170  

†Chipotle Mexican Grill

     7,354        3,059,999  

Choice Hotels International

     9,100        584,675  

Dunkin’ Brands Group

     99,660        5,493,259  

Extended Stay America

     26,600        514,976  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings

     15,966        987,497  

Marriott International Class A

     10,200        1,023,162  

MGM Resorts International

     31,300        979,377  

†Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings

     41,823        2,270,571  

Papa John’s International

     6,500        466,440  

Royal Caribbean Cruises

     5,800        633,534  

Wynn Resorts

     3,700        496,244  

Yum Brands

     8,700        641,712  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

17,827,616

 

 

     

 

 

 

Household Durables–1.06%

     

†Mohawk Industries

     4,600        1,111,774  

Newell Brands

     31,200        1,672,944  

†NVR.

     360        867,820  

PulteGroup

     19,300        473,429  

†Tempur Sealy International

     8,700        464,493  

Toll Brothers

     12,800        505,728  

Whirlpool

     2,900        555,698  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

5,651,886

 

 

     

 

 

 

Household Products–0.40%

     

Church & Dwight

     22,400        1,162,112  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Household Products (continued)

     

Clorox

     3,900      $ 519,636  

Energizer Holdings

     9,500        456,190  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

2,137,938

 

 

     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–0.20%

     

Roper Technologies

     4,500        1,041,885  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

1,041,885

 

 

     

 

 

 

Insurance–0.56%

     

FNF Group

     29,300        1,313,519  

Progressive

     16,600        731,894  

Willis Towers Watson

     6,500        945,490  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

2,990,903

 

 

     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–0.45%

 

  

†Ctrip.com International ADR

     15,300        824,058  

†Duluth Holdings Class B

     47,466        864,356  

†Vipshop Holdings ADR

     28,500        300,675  

†Wayfair Class A

     5,700        438,216  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

2,427,305

 

 

     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–5.00%

     

†CoStar Group

     32,195        8,486,602  

†GrubHub

     118,903        5,184,171  

†InterActiveCorp

     4,700        485,228  

†Match Group

     36,000        625,680  

MercadoLibre

     24,446        6,133,012  

†Pandora Media

     363,397        3,241,501  

†Shopify Class A

     2,900        252,010  

†VeriSign

     18,000        1,673,280  

†Zillow Group

     12,100        590,964  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

26,672,448

 

 

     

 

 

 

IT Services–3.58%

     

Alliance Data Systems

     4,500        1,155,105  

†Black Knight Financial Services Class A

     26,300        1,076,985  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding

     18,100        588,974  

†CoreLogic

     21,700        941,346  

CSRA

     26,700        847,725  

†EPAM Systems

     5,700        479,313  

Fidelity National Information Services

     18,900        1,614,060  

†Fiserv

     19,600        2,397,864  

†FleetCor Technologies

     6,100        879,681  

†Gartner

     8,500        1,049,835  

Genpact

     19,000        528,770  

Global Payments

     13,100        1,183,192  

Paychex

     9,500        540,930  

Sabre

     46,200        1,005,774  

†Square Class A

     102,211        2,397,870  

†Vantiv Class A

     28,900        1,830,526  

†WEX

     5,900        615,193  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

19,133,143

 

 

     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund–5


LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Leisure Products–1.17%

     

Mattel

     27,000      $ 581,310  

Polaris Industries

     61,345        5,657,849  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    6,239,159

 

 

     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–0.98%

     

Agilent Technologies

     18,000        1,067,580  

Bruker

     19,600        565,264  

†Illumina

     8,878        1,540,511  

†Mettler-Toledo International

     2,143        1,261,241  

†Quintiles IMS Holdings

     8,700        778,650  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

5,213,246

 

 

     

 

 

 

Machinery–3.71%

     

†Colfax

     11,800        464,566  

Donaldson

     12,000        546,480  

Flowserve

     10,300        478,229  

Fortive

     10,500        665,175  

Graco.

     8,600        939,808  

IDEX

     46,425        5,246,489  

†Middleby

     6,200        753,362  

Nordson

     4,000        485,280  

PACCAR

     6,800        449,072  

Snap-on

     6,000        948,000  

Toro.

     10,800        748,332  

†WABCO Holdings

     24,987        3,186,092  

Wabtec

     47,977        4,389,895  

Xylem

     8,800        487,784  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

19,788,564

 

 

     

 

 

 

Marine–0.05%

     

†Kirby

     4,400        294,140  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

294,140

 

 

     

 

 

 

Media–0.39%

     

†Altice USA Class A

     8,419        271,934  

Interpublic Group

     33,300        819,180  

Omnicom Group

     11,800        978,220  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

2,069,334

 

 

     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–0.15%

     

Carpenter Technology

     4,400        164,692  

Compass Minerals International

     3,300        215,490  

Wheaton Precious Metals (New York Shares)

     20,200        401,778  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

781,960

 

 

     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–0.69%

     

Dollar General

     31,300        2,256,417  

†Dollar Tree

     20,600        1,440,352  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

3,696,769

 

 

     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–0.11%

     

NiSource.

     23,400        593,424  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

593,424

 

 

     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–1.98%

     

Cabot Oil & Gas

     115,219      $ 2,889,693  

†Centennial Resource Development Class A

     26,036        411,890  

†=Centennial Resource Development Class A

     3,000        45,087  

Cimarex Energy

     23,347        2,194,851  

†Concho Resources

     4,000        486,120  

†Diamondback Energy

     4,300        381,883  

EQT

     5,700        333,963  

†Jagged Peak Energy

     24,000        320,400  

Noble Energy

     86,891        2,459,015  

†Parsley Energy Class A

     6,500        180,375  

Pioneer Natural Resources

     2,400        382,992  

Tesoro

     5,000        468,000  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    10,554,269

 

 

     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–3.13%

     

†Catalent

     14,200        498,420  

†Horizon Pharma

     15,300        181,611  

†Jazz Pharmaceuticals

     20,623        3,206,877  

†Mallinckrodt

     6,500        291,265  

†Pacira Pharmaceuticals

     42,127        2,009,458  

Zoetis

     168,263        10,496,246  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

16,683,877

 

 

     

 

 

 

Professional Services–1.84%

     

Equifax

     13,400        1,841,428  

†IHS Markit

     26,183        1,153,099  

ManpowerGroup

     5,600        625,240  

Nielsen Holdings

     24,000        927,840  

Robert Half International

     8,500        407,405  

†TransUnion

     69,333        3,002,812  

†Verisk Analytics Class A

     21,900        1,847,703  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

9,805,527

 

 

     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development–0.18%

 

  

Jones Lang LaSalle

     7,500        937,500  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

937,500

 

 

     

 

 

 

Road & Rail–0.70%

     

†Avis Budget Group

     7,800        212,706  

†Genesee & Wyoming

     7,000        478,730  

JB Hunt Transport Services

     8,100        740,178  

Kansas City Southern

     6,600        690,690  

Landstar System

     3,400        291,040  

Old Dominion Freight Line

     7,700        733,348  

Schneider National Class B

     25,744        575,893  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

3,722,585

 

 

     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–2.85%

 

†Integrated Device Technology

     14,100        363,639  

KLA-Tencor

     11,000        1,006,610  

Marvell Technology Group

     29,274        483,606  
 

 

LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund–6


LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)

 

Maxim Integrated Products

     75,770      $ 3,402,073  

Microchip Technology

     89,543        6,910,929  

†Microsemi

     22,000        1,029,600  

Skyworks Solutions

     12,500        1,199,375  

Xilinx

     12,900        829,728  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    15,225,560

 

 

     

 

 

 

Software–8.56%

     

†ANSYS

     3,600        438,048  

†Atlassian

     40,500        1,424,790  

†Autodesk

     11,100        1,119,102  

†Cadence Design Systems

     15,200        509,048  

†Electronic Arts

     84,643        8,948,458  

†Ellie Mae

     29,618        3,255,314  

†Fortinet

     11,800        441,792  

†Guidewire Software

     59,791        4,108,240  

Intuit

     8,500        1,128,885  

†Proofpoint

     8,200        712,006  

†Red Hat

     73,269        7,015,507  

†ServiceNow

     71,760        7,606,560  

†Snap Class A

     10,600        188,362  

†Splunk

     14,300        813,527  

SS&C Technologies Holdings

     25,800        990,978  

†Synopsys

     11,000        802,230  

†Tableau Software Class A

     15,980        979,095  

†Tyler Technologies

     15,635        2,746,600  

†Ultimate Software Group

     4,900        1,029,294  

†Workday Class A

     10,500        1,018,500  

†Zendesk

     6,300        175,014  

†Zynga Class A

     62,700        228,228  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

45,679,578

 

 

     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–5.51%

     

†AutoZone

     3,035        1,731,346  

†Burlington Stores

     15,400        1,416,646  

†CarMax

     19,800        1,248,588  

Dick’s Sporting Goods

     8,900        354,487  

†Five Below

     9,000        444,330  

L Brands.

     18,400        991,576  

†Michaels

     35,000        648,200  

†O’Reilly Automotive

     8,400        1,837,416  

Ross Stores

     35,800        2,066,734  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Specialty Retail (continued)

     

Signet Jewelers

     5,400      $ 341,496  

Tiffany & Co.

     73,529        6,902,167  

Tractor Supply

     110,046        5,965,594  

†Ulta Beauty

     4,900        1,407,966  

Williams-Sonoma

     83,725        4,060,663  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    29,417,209

 

 

     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–2.15%

 

  

Burberry Group

     147,493        3,190,819  

Carter’s

     5,700        507,015  

Coach

     26,500        1,254,510  

Hanesbrands

     15,800        365,928  

†Lululemon athletica

     76,936        4,590,771  

PVH

     5,700        652,650  

†Under Armour Class C

     33,258        670,481  

Wolverine World Wide

     9,600        268,896  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

11,501,070

 

 

     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–1.70%

 

  

Fastenal

     191,582        8,339,564  

Watsco

     3,400        524,280  

WW Grainger

     1,300        234,689  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

9,098,533

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $409,829,776)

        493,127,098  
     

 

 

 

MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS–0.45%

 

  

Oaktree Capital Group

     50,914        2,372,593  
     

 

 

 

Total Master Limited Partnerships
(Cost $2,326,099)

        2,372,593  
     

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–6.97%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund—Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     37,222,540        37,222,540  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $37,222,540)

        37,222,540  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.79% (Cost $449,378,415)

     532,722,231  

«RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.21%

     1,117,111  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 40,843,027 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $   533,839,342  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP BLENDED MID CAP MANAGED VOLATILITY FUND STANDARD CLASS ($24,206,424 / 1,804,412 Shares)

   $ 13.415  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP BLENDED MID CAP MANAGED VOLATILITY FUND SERVICE CLASS ($509,632,918 / 39,038,615 Shares)

   $ 13.055  
  

 

 

 

 

LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund–7


LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 488,728,244  

Undistributed net investment income

     184,191  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (38,180,409

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies, and derivatives

     83,107,316  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $   533,839,342  
  

 

 

 

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

«

Includes $1,551,790 cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts, $439,219 due to manager and affiliates, $3,060,919 payable for securities purchased and $120,225 payable for fund shares redeemed as of June 30, 2017.

 

=

The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs and is reported as a Level 3 security in the disclosure table located in Note 3 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

          Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
            Notional
Value
            Expiration
Date
            Unrealized
Appreciation
            Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Equity

   Contracts:                                              

43

   E-mini Russell 2000 Index         $ 3,009,211           $ 3,040,745           9/18/17              $ 31,534                  $    

79

   E-mini S&P 500 Index         9,584,616             9,562,555           9/18/17                                   (22,061  

127

   E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index         22,421,443             22,175,470           9/18/17                                   (245,973  
                               

 

 

                

 

 

   

Total

                                $ 31,534                  $ (268,034  
                               

 

 

                

 

 

   

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 6 in “Notes to Financial Statements ”

Summary of Abbreviations:

ADR–American Depository Receipt

IT–Information Technology

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund–8


LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

 

Dividends

  $ 2,708,214  

Foreign tax withheld

    (2,830
 

 

 

 
    2,705,384  
 

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

 

Management fees

    1,834,149  

Distribution fees-Service Class

    614,344  

Accounting and administration expenses

    64,184  

Reports and statements to shareholders

    33,932  

Professional fees

    27,556  

Shareholder servicing fees

    25,729  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    6,934  

Custodian fees

    6,878  

Consulting fees

    2,359  

Pricing fees

    848  

Other

    2,274  
 

 

 

 
    2,619,187  

 

Less:

 

Management fees waived

    (97,994
 

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

    2,521,193  
 

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

    184,191  
 

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN:

 

Net realized gain from:

 

Investments

    1,401,887  

Foreign currencies

    194  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

    78  

Futures contracts

    1,854,778  

Options written

    55,103  

Options purchased

    62,505  
 

 

 

 

Net realized gain

    3,374,545  
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) of:

 

Investments

    56,806,448  

Foreign currencies

    54  

Futures contracts

    122,588  
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    56,929,090  
 

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

    60,303,635  
 

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ 60,487,826  
 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 184,191     $ (441,664

Net realized gain (loss)

    3,374,545       (42,233,291

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    56,929,090       48,650,410  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    60,487,826       5,975,455  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net realized gain on investments:

   

Standard Class

          (558,433

Service Class

          (9,073,816
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (9,632,249
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

   

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    1,379,399       3,273,669  

Service Class

    18,347,653       75,779,500  

Net assets from merger*:

   

Standard Class

          359,035  

Service Class

          127,021,238  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          558,433  

Service Class

          9,073,816  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    19,727,052       216,065,691  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (2,033,544     (4,748,690

Service Class

    (41,628,964     (39,500,463
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (43,662,508     (44,249,153
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (23,935,456     171,816,538  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

    36,552,370       168,159,744  

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    497,286,972       329,127,228  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 533,839,342     $ 497,286,972  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

  $ 184,191     $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

*See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund–9


LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

        LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund Standard Class  
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
           

 

Year Ended

 
        12/31/162     12/31/153     12/31/14     12/31/13     12/31/124  

Net asset value, beginning of period

            $ 11.917               $ 11.968              $ 12.639              $ 13.635              $ 11.109              $ 10.431  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                               

Net investment income (loss)5

        0.020           0.013          0.018          (0.044        (0.057        (0.014

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

        1.478           0.251          (0.548        (0.952        2.800          0.692  
     

 

 

       

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

        1.498           0.264          (0.530        (0.996        2.743          0.678  
     

 

 

       

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                               

Net realized gain

                  (0.315        (0.141                 (0.217         
     

 

 

       

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

                  (0.315        (0.141                 (0.217         
     

 

 

       

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

      $ 13.415         $ 11.917        $ 11.968        $ 12.639        $ 13.635        $ 11.109  
     

 

 

       

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total return6

        12.57%           2.26%          (4.20%        (7.31%        24.82%          6.50%  

Ratios and supplemental data:

                               

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

      $ 24,206         $ 22,110        $ 22,752        $ 22,489        $ 20,774        $ 16,610  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

        0.74%           0.79%          0.80%          0.84%          0.91%          0.95%  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

        0.78%           0.84%          0.85%          0.86%          0.95%          1.02%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

        0.31%           0.11%          0.14%          (0.34%        (0.46%        (0.13%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

        0.27%           0.06%          0.09%          (0.36%        (0.50%        (0.20%

Portfolio turnover

        13%           103%          148%          149%          140%          231%  

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective February 8, 2016, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. was added as a sub-adviser to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. was added as a sub-adviser and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management risk strategy overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Effective May 1, 2015, Ivy Investment Management Company replaced Columbia Management Investment Advisors, LLC as the Fund’s sub-adviser.

 

4 

Commencing after the close of business on September 21, 2012, Columbia Management Investment Advisors LLC, replaced Turner Investments L.P. as the Fund’s sub-adviser.

 

5 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

6 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund–10


LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

            LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund Service Class  
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
           

 

Year ended

 
        12/31/16     12/31/153     12/31/14     12/31/13     12/31/124  

Net asset value, beginning of period

            $ 11.611               $ 11.698              $ 12.388              $ 13.398              $ 10.946              $ 10.304  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                               

Net investment income (loss)5

        0.004           (0.016        (0.014        (0.074        (0.088        (0.041

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

        1.440           0.244          (0.535        (0.936        2.757          0.683  
     

 

 

       

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

        1.444           0.228          (0.549        (1.010        2.669          0.642  
     

 

 

       

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                               

Net realized gain

                  (0.315        (0.141                 (0.217         
     

 

 

       

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

                  (0.315        (0.141                 (0.217         
     

 

 

       

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

      $ 13.055         $ 11.611        $ 11.698        $ 12.388        $ 13.398        $ 10.946  
     

 

 

       

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total return6

        12.43%           2.00%          (4.44%        (7.55%        24.52%          6.23%  

Ratios and supplemental data:

                               

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

      $ 509,633         $ 475,177        $ 306,375        $ 265,783        $ 178,054        $ 42,985  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

        0.99%           1.04%          1.05%          1.09%          1.16%          1.20%  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

        1.03%           1.09%          1.10%          1.11%          1.20%          1.27%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

        0.06%           (0.14%        (0.11%        (0.59%        (0.71%        (0.38%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

        0.02%           (0.19%        (0.16%        (0.61%        (0.75%        (0.45%

Portfolio turnover

        13%           103%          148%          149%          140%          231%  

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective February 8, 2016, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. was added as a sub-adviser to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. was added as a sub-adviser and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management risk strategy overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Effective May 1, 2015, Ivy Investment Management Company replaced Columbia Management Investment Advisors, LLC as the Fund’s sub-adviser.

 

4 

Commencing after the close of business on September 21, 2012, Columbia Management Investment Advisors LLC, replaced Turner Investments L.P. as the Fund’s sub-adviser.

 

5 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

6 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between their bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are used when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available, are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expenses and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund does not separate the portion of realized gains and losses on foreign equity securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices. These changes are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

 

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LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all withholding taxes not eligible for rebates. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. Distributions received from Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of the distributions by the issuer or management estimate. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund invests in master limited partnerships (“MLPs”) which make distributions that are primarily attributable to return of capital. The Fund records investment income and return of capital in the Statement of Operations using management’s estimate of the percentage of income included in the distributions received from each MLP based on historical information from the MLPs and other industry sources. These estimates may be adjusted based on information received from the MLPs after the tax and fiscal year ends.

The return of capital portion of the MLP distributions is a reduction in the cost basis of each investment which increases net realized gain (loss) and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation). If the return of capital distributions exceed its cost basis, the distributions are treated as realized gains. The actual amounts of income and return of capital are only determined by each MLP after its fiscal year-end and may differ from the estimated amounts. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund estimated that 100% of the MLP distributions received would be treated as a return of capital.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. Commission rebates are included in “Net realized gain (loss) on investments” on the Statement of Operations and totaled $58,019 for the six months ended June 30, 2017. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser(s), and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.90% of the first $25 million of the average daily net assets of the Fund; 0.85% of the next $50 million; 0.80% of the next $75 million; 0.70% of the next $100 million; and 0.65% of average daily net assets in excess of $250 million. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.12% on the first $25 million of the Fund’s average daily net assets; 0.07% on the next $50 million; 0.02% on the next $225 million; 0.04% on the next $300 million; and 0.07% on the next $200 million of the Fund’s average daily net assets. When the Fund’s daily net assets exceed $800 million, the waiver amount is 0.22% of the first $25 million of the Fund’s average daily net assets; 0.17% on the next $50 million; 0.12% on the next $75 million; 0.02% on the next $100 million; and 0.07% in excess of $250 million of the Fund’s daily net assets. This agreement will continue at least through April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses exceed 0.77% of the average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 1.02% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue through at least December 9, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

Ivy Investment Management Company (“Ivy”) and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (“T. Rowe Price”) are responsible for managing a portion of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays Ivy and T. Rowe Price a fee based on Ivy’s and T. Rowe Price’s managed portion of the Fund’s average daily net assets. SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (SSGA) is responsible for managing the Fund’s managed volatility strategy. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays SSGA a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

 

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LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 14,620  

Legal

     3,529  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $25,822 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class shares. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation, or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

     295,715  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     104,932  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     25,822  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     12,750  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 60,043,394  

Sales

     77,598,724  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated because final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 449,378,415  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 98,759,442  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (15,415,626
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 83,343,816  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

At December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

Post-Enactment Losses

(No Expiration)

 

 Short-Term 

   Long-Term      Total  
$28,504,444    $ 9,733,839      $ 38,238,283  

 

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LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3. Investments (continued)

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

Level 1–

 

inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–

 

other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–

 

inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1          Level 3          Total  

Investments:

        

 

Assets:

        

Common Stock

        

Aerospace & Defense

   $ 4,161,302        $—        $ 4,161,302  

Air Freight & Logistics

     6,230,492               6,230,492  

Airlines

     3,276,174               3,276,174  

Auto Components

     6,554,374               6,554,374  

Automobiles

     896,050               896,050  

Banks

     14,740,170               14,740,170  

Beverages

     2,576,462               2,576,462  

Biotechnology

     22,276,525               22,276,525  

Building Products

     12,863,832               12,863,832  

Capital Markets

     22,334,634               22,334,634  

Chemicals

     11,595,785               11,595,785  

Commercial Services & Supplies

     4,933,719               4,933,719  

Communications Equipment

     9,751,516               9,751,516  

Construction & Engineering

     448,800               448,800  

Construction Materials

     2,893,956               2,893,956  

Consumer Finance

     491,301               491,301  

Containers & Packaging

     2,864,622               2,864,622  

Diversified Consumer Services

     1,657,050               1,657,050  

Electrical Equipment

     4,571,147               4,571,147  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     10,013,743               10,013,743  

Energy Equipment & Services

     285,500               285,500  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     8,975,832               8,975,832  

Food & Staples Retailing

     6,158,312               6,158,312  

Food Products

     16,787,055               16,787,055  

Gas Utilities

     738,255               738,255  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     30,501,854               30,501,854  

Health Care Providers & Services

     12,868,964               12,868,964  

Health Care Technology

     2,494,244               2,494,244  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     17,827,616               17,827,616  

Household Durables

     5,651,886               5,651,886  

Household Products

     2,137,938               2,137,938  

Industrial Conglomerates

     1,041,885               1,041,885  

 

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LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3. Investments (continued)

 

     Level 1         Level 3          Total  

Investments:

             

 

Assets:

             

Insurance

   $ 2,990,903        $         $ 2,990,903  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     2,427,305                    2,427,305  

Internet Software & Services

     26,672,448                    26,672,448  

IT Services.

     19,133,143                    19,133,143  

Leisure Products

     6,239,159                    6,239,159  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     5,213,246                    5,213,246  

Machinery

     19,788,564                    19,788,564  

Marine

     294,140                    294,140  

Media

     2,069,334                    2,069,334  

Metals & Mining.

     781,960                    781,960  

Multiline Retail

     3,696,769                    3,696,769  

Multi-Utilities

     593,424                    593,424  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     10,509,182          45,087           10,554,269  

Pharmaceuticals

     16,683,877                    16,683,877  

Professional Services

     9,805,527                    9,805,527  

Real Estate Management & Development

     937,500                    937,500  

Road & Rail

     3,722,585                    3,722,585  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     15,225,560                    15,225,560  

Software

     45,679,578                    45,679,578  

Specialty Retail

     29,417,209                    29,417,209  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     11,501,070                    11,501,070  

Trading Companies & Distributors

     9,098,533                    9,098,533  

Master Limited Partnerships

     2,372,593                    2,372,593  

Money Market Fund

     37,222,540                    37,222,540  
  

 

 

      

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 532,677,144        $ 45,087         $ 532,722,231  
  

 

 

      

 

 

       

 

 

 

Derivatives:

             

 

Assets:

             

Futures Contracts

   $ 31,534        $         $ 31,534  
  

 

 

      

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

             

Futures Contracts

   $ (268,034      $         $ (268,034
  

 

 

      

 

 

       

 

 

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     108,444       282,809  

Service Class

     1,478,336       6,651,102  

Shares from merger:

    

Standard Class

           29,486  

Service Class

           10,705,038  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           47,819  

Service Class

           796,927  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     1,586,780       18,513,181  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (159,355     (405,901

Service Class

     (3,364,753     (3,419,105
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (3,524,108     (3,825,006
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (1,937,328     14,688,175  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Fund Merger

As of the close of business on December 9, 2016, the Fund acquired all of the assets and liabilities of the LVIP BlackRock U.S. Opportunities Managed Volatility Fund (“Acquired 1 Fund”) and all of the assets and liabilities of LVIP VIP Mid Cap Managed Volatility Portfolio (“Acquired 2 Fund”), each an open-end investment company, in exchange for the shares of the LVIP Blended Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund (“Acquiring Fund”) pursuant to a Plan and Agreement of Reorganization (“Reorganization”). For financial reporting purposes, assets received and shares issued by the Acquiring Fund were recorded at fair value. The shareholders of the Acquired Funds, by a taxable exchange, received shares of the respective class of the Acquiring Fund equal to the aggregate net asset value of their shares in the Acquired Funds prior to the Reorganization, as shown in the following table:

 

     Acquired Fund
Shares
Outstanding
     Acquiring Fund    Shares
Converted to
Acquiring Fund
     Acquired Fund
Net Assets
     Conversion Ratio

Acquired 1 Fund - Standard Class

     38,121          Standard Class      29,486              $ 359,035          0.773

Acquired 1 Fund - Service Class

     4,443,068          Service Class      3,526,529            41,844,226          0.794

Acquired 2 Fund - Service Class

     8,241,893          Service Class      7,178,509            85,177,012          0.871

The net assets of the Acquiring Fund before the acquisition were $381,191,455. The net assets of the Acquiring Fund immediately following the acquisition were $508,571,728.

If the acquisition had been completed on January 1, 2016, the beginning of the Acquiring Fund’s reporting period, the Acquiring Fund’s pro forma results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2016 would have been as follows (unaudited):

 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (594,023     (a)

Net realized income (loss)

     (35,676,130     (b)

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     53,778,253       (c)
  

 

 

   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 17,508,100    
  

 

 

   

(a) $(441,664), as reported in the Statement of Operations, plus $203,957 Net investment income from Acquired 1 Fund and $(356,316) Net investment loss from Acquired 2 Fund pre-merger.

(b) $(42,233,291), as reported in the Statement of Operations, plus $2,308,245 Net realized income from Acquired 1 Fund and $4,248,916 Net realized income from Acquired 2 Fund pre-merger.

(c) $48,650,410, as reported in the Statement of Operations, plus $704,864 Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) Acquired 1 Fund and $4,422,979 Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from Acquired 2 Fund pre-merger.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Fund Merger (continued)

 

Because the combined investment portfolios have been managed as a single integrated portfolio since the acquisition was completed, it is not practicable to separate the amounts of revenue and earnings of the Acquired 1 Fund and Acquired 2 Fund that have been included in the Fund’s statement of operations since December 12, 2016.

6. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund may enter into foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. No foreign currency exchange contracts or foreign cross currency exchange contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contract to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Options Contracts–During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund entered into options contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives and strategies. The Fund may buy or write options contracts for any number of reasons, including without limitation: to manage the Fund’s exposure to changes in securities prices caused by interest rates or market conditions; as an efficient means of adjusting the Fund’s overall exposure to certain markets; to protect the value of portfolio securities; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; as a cash management tool; and to generate income. The Fund may buy or write call or put options on securities, futures, swaps, swaptions, financial indices, and foreign currencies. When the Fund buys an option, a premium is paid and an asset is recorded and adjusted on a daily basis to reflect the current market value of the options purchased. When the Fund writes an option, a premium is received and a liability is recorded and adjusted on a daily basis to reflect the current market value of the option written. Premiums received from writing options that expire unexercised are treated by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gains. The difference between the premium received and the amount paid at the close of the transaction, including brokerage commissions, is treated as realized gain or loss. If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security in determining whether the Fund has a realized gain or loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the securities purchased by the Fund. The Fund, as writer of an option, bears the market risk

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

6. Derivatives (continued)

 

of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option. When writing options, the Fund is subject to minimal counterparty risk because the counterparty is only obligated to pay premiums and does not bear the market risk of an unfavorable market change. When buying options, the Fund is subject to counterparty risk.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used options contracts including swaptions to protect the value of portfolio securities; selling put options to purchase the underlying security for the Fund at a price lower than the current market value of the security; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; to take advantage of liquidity available in the options market; and to receive premiums for writing options.

Transactions in options written during the six months ended June 30, 2017 for the Fund were as follows:

 

Call Options

   Number
of Contracts
  Premiums

Options outstanding at
December 31, 2016

           $

Options written

       (1,126 )       (45,476 )

Options expired

       709       23,906

Options terminated in closing sales transactions

       417       21,570
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Options outstanding at
June 30, 2017

           $
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Put Options

   Number
of Contracts
  Premiums

Options outstanding at
December 31, 2016

           $

Options written

       (636 )       (32,442 )

Options expired

       208       23,992

Options terminated in closing sales transactions

       428       8,450
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Options outstanding at
June 30, 2017

           $
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

   

Asset Derivatives

 

Liability Derivatives

   

Statement of Net Assets Location

  Fair Value  

Statement of Net Assets Location

  Fair Value

Futures contracts
(Equity contracts)

  Receivables and other assets net of liabilities     $ 31,534   Receivables and other assets net of liabilities     $ (268,034 )

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in Income
     Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives Recognized in
Income
 

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts            $ 78                          $              

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts              1,854,778                            122,588              

Options written (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from options written and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of options written              55,103                                         

Options purchased (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from options purchased and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of options purchased              62,505                                         
             

 

 

                        

 

 

             

Total

              $ 1,972,464                          $ 122,588              
             

 

 

                        

 

 

             

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

6. Derivatives (continued)

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative Volume      Short Derivative Volume  

Futures contracts (average notional value)

     $34,283,102                $      —              

Foreign currency exchange contracts (average cost)

     —                155              

Options contracts (average notional value)

     4,379                4,244              

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights to help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and foreign currency exchange contracts and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting items and netting provisions in the event of a default or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instrument payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of an ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out) netting including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Net Assets.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had no assets or liabilities that are subject to the offsetting provisions.

7. Credit and Market Risk

The Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in small- and mid-sized companies and may be subject to certain risks associated with ownership of securities of such companies. Investments in small- or mid-sized companies may be more volatile than investments in larger companies for a number of reasons, which include more limited financial resources or a dependence on narrow product lines.

The Fund invests in REITs and is subject to the risks associated with that industry. If the Fund acquires a direct interest in real estate as a result of defaults or receives rental income directly from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company could be jeopardized. The Fund had no direct real estate holdings during the six months ended June 30, 2017. The Fund’s REIT holdings are also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs it holds use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. As of June 30, 2017, there were no Rule 144A securities.

8. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

9. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

10. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements as disclosed above.

 

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LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

 

      a series of Lincoln Variable

      Insurance Products Trust

 

  Semiannual Report

 

  June 30, 2017

  


LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Country and Sector Allocations and Top 10 Equity Holdings

     2  

Statement of Net Assets

     3  

Statement of Operations

     6  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     6  

Financial Highlights

     7  

Notes to Financial Statements

     9  

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses cannot be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

 

      Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
   Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
   Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 

Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to

    6/30/17*    

Actual

                  

Standard Class Shares

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,044.10        0.77 %       $3.90

Service Class Shares

       1,000.00        1,042.70        1.02 %       5.17

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.98        0.77 %       $3.86

Service Class Shares

       1,000.00        1,019.74        1.02 %       5.11

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

Security Type/Country and Sector Allocations and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Country    Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Common Stock

       98.58

 

Australia

       5.17 %

Austria

       0.54 %

Canada

       1.79 %

France

       4.38 %

Germany

       4.75 %

Hong Kong

       8.71 %

Japan

       10.96 %

Netherlands

       0.53 %

Singapore

       2.20 %

Spain

       0.73 %

Sweden

       0.97 %

United Kingdom

       5.38 %

United States

       52.47 %

 

Money Market Fund

       1.08 %

 

Total Value of Securities

       99.66 %

 

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

       0.34 %

 

Total Net Assets

       100.00 %

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Diversified Real Estate Activities

       8.55 %  

Diversified REITs

       9.10 %

Health Care REITs

       5.65 %

Hotel & Resort REITs

       3.21 %

Industrial REITs

       8.28 %

Office REITs

       12.50 %

Real Estate Development

       2.23 %

Real Estate Operating Companies

       10.20 %

Residential REITs

       10.55 %

Retail REITs

       20.97 %

Specialized REITs

       7.34 %

 

Total

       98.58 %

REITs - Real Estate Investment Trusts

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Simon Property Group

       4.79 %  

Prologis

       3.29 %

Mitsui Fudosan

       3.28 %

GGP

       2.93 %

Welltower

       2.74 %

AvalonBay Communities

       2.67 %

Cheung Kong Property Holdings

       2.23 %

Vornado Realty Trust

       2.14 %

Land Securities Group

       2.06 %

Vonovia

       2.00 %

 

Total

       28.13 %
 

 

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LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK–98.58%

     

Australia–5.17%

     

†=pBGP Holdings

     4,536,115      $ 103,618  

Dexus

     810,087        5,902,559  

Goodman Group

     631,480        3,819,748  

GPT Group

     940,556        3,462,745  

Mirvac Group

     640,303        1,048,251  

Scentre Group

     2,047,839        6,374,575  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    20,711,496

 

 

     

 

 

 

Austria–0.54%

     

†BUWOG

     75,663        2,173,857  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

2,173,857

 

 

     

 

 

 

Canada–1.79%

     

Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust

     65,400        2,313,308  

H&R Real Estate Investment Trust

     141,000        2,394,216  

Smart Real Estate Investment Trust

     98,700        2,444,667  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

7,152,191

 

 

     

 

 

 

France–4.38%

     

Gecina

     27,791        4,359,694  

Klepierre

     170,946        7,006,402  

Unibail-Rodamco

     24,457        6,163,540  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

17,529,636

 

 

     

 

 

 

Germany–4.75%

     

Ado Properties

     54,477        2,304,351  

Deutsche Wohnen

     94,501        3,614,720  

LEG Immobilien

     54,069        5,083,046  

Vonovia

     201,542        8,002,597  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

19,004,714

 

 

     

 

 

 

Hong Kong–8.71%

     

Cheung Kong Property Holdings

     1,140,000        8,928,779  

Hang Lung Properties

     2,387,000        5,961,806  

Hongkong Land Holdings

     629,000        4,629,440  

Link REIT

     1,012,200        7,700,937  

Swire Properties

     1,046,000        3,449,846  

Wharf Holdings

     506,800        4,199,830  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

34,870,638

 

 

     

 

 

 

Japan–10.96%

     

Activia Properties

     511        2,183,023  

Hulic

     356,400        3,634,504  

Japan Retail Fund Investment

     1,738        3,206,357  

Mitsubishi Estate

     101,400        1,887,361  

Mitsui Fudosan

     551,200        13,136,178  

Mori Hills REIT Investment

     2,310        2,838,337  

Nippon Building Fund

     554        2,827,259  

Nippon Prologis REIT

     2,862        6,091,690  

Nomura Real Estate Holdings

     61,200        1,199,242  

Orix JREIT

     2,846        4,197,834  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Japan (continued)

     

Tokyo Tatemono

     205,000      $     2,682,907  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

43,884,692

 

 

     

 

 

 

Netherlands–0.53%

     

Eurocommercial Properties CVA

     53,099        2,121,736  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

2,121,736

 

 

     

 

 

 

Singapore–2.20%

     

CapitaLand

     1,473,600        3,746,214  

City Developments

     181,600        1,415,339  

Global Logistic Properties

     1,132,200        2,351,982  

Mapletree Commercial Trust

     1,107,618        1,283,204  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

8,796,739

 

 

     

 

 

 

Spain–0.73%

     

Hispania Activos Inmobiliarios SOCIMI

     74,374        1,229,597  

Inmobiliaria Colonial

     194,665        1,695,984  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

2,925,581

 

 

     

 

 

 

Sweden–0.97%

     

Castellum

     103,854        1,524,890  

Fabege

     101,032        1,942,762  

Hufvudstaden Class A

     25,956        430,407  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

3,898,059

 

 

     

 

 

 

United Kingdom–5.38%

     

British Land

     193,385        1,525,099  

Hammerson

     499,220        3,735,451  

Land Securities Group

     625,448        8,252,047  

Safestore Holdings

     199,630        1,095,674  

Segro

     619,214        3,945,375  

Tritax Big Box REIT

     636,983        1,212,930  

UNITE Group

     208,554        1,762,886  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

21,529,462

 

 

     

 

 

 

United States–52.47%

     

Alexandria Real Estate Equities

     64,300        7,746,221  

AvalonBay Communities

     55,665        10,697,143  

Boston Properties

     26,900        3,309,238  

Colony Starwood Homes

     112,000        3,842,720  

CubeSmart

     143,330        3,445,653  

CyrusOne

     51,000        2,843,250  

DCT Industrial Trust

     92,050        4,919,152  

DiamondRock Hospitality

     182,400        1,997,280  

Digital Realty Trust

     17,100        1,931,445  

Equinix

     10,000        4,291,600  

Equity Residential

     78,450        5,164,363  

Extra Space Storage

     91,746        7,156,188  

Forest City Realty Trust Class A

     75,400        1,822,418  

Gaming and Leisure Properties

     175,800        6,622,386  

GGP

     497,600        11,723,456  

HCP

     214,900        6,868,204  

Healthcare Trust of America Class A

     154,557        4,808,268  

Host Hotels & Resorts

     319,500        5,837,265  
 

 

LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund–3


LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

D COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

United States (continued)

     

Hudson Pacific Properties

     88,040      $     3,010,088  

Invitation Homes

     92,000        1,989,960  

Kilroy Realty

     54,600        4,103,190  

Kimco Realty

     265,230        4,866,970  

Mid-America Apartment Communities

     53,900        5,679,982  

Park Hotels & Resorts

     76,300        2,057,048  

Prologis

     224,290        13,152,366  

Public Storage

     9,600        2,001,888  

Regency Centers

     106,200        6,652,368  

Simon Property Group

     118,500        19,168,560  

SL Green Realty

     71,200        7,532,960  

STORE Capital

     123,700        2,777,065  

Sun Communities

     71,100        6,234,759  

Sunstone Hotel Investors

     184,166        2,968,756  

UDR

     175,700        6,847,029  

VEREIT

     794,500        6,467,230  

Vornado Realty Trust

     91,181        8,561,896  

Welltower

     146,300        10,950,555  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    210,048,920

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $324,285,129)

        394,647,721  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–1.08%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     4,334,125      $ 4,334,125  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $4,334,125)

            4,334,125  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.66% (Cost $328,619,254)

     398,981,846  

«RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.34%

     1,360,927  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 42,622,720 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 400,342,773  
  

 

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP CLARION GLOBAL REAL ESTATE FUND STANDARD CLASS
($287,448,956 / 30,508,653 Shares)

     $9.422  

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP CLARION GLOBAL REAL ESTATE FUND SERVICE CLASS
($112,893,817 / 12,114,067 Shares)

     $9.319  

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 377,342,359  

Undistributed net investment income

     1,371,007  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (48,735,680

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

     70,365,087  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $     400,342,773  
  

 

 

 

 

D

Securities have been classified by country of origin. Classification by type of business has been presented on page 2.

 

Securities listed and traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. These securities have significant business operations in China.

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

«

Includes $100,157 payable for fund shares redeemed, $4,005,972 payable for securities purchased and $274,444 due to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

 

=

The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs and is reported as a Level 3 security in the disclosure table located in Note 3 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

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LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

p

Restricted Security. These investments are in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and have certain restrictions on resale which may limit their liquidity. At June 30, 2017, the aggregate value of restricted security was $103,618, which represented 0.03% of the Fund’s net assets. See Notes 6 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Restricted Security

 

Investment

   Date of Acquisition    Cost      Value  

BGP Holdings

   8/6/09    $      $ 103,618  

The following foreign currency exchange contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Counterparty

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

BBH

   AUD        362,612        USD        (278,345        7/3/17             $   350              $      —   

BBH

   EUR        865,639        USD        (988,482        7/3/17                  360                      —   

BBH

   HKD        (4,079,980      USD        522,719          7/3/17                    97                      —   

BBH

   HKD        (3,977,159      USD        509,442          7/5/17                  —                     (41)   

BBH

   JPY        11,085,444        USD        (98,679        7/5/17                  —                     (99)   

BBH

   SEK        (724,196      USD        85,348          7/3/17                  —                   (627)   

BBH

   SEK        (862,774      USD        102,184          7/5/17                  —                   (254)   

BBH

   SGD        243,502        USD        (176,431        7/3/17                  441                      —   

BBH

   SGD        (165,969      USD        120,256          7/5/17                  —                   (301)   

BNYM

   CAD        (13,782      USD        10,575          7/5/17                  —                     (54)   

BNYM

   JPY        (1,588,528      USD        14,145          7/3/17                    20                      —   
                                

 

            

 

  

Total

                                 $1,268              $(1,376)   
                                

 

            

 

  

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The foreign currency exchange contracts presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

AUD–Australian Dollar

BBH–Brown Brothers Harriman, New York

BNYM–Bank of New York Mellon

CAD–Canadian Dollar

CVA–Dutch Certificate

EUR–Euro

HKD–Hong Kong Dollar

JPY–Japanese Yen

REIT–Real Estate Investment Trust

SEK–Swedish Krona

SGD–Singapore Dollar

USD–U.S. Dollar

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $ 6,501,815  

Foreign tax withheld

     (331,392
  

 

 

 
     6,170,423  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     1,360,545  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     139,030  

Accounting and administration expenses

     49,036  

Professional fees

     25,919  

Custodian fees

     24,324  

Shareholder servicing fees

     19,282  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     17,028  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     5,286  

Pricing fees

     5,165  

Consulting fees

     1,271  

Other

     2,021  
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     1,648,907  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     4,521,516  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments

     15,920,388  

Foreign currencies

     89,620  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     (135,239
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     15,874,769  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     (3,473,617

Foreign currencies

     26,577  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     (108
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (3,447,148
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     12,427,621  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 16,949,137  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
 (unaudited) 
    Year
Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 4,521,516     $ 8,316,161  

Net realized gain.

     15,874,769       15,890,815  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (3,447,148     (19,497,032
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     16,949,137       4,709,944  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (11,714,362

Service Class

           (4,403,187
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (16,117,549
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     17,035,575       41,355,524  

Service Class

     6,983,064       17,028,438  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           11,714,362  

Service Class

           4,403,187  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     24,018,639       74,501,511  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (30,161,726     (53,606,567

Service Class

     (9,134,021     (25,877,324
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (39,295,747)     (79,483,891)  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (15,277,108     (4,982,380
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

     1,672,029       (16,389,985

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     398,670,744       415,060,729  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 400,342,773     $ 398,670,744  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (Distributions in excess of) net investment income

   $ 1,371,007     $ (3,150,509
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund Standard Class
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16    12/31/15    Year Ended
12/31/14
   12/31/13    12/31/122

Net asset value, beginning of period

      $    9.024       $ 9.306      $ 9.732      $ 8.778      $ 8.497      $ 6.815

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                            

Net investment income3

      0.109         0.203        0.157        0.212        0.156        0.148

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.289         (0.089 )        (0.288 )        1.000        0.125        1.534
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.398         0.114        (0.131 )        1.212        0.281        1.682
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                            

Net investment income

      —         (0.396 )        (0.295 )        (0.258 )              
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

      —         (0.396 )        (0.295 )        (0.258 )              
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

      $    9.422       $ 9.024      $ 9.306      $ 9.732      $ 8.778      $ 8.497
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total return4

      4.41%         1.18%        (1.22% )        13.89%        3.31%        24.68%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                            

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

      $287,449       $ 288,333      $ 297,101      $ 459,143      $ 359,296      $ 254,075

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

      0.77%         0.75%        0.74%        0.73%        0.77%        0.84%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      0.77%         0.75%        0.74%        0.81%        1.03%        1.07%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      2.37%         2.14%        1.61%        2.25%        1.77%        1.91%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      2.37%         2.14%        1.61%        2.17%        1.51%        1.68%

Portfolio turnover

      46%         45%        51%        33%        40%        120%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective after the close of business on September 28, 2012, CBRE Clarion Securities LLC replaced Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. as the Fund’s sub-adviser.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund Service Class  
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
     12/31/16      12/31/15      Year
Ended
12/31/14
     12/31/13      12/31/122  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $    8.937       $ 9.219      $ 9.643      $ 8.681      $ 8.425      $ 6.773  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                

Net investment income3

    0.096         0.177        0.130        0.186        0.133        0.127  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.286         (0.086      (0.283      0.989        0.123        1.525  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.382         0.091        (0.153      1.175        0.256        1.652  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                

Net investment income

    —         (0.373      (0.271      (0.213              
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    —         (0.373      (0.271      (0.213              
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $    9.319       $ 8.937      $ 9.219      $ 9.643      $ 8.681      $ 8.425  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return4

    4.27%         0.94%        (1.47%      13.60%        3.04%        24.39%  

Ratios and supplemental data:

                

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $112,894       $ 110,338      $ 117,960      $ 118,790      $ 112,568      $ 106,546  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

    1.02%         1.00%        0.99%        0.98%        1.02%        1.09%  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

    1.02%         1.00%        0.99%        1.06%        1.28%        1.32%  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    2.12%         1.89%        1.36%        2.00%        1.52%        1.66%  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

    2.12%         1.89%        1.36%        1.92%        1.26%        1.43%  

Portfolio turnover

    46%         45%        51%        33%        40%        120%  

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective after the close of business on September 28, 2012, CBRE Clarion Securities LLC replaced Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. as the Fund’s sub-adviser.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund–8


LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek total return through a combination of current income and long-term capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between their bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are used when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund does not separate that portion of realized gains and losses on foreign equity securities resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices. These changes are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

 

LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund–9


LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of such distributions by the issuer or management estimate. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. Commission rebates are included in “Net realized gain (loss) from investments” on the Statement of Operations and totaled $21,016 for the six months ended June 30, 2017. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.73% of the first $250 million of the average net assets of the Fund; and 0.63% of the average net assets of the Fund in excess of $250 million. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

CBRE Clarion Securities LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 11,226  

Legal

     2,709  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $12,698 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

 

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LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

 

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 228,678  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     23,487  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     12,698  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     9,581  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 180,817,233  

Sales

     186,945,368  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2016, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 328,619,254  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 80,703,201  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (10,340,609
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 70,362,592  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses; however, there may be a greater likelihood that all or a portion of the Fund’s pre-enactment capital loss carryovers, if any, may expire without being utilized, due to the fact that post-enactment capital losses must be utilized before pre-enactment capital loss carryovers. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss, whereas before the Act, capital losses carried forward were treated as short-term.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

     Pre-Enactment
Short-Term
Capital Losses Expiring
   Post-Enactment
Losses (No Expiration)*
   Total  
     2017    Short-Term      Long-Term   
   $43,681,858    $ 4,326,593      $—    $ 48,008,451  

*Capital Loss Carryovers with no expiration must be utilized first.

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

Level 1–

inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–

other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–

inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

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LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3. Investments (continued)

 

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs, including related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. The Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Valuations may also be based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which is received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

           Level 1                 Level 2           Level 3                  Total        

Investments:

                       

 

Assets:

                       

Common Stock

                       

Australia

   $ 20,607,878         $           $ 103,618          $ 20,711,496  

Austria

     2,173,857                                  2,173,857  

Canada

     7,152,191                                  7,152,191  

France

     17,529,636                                  17,529,636  

Germany

     19,004,714                                  19,004,714  

Hong Kong

     34,870,638                                  34,870,638  

Japan

     43,884,692                                  43,884,692  

Netherlands

     2,121,736                                  2,121,736  

Singapore

     8,796,739                                  8,796,739  

Spain

     2,925,581                                  2,925,581  

Sweden

     3,898,059                                  3,898,059  

United Kingdom

     21,529,462                                  21,529,462  

United States

     210,048,920                                  210,048,920  

Money Market Fund

     4,334,125                                  4,334,125  
  

 

 

       

 

 

         

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 398,878,228         $           $ 103,618          $ 398,981,846  
  

 

 

       

 

 

         

 

 

        

 

 

 

Derivatives:

                       

 

Assets:

                       

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

   $         $ 1,268           $          $ 1,268  
  

 

 

       

 

 

         

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

                       

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

   $         $ (1,376         $          $ (1,376
  

 

 

       

 

 

         

 

 

        

 

 

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. This does not include transfers between Level 1 investments and Level 2 investments that resulted from the Fund’s use of international fair value pricing during the period. In accordance with the fair value procedures described in Note 1, international fair value pricing uses other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to the events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded, causing a change in classification between levels. International fair value pricing was not utilized at June 30, 2017. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

 

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LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year
Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     1,851,885       4,431,674  

Service Class

     765,984       1,830,087  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           1,274,880  

Service Class

           483,455  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     2,617,869       8,020,096  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (3,295,696     (5,680,568

Service Class

     (998,658     (2,761,873
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (4,294,354     (8,442,441
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (1,676,485     (422,345
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

  

Liability Derivatives

    

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value   

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

  

Receivables and other assets net of liabilities

   $1,268   

Receivables and other assets net of liabilities

   $(1,376)

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts    $(135,239)   $(108)

 

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LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
   Short Derivative
Volume

Foreign currency exchange contracts (average cost)

   $766,664    $738,000

6. Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of equity securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund concentrates its investments in the real estate industry and is subject to the risks associated with that industry. If the Fund acquires a direct interest in real estate as a result of defaults or receives rental income directly from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company could be jeopardized. The Fund is also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs it holds use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations. Its investments may also tend to fluctuate more in value than a portfolio that invests in a broader range of industries.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC, the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. As of June 30, 2017, there were no Rule 144A securities. Restricted security has been identified on the Statement of Net Assets.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LOGO

   LOGO

LVIP ClearBridge Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

 

      a series of Lincoln Variable

      Insurance Products Trust

 

  Semiannual Report

 

  June 30, 2017

  


LVIP ClearBridge Large Cap Managed

Volatility Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Sector Allocation

     2  

Schedule of Investments

     3  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     4  

Statement of Operations

     5  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     5  

Financial Highlights

     6  

Notes to Financial Statements

     8  

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP ClearBridge Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses cannot be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

      Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
     Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
     Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,085.60        0.10     $0.52  

Service Class Shares

     1,000.00        1,083.80        0.45     2.33  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.30        0.10     $0.50  

Service Class Shares

     1,000.00        1,022.56        0.45     2.26  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies (“Underlying Funds”). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial Statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

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LVIP ClearBridge Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Investment Companies

     99.74

Equity Funds

     92.95

Money Market Fund

     6.79

Total Value of Securities

     99.74

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.26

Total Net Assets

     100.00
 

 

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LVIP ClearBridge Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES–99.74%

 

 

Equity Funds–92.95%

   

ClearBridge®

   

Variable Aggressive Growth Portfolio

    1,554,358     $ 42,092,020  

Variable Appreciation Portfolio

    1,053,614       41,723,112  

*QS Batterymarch®

   

U.S. Large Cap Equity Fund

    572,074       10,451,797  

*QS Batterymarch Insurance Series®

   

Global Dividend Fund

    850,369       10,417,019  
   

 

 

 
        104,683,948  
   

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES (continued)

 

 

Money Market Fund–6.79%

   

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund–Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

    7,649,469     $ 7,649,469  
   

 

 

 
      7,649,469  
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(Cost $105,695,839)

      112,333,417  
   

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.74% (Cost $105,695,839)

     112,333,417  

RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.26%

     293,008  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 11,144,507 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $   112,626,425  
  

 

 

 

 

 

*

Institutional Class shares.

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

          Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
            Notional
Value
            Expiration
Date
            Unrealized
Appreciation
            Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Currency Contracts:

                                           

2

    

British Pound

        $   160,381            $ 163,063           9/19/17              $2,682                 $        —    

2

    

Euro

        283,468              286,675           9/19/17              3,207                    

1

    

Japanese Yen

        115,091              111,375           9/19/17                              (3,716  
                                  

 

 

             

 

 

   
                                     5,889                 (3,716  
                                  

 

 

             

 

 

   

Equity Contracts:

                                           

44

    

E-mini S&P 500 Index

        5,339,257              5,325,980           9/18/17                              (13,277  

4

    

E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index

        705,814              698,440           9/18/17                              (7,374  

7

    

Euro STOXX 50 Index

        284,145              274,310           9/18/17                              (9,835  

1

    

FTSE 100 Index

        96,855              94,330           9/18/17                              (2,525  

1

    

Nikkei 225 Index (OSE)

        178,841              177,995           9/8/17                              (846  
                                  

 

 

             

 

 

   
                                                     (33,857  
                                  

 

 

             

 

 

   

Total

                                     $5,889                 $(37,573  
                                  

 

 

             

 

 

   

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

FTSE–Financial Times Stock Exchange

OSE–Osaka Securities Exchange

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP ClearBridge Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

ASSETS:

  

Investments, at value

   $ 112,333,417  

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

     5,889  

Cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts

     205,773  

Receivable for fund shares sold

     146,409  

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at value

     84,852  

Dividends receivable from investments

     84,045  

Expense reimbursement receivable from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation

     10,517  

Foreign currencies, at value

     4,746  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     112,875,648  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

  

Payable for investments purchased

     120,248  

Due to manager and affiliates

     41,947  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

     37,573  

Payable for fund shares redeemed

     24,784  

Other accrued expenses payable

     19,930  

Cash due to custodian

     4,741  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     249,223  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 112,626,425  
  

 

 

 

Investments, at cost

   $ 105,695,839  
  

 

 

 

Foreign currencies, at cost

   $ 4,753  
  

 

 

 

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at cost

   $ 84,852  
  

 

 

 

Standard Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 1,154,419  

Shares Outstanding

     114,034  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 10.123  

Service Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 111,472,006  

Shares Outstanding

     11,030,473  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 10.106  

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 105,196,246  

Distributions in excess of net investment income

     (55,967

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

     880,260  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

     6,605,886  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 112,626,425  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP ClearBridge Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends from investment companies

   $ 171,254  
  

 

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     355,695  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     178,540  

Accounting and administration expenses

     18,558  

Professional fees

     18,075  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     7,664  

Shareholder servicing fees

     5,303  

Consulting fees

     1,911  

Custodian fees

     1,486  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     1,336  

Pricing fees

     114  

Other

     598  
  

 

 

 
     589,280  

 

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (340,230

Expenses reimbursed

     (18,960
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     230,090  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT LOSS

     (58,836
  

 

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Distributions from investment companies

     664,794  

Sale of investments in investment companies

     (299,060

Foreign currencies

     2,319  

Futures contracts

     501,635  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     869,688  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments in investment companies

     7,248,796  

Foreign currencies

     1  

Futures contracts

     (24,036
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     7,224,761  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     8,094,449  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 8,035,613  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP ClearBridge Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year
Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (58,836   $ 633,672  

Net realized gain

     869,688       143,971  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     7,224,761       2,807,014  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     8,035,613       3,584,657  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (10,163

Service Class

           (699,874

Net realized gain:

    

Standard Class

           (18,782

Service Class

           (1,842,424
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (2,571,243
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     179,083       580,391  

Service Class

     20,913,486       38,792,727  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           28,945  

Service Class

           2,542,298  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     21,092,569       41,944,361  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (44,916     (88,640

Service Class

     (8,324,575     (7,986,778
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (8,369,491     (8,075,418
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     12,723,078       33,868,943  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     20,758,691       34,882,357  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     91,867,734       56,985,377  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 112,626,425     $ 91,867,734  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

   $ (55,967   $ 2,869  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP ClearBridge Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP ClearBridge Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund Standard Class
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  Year
Ended
12/31/162
  5/1/153
to
12/31/15

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $  9.325             $  9.290             $10.000       

Income (loss) from investment operations:

     

Net investment income4

    0.011       0.107       0.142  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

        0.787           0.240         (0.774

Total from investment operations

        0.798           0.347         (0.632

Less dividends and distributions from:

     

Net investment income

            —         (0.105       (0.078

Net realized gain

             —          (0.207              —  

Total dividends and distributions

             —          (0.312        (0.078

Net asset value, end of period

    $10.123       $  9.325       $  9.290  

Total return5

    8.56%       3.78%       (6.33%

Ratios and supplemental data:

     

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $  1,154       $     936       $     396  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

    0.10%       0.10%       0.10%  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

    0.80%       0.81%       0.98%  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    0.23%       1.16%       2.24%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

    (0.47%     0.45%       1.36%  

Portfolio turnover

    4%       9%       3%  

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP ClearBridge Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP ClearBridge Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund Service Class
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  Year
Ended
12/31/162
 

5/1/153

to

12/31/15

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $    9.325             $  9.291             $10.000       

Income (loss) from investment operations:

     

Net investment income (loss)4

    (0.006     0.075       0.120  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

          0.787            0.238          (0.774

Total from investment operations

          0.781            0.313          (0.654

Less dividends and distributions from:

     

Net investment income

          (0.072     (0.055

Net realized gain

               —          (0.207              —  

Total dividends and distributions

               —          (0.279        (0.055

Net asset value, end of period

    $  10.106       $  9.325       $  9.291  

Total return5

    8.38%       3.42%       (6.54%

Ratios and supplemental data:

     

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $111,472       $90,932       $56,589  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

    0.45%       0.45%       0.45%  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

    1.15%       1.16%       1.33%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    (0.12%     0.81%       1.89%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

    (0.82%     0.10%       1.01%  

Portfolio turnover

    4%       9%       3%  

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP ClearBridge Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP ClearBridge Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in open-end investment companies that are advised by Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) or other unaffiliated managers, primarily ClearBridge Funds (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Underlying Funds invest in U.S. and foreign stocks, bonds and money market instruments. In addition to investment company investments, the Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments, and employs an actively managed risk-management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2015-December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

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LVIP ClearBridge Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

LIAC is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.69% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.66% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses (excluding Underlying Fund fees and expenses) exceed 0.10% of the average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.45% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s volatility management overlay. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

     $2,835  

Legal

     685  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $4,903 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares; the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivables due from and liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

     $10,517  

Management fees payable to LIAC

     2,742  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     31,652  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     4,903  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     2,650  

 

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LVIP ClearBridge Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

     $16,410,865  

Sales

     4,110,806  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since the final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 105,695,839  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 6,637,578  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

      
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 6,637,578  
  

 

 

 

Qualified late year ordinary and capital losses (including currency and specified gain/loss items) represent losses realized from November 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016, that, in accordance with federal income tax regulations, the Fund has elected to defer and treat as having arisen on the first day of the following fiscal year. At December 31, 2016, the Fund deferred $667 of qualified late year ordinary losses.

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

Level 1–

 

inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–

 

other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–

 

inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

Assets:

  

Investment Companies

   $ 112,333,417  
  

 

 

 

Derivatives:

  

Assets:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ 5,889  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ (37,573
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

 

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LVIP ClearBridge Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year
Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     18,245       64,099  

Service Class

     2,120,256       4,250,256  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           3,126  

Service Class

           275,405  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     2,138,501       4,592,886  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (4,528     (9,508

Service Class

     (841,215     (864,898
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (845,743     (874,406
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     1,292,758       3,718,480  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enables shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. The risk is generally mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty. No foreign currency exchange contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

 

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LVIP ClearBridge Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    Asset Derivatives       

Liability Derivatives

 
   

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Location

 

Fair Value

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Location

  Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

 

Unrealized appreciation

on futures contracts

  $5,889  

Unrealized depreciation

on futures contracts

    $(3,716)  

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

 

Unrealized appreciation

on futures contracts

   

Unrealized depreciation

on futures contracts

    (33,857)  
   

 

   

 

 

 

Total

    $5,889       $(37,573)  
   

 

   

 

 

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

   

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

  Realized Gain (Loss)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts       $478,350       $(30,758)  

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts       23,285       6,722 
     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

        $501,635       $(24,036)  
     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
     Short Derivative
Volume
 

Futures contracts (average notional value)

     $6,638,189        $—  

6. Market Risk

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LOGO

   LOGO

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

 

      a series of Lincoln Variable

      Insurance Products Trust

 

  Semiannual Report

 

  June 30, 2017

  


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Credit Quality Breakdown

     2  

Schedule of Investments

     4  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     27  

Statement of Operations

     28  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     28  

Financial Highlights

     29  

Notes to Financial Statements

     31  

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses cannot be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

      Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
     Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
     Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,027.50        0.36     $1.81  

Service Class Shares

     1,000.00        1,025.70        0.71     3.57  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.01        0.36     $1.81  

Service Class Shares

     1,000.00        1,021.27        0.71     3.56  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Credit Quality Ratings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

 

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

  

 

 

 

8.21% 

 

 

 

Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

  

 

 

 

1.21% 

 

 

 

Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

  

 

 

 

24.48% 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

  

 

 

 

41.21% 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense

     0.59%   

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.09%   

Airlines

     0.37%   

Automobiles

     0.48%   

Banks

     6.95%   

Beverages

     1.38%   

Biotechnology

     0.58%   

Building Products

     0.22%   

Capital Markets

     4.53%   

Chemicals

     1.48%   

Commercial Services & Supplies

     0.55%   

Communications Equipment

     0.17%   

Construction Materials

     0.45%   

Consumer Finance

     0.23%   

Containers & Packaging

     0.08%   

Diversified Financial Services

     0.31%   

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     1.17%   

Electric Utilities

     4.74%   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     0.04%   

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     2.18%   

Food & Staples Retailing

     0.07%   

Food Products

     0.15%   

Gas Utilities

     0.38%   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     0.52%   

Health Care Providers & Services

     0.07%   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     0.20%   

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     0.28%   

Industrial Conglomerates

     0.43%   

Insurance

     1.57%   

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     0.12%   

Internet Software & Services

     0.05%   

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     0.46%   

Machinery

     0.31%   

Media

     1.17%   

Metals & Mining

     0.81%   

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts

     0.03%   

Multiline Retail

     0.23%   

Multi-Utilities

     1.14%   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     3.06%   

Paper & Forest Products

     0.34%   

Pharmaceuticals

     0.47%   

Real Estate Management & Development

     0.13%   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     0.11%   
Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Software

     0.66%   

Specialty Retail

     0.24%   

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.36%   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     0.08%   

Tobacco

     0.14%   

Trading Companies & Distributors

     0.94%   

Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

    

 

0.10% 

 

 

 

 

Loan Agreements

  

 

 

 

0.59% 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

  

 

 

 

2.34% 

 

 

 

Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities

  

 

 

 

7.40% 

 

 

 

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

  

 

 

 

1.07% 

 

 

 

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

  

 

 

 

6.06% 

 

 

 

Sovereign Bonds

  

 

 

 

0.23% 

 

 

 

Supranational Bank

  

 

 

 

0.17% 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations

  

 

 

 

3.85% 

 

 

 

Preferred Stock

  

 

 

 

0.54% 

 

 

 

Money Market Fund

  

 

 

 

1.04% 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

  

 

 

 

5.21% 

 

 

 

Total Value of Securities

  

 

 

 

103.61% 

 

 

 

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

  

 

 

 

(3.61%)

 

 

 

Total Net Assets

  

 

 

 

100.00% 

 

 

 

Credit Quality Ratings

(as a % of fixed income investments)*

        

 

U.S. Government

     37.00

 

AAA

  

 

 

 

13.33

 

 

AA

  

 

 

 

5.55

 

 

A

  

 

 

 

14.40

 

 

BBB

  

 

 

 

20.47

 

 

BB

  

 

 

 

2.62

 

 

B

  

 

 

 

0.22

 

 

CCC

  

 

 

 

0.05

 

 

Non-Rated

  

 

 

 

1.25

 

 

Short-Term Investment

  

 

 

 

5.11

 

 

Total

  

 

 

 

100.00

 

*For financial reporting purposes, credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either Standard & Poor’s Rating Services (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or Fitch Inc. (“Fitch”). U.S. Treasury Obligation, U.S. Agency Obligation, Agency Mortgage-Backed, Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed and Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligation securities appear under “U.S.

 

 

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LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Credit Quality Ratings (unaudited) (continued)

 

Government”. Discount notes, commercial papers and certificate of deposits appear under “Short-Term Investments”. “Non-Rated” is used to classify securities for which a rating is not available and does not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

IT–Information Technology

 

 

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LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS–8.21%  

Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities

     

•Series 2015-C04 2M1
2.916% 4/25/28

     1,993,136      $       1,998,200  

•Series 2016-C04 1M1
2.666% 1/25/29

     4,488,405        4,544,405  

•Series 2016-C05 2M1
2.566% 1/25/29

     2,548,043        2,568,855  

•Series 2017-C01 1M1
2.516% 7/25/29

     3,721,554        3,761,088  

•Series 2017-C04 2M2
4.066% 11/25/29

     2,850,000        2,890,058  

Fannie Mae Interest Strip

     

•*Series 413 167 4.50% 7/25/42

     84,983        21,283  

*Series 419 C3 3.00% 11/25/43

     2,958,168        486,533  

Fannie Mae REMIC Trust

     

Series 2004-W11 1A2
6.50% 5/25/44

     120,773        139,314  

Fannie Mae REMICs

     

Series 1996-46 ZA
7.50% 11/25/26

     2,031        2,347  

Series 2002-83 GH
5.00% 12/25/17

     104,815        105,162  

Series 2003-38 MP
5.50% 5/25/23

     1,100,461        1,188,622  

Series 2005-70 PA
5.50% 8/25/35

     402,644        450,107  

Series 2005-110 MB
5.50% 9/25/35

     209,743        219,878  

Series 2007-40 PT
5.50% 5/25/37

     120,537        133,372  

•*Series 2008-15 SB
5.384% 8/25/36

     864,841        166,472  

Series 2009-11 LC
4.50% 3/25/49

     38,773        41,021  

Series 2009-11 MP
7.00% 3/25/49

     44,612        51,989  

Series 2010-41 PN
4.50% 4/25/40

     235,000        252,186  

Series 2010-43 HJ
5.50% 5/25/40

     18,163        20,948  

Series 2010-96 DC
4.00% 9/25/25

     213,985        228,097  

•*Series 2010-129 SM
4.784% 11/25/40

     4,605,903        745,597  

Series 2011-134 PA
4.00% 9/25/40

     207,873        213,410  

•*Series 2012-51 SA
5.284% 5/25/42

     3,964,609        975,392  

Series 2012-83 LB
2.50% 8/25/42

     1,224,543        1,125,815  

*Series 2012-99 AI
3.50% 5/25/39

     3,881,262        455,771  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (continued)  

Fannie Mae REMICs (continued)

     

*Series 2012-102 IB
3.50% 9/25/27

     2,707,543      $ 300,500  

*Series 2012-115 MI
3.50% 3/25/42

     1,887,795        237,286  

*Series 2012-118 AI
3.50% 11/25/37

     8,560,681        1,067,091  

*Series 2012-120 WI
3.00% 11/25/27

     9,003,709        865,570  

•*Series 2012-122 SD
4.884% 11/25/42

     9,756,806        1,936,710  

*Series 2012-125 MI
3.50% 11/25/42

     98,629        19,568  

*Series 2012-137 WI
3.50% 12/25/32

     3,274,307        519,684  

•*Series 2012-139 NS
5.484% 12/25/42

     15,660,334        3,818,287  

Series 2012-145 MZ
3.50% 1/25/43

     1,383,309              1,398,767  

Series 2012-150 KC
2.50% 1/25/43

     44,046        43,777  

Series 2013-2 LZ
3.00% 2/25/43

     589,863        566,178  

Series 2013-6 ZJ
3.00% 2/25/43

     577,143        534,663  

*Series 2013-7 EI
3.00% 10/25/40

     5,599,593        709,593  

*Series 2013-20 IH
3.00% 3/25/33

     274,234        37,997  

*Series 2013-23 IL
3.00% 3/25/33

     772,167        105,444  

*Series 2013-26 ID
3.00% 4/25/33

     5,275,750        732,643  

Series 2013-28 YB
3.00% 4/25/43

     142,000        138,127  

*Series 2013-31 MI
3.00% 4/25/33

     1,603,431        224,937  

Series 2013-31 NT
3.00% 4/25/43

     77,688        80,558  

Series 2013-34 GP
3.00% 5/25/42

     21,995,062        22,648,838  

*Series 2013-38 AI
3.00% 4/25/33

     4,703,098        646,945  

*Series 2013-41 HI
3.00% 2/25/33

     10,443,939        1,156,655  

*Series 2013-43 IX
4.00% 5/25/43

     19,436,999        4,447,710  

*Series 2013-44 DI
3.00% 5/25/33

     15,692,049        2,238,645  
 

 

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LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (continued)  

Fannie Mae REMICs (continued)

     

Series 2013-44 Z
3.00% 5/25/43

     1,373,171      $       1,313,662  

*Series 2013-45 PI
3.00% 5/25/33

     1,049,882        145,040  

*Series 2013-55 AI
3.00% 6/25/33

     11,921,643        1,676,995  

Series 2013-59 PY
2.50% 6/25/43

     820,000        760,567  

Series 2013-62 PY
2.50% 6/25/43

     716,000        656,697  

*Series 2013-69 IJ
3.00% 7/25/33

     2,523,555        350,010  

Series 2013-94 GQ
3.00% 9/25/43

     1,619,672        1,641,136  

•*Series 2013-103 SK
4.704% 10/25/43

     12,642,715        2,810,635  

*Series 2014-21 ID
3.50% 6/25/33

     58,557        7,731  

*Series 2014-36 MI
3.50% 10/25/33

     929,506        128,634  

*Series 2014-64 IT
3.50% 6/25/41

     2,264,414        232,733  

Series 2014-67 GZ
2.00% 12/25/42

     610,000        551,468  

•*Series 2014-68 BS
4.934% 11/25/44

     6,463,985        1,365,156  

Series 2014-72 KZ
3.00% 11/25/44

     57,408        52,635  

*Series 2014-77 AI
3.00% 10/25/40

     113,196        12,855  

*Series 2014-85 IB
3.00% 12/25/44

     145,939        27,663  

•*Series 2014-90 SA
4.934% 1/25/45

     44,478,892        8,701,463  

*Series 2015-10 KI
3.00% 7/25/40

     1,854,917        202,190  

*Series 2015-27 IA
4.00% 6/25/43

     1,743,975        287,052  

•*Series 2015-27 SA
5.234% 5/25/45

     2,720,002        531,094  

Series 2015-40 GZ
3.50% 5/25/45

     3,027,608        2,991,051  

*Series 2015-44 AI
3.50% 1/25/34

     6,100,219        929,115  

Series 2015-44 Z
3.00% 9/25/43

     7,142,440        6,990,808  

*Series 2015-45 AI
3.00% 1/25/33

     2,155,815        231,422  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (continued)  

Fannie Mae REMICs (continued)

     

*Series 2015-56 MI
3.50% 10/25/41

     3,545,808      $ 558,486  

*Series 2015-71 PI
4.00% 3/25/43

     87,155        13,937  

*Series 2015-85 BI
4.50% 9/25/43

     101,860        18,866  

Series 2015-89 AZ
3.50% 12/25/45

     1,004,051              1,030,643  

Series 2015-90 AZ
3.00% 6/25/41

     92,275        86,331  

•*Series 2015-95 SH
4.784% 1/25/46

     9,421,455        2,102,790  

*Series 2016-2 HI
3.00% 12/25/41

     87,568        11,596  

*Series 2016-6 AI
3.50% 4/25/34

     8,117,122        1,034,401  

*Series 2016-17 BI
4.00% 2/25/43

     89,241        14,674  

*Series 2016-23 AI
3.50% 2/25/41

     3,367,303        492,206  

*Series 2016-30 CI
3.00% 5/25/36

     6,493,201        885,286  

*Series 2016-33 DI
3.50% 6/25/36

     16,146,973        2,448,222  

•*Series 2016-36 SB
4.784% 3/25/43

     5,081,057        873,903  

*Series 2016-40 IO
3.50% 7/25/36

     2,139,195        331,631  

Series 2016-40 ZC
3.00% 7/25/46

     2,279,270        2,133,039  

*Series 2016-50 IB
3.00% 2/25/46

     910,280        133,006  

*Series 2016-54 PI
3.00% 2/25/44

     94,045        11,499  

•*Series 2016-55 SK
4.784% 8/25/46

     7,797,282        1,790,624  

•*Series 2016-62 SA
4.784% 9/25/46

     15,080,324        3,713,717  

*Series 2016-64 CI
3.50% 7/25/43

     7,901,601        1,145,441  

*Series 2016-66 DI
3.00% 9/25/40

     1,010,818        117,585  

Series 2016-72 AZ
3.00% 10/25/46

     969,545        902,574  

Series 2016-72 PZ
3.00% 10/25/46

     477,613        425,957  

•*Series 2016-74 GS
4.784% 10/25/46

     16,016,617        4,008,448  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund–5


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (continued)  

Fannie Mae REMICs (continued)

     

•*Series 2016-79 JS
4.834% 11/25/46

     7,911,390      $ 1,727,211  

Series 2016-79 NC
2.50% 9/25/45

     617,253        564,786  

*Series 2016-83 PI
3.50% 7/25/45

     1,898,564        312,886  

•*Series 2016-85 SA
4.784% 11/25/46

     15,971,590        3,789,435  

*Series 2016-90 CI
3.00% 2/25/45

     1,102,845        161,380  

*Series 2016-95 IO
3.00% 12/25/46

     97,576        18,772  

*Series 2016-99 DI
3.50% 1/25/46

     4,511,901        749,687  

*Series 2016-104 CI
3.50% 4/25/43

     6,347,919        871,640  

•*Series 2016-105 SA
4.784% 1/25/47

     10,687,938        2,371,947  

*Series 2017-4 AI
3.50% 5/25/41

     8,362,260        1,012,882  

*Series 2017-4 BI
3.50% 5/25/41

     4,733,620        712,926  

*Series 2017-6 NI
3.50% 3/25/46

     932,897        166,300  

Series 2017-8 BZ
3.00% 2/25/47

     7,334,869        6,793,038  

•*Series 2017-8 SG
4.784% 2/25/47

     13,376,502        3,023,962  

Series 2017-10 LZ
3.00% 3/25/47

     1,247,396        1,117,804  

*Series 2017-11 EI
3.00% 3/25/42

     12,839,552        1,767,982  

*Series 2017-12 JI
3.50% 5/25/40

     4,464,104        595,658  

*Series 2017-14 AI
3.00% 9/25/42

     1,268,448        194,677  

Series 2017-15 NZ
3.50% 3/25/47

     2,580,456        2,552,450  

•*Series 2017-16 SM
4.834% 3/25/47

     15,725,995        3,383,467  

Series 2017-16 UW
3.00% 7/25/45

     819,494        814,850  

*Series 2017-16 WI
3.00% 1/25/45

     2,721,718        352,422  

Series 2017-16 YT
3.00% 7/25/46

     2,135,000        2,159,564  

Series 2017-16 YW
3.00% 3/25/47

     506,000        483,854  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (continued)  

Fannie Mae REMICs (continued)

     

Series 2017-19 MD
3.00% 1/25/47

     57,000      $ 57,474  

Series 2017-21 ZD
3.50% 4/25/47

     12,105,828        11,967,718  

*Series 2017-24 AI
3.00% 8/25/46

     5,031,962        741,358  

Series 2017-25 BL
3.00% 4/25/47

     1,051,000        972,118  

•*Series 2017-25 GS
5.484% 4/25/47

     16,309,114        2,655,461  

Series 2017-27 EM
3.00% 4/25/47

     517,112        487,636  

Series 2017-28 Z
3.50% 4/25/47

     570,967        579,866  

Series 2017-39 CY
3.50% 5/25/47

     5,538,000        5,592,166  

Series 2017-40 GZ
3.50% 5/25/47

     2,210,441        2,271,038  

Series 2017-45 JZ
3.00% 6/25/47

     768,859        675,937  

Series 2017-45 ZK
3.50% 6/25/47

     768,613        760,996  

*Series 2017-46 JI
3.50% 1/25/43

     8,730,813        1,068,935  

Series 2017-46 VG
3.50% 4/25/38

     1,341,000        1,387,460  

Freddie Mac REMICs

     

Series 2326 ZQ
6.50% 6/15/31

     162,624        183,817  

Series 2717 MH
4.50% 12/15/18

     100,100        102,386  

•Series 3232 KF
1.609% 10/15/36

     125,939        126,543  

Series 3290 PE 5.50% 3/15/37

     30,625        34,878  

Series 3656 PM 5.00% 4/15/40

     5,373,845        5,911,592  

Series 3662 ZB 5.50% 8/15/36

     153,905        171,765  

•Series 3800 AF
1.659% 2/15/41

     290,416        292,121  

*Series 3939 EI 3.00% 3/15/26

     11,089,538        709,159  

*Series 4030 IL 3.50% 4/15/27

     114,434        10,930  

*Series 4050 EI 4.00% 2/15/39

     9,109,323        954,346  

Series 4097 VY 1.50% 8/15/42

     100,000        83,892  

*Series 4100 EI 3.00% 8/15/27

     10,340,708        1,001,303  

*Series 4101 WI 3.50% 8/15/32

     4,703,261        704,888  

Series 4102 KG 2.50% 9/15/42

     31,000        28,258  

*Series 4109 AI 3.00% 7/15/31

     18,318,988        2,036,293  

*Series 4120 IK 3.00% 10/15/32

     10,005,146        1,371,532  

*Series 4122 LI 3.00% 10/15/27

     156,572        16,182  

*Series 4135 AI 3.50% 11/15/42

     7,836,086        1,604,332  

Series 4136 EZ
3.00% 11/15/42

     301,663        301,481  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund–6


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (continued)  

Freddie Mac REMICs (continued)

     

Series 4142 HA
2.50% 12/15/32

     121,210      $ 122,215  

*Series 4146 IA 3.50% 12/15/32

     5,324,854        816,184  

Series 4150 PQ 2.50% 1/15/43

     29,530        26,872  

*Series 4150 UI 3.50% 8/15/32

     8,409,230        922,977  

Series 4158 ZT 3.00% 1/15/43

     473,558        450,780  

•*Series 4159 KS
4.991% 1/15/43

     4,805,498        1,046,956  

*Series 4161 IM 3.50% 2/15/43

     2,803,313        593,791  

Series 4163 CW 3.50% 4/15/40

     822,482        841,498  

Series 4171 MN 3.00% 2/15/43

     74,000        72,603  

Series 4171 Z 3.00% 2/15/43

     1,794,302        1,656,089  

Series 4180 ZB 3.00% 3/15/43

     703,242        695,061  

*Series 4181 DI 2.50% 3/15/33

     4,895,439        588,152  

•*Series 4184 GS
4.961% 3/15/43

     7,936,144        1,716,531  

*Series 4185 LI 3.00% 3/15/33

     3,938,883        546,683  

*Series 4191 CI 3.00% 4/15/33

     1,635,705        227,925  

Series 4210 Z 3.00% 5/15/43

     116,205        106,395  

*Series 4217 HI 2.50% 6/15/28

     315,777        28,578  

Series 4226 GZ 3.00% 7/15/43

     290,125        272,491  

*Series 4251 KI 2.50% 4/15/28

     47,495        2,888  

*Series 4278 HI 4.00% 12/15/28

     535,698        54,765  

*Series 4342 CI 3.00% 11/15/33

     62,200        7,487  

Series 4356 GZ 2.00% 1/15/43

     1,014,003        871,916  

*Series 4366 DI 3.50% 5/15/33

     108,950        15,443  

Series 4391 GZ
2.50% 12/15/40

     74,976        72,250  

Series 4408 BC
3.00% 11/15/44

     156,000        151,527  

Series 4419 DC
3.00% 12/15/44

     88,000        86,585  

*Series 4433 DI 3.00% 8/15/32

     229,750        23,751  

Series 4435 DY 3.00% 2/15/35

     5,504,000        5,541,191  

*Series 4449 PI 4.00% 11/15/43

     93,434        16,989  

*Series 4453 DI 3.50% 11/15/33

     3,671,987        470,616  

Series 4457 KZ 3.00% 4/15/45

     6,594,508        6,303,156  

*Series 4476 GI 3.00% 6/15/41

     96,562        10,976  

*Series 4479 TI 4.00% 7/15/34

     1,570,709        259,734  

•*Series 4494 SA
5.021% 7/15/45

     2,199,890        472,638  

*Series 4504 IO 3.50% 5/15/42

     3,892,679        415,198  

*Series 4518 CI 3.50% 6/15/42

     704,793        86,153  

*Series 4520 AI 3.50% 10/15/35

     2,181,775        378,108  

*Series 4527 CI 3.50% 2/15/44

     10,214,028        1,748,338  

Series 4531 PZ
3.50% 11/15/45

     739,827        785,100  

*Series 4543 HI 3.00% 4/15/44

     4,222,554        670,236  

Series 4554 MP 3.00% 2/15/46

     2,252,500        2,272,450  

*Series 4567 LI 4.00% 8/15/45

     450,521        84,249  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (continued)  

Freddie Mac REMICs (continued)

     

*Series 4574 AI 3.00% 4/15/31

     85,172      $ 10,710  

*Series 4581 LI 3.00% 5/15/36

     3,937,144        536,650  

Series 4592 WT 5.50% 6/15/46

     15,174,082        16,956,112  

•*Series 4594 SG
4.841% 6/15/46

     392,550        97,661  

Series 4614 HB 2.50% 9/15/46

     3,937,000        3,593,975  

•*Series 4618 SA
4.841% 9/15/46

     5,404,409        1,296,981  

*Series 4623 IY 4.00% 10/15/46

     97,011        21,522  

Series 4623 LZ
2.50% 10/15/46

     3,371,671        2,954,288  

Series 4623 MW
2.50% 10/15/46

     3,922,000        3,617,644  

*Series 4623 WI 4.00% 8/15/44

     96,457        17,554  

*Series 4625 BI 3.50% 6/15/46

     15,108,761        3,038,209  

Series 4625 PZ 3.00% 6/15/46

     1,813,690        1,721,750  

Series 4629 KB
3.00% 11/15/46

     1,273,000        1,221,252  

•*Series 4631 GS
4.841% 11/15/46

     21,810,694        4,623,741  

Series 4631 LJ 3.00% 3/15/41

     1,112,077        1,104,470  

Series 4636 NZ
3.00% 12/15/46

     4,407,538        4,227,038  

Series 4636 ZN
3.00% 12/15/46

     2,764,101        2,466,384  

Series 4640 LB 3.00% 9/15/43

     13,304,069        13,116,353  

*Series 4643 QI 3.50% 9/15/45

     139,514        23,200  

*Series 4644 GI 3.50% 5/15/40

     5,930,800        936,852  

Series 4648 MZ 3.00% 6/15/46

     780,318        744,437  

Series 4648 ND 3.00% 9/15/46

     633,732        614,007  

•*Series 4648 SA
4.841% 1/15/47

     11,721,810        2,596,791  

Series 4650 JE 3.00% 7/15/46

     740,000        715,987  

Series 4653 VB 3.00% 4/15/40

     959,208        960,707  

*Series 4655 TI 3.00% 8/15/36

     2,157,615        195,650  

*Series 4655 WI 3.50% 8/15/43

     4,578,158        741,933  

*Series 4656 HI 3.50% 5/15/42

     195,339        25,796  

Series 4657 JZ 3.50% 2/15/47

     870,077        879,675  

Series 4657 NW 3.00% 4/15/45

     1,002,318        998,217  

•*Series 4657 PS
4.841% 2/15/47

     11,348,420        2,481,811  

*Series 4660 GI 3.00% 8/15/43

     3,597,607        566,947  

*Series 4663 AI 3.00% 3/15/42

     8,275,355        1,156,857  

Series 4663 HZ 3.50% 3/15/47

     1,027,942        1,000,491  

*Series 4664 DI 3.50% 11/15/43

     2,722,333        408,645  

Series 4664 ZC 3.00% 9/15/45

     753,624        734,023  

*Series 4665 NI 3.50% 7/15/41

     24,764,556        3,259,072  

*Series 4667 LI 3.50% 10/15/43

     7,624,562        1,271,382  

•*Series 4675 KS
4.841% 4/15/47

     8,907,316        2,035,394  

Series 4676 KZ 2.50% 7/15/45

     2,228,255        1,951,804  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund–7


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE

OBLIGATIONS (continued)

 

 

Freddie Mac Strips

     

•*Series 267 S5 4.841% 8/15/42

     10,028,729      $ 2,081,335  

•*Series 284 S6 4.941% 10/15/42

     79,116        16,550  

*Series 290 IO 3.50% 11/15/32

     3,070,727        489,715  

•*Series 299 S1 4.841% 1/15/43

     7,520,755        1,516,063  

•*Series 303 151 4.322% 12/15/42

     66,067        15,874  

•*Series 303 185 3.495% 1/15/43

     76,409        15,392  

•*Series 319 S2 4.841% 11/15/43

     11,508,375        2,521,785  

•*Series 326 S2 4.791% 3/15/44

     7,894,059        1,582,001  

•*Series 337 S1 4.891% 9/15/44

     6,841,282        1,557,187  

Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes

 

  

•Series 2015-DNA3 M2
4.066% 4/25/28

     3,784,707        3,920,011  

•Series 2015-HQA1 M2
3.866% 3/25/28

     2,725,641        2,794,497  

•Series 2015-HQA2 M2
4.016% 5/25/28

     3,308,301        3,425,254  

•Series 2016-DNA1 M2
4.116% 7/25/28

     2,223,000        2,314,293  

•Series 2016-DNA3 M2
3.216% 12/25/28

     1,935,000        1,983,331  

•Series 2016-DNA4 M2
2.516% 3/25/29

     1,700,000        1,719,182  

•Series 2016-HQA2 M2
3.466% 11/25/28

     2,237,000        2,298,771  

•Series 2017-DNA1 M2
4.466% 7/25/29

     3,500,000        3,651,048  

◆Freddie Mac Structured
Pass Through Certificates
Series T-58 2A 6.50% 9/25/43

     429,654        497,745  

GNMA

     

Series 2010-113 KE
4.50% 9/20/40

     6,843,000        7,511,473  

Series 2012-136 MX
2.00% 11/20/42

     1,540,000        1,415,845  

Series 2012-145 PY
2.00% 12/20/42

     55,000        49,844  

Series 2013-79 KE
3.00% 5/20/43

     4,000,000        4,005,248  

Series 2013-113 AZ
3.00% 8/20/43

     9,463,888        9,204,940  

Series 2013-113 LY
3.00% 5/20/43

     1,113,000        1,114,805  

Series 2014-12 ZA
3.00% 1/20/44

     118,534        114,309  

Series 2014-62 Z
3.00% 4/20/44

     101,157        99,277  

Series 2015-64 GZ
2.00% 5/20/45

     4,063,475        3,420,537  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE

OBLIGATIONS (continued)

 

 

GNMA (continued)

     

*Series 2015-74 CI
3.00% 10/16/39

     8,482,802      $ 1,152,006  

Series 2015-76 MZ
3.00% 5/20/45

     5,871,294        5,928,628  

*Series 2015-82 GI
3.50% 12/20/38

     73,240        7,480  

Series 2015-106 QZ
2.50% 7/20/45

     3,775,462        3,716,968  

Series 2015-133 AL
3.00% 5/20/45

     7,251,000        7,121,860  

Series 2015-134 PZ
3.00% 9/20/45

     2,291,034        2,251,013  

*Series 2015-142 AI
4.00% 2/20/44

     2,884,026        369,452  

Series 2015-155 PZ
3.00% 10/20/45

     3,432,186        3,379,961  

Series 2015-157 HZ
3.00% 10/20/45

     156,047        146,045  

Series 2015-185 PZ
3.00% 12/20/45

     2,386,902        2,272,470  

Series 2016-5 GL
3.00% 7/20/45

     343,000        342,987  

Series 2016-54 MZ
3.00% 4/20/46

     621,345        568,669  

Series 2016-80 JZ
3.00% 6/20/46

     75,220        70,027  

•*Series 2016-89 QS
4.838% 7/20/46

     7,771,681        1,907,973  

•*Series 2016-108 SK
4.838% 8/20/46

     11,886,474        2,788,610  

Series 2016-111 PB
2.50% 8/20/46

     3,769,122        3,463,936  

*Series 2016-116 GI
3.50% 11/20/44

     15,832,099        2,516,637  

*Series 2016-118 DI
3.50% 3/20/43

     36,292,491        5,485,654  

•*Series 2016-118 ES
4.888% 9/20/46

     7,507,656        1,764,456  

•*Series 2016-120 AS
4.888% 9/20/46

     12,779,566        3,100,107  

•*Series 2016-120 NS
4.888% 9/20/46

     17,200,412        4,260,291  

•*Series 2016-121 JS
4.888% 9/20/46

     12,304,245        3,005,416  

•*Series 2016-126 NS
4.888% 9/20/46

     8,529,318        1,994,179  

Series 2016-134 MW
3.00% 10/20/46

     629,000        639,499  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund–8


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE

OBLIGATIONS (continued)

 

 

GNMA (continued)

     

•*Series 2016-146 KS
4.888% 10/20/46

     23,803,257      $ 5,719,056  

•*Series 2016-147 ST
4.838% 10/20/46

     7,979,563        1,870,117  

*Series 2016-149 GI
4.00% 11/20/46

     18,964,090        4,083,979  

*Series 2016-156 AI
3.00% 12/20/42

     6,092,990        722,892  

Series 2016-156 PB
2.00% 11/20/46

     2,342,000        1,938,089  

*Series 2016-160 GI
3.50% 11/20/46

     10,178,918        2,406,988  

•*Series 2016-160 GS
4.888% 11/20/46

     27,406,880        6,730,116  

Series 2016-160 VZ
2.50% 11/20/46

     1,214,858        1,039,784  

Series 2016-161 ML
3.00% 11/20/46

     1,263,539        1,188,379  

*Series 2016-163 MI
3.50% 11/20/46

     8,299,693        996,606  

*Series 2016-163 PI
3.50% 5/20/43

     21,005,763        3,198,526  

Series 2016-163 WZ
3.00% 11/20/46

     4,159,061        3,843,113  

*Series 2016-163 XI
3.00% 10/20/46

     11,915,482        1,608,453  

Series 2016-167 QM
3.00% 4/20/46

     232,000        230,405  

Series 2016-170 MZ
3.00% 12/20/46

     1,309,471        1,216,596  

*Series 2016-171 IP
3.00% 3/20/46

     10,498,491        1,560,980  

Series 2017-2 Z
2.65% 1/20/46

     2,435,002        2,386,909  

Series 2017-4 BW
3.00% 1/20/47

     732,000        700,122  

*Series 2017-4 WI
4.00% 2/20/44

     5,205,881        1,024,874  

*Series 2017-10 IB
4.00% 1/20/47

     10,161,198        2,389,131  

Series 2017-10 KZ
3.00% 1/20/47

     794,862        740,604  

Series 2017-14 EZ
3.00% 1/20/47

     153,910        142,248  

Series 2017-17 BV
3.00% 4/20/40

     251,000        250,682  

Series 2017-17 BZ
3.00% 2/20/47

     946,873        978,238  

Series 2017-18 GM
2.50% 2/20/47

     603,000        562,618  

*Series 2017-18 IQ
4.00% 12/16/43

     4,820,211        944,258  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE

OBLIGATIONS (continued)

 

 

GNMA (continued)

     

*Series 2017-18 QI
4.00% 3/16/41

     8,155,770      $ 1,426,837  

•*Series 2017-18 QS
4.928% 2/16/47

     9,659,896        2,200,273  

Series 2017-18 WY
3.00% 2/20/47

     165,950        157,359  

Series 2017-25 CZ
3.50% 2/20/47

     3,127,220        3,160,863  

Series 2017-25 WZ
3.00% 2/20/47

     357,553        330,036  

•*Series 2017-26 SA
4.888% 2/20/47

     10,240,185        2,083,460  

Series 2017-33 PZ
3.00% 2/20/47

     3,877,038        3,745,431  

Series 2017-34 DY
3.50% 3/20/47

     2,191,000        2,200,499  

Series 2017-45 JZ
3.50% 3/20/47

     2,118,748        2,122,437  

Series 2017-56 JZ
3.00% 4/20/47

     2,857,808        2,677,599  
     

 

 

 

 

Total Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost $500,815,263)

 

     507,332,900  
     

 

 

 
AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED
SECURITIES–1.21%
 

Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates

     

◆Series K719 A1
2.53% 12/25/21

     2,559,637        2,600,395  

•◆Series KS03 A4
3.161% 5/25/25

     6,150,000        6,356,526  

FREMF Mortgage Trust

     

#•Series 2010-K7 B 144A
5.685% 4/25/20

     7,620,000        8,226,704  

#•Series 2011-K12 B 144A
4.492% 1/25/46

     4,586,000        4,859,333  

#•Series 2011-K14 B 144A
5.341% 2/25/47

     2,534,000        2,767,469  

#•Series 2011-K15 B 144A
5.116% 8/25/44

     3,918,000        4,262,392  

#•Series 2011-K704 B 144A
4.69% 10/25/30

     4,245,000        4,344,653  

#•Series 2012-K22 B 144A
3.811% 8/25/45

     7,781,000        8,070,919  

#•Series 2012-K708 B 144A
3.883% 2/25/45

     5,456,000        5,579,926  

#•Series 2013-K26 144A
3.722% 12/25/45

     4,281,000        4,415,623  

#•Series 2013-K32 B 144A
3.651% 10/25/46

     4,300,000        4,444,538  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund–9


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED

SECURITIES (continued)

 

 

FREMF Mortgage Trust (continued)

     

#•Series 2013-K33 B 144A
3.617% 8/25/46

     3,516,000      $ 3,589,643  

#•Series 2013-K712 B 144A
3.48% 5/25/45

     7,057,068        7,221,385  

#•Series 2013-K713 B 144A
3.274% 4/25/46

     1,860,000        1,894,696  

#•Series 2013-K713 C 144A
3.274% 4/25/46

     6,215,000        6,254,230  
     

 

 

 

 

Total Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $74,219,222)

            74,888,432  
     

 

 

 

 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES–24.48%

 

Fannie Mae ARM

     

•2.532% 12/1/46

     268,813        270,207  

•2.909% 7/1/45

     46,381        47,257  

•2.943% 12/1/45

     2,111,365        2,161,688  

•2.963% 4/1/46

     4,107        4,194  

•3.203% 4/1/44

     95,201        97,967  

•3.217% 3/1/44

     140,276        144,710  

•3.272% 9/1/43

     91,292        94,098  

Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr

     

3.00% 1/1/47

     36,544,121        36,359,112  

3.00% 8/1/56

     12,578,746        12,445,522  

4.50% 3/1/39

     113,474        123,152  

4.50% 4/1/39

     967,795        1,047,052  

4.50% 6/1/39

     15,652,792        16,940,287  

4.50% 7/1/39

     1,296,987        1,407,564  

4.50% 9/1/39

     930,892        1,010,103  

4.50% 11/1/39

     2,867,845        3,125,519  

4.50% 1/1/40

     7,905,792        8,581,626  

4.50% 6/1/40

     3,426,270        3,720,012  

4.50% 7/1/40

     4,269,338        4,620,270  

4.50% 8/1/40

     1,235,710        1,336,304  

4.50% 9/1/40

     6,585,390        7,153,142  

4.50% 5/1/41

     843,907        916,086  

4.50% 7/1/41

     7,609,349        8,266,444  

4.50% 8/1/41

     7,950,412        8,668,308  

4.50% 9/1/41

     266,196        288,186  

4.50% 1/1/42

     6,171,596        6,699,444  

4.50% 8/1/42

     9,654,309        10,475,558  

4.50% 10/1/42

     89,006        96,326  

4.50% 10/1/43

     20,594,495        22,356,805  

4.50% 12/1/43

     122,363        133,128  

4.50% 2/1/44

     46,735,892        50,542,741  

4.50% 6/1/44

     517,218        560,574  

4.50% 10/1/44

     549,681        596,151  

4.50% 2/1/45

     23,408        25,146  

4.50% 1/1/46

     33,085        35,867  

4.50% 2/1/46

     129,878,941        140,429,864  

4.50% 3/1/46

     31,088,582        33,697,063  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr (continued)

     

4.50% 7/1/46

     9,187,824      $ 9,899,284  

5.00% 9/1/33

     59,616        65,409  

5.00% 11/1/33

     125,656        137,848  

5.00% 3/1/34

     264,108        289,526  

5.00% 2/1/35

     3,050,641            3,348,416  

5.00% 4/1/35

     24,613        27,018  

5.00% 5/1/35

     396,819        435,638  

5.00% 6/1/35

     38,379        42,016  

5.00% 7/1/35

     701,716        770,178  

5.00% 8/1/35

     70,541        77,438  

5.00% 9/1/35

     38,511        42,279  

5.00% 10/1/35

     2,432,740        2,670,613  

5.00% 11/1/35

     799,650        877,594  

5.00% 12/1/35

     1,037,205        1,152,169  

5.00% 2/1/36

     2,077,094        2,280,462  

5.00% 3/1/36

     139,070        152,669  

5.00% 6/1/36

     416,896        457,607  

5.00% 7/1/36

     58,633        64,342  

5.00% 10/1/36

     66,770        73,308  

5.00% 12/1/36

     12,497        13,723  

5.00% 4/1/37

     466,581        511,883  

5.00% 10/1/37

     269,430        296,222  

5.00% 2/1/38

     2,611,489        2,867,495  

5.00% 5/1/38

     312,726        343,326  

5.00% 12/1/39

     1,265,682        1,395,678  

5.00% 1/1/40

     5,061,841        5,622,017  

5.00% 7/1/40

     2,644,819        2,893,776  

5.00% 5/1/41

     1,461,739        1,606,064  

5.00% 1/1/42

     15,425,865        17,077,239  

5.00% 10/1/43

     18,754,987        20,568,635  

5.50% 5/1/33

     96,556        108,053  

5.50% 3/1/34

     20,965        23,477  

5.50% 4/1/34

     7,447        8,342  

5.50% 5/1/34

     2,251,643        2,522,253  

5.50% 7/1/34

     1,080        1,210  

5.50% 8/1/34

     428,865        480,425  

5.50% 9/1/34

     62,328        69,759  

5.50% 11/1/34

     610,798        684,177  

5.50% 12/1/34

     191,797        214,794  

5.50% 2/1/35

     69,128        77,401  

5.50% 5/1/35

     112,001        125,457  

5.50% 6/1/35

     994,512        1,113,021  

5.50% 11/1/35

     215,655        241,737  

5.50% 12/1/35

     60,490        67,660  

5.50% 1/1/36

     14,023        15,707  

5.50% 4/1/36

     2,852,934        3,192,301  

5.50% 5/1/36

     19,458        21,842  

5.50% 7/1/36

     159,606        178,776  

5.50% 2/1/37

     248,565        277,884  

5.50% 4/1/37

     228,599        255,283  

5.50% 8/1/37

     4,398,099        4,927,742  

5.50% 9/1/37

     2,236,475        2,497,204  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund–10


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr (continued)

     

5.50% 1/1/38

     3,119,058      $ 3,509,909  

5.50% 2/1/38

     3,561        3,982  

5.50% 3/1/38

     2,347,983        2,630,318  

5.50% 4/1/38

     125,542        139,976  

5.50% 6/1/38

     2,055,831        2,294,458  

5.50% 7/1/38

     1,834        2,045  

5.50% 8/1/38

     132,450        148,265  

5.50% 11/1/38

     184,586        205,644  

5.50% 1/1/39

     60,251        67,480  

5.50% 2/1/39

     309,064        346,213  

5.50% 6/1/39

     4,425,589        4,947,470  

5.50% 7/1/39

     42,895        49,038  

5.50% 9/1/39

     832,337        934,670  

5.50% 10/1/39

     1,444,026        1,607,646  

5.50% 12/1/39

     5,728,073        6,387,203  

5.50% 3/1/40

     277,963        311,304  

5.50% 7/1/40

     4,544,784        5,090,080  

5.50% 3/1/41

     644,510        721,828  

5.50% 6/1/41

     6,038,335        6,777,217  

5.50% 9/1/41

     5,396,777        6,083,140  

5.50% 5/1/44

     209,592,379            234,686,979  

6.00% 11/1/23

     1,717        1,931  

6.00% 4/1/32

     9,642        10,982  

6.00% 3/1/34

     14,975        17,092  

6.00% 8/1/34

     5,118        5,852  

6.00% 4/1/35

     631,457        721,196  

6.00% 9/1/35

     160,118        182,746  

6.00% 2/1/36

     122,999        139,767  

6.00% 3/1/36

     1,555,051        1,772,388  

6.00% 5/1/36

     1,260,257        1,433,730  

6.00% 6/1/36

     526,144        597,411  

6.00% 9/1/36

     986,410        1,136,710  

6.00% 2/1/37

     2,349,664        2,677,173  

6.00% 5/1/37

     1,207,480        1,367,985  

6.00% 6/1/37

     3,963,721        4,504,279  

6.00% 7/1/37

     1,480,101        1,687,164  

6.00% 8/1/37

     704,161        795,576  

6.00% 9/1/37

     251,576        286,576  

6.00% 10/1/37

     314,029        355,544  

6.00% 1/1/38

     561,657        633,493  

6.00% 5/1/38

     3,410,259        3,859,707  

6.00% 7/1/38

     63,304        71,922  

6.00% 8/1/38

     275,900        320,037  

6.00% 9/1/38

     568,658        646,941  

6.00% 10/1/38

     2,504,559        2,844,271  

6.00% 11/1/38

     398,987        453,194  

6.00% 12/1/38

     18,016        20,437  

6.00% 1/1/39

     750,452        849,786  

6.00% 2/1/39

     31,664        35,710  

6.00% 9/1/39

     6,978,363        7,905,562  

6.00% 10/1/39

     11,075,251        12,621,098  

6.00% 1/1/40

     257,546        291,558  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr (continued)

     

6.00% 3/1/40

     857,702      $ 974,748  

6.00% 4/1/40

     1,393,736        1,577,799  

6.00% 9/1/40

     658,031        750,672  

6.00% 10/1/40

     8,561,228        9,694,538  

6.00% 5/1/41

     9,699,649        10,991,962  

6.00% 7/1/41

     12,702,526        14,419,173  

6.50% 1/1/36

     50,247        57,481  

6.50% 5/1/40

     1,551,874        1,740,187  

Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr TBA
3.00% 7/1/47

     237,806,000            237,117,284  

Freddie Mac ARM

     

•2.742% 2/1/47

     153,572        154,825  

•2.753% 10/1/45

     50,784        51,835  

•2.929% 10/1/45

     93,336        95,112  

•2.93% 11/1/44

     27,785        28,563  

•2.974% 11/1/45

     16,841,881        17,216,057  

•3.105% 3/1/46

     128,470        131,697  

Freddie Mac S.F. 30 yr

     

4.50% 4/1/39

     478,778        518,866  

4.50% 11/1/39

     58,220        62,828  

4.50% 2/1/40

     176,037        191,971  

4.50% 5/1/40

     11,359,993        12,361,840  

4.50% 3/1/42

     6,225,813        6,713,522  

4.50% 7/1/42

     4,887,806        5,275,986  

4.50% 8/1/42

     133,112,315        144,250,781  

4.50% 12/1/43

     4,195,241        4,533,997  

4.50% 8/1/44

     7,142,897        7,713,918  

4.50% 7/1/45

     64,452,355        69,279,456  

4.50% 12/1/45

     12,845,497        13,760,825  

4.50% 9/1/46

     6,673,239        7,149,169  

5.00% 6/1/36

     8,951,378        9,782,740  

5.00% 5/1/41

     4,791,906        5,282,182  

5.00% 12/1/41

     2,936,299        3,227,499  

5.00% 4/1/44

     12,236,777        13,456,252  

5.50% 12/1/34

     275,367        308,420  

5.50% 11/1/36

     239,054        267,364  

5.50% 7/1/37

     481,719        536,993  

5.50% 9/1/37

     246,936        275,000  

5.50% 4/1/38

     2,111,263        2,350,419  

5.50% 6/1/38

     6,130        6,820  

5.50% 7/1/38

     899,865        1,001,844  

5.50% 1/1/39

     15,467,048        17,250,847  

5.50% 6/1/39

     1,130,888        1,258,696  

5.50% 3/1/40

     598,756        665,723  

5.50% 8/1/40

     5,298,402        5,895,686  

5.50% 1/1/41

     697,443        776,306  

5.50% 6/1/41

     21,541,738        24,019,865  

6.00% 2/1/36

     459,231        520,026  

6.00% 3/1/36

     19,660        22,307  

6.00% 9/1/37

     592,964        667,167  

6.00% 1/1/38

     57,724        64,961  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund–11


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

Freddie Mac S.F. 30 yr (continued) 6.00% 8/1/38

     1,752,143      $       1,991,652  

6.00% 5/1/39

     363,495        413,013  

6.00% 9/1/39

     929,501        1,052,787  

6.00% 5/1/40

     3,514,567        3,963,587  

6.00% 7/1/40

     3,348,630        3,794,490  

6.50% 4/1/39

     1,032,500        1,158,987  

GNMA I S.F. 30 yr
5.00% 10/15/39

     7,642,232        8,448,502  

5.50% 2/15/41

     1,984,585        2,212,875  

7.00% 12/15/34

     669,019        786,240  

GNMA II S.F. 30 yr
5.00% 9/20/46

     9,559,022        10,300,166  

5.50% 5/20/37

     1,451,883        1,611,233  

5.50% 4/20/40

     1,266,314        1,381,693  

6.00% 10/20/39

     6,022,189        6,691,663  

6.00% 2/20/40

     6,211,336        6,937,153  

6.00% 4/20/46

     1,867,820        2,083,186  

6.50% 10/20/39

     2,349,731        2,651,866  
     

 

 

 

Total Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $1,520,132,337)

 

     1,512,765,839  
     

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS–41.21%

     

Aerospace & Defense–0.59%

     

Aviation Capital Group

     

#144A 2.875% 1/20/22

     8,880,000        8,857,969  

#144A 4.875% 10/1/25

     8,540,000        9,315,868  

Rockwell Collins

     

3.20% 3/15/24

     3,940,000        3,999,644  

3.50% 3/15/27

     2,670,000        2,712,899  

United Technologies

     

2.80% 5/4/24

     5,650,000        5,672,657  

3.75% 11/1/46

     6,075,000        5,964,180  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

36,523,217

 

 

     

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics–0.09%

     

United Parcel Service

     

5.125% 4/1/19

     5,473,000        5,787,172  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

5,787,172

 

 

     

 

 

 

Airlines–0.37%

     

#◆Air Canada 2015-1 Class A Pass
Through Trust 144A
3.60% 3/15/27

     3,336,328        3,394,714  

◆American Airlines 2014-1 Class A Pass Through Trust
3.70% 10/1/26

     1,858,917        1,905,390  

◆American Airlines 2015-1 Class A
Pass Through Trust
3.375% 5/1/27

     3,936,593        3,966,117  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

     

Airlines (continued)

     

◆American Airlines 2016-1
Class AA Pass Through Trust
3.575% 1/15/28

     3,883,240      $       3,982,263  

◆United Airlines 2014-1 Class A
Pass Through Trust
4.00% 4/11/26

     2,055,114        2,150,112  

◆United Airlines 2014-2 Class A
Pass Through Trust
3.75% 9/3/26

     5,045,017        5,234,205  

◆United Airlines 2016-1 Class AA
Pass Through Trust
3.10% 7/7/28

     2,398,000        2,398,000  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

23,030,801

 

 

     

 

 

 

Automobiles–0.48%

     

Ford Motor Credit

     

3.096% 5/4/23

     8,379,000        8,289,496  

3.336% 3/18/21

     9,346,000        9,534,714  

General Motors 6.75% 4/1/46

     1,710,000        2,035,081  

General Motors Financial

     

3.70% 5/9/23

     1,505,000        1,530,212  

5.25% 3/1/26

     7,531,000        8,148,226  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

29,537,729

 

 

     

 

 

 

Banks–6.95%

     

•Abbey National Treasury Services 1.708% 10/17/17

     3,500,000        3,505,663  

#Banco Nacional de Costa Rica 144A 5.875% 4/25/21

     1,848,000        1,942,802  

Banco Santander 4.25% 4/11/27

     15,200,000        15,806,662  

Bank of America

     

•3.705% 4/24/28

     6,990,000        7,049,834  

4.183% 11/25/27

     29,995,000        30,566,405  

•4.443% 1/20/48

     13,100,000        13,890,493  

Barclays

     

4.375% 1/12/26

     8,321,000        8,662,710  

4.836% 5/9/28

     5,895,000        6,033,444  

•8.25% 12/29/49

     11,200,000        11,900,000  

•Citigroup 2.279% 5/17/24

     3,670,000        3,669,706  

Citizens Bank

     

2.55% 5/13/21

     3,106,000        3,110,491  

2.65% 5/26/22

     2,090,000        2,086,752  

Citizens Financial Group

     

2.375% 7/28/21

     1,135,000        1,126,265  

4.30% 12/3/25

     5,696,000        5,949,068  

Fifth Third Bancorp

     

2.60% 6/15/22

     3,405,000        3,398,762  

2.875% 7/27/20

     2,678,000        2,740,344  

Fifth Third Bank

     

2.25% 6/14/21

     4,586,000        4,575,172  

3.85% 3/15/26

     7,076,000        7,217,470  

HSBC Holdings 4.375% 11/23/26

     3,295,000        3,425,531  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund–12


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

     

Banks (continued)

     

Huntington Bancshares

     

2.30% 1/14/22

     8,415,000      $       8,297,451  

ING Groep

     

3.15% 3/29/22

     2,030,000        2,070,931  

3.95% 3/29/27

     12,745,000        13,279,564  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

•2.776% 4/25/23

     1,865,000        1,869,601  

•3.54% 5/1/28

     5,900,000        5,925,181  

4.25% 10/1/27

     1,182,000        1,235,506  

•4.26% 2/22/48

     11,670,000        12,239,624  

•6.75% 8/29/49

     12,995,000        14,781,813  

KeyBank

     

2.40% 6/9/22

     7,885,000        7,851,229  

3.30% 6/1/25

     2,892,000        2,938,547  

3.40% 5/20/26

     13,964,000        13,892,462  

6.95% 2/1/28

     8,227,000        10,319,924  

Lloyds Banking Group

     

3.00% 1/11/22

     4,235,000        4,281,314  

Manufacturers & Traders Trust

     

2.50% 5/18/22

     4,105,000        4,100,423  

PNC Bank 6.875% 4/1/18

     9,059,000        9,398,803  

PNC Financial Services Group

     

3.15% 5/19/27

     6,930,000        6,904,123  

•5.00% 12/29/49

     7,895,000        8,151,588  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group

     

3.875% 9/12/23

     4,865,000        4,974,497  

•8.625% 12/29/49

     12,705,000        13,880,213  

#Santander UK 144A

     

5.00% 11/7/23

     10,830,000        11,646,777  

Santander UK Group Holdings

     

3.571% 1/10/23

     1,890,000        1,935,014  

SunTrust Bank

     

2.90% 3/3/21

     2,936,000        2,983,270  

3.30% 5/15/26

     7,220,000        7,069,997  

•5.05% 6/15/22

     1,025,000        1,042,938  

SunTrust Banks 2.70% 1/27/22

     1,645,000        1,650,162  

SVB Financial Group

     

3.50% 1/29/25

     7,059,000        6,940,028  

#Swedbank 144A 2.65% 3/10/21

     7,849,000        7,953,721  

Toronto-Dominion Bank

     

2.50% 12/14/20

     4,915,000        4,974,157  

U.S. Bancorp

     

2.375% 7/22/26

     4,930,000        4,651,766  

2.625% 1/24/22

     6,160,000        6,227,809  

3.15% 4/27/27

     13,665,000        13,705,025  

3.60% 9/11/24

     11,522,000        11,979,320  

•USB Capital IX 3.50% 10/29/49

     18,814,000        16,728,468  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

•3.584% 5/22/28

     19,755,000        19,989,808  

4.75% 12/7/46

     9,480,000        10,146,216  

Wells Fargo Capital X

     

5.95% 12/15/36

     1,495,000        1,694,583  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

     

Banks (continued)

     

•Westpac Banking

     

4.322% 11/23/31

     6,240,000      $ 6,408,511  

#Woori Bank 144A 4.75% 4/30/24

     2,600,000        2,728,131  

Zions Bancorporation

     

4.50% 6/13/23

     5,676,000        5,980,586  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

429,486,655

 

 

     

 

 

 

Beverages–1.38%

     

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance

     

3.65% 2/1/26

     34,836,000        35,954,723  

#Becle 144A 3.75% 5/13/25

     6,779,000        6,778,354  

#Heineken 144A 3.50% 1/29/28

     2,820,000        2,868,011  

Molson Coors Brewing

     

3.00% 7/15/26

     17,035,000        16,417,072  

4.20% 7/15/46

     5,924,000        5,866,413  

#Pernod Ricard 144A

     

4.45% 1/15/22

     16,073,000        17,250,894  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

85,135,467

 

 

     

 

 

 

Biotechnology–0.58%

     

Biogen 5.20% 9/15/45

     6,746,000        7,725,627  

Celgene 3.25% 8/15/22

     13,252,000        13,639,276  

Compass Bank

     

2.875% 6/29/22

     8,645,000        8,621,970  

3.875% 4/10/25

     6,163,000        6,149,300  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

36,136,173

 

 

     

 

 

 

Building Products–0.22%

     

Lennox International

     

3.00% 11/15/23

     5,080,000        5,079,665  

Masco 3.50% 4/1/21

     8,461,000        8,731,498  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

13,811,163

 

 

     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–4.53%

     

Affiliated Managers Group

     

3.50% 8/1/25

     5,128,000        5,121,667  

Bank of New York Mellon

     

2.20% 8/16/23

     17,365,000        16,851,882  

2.50% 4/15/21

     3,661,000        3,691,994  

•4.625% 12/29/49

     21,405,000        21,642,595  

BlackRock 3.20% 3/15/27

     3,125,000        3,166,963  

Credit Suisse Group

     

#144A 4.282% 1/9/28

     17,935,000        18,560,752  

#•144A 6.25% 12/29/49

     21,792,000        23,206,083  

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey

     

3.80% 6/9/23

     519,000        535,773  

4.55% 4/17/26

     12,569,000        13,376,231  

Deutsche Telekom International Finance

     

#144A 1.95% 9/19/21

     4,085,000        3,984,534  

#144A 2.485% 9/19/23

     21,170,000        20,580,098  

•E*TRADE Financial

     

5.875% 12/29/49

     8,130,000        8,658,450  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund–13


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Capital Markets (continued)

     

Goldman Sachs Group

     

•3.691% 6/5/28

     19,055,000      $ 19,154,315  

5.15% 5/22/45

     10,420,000        11,600,899  

Jefferies Group

     

4.85% 1/15/27

     4,150,000        4,346,150  

6.45% 6/8/27

     1,766,000        2,027,647  

6.50% 1/20/43

     2,305,000        2,613,467  

Lazard Group 3.75% 2/13/25

     8,919,000        9,008,181  

Morgan Stanley

     

3.95% 4/23/27

     17,205,000        17,395,218  

4.375% 1/22/47

     13,125,000        13,726,584  

•Northern Trust 3.375% 5/8/32

     2,705,000        2,707,207  

State Street

     

3.10% 5/15/23

     3,665,000        3,733,085  

3.30% 12/16/24

     3,495,000        3,588,519  

3.55% 8/18/25

     6,505,000        6,780,845  

UBS 7.625% 8/17/22

     12,000,000        14,118,000  

UBS Group Funding Switzerland

     

#144A 2.65% 2/1/22

     3,240,000        3,236,579  

#144A 3.491% 5/23/23

     12,170,000        12,465,086  

#144A 4.125% 9/24/25

     6,980,000        7,324,330  

#144A 4.125% 4/15/26

     6,169,000        6,445,421  

#144A 4.253% 3/23/28

     200,000        209,362  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    279,857,917

 

 

     

 

 

 

Chemicals–1.48%

     

CF Industries 6.875% 5/1/18

     11,624,000        12,103,490  

Dow Chemical 8.55% 5/15/19

     26,226,000        29,386,941  

#Equate Petrochemical 144A
3.00% 3/3/22

     3,045,000        3,006,633  

#INVISTA Finance 144A
4.25% 10/15/19

     6,469,000        6,696,709  

OCP

     

#144A 4.50% 10/22/25

     4,543,000        4,594,109  

#144A 6.875% 4/25/44

     2,307,000        2,611,353  

#Phosagro OAO via Phosagro
Bond Funding 144A
3.95% 11/3/21

     3,225,000        3,252,235  

PPG Industries 2.30% 11/15/19

     4,669,000        4,703,831  

Sherwin-Williams 3.45% 6/1/27

     14,371,000        14,495,467  

Westlake Chemical
5.00% 8/15/46

     10,180,000        10,794,892  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

91,645,660

 

 

     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–0.55%

 

#ERAC USA Finance 144A
5.25% 10/1/20

     9,964,000        10,822,030  

Penske Truck Leasing

     

#144A 3.30% 4/1/21

     5,508,000        5,663,326  

#144A 3.40% 11/15/26

     1,815,000        1,787,089  

#144A 4.20% 4/1/27

     15,170,000        15,702,027  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

33,974,472

 

 

     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Communications Equipment–0.17%

 

  

Cisco Systems

     

1.65% 6/15/18

     7,421,000      $ 7,436,770  

1.85% 9/20/21

     3,300,000        3,261,288  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    10,698,058

 

 

     

 

 

 

Construction Materials–0.45%

     

#Cemex 144A 7.75% 4/16/26

     2,476,000        2,838,115  

#Hyundai Capital America 144A 3.00% 3/18/21

     9,745,000        9,808,284  

#LafargeHolcim Finance U.S.
144A 3.50% 9/22/26

     15,505,000        15,359,098  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

28,005,497

 

 

     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–0.23%

     

#Daimler Finance North America 144A 2.20% 10/30/21

     6,865,000        6,786,018  

Toyota Motor Credit
2.80% 7/13/22

     7,080,000        7,205,741  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

13,991,759

 

 

     

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging–0.08%

     

#CCL Industries 144A
3.25% 10/1/26

     4,815,000        4,646,451  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

4,646,451

 

 

     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services–0.31%

 

  

Berkshire Hathaway
2.75% 3/15/23

     4,097,000        4,154,465  

Berkshire Hathaway Energy
3.75% 11/15/23

     8,456,000        8,906,992  

Berkshire Hathaway Finance
2.90% 10/15/20

     5,761,000        5,948,451  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

19,009,908

 

 

     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–1.17%

 

AT&T

     

4.25% 3/1/27

     35,070,000        36,331,290  

5.25% 3/1/37

     6,001,000        6,412,945  

CenturyLink 5.80% 3/15/22

     6,122,000        6,389,837  

Digicel Group

     

#144A 7.125% 4/1/22

     670,000        587,121  

#144A 8.25% 9/30/20

     1,982,000        1,860,404  

#GTP Acquisition Partners I
144A 2.35% 6/15/20

     3,071,000        3,038,421  

Telefonica Emisiones
5.213% 3/8/47

     10,755,000        11,657,850  

Verizon Communications
5.25% 3/16/37

     5,525,000        5,957,917  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

72,235,785

 

 

     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–4.74%

     

#American Transmission Systems 144A 5.25% 1/15/22

     10,471,000        11,553,052  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund–14


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

     

Electric Utilities (continued)

     

Appalachian Power
3.30% 6/1/27

     745,000      $ 756,037  

Cleveland Electric Illuminating 5.50% 8/15/24

     6,397,000        7,340,257  

ComEd Financing III
6.35% 3/15/33

     3,999,000        4,293,438  

Duke Energy 3.75% 4/15/24

     2,272,000        2,377,837  

•Emera 6.75% 6/15/76

     24,385,000            27,676,975  

Emera U.S. Finance
4.75% 6/15/46

     7,243,000        7,674,226  

Emera US Finance
3.55% 6/15/26

     3,765,000        3,780,730  

#•Enel 144A 8.75% 9/24/73

     9,277,000        11,062,823  

Enel Americas 4.00% 10/25/26

     1,945,000        1,968,826  

Enel Finance International

     

#144A 3.625% 5/25/27

     14,660,000        14,548,364  

#144A 6.00% 10/7/39

     1,780,000        2,123,784  

Entergy

     

2.95% 9/1/26

     3,630,000        3,482,843  

4.00% 7/15/22

     5,823,000        6,161,177  

Entergy Louisiana

     

3.12% 9/1/27

     8,000,000        7,982,952  

4.05% 9/1/23

     6,495,000        6,958,093  

Entergy Mississippi
3.10% 7/1/23

     4,333,000        4,388,250  

Exelon

     

3.497% 6/1/22

     6,065,000        6,203,094  

3.95% 6/15/25

     9,985,000        10,349,992  

#Fortis 144A 3.055% 10/4/26

     24,550,000        23,737,739  

Great Plains Energy

     

3.90% 4/1/27

     4,665,000        4,728,542  

4.85% 6/1/21

     3,340,000        3,562,364  

Interstate Power & Light
3.40% 8/15/25

     4,311,000        4,365,176  

Kansas City Power & Light
3.65% 8/15/25

     10,103,000        10,270,498  

LG&E & KU Energy

     

3.75% 11/15/20

     5,957,000        6,216,046  

4.375% 10/1/21

     7,850,000        8,352,094  

#Metropolitan Edison 144A
4.00% 4/15/25

     7,386,000        7,590,238  

#New York State Electric & Gas 144A 3.25% 12/1/26

     8,185,000        8,206,003  

NextEra Energy Capital

     

Holdings 3.55% 5/1/27

     16,180,000        16,470,221  

NV Energy 6.25% 11/15/20

     6,447,000        7,258,349  

Pennsylvania Electric
5.20% 4/1/20

     6,100,000        6,448,530  

Public Service Co. of New
Hampshire 3.50% 11/1/23

     4,119,000        4,304,680  

Public Service Co. of Oklahoma 5.15% 12/1/19

     4,900,000        5,225,909  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Electric Utilities (continued)

 

#Rochester Gas & Electric 144A 3.10% 6/1/27

     2,575,000      $ 2,575,234  

Southern

     

2.75% 6/15/20

     9,273,000        9,387,299  

3.25% 7/1/26

     8,295,000        8,130,336  

4.40% 7/1/46

     7,654,000        7,824,845  

Southwestern Electric Power 6.45% 1/15/19

     3,429,000        3,651,491  

#Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line 144A 3.85% 6/1/25

     3,506,000        3,641,794  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

    292,630,138

 

 

     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–0.04%

 

#Temasek Financial I 144A 2.375% 1/23/23

     2,542,000        2,518,834  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

2,518,834

 

 

     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–2.18%

 

  

American Tower

     

2.25% 1/15/22

     5,895,000        5,754,180  

4.00% 6/1/25

     7,379,000        7,655,757  

4.40% 2/15/26

     9,275,000        9,738,212  

#American Tower Trust 1 144A 3.07% 3/15/23

     5,831,000        5,884,414  

Corporate Office Properties

     

3.60% 5/15/23

     4,342,000        4,320,750  

5.25% 2/15/24

     4,857,000        5,206,811  

Crown Castle International
5.25% 1/15/23

     6,976,000        7,758,582  

#Crown Castle Towers 144A 4.883% 8/15/20

     26,778,000        28,595,862  

CubeSmart 3.125% 9/1/26

     6,735,000        6,412,326  

DDR 7.875% 9/1/20

     5,322,000        6,100,444  

Education Realty Operating Partnership 4.60% 12/1/24

     5,761,000        5,865,505  

Hospitality Properties Trust
4.50% 3/15/25

     5,307,000        5,455,171  

Host Hotels & Resorts

     

3.75% 10/15/23

     5,643,000        5,761,813  

3.875% 4/1/24

     3,885,000        3,957,568  

LifeStorage 3.50% 7/1/26

     4,958,000        4,753,958  

Physicians Realty 4.30% 3/15/27

     2,990,000        3,036,007  

Regency Centers 3.60% 2/1/27

     5,700,000        5,672,064  

SBA Tower Trust

     

#144A 2.24% 4/10/18

     4,617,000        4,615,677  

#144A 2.898% 10/8/19

     3,512,000        3,530,500  

WP Carey 4.60% 4/1/24

     4,604,000        4,801,277  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

134,876,878

 

 

     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–0.07%

     

Kroger 2.65% 10/15/26

     4,220,000        3,899,744  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund–15


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Food & Staples Retailing (continued)

 

  

Sysco 3.75% 10/1/25

     300,000      $ 311,537  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

4,211,281

 

 

     

 

 

 

Food Products–0.15%

     

#Perusahaan Listrik Negara
144A 4.125% 5/15/27

     3,175,000        3,127,774  

Tyson Foods 3.55% 6/2/27

     5,965,000        6,046,870  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

9,174,644

 

 

     

 

 

 

Gas Utilities–0.38%

     

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance

 

  

2.70% 2/15/23

     6,513,000        6,525,694  

2.85% 1/27/25

     4,774,000        4,756,374  

•4.75% 4/30/43

     8,142,000        8,336,276  

•5.25% 4/20/46

     3,504,000        3,695,021  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

23,313,365

 

 

     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–0.52%

 

Abbott Laboratories

     

2.80% 9/15/20

     3,691,000        3,751,444  

4.90% 11/30/46

     9,415,000        10,411,728  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

     

2.894% 6/6/22

     4,610,000        4,629,597  

3.363% 6/6/24

     5,630,000        5,651,332  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings
4.625% 11/30/19

     7,228,000        7,613,064  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

32,057,165

 

 

     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–0.07%

 

HCA 5.875% 2/15/26

     4,000,000        4,330,000  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

4,330,000

 

 

     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–0.20%

 

  

Marriott International
3.75% 3/15/25

     4,939,000        5,096,208  

MGM Resorts International
4.625% 9/1/26

     3,310,000        3,359,650  

Wyndham Worldwide
4.15% 4/1/24

     4,075,000        4,191,578  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

12,647,436

 

 

     

 

 

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers–0.28%

 

#AES Gener 144A 5.00% 7/14/25

     3,809,000        3,920,408  

IPALCO Enterprises

     

3.45% 7/15/20

     10,898,000        11,088,715  

5.00% 5/1/18

     2,132,000        2,177,305  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

17,186,428

 

 

     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–0.43%

     

#CK Hutchison International 17
144A 3.50% 4/5/27

     2,000,000        2,011,419  

General Electric

     

5.55% 5/4/20

     2,503,000        2,751,375  

6.00% 8/7/19

     7,023,000        7,634,893  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Industrial Conglomerates (continued)

 

Roper Technologies

     

2.80% 12/15/21

     4,110,000      $ 4,149,222  

3.80% 12/15/26

     9,615,000        9,898,075  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

26,444,984

 

 

     

 

 

 

Insurance–1.57%

     

Allstate 3.28% 12/15/26

     3,265,000        3,320,293  

#Brighthouse Financial 144A
3.70% 6/22/27

     6,080,000        6,018,543  

•Manulife Financial
4.061% 2/24/32

     8,175,000        8,264,238  

MetLife

     

6.817% 8/15/18

     8,289,000        8,753,341  

#144A 9.25% 4/8/38

     6,723,000        10,034,078  

#Metropolitan Life Global
Funding I 144A
3.45% 12/18/26

     2,160,000        2,216,633  

NUVEEN FINANCE

     

#144A 2.95% 11/1/19

     4,971,000        5,044,859  

#144A 4.125% 11/1/24

     22,109,000        22,909,965  

#Principal Life Global Funding II
144A 3.00% 4/18/26

     5,172,000        5,103,352  

Progressive 4.125% 4/15/47

     7,565,000        7,907,974  

•Prudential Financial
5.375% 5/15/45

     4,665,000        5,061,525  

Willis North America
3.60% 5/15/24

     2,510,000        2,539,038  

XLIT

     

•3.616% 12/29/49

     3,823,000        3,574,505  

5.50% 3/31/45

     6,060,000        6,490,854  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

97,239,198

 

 

     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–0.12%

 

JD.com 3.125% 4/29/21

     7,605,000        7,615,305  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

7,615,305

 

 

     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–0.05%

 

  

#Myriad International Holdings
144A 4.85% 7/6/27

     2,805,000        2,820,357  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

2,820,357

 

 

     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–0.46%

 

  

Thermo Fisher Scientific
3.00% 4/15/23

     27,966,000        28,229,244  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

28,229,244

 

 

     

 

 

 

Machinery–0.31%

     

Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij

     

#144A 1.70% 9/15/21

     8,760,000        8,562,523  

#144A 3.125% 3/16/24

     10,555,000        10,732,028  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

19,294,551

 

 

     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund–16


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

     

Media–1.17%

     

#CCO Holdings 144A
5.125% 5/1/27

     3,750,000      $ 3,843,750  

Grupo Televisa

     

5.00% 5/13/45

     3,294,000        3,185,110  

6.125% 1/31/46

     1,660,000        1,855,028  

Historic TW 6.875% 6/15/18

     13,957,000        14,617,990  

#Sirius XM Radio 144A
5.00% 8/1/27

     3,680,000        3,726,000  

Time Warner Cable

     

6.75% 6/15/39

     6,015,000        7,385,271  

7.30% 7/1/38

     19,765,000        25,337,801  

Time Warner Entertainment
8.375% 3/15/23

     7,690,000        9,687,416  

#VTR Finance 144A
6.875% 1/15/24

     2,599,000        2,761,438  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

72,399,804

 

 

     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–0.81%

     

ArcelorMittal 6.125% 6/1/25

     3,500,000        3,937,500  

Barrick North America Finance
5.75% 5/1/43

     11,310,000        13,777,865  

#•BHP Billiton Finance USA 144A
6.25% 10/19/75

     17,930,000        19,597,490  

#FMG Resources August 2006 Pty
144A 5.125% 5/15/24

     3,750,000        3,759,375  

Freeport-McMoRan
4.55% 11/14/24

     4,000,000        3,790,000  

Vale Overseas

     

5.875% 6/10/21

     2,151,000        2,314,476  

6.25% 8/10/26

     2,395,000        2,589,594  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

49,766,300

 

 

     

 

 

 

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts–0.03%

 

#Trust F/1401 144A
5.25% 1/30/26

     2,071,000        2,166,784  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

2,166,784

 

 

     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–0.23%

     

Dollar General 3.875% 4/15/27

     14,090,000        14,457,707  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

14,457,707

 

 

     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–1.14%

     

Ameren

     

2.70% 11/15/20

     367,000        371,666  

3.65% 2/15/26

     8,032,000        8,214,977  

Ameren Illinois 9.75% 11/15/18

     12,768,000        14,112,828  

CMS Energy 6.25% 2/1/20

     6,721,000        7,402,993  

Consumers Energy
3.25% 8/15/46

     4,935,000        4,536,331  

Dominion Energy

     

3.625% 12/1/24

     1,692,000        1,736,200  

3.90% 10/1/25

     6,104,000        6,329,604  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

     

Multi-Utilities (continued)

     

DTE Energy

     

2.85% 10/1/26

     8,590,000      $ 8,186,459  

3.30% 6/15/22

     6,657,000        6,838,184  

SCANA 4.125% 2/1/22

     4,532,000        4,563,235  

Union Electric 2.95% 6/15/27

     4,280,000        4,241,317  

Wisconsin Electric Power
4.30% 12/15/45

     3,879,000        4,086,069  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

70,619,863

 

 

     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–3.06%

 

  

Anadarko Petroleum

     

5.55% 3/15/26

     5,380,000        6,022,442  

6.60% 3/15/46

     13,735,000        17,023,544  

BP Capital Markets

     

3.216% 11/28/23

     8,635,000        8,776,813  

3.224% 4/14/24

     8,205,000        8,293,401  

Enbridge

     

3.70% 7/15/27

     4,410,000        4,415,905  

5.50% 12/1/46

     4,750,000        5,333,157  

Energy Transfer

     

6.125% 12/15/45

     12,230,000        13,283,492  

9.70% 3/15/19

     4,172,000        4,674,238  

•Enterprise Products Operating
7.034% 1/15/68

     1,419,000        1,460,151  

#Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital
144A 4.95% 3/23/27

     3,170,000        3,192,983  

MPLX 4.875% 12/1/24

     10,915,000        11,654,808  

Murphy Oil 6.875% 8/15/24

     3,500,000        3,666,250  

Noble Energy 5.05% 11/15/44

     15,205,000        15,673,709  

#Pertamina Persero 144A
4.875% 5/3/22

     4,600,000        4,922,906  

Petrobras Global Finance

     

5.375% 1/27/21

     1,410,000        1,437,072  

7.375% 1/17/27

     4,060,000        4,305,630  

Petroleos Mexicanos
6.75% 9/21/47

     1,370,000        1,386,961  

Plains All American Pipeline

     

3.85% 10/15/23

     2,610,000        2,630,901  

8.75% 5/1/19

     6,275,000        6,979,074  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction

     

5.625% 4/15/23

     19,456,000        21,653,244  

5.625% 3/1/25

     380,000        419,803  

5.75% 5/15/24

     5,400,000        6,021,313  

Spectra Energy Capital
3.30% 3/15/23

     4,500,000        4,522,428  

#Tengizchevroil Finance Co. International 144A
4.00% 8/15/26

     2,665,000        2,575,589  

#Tesoro 144A 4.75% 12/15/23

     7,545,000        8,167,463  

Transcanada Trust

     

•5.30% 3/15/77

     3,300,000        3,398,588  

•5.875% 8/15/76

     4,235,000        4,606,410  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund–17


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

  

Woodside Finance

     

#144A 3.65% 3/5/25

     3,481,000      $ 3,474,118  

#144A 3.70% 9/15/26

     2,050,000        2,022,499  

#144A 8.75% 3/1/19

     6,569,000        7,257,090  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

189,251,982

 

 

     

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products–0.34%

     

Georgia-Pacific 8.00% 1/15/24

     16,242,000        20,863,076  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

20,863,076

 

 

     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–0.47%

     

Mylan 3.95% 6/15/26

     7,311,000        7,421,345  

Pfizer 3.00% 12/15/26

     8,055,000        8,087,381  

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland

 

  

2.40% 9/23/21

     3,265,000        3,230,140  

2.875% 9/23/23

     10,330,000        10,253,279  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

28,992,145

 

 

     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development–0.13%

 

Cooperatieve Rabobank
3.75% 7/21/26

     7,737,000        7,750,455  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

7,750,455

 

 

     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–0.11%

 

NXP

     

#144A 4.125% 6/1/21

     5,060,000        5,340,830  

#144A 4.625% 6/1/23

     1,115,000        1,205,594  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

6,546,424

 

 

     

 

 

 

Software–0.66%

     

CDK Global 5.00% 10/15/24

     5,523,000        5,895,803  

Microsoft

     

3.70% 8/8/46

     1,850,000        1,835,503  

4.25% 2/6/47

     28,605,000        31,049,040  

Oracle 1.90% 9/15/21

     2,254,000        2,235,524  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

41,015,870

 

 

     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–0.24%

     

Lowe’s

     

3.10% 5/3/27

     1,045,000        1,041,541  

3.375% 9/15/25

     5,320,000        5,500,976  

3.70% 4/15/46

     7,727,000        7,467,296  

4.05% 5/3/47

     1,005,000        1,024,716  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

15,034,529

 

 

     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.36%

 

Apple 3.20% 5/11/27

     12,690,000        12,854,056  

Dell International

     

#144A 6.02% 6/15/26

     4,393,000        4,847,205  

#144A 8.10% 7/15/36

     3,535,000        4,454,839  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

22,156,100

 

 

     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–0.08%

 

  

Coach 4.125% 7/15/27

     4,780,000      $ 4,737,582  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

4,737,582

 

 

     

 

 

 

Tobacco–0.14%

     

Reynolds American
4.00% 6/12/22

     8,010,000        8,497,368  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

8,497,368

 

 

     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–0.94%

 

  

#•AerCap Global Aviation Trust
144A 6.50% 6/15/45

     15,585,000        16,636,987  

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC
3.95% 2/1/22

     10,898,000        11,358,419  

Air Lease

     

3.00% 9/15/23

     7,140,000        7,108,891  

3.625% 4/1/27

     5,800,000        5,812,371  

International Lease Finance
8.625% 1/15/22

     10,490,000        12,929,554  

United Rentals North America
5.50% 5/15/27

     3,900,000        4,026,750  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

57,872,972

 

 

     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.10%

 

  

Sprint 7.875% 9/15/23

     3,500,000        4,033,750  

#VimpelCom Holdings 144A
5.95% 2/13/23

     2,000,000        2,130,000  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

6,163,750

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $2,477,049,151)

        2,546,396,403  
     

 

 

 

«LOAN AGREEMENTS–0.59%

     

First Data 1st Lien
3.716% 4/26/24

     13,407,553        13,421,899  

Level 3 Financing 1st Lien
3.466% 2/22/24

     11,950,000        11,991,108  

Univision Communications
Tranche C 1st Lien
3.976% 3/15/24

     11,480,755        11,275,019  
     

 

 

 

Total Loan Agreements
(Cost $36,550,932)

     

 

 

 

36,688,026

 

 

     

 

 

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS–2.34%

     

Bay Area Toll Authority
Series S3 6.907% 10/1/50

     11,955,000        18,152,711  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund–18


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS (continued)

 

Buckeye Ohio Tobacco
Settlement Financing Authority
Series A-2 5.875% 6/1/47

     2,180,000      $         2,127,397  

California State Various Purposes
7.55% 4/1/39

     2,320,000        3,544,310  

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Series C 5.00% 10/1/25

     2,105,000        2,596,665  

Los Angeles, California
Department of
Water & Power System
Revenue Taxable Build
America Bonds
6.574% 7/1/45

     13,465,000        19,716,934  

Massachusetts State
Transportation Fund Revenue
Recovery Zone Economic
Development Taxable Build
America Bonds
5.731% 6/1/40

     5,615,000        7,308,596  

New Jersey Turnpike Authority
(Build America Bonds)
Series F 7.414% 1/1/40

     2,267,000        3,427,160  

New Jersey Turnpike Authority
(Build America Bonds)
Series A 7.102% 1/1/41

     11,776,000        17,293,763  

New York City, New York
Taxable Build America Bonds
Series F-1 6.271% 12/1/37

     15,345,000        20,823,012  

New York Metropolitan
Transportation Authority
Revenue Taxable Build
America Bonds
Series E 6.814% 11/15/40

     3,225,000        4,510,098  

New York Triborough Bridge &
Tunnel Authority Revenue
Taxable Build America Bond
Series A2 5.45% 11/15/32

     14,775,000        17,811,706  

Oregon State Taxable Pension
5.892% 6/1/27

     3,040,000        3,678,886  

South Carolina Public Service
Authority Series D
4.77% 12/1/45

     2,763,000        2,719,068  

Texas Water Development
Board Water Implementation
Revenue

     

5.00% 10/15/46

     6,610,000        7,696,420  

Series A 5.00% 10/15/45

     2,315,000        2,675,816  

University of Missouri (Curators
University) Taxable Build
America Bonds

     
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS (continued)

 

5.792% 11/1/41

     8,070,000      $         10,557,497  
     

 

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds
(Cost $113,251,966)

        144,640,039  
     

 

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES–7.40%

 

Ally Master Owner Trust Series
2012-5 A 1.54% 9/15/19

     5,656,000        5,657,109  

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

 

•Series 2013-2 A
1.579% 5/17/21

     2,953,000        2,965,033  

•Series 2014-5 A
1.449% 5/15/20

     180,000        180,117  

#•AMMC CLO 16 Series 2015-
16A AR 144A 2.42% 4/14/29

     14,850,000        14,842,530  

#•AMMC CLO 19 Series 2016-
19A A 144A 2.658% 10/15/28

     3,000,000        3,007,575  

#ARI Fleet Lease Trust
Series 2015-A A2 144A
1.11% 11/15/18

     407,795        407,448  

Avery Point VI CLO

     

#•Series 2015-6A A 144A
2.621% 8/5/27

     8,350,000        8,371,994  

#•Series 2015-6A B 144A
3.121% 8/5/27

     3,000,000        3,013,863  

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP

 

#Series 2013-1A A 144A
1.92% 9/20/19

     5,242,000        5,239,513  

#Series 2014-1A A 144A
2.46% 7/20/20

     6,919,000        6,937,336  

BA Credit Card Trust

 

•Series 2016-A1 A
1.549% 10/15/21

     6,421,000        6,455,266  

Series 2017-A1 A1
1.95% 8/15/22

     3,500,000        3,511,691  

#•Benefit Street Partners CLO X
Series 2016-10A A1 144A
2.648% 1/15/29

     3,500,000        3,508,309  

#•Black Diamond CLO Series
2017-1A A1A 144A
2.476% 4/24/29

     9,000,000        8,995,302  

Cabela’s Credit Card Master
Note Trust Series 2015-1A A1
2.26% 3/15/23

     3,495,000        3,514,172  

•Capital One Multi-Asset
Execution Trust Series
2014-A4 A4 1.519% 6/15/22

     6,517,000        6,545,675  

#•Cedar Funding VI CLO Series
2016-6A A1 144A
2.352% 10/20/28

     9,600,000        9,671,059  

#•CIFC Funding Series 2017-1A
A 144A 2.243% 4/23/29

     9,500,000        9,506,954  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund–19


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

 

•Series 2016-A3 A3
1.713% 12/7/23

     10,000,000      $         10,083,811  

•Series 2017-A5 A5
1.836% 4/22/26

     3,620,000        3,638,804  

•Series 2017-A6 A6
1.826% 5/14/29

     3,700,000        3,723,706  

fCiticorp Residential Mortgage
Securities Series 2006-3 A5
5.534% 11/25/36

     4,987,000        5,248,529  

•CNH Equipment Trust Series
2016-B A2B 1.559% 10/15/19

     652,215        653,061  

#•Crestline Denali CLO XV
Series 2017-1A A 144A
2.485% 4/20/30

     12,000,000        11,993,664  

Discover Card Execution Note Trust

 

•Series 2014-A1 A1
1.589% 7/15/21

     4,180,000        4,199,129  

•Series 2016-A2 A2
1.699% 9/15/21

     3,840,000        3,865,530  

•Series 2017-A1 A1
1.649% 7/15/24

     2,400,000        2,412,935  

•Series 2017-A3 A3
1.389% 10/17/22

     6,125,000        6,138,437  

•Series 2017-A5 A5
1.816% 12/15/26

     6,590,000        6,625,027  

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A

 

•Series 2015-2 A2
1.729% 1/15/22

     8,736,000        8,814,492  

•Series 2015-4 A2
1.759% 8/15/20

     5,990,000        6,018,019  

•Series 2017-1 A2
1.579% 5/15/22

     2,775,000        2,777,480  

#•Golden Credit Card Trust Series
2014-2A A 144A
1.609% 3/15/21

     11,265,000        11,294,802  

#•GoldenTree Loan Management
U.S. CLO 1 Series 2017-1A A
144A 2.404% 4/20/29

     11,120,000        11,163,235  

#•Golub Capital Partners CLO
19B-R Series 2017-19RA A1A
144A 2.492% 7/26/29

     10,000,000        9,994,770  

#•Grippen Park CLO Series
2017-1A A 144A
2.506% 1/20/30

     12,000,000        11,993,364  

#HOA Funding Series 2014-1A
A2 144A 4.846% 8/20/44

     1,502,550        1,421,082  

#•Hull Street CLO Series 2014-1A
AR 144A 2.378% 10/18/26

     9,000,000        8,995,464  

ICG U.S. CLO

     

#•Series 2014-3A A1AR 144A
2.656% 1/25/27

     5,000,000        5,000,980  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

ICG U.S. CLO (continued)

     

#•Series 2017-1A A 144A
2.588% 4/28/29

     9,000,000      $         9,037,404  

JFIN CLO

     

#•Series 2014-1A A 144A
2.53% 4/20/25

     9,500,000        9,501,216  

#•Series 2016-1A A2A 144A
1.92% 7/27/28

     500,000        487,374  

#•Series 2017-1A A1 144A
2.324% 4/24/29

     14,245,000        14,292,251  

#•KKR Financial CLO Series
2013-1A A1R 144A
2.448% 4/15/29

     10,000,000        9,994,960  

#•KVK CLO Series 2015-1A AR
144A 2.422% 5/20/27

     9,000,000        8,995,419  

•Mercedes-Benz Auto Lease
Trust Series 2016-A A2B
1.719% 7/16/18

     1,348,652        1,349,542  

#•Mercedes-Benz Master Owner
Trust Series 2016-AA A 144A
1.739% 5/15/20

     5,054,000        5,072,678  

•Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I
Trust Series 2005-HE5 M1
1.846% 9/25/35

     1,154,772        1,154,451  

#•Navistar Financial Dealer Note
Master Owner Trust II Series
2016-1 A 144A 2.566% 9/27/21

     3,335,000        3,352,798  

•New Century Home Equity Loan
Trust Series 2005-2 M1
1.861% 6/25/35

     46,904        46,893  

#•Northwoods Capital XV Series
2017-15A A 144A
1.305% 6/20/29

     5,500,000        5,497,157  

•RAMP Series 2005-RS3 M1
1.636% 3/25/35

     264,911        264,898  

#•Saranac CLO I Series 2013-1A
A1A 144A 2.647% 10/26/24

     10,000,000        10,002,030  

#•Shackleton X CLO Series
2017-10A A 144A
2.312% 4/20/29

     4,000,000        4,016,992  

#•Sound Point CLO XV Series 2017-1A A 144A 2.496% 1/23/29

     2,000,000        2,005,728  

Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust

 

Series 2012-6 A 1.36% 8/17/20

     2,335,000        2,334,779  

Series 2015-2 A 1.60% 4/15/21

     5,250,000        5,250,881  

#•Telos CLO Series 2013-4A A
144A 2.458% 7/17/24

     11,500,000        11,506,958  

#•THL Credit Wind River CLO
Series 2013-2A A2B 144A
2.798% 1/18/26

     6,265,000        6,265,965  

#•TIAA CLO Series 2017-1A A
144A 2.49% 4/20/29

     9,320,000        9,355,817  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund–20


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

Towd Point Mortgage Trust

     

#•Series 2015-5 A1B 144A
2.75% 5/25/55

     3,690,249      $ 3,718,681  

#•Series 2015-6 A1B 144A
2.75% 4/25/55

     3,847,348        3,877,183  

#•Series 2016-1 A1B 144A
2.75% 2/25/55

     2,834,594        2,855,724  

#•Series 2016-2 A1 144A
3.00% 8/25/55

     2,489,190        2,524,107  

#•Series 2016-3 A1 144A
2.25% 4/25/56

     3,493,967        3,483,343  

#•Series 2017-1 A1 144A
2.75% 10/25/56

     2,728,416        2,749,447  

#•Series 2017-2 A1 144A
2.75% 4/25/57

     1,466,154        1,480,131  

Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust

 

Series 2015-B A3
1.27% 5/15/19

     4,007,678        4,004,695  

Series 2016-C A2A
1.00% 1/15/19

     1,977,672        1,975,515  

•Series 2017-B A2B
1.05% 1/15/20

     10,145,000        10,141,789  

#•Trinitas CLO VI Series 2017-6A
A 144A 2.655% 7/25/29

     9,750,000        9,750,000  

#•Venture CDO Series 2016-25A
A1 144A 2.487% 4/20/29

     3,920,000        3,931,172  

#Verizon Owner Trust Series
2016-2A A 144A 1.68% 5/20/21

     4,405,000        4,392,968  

#Volkswagen Credit Auto Master Trust Series 2014-1A A2 144A
1.40% 7/22/19

     12,809,000        12,807,825  

Volvo Financial Equipment

     

#Series 2014-1A B 144A
1.66% 11/16/20

     3,757,000        3,755,261  

#Series 2017-1A A2 144A
1.55% 10/15/19

     4,940,000        4,937,944  

#•Voya CLO Series 2017-1A A1
144A 2.42% 4/17/30

     5,000,000        5,022,575  

•Wells Fargo Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust Series
2015-1 A 1.712% 1/20/20

     4,377,000        4,384,842  

•World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust Series
2015-A A 1.639% 2/15/22

     4,220,000        4,230,699  

#•Zais CLO 6 Series 2017-1A A1
144A 2.572% 7/15/29

     9,000,000        8,995,338  
     

 

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $455,328,181)

 

  

 

    457,192,697

 

     

 

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE
OBLIGATIONS–1.07%

 

Agate Bay Mortgage Trust

     

#•Series 2015-1 B1 144A
3.825% 1/25/45

     3,192,557        3,220,920  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

 

NON-AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (continued)

 

Agate Bay Mortgage Trust (continued)

 

#•Series 2015-1 B2 144A
3.825% 1/25/45

     1,803,994      $         1,800,015  

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust

     

#•Series 2014-2 B1 144A
3.424% 6/25/29

     2,146,238        2,151,923  

#•Series 2014-2 B2 144A
3.424% 6/25/29

     799,624        785,618  

#•Series 2014-IVR6 2A4 144A
2.50% 7/25/44

     2,896,000        2,882,788  

#•Series 2015-1 B1 144A
2.617% 12/25/44

     4,006,783        3,979,649  

#•Series 2015-1 B2 144A
2.617% 12/25/44

     3,727,172        3,681,000  

#•Series 2015-4 B1 144A
3.628% 6/25/45

     3,004,274        2,961,579  

#•Series 2015-4 B2 144A
3.628% 6/25/45

     2,151,516        2,096,307  

#•Series 2015-5 B2 144A
2.867% 5/25/45

     3,320,983        3,247,532  

#•Series 2015-6 B1 144A
3.623% 10/25/45

     2,166,058        2,148,924  

#•Series 2015-6 B2 144A
3.623% 10/25/45

     2,100,101        2,061,174  

#•Series 2016-4 B1 144A
3.904% 10/25/46

     1,596,981        1,609,374  

#•Series 2016-4 B2 144A
3.904% 10/25/46

     2,724,534        2,772,344  

#•Series 2017-1 B2 144A
3.572% 1/25/47

     4,971,169        4,941,620  

#•Series 2017-2 A3 144A
3.50% 5/25/47

     2,479,731        2,515,762  

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust

 

#•Series 2016-4A A1 144A
3.75% 11/25/56

     1,563,820        1,611,104  

#•Series 2017-1A A1 144A
4.00% 2/25/57

     3,523,255        3,662,902  

#•Series 2017-2A A3 144A
4.00% 3/25/57

     3,341,789        3,479,520  

Sequoia Mortgage Trust

     

•Series 2013-4 B2
3.491% 4/25/43

     1,951,415        1,949,488  

#•Series 2014-2 A4 144A
3.50% 7/25/44

     2,373,799        2,411,537  

#•Series 2015-1 B2 144A
3.877% 1/25/45

     2,282,057        2,298,798  

#•=Series 2017-4 A1 144A
3.50% 7/25/47

     2,675,000        2,718,041  

=STRU Series AM-1240 I0
4.00% 12/31/49

     12,803,800        2,772,823  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund–21


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

 

NON-AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (continued)

 

•Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2007-4 1A1
2.724% 9/25/37

     2,107,002      $         2,115,914  
     

 

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(Cost $65,001,880)

 

     65,876,656  
     

 

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED
SECURITIES–6.06%

 

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust

 

•Series 2007-4 AM
6.158% 2/10/51

     1,821,400        1,822,000  

•Series 2017-BNK3 C
4.352% 2/15/50

     2,180,000        2,225,079  

BANK 2017

     

•Series 2017-BNK4 XA
1.623% 5/15/50

     27,375,578        2,805,696  

Series 2017-BNK5 A5
3.39% 6/15/60

     5,930,000        6,028,447  

Series 2017-BNK5 B
3.896% 6/15/60

     4,085,000        4,162,232  

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2007-PW18 A4 5.70% 6/11/50

     2,262,882        2,273,808  

CD Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2016-CD2 A3
3.248% 11/10/49

     5,480,000        5,552,529  

•Series 2016-CD2 A4
3.526% 11/10/49

     4,020,000        4,150,792  

CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust

 

#•Series 2011-C2 C 144A
5.945% 12/15/47

     4,875,000        5,379,591  

Series 2016-C7 A3
3.839% 12/10/54

     7,610,000        7,955,994  

Series 2017-C8 A4
3.572% 6/15/50

     4,890,000        4,993,479  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

 

•Series 2007-C6 AM
5.866% 12/10/49

     3,102,000        3,104,072  

Series 2014-GC25 A4
3.635% 10/10/47

     9,921,000        10,317,561  

Series 2015-GC27
A5 3.137% 2/10/48

     14,090,000        14,154,459  

Series 2016-P3 A4
3.329% 4/15/49

     8,717,000        8,879,481  

COMM Mortgage Trust

 

#Series 2013-CR6 AM 144A
3.147% 3/10/46

     5,355,000        5,398,029  
    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

 

NON-AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

COMM Mortgage Trust (continued)

 

#Series 2013-WWP A2 144A
3.424% 3/10/31

     2,235,000      $         2,314,151  

Series 2014-CR16 A4
4.051% 4/10/47

     5,347,000        5,695,904  

Series 2014-CR19 A5
3.796% 8/10/47

     3,947,000        4,144,588  

Series 2014-CR20 AM
3.938% 11/10/47

     10,915,000        11,380,030  

#Series 2015-3BP A 144A
3.178% 2/10/35

     22,346,000        22,555,284  

Series 2015-CR23 A4
3.497% 5/10/48

     3,327,000        3,422,769  

DB-JPM Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2016-C1 A4
3.276% 5/10/49

     14,100,000        14,313,099  

Series 2016-C3 A5
2.89% 9/10/49

     6,360,000        6,251,018  

#•DB-UBS Mortgage Trust Series 2011-LC1A C 144A
5.871% 11/10/46

     6,552,000        7,156,783  

GRACE Mortgage Trust

     

#Series 2014-GRCE A 144A
3.369% 6/10/28

     16,624,000        17,266,208  

#Series 2014-GRCE B 144A
3.52% 6/10/28

     5,588,000        5,742,503  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

     

#•Series 2010-C1 C 144A
5.635% 8/10/43

     3,023,000        3,203,347  

Series 2015-GC32 A4
3.764% 7/10/48

     3,538,000        3,713,124  

•Series 2017-GS5 XA
0.972% 3/10/50

     60,122,879        3,955,574  

Series 2017-GS6 A3
3.433% 5/10/50

     4,900,000        5,011,081  

#Houston Galleria Mall Trust
Series 2015-HGLR A1A2 144A
3.087% 3/5/37

     6,000,000        5,983,631  

JPM-BB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

 

Series 2015-C31 A3
3.801% 8/15/48

     4,355,000        4,564,596  

Series 2015-C33 A4
3.77% 12/15/48

     16,643,000        17,423,633  

JPM-DB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

 

Series 2016-C2 A4
3.144% 6/15/49

     11,776,000        11,819,230  

Series 2016-C4 A3
3.141% 12/15/49

     7,000,000        7,003,791  

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

 

•Series 2005-CB11 E
5.702% 8/12/37

     1,656,000        1,718,948  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund–22


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

 

NON-AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust (continued)

 

Series 2013-LC11 B
3.499% 4/15/46

     6,289,000      $         6,308,002  

Series 2015-JP1 A5
3.914% 1/15/49

     8,627,000        9,162,315  

Series 2016-JP2 A4
2.822% 8/15/49

     10,654,000        10,413,490  

#Series 2016-WIKI A 144A
2.798% 10/5/31

     4,525,000        4,590,775  

#Series 2016-WIKI B 144A
3.201% 10/5/31

     4,395,000        4,477,116  

•LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2006-C6 AJ 5.452% 9/15/39

     4,802,822        4,181,368  

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust

 

Series 2014-C17 A5
3.741% 8/15/47

     4,958,000        5,194,445  

Series 2015-C23 A4
3.719% 7/15/50

     18,182,000        19,039,236  

Series 2015-C26 A5
3.531% 10/15/48

     5,698,000        5,883,187  

Series 2016-C29 A4
3.325% 5/15/49

     4,910,000        4,988,703  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust

     

•Series 2006-HQ10 B
5.448% 11/12/41

     3,200,000        3,012,345  

Series 2011-C3 A4
4.118% 7/15/49

     5,645,000        5,976,105  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust

 

Series 2012-LC5 B
4.142% 10/15/45

     3,276,000        3,410,669  

Series 2014-LC18 A5
3.405% 12/15/47

     4,251,000        4,343,525  

Series 2015-NXS3 A4
3.617% 9/15/57

     4,455,000        4,611,119  

Series 2016-BNK1 A3
2.652% 8/15/49

     7,895,000        7,603,663  

=Series 2017-C38 A5
3.453% 7/15/50

     5,730,000        5,901,442  

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2012-C10 A3 2.875% 12/15/45

     11,490,000        11,584,231  
     

 

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $378,217,764)

 

     374,524,277  
     

 

 

 
    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

 

DSOVEREIGN BONDS–0.23%

 

Bermuda–0.04%

 

#Bermuda Government
International Bond 144A
3.717% 1/25/27

     2,200,000      $         2,219,426  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

2,219,426

 

 

     

 

 

 

Colombia–0.08%

     

Colombia Government
International Bond
5.00% 6/15/45

     4,740,000        4,792,140  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

4,792,140

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Croatia–0.03%

     

#Croatia Government
International Bond 144A
5.50% 4/4/23

     1,748,000        1,914,593  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

1,914,593

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Hungary–0.06%

     

Hungary Government
International Bond
5.75% 11/22/23

     3,500,000        4,008,382  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

4,008,382

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Jordan–0.02%

     

#Jordan Government
International Bond 144A
5.75% 1/31/27

     1,300,000        1,295,970  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

1,295,970

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Total Sovereign Bonds
(Cost $14,049,426)

        14,230,511  
     

 

 

 

 

SUPRANATIONAL BANK–0.17%

 

Inter-American Development
Bank 2.375% 7/7/27

     10,390,000        10,319,722  
     

 

 

 

 

Total Supranational Bank
(Cost $10,340,440)

        10,319,722  
     

 

 

 

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS–3.85%

 

U.S. Treasury Bond
3.00% 5/15/47

     180,485,000        186,297,880  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     

1.75% 5/31/22

     730,000        725,808  

2.375% 5/15/27

     50,820,000        51,148,551  
     

 

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(Cost $233,386,646)

 

     238,172,239  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
        

 

PREFERRED STOCK–0.54%

 

•Bank of America 6.50%

     8,780,000        9,773,720  

•General Electric 5.00%

     15,380,000        16,343,557  

•Integrys Holding 6.00%

     248,850        6,722,061  
 

 

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LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

 

PREFERRED STOCK (continued)

 

  

#•USB Realty 2.305%

     615,000      $ 539,663  
     

 

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $31,640,201)

        33,379,001  
     

 

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–1.04%

 

  

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency
Cash Management Fund -
Institutional Shares
(seven-day effective yield
0.86%)

     64,467,619        64,467,619  
     

 

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $64,467,619)

        64,467,619  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
        

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS–5.21%

 

  

Certificates of Deposit–0.56%

     

Abbey National Treasury Services
1.48% 12/7/17

     2,500,000        2,501,781  

Banco Estado Chile

     

1.21% 7/28/17

     8,500,000        8,499,933  

1.32% 10/20/17

     18,500,000        18,502,849  

Bank of Montreal Chicago
1.40% 12/7/17

     2,500,000        2,500,489  

BNP Paribas New York Branch
1.47% 12/7/17

     2,500,000        2,501,031  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

34,506,083

 

 

     

 

 

 

Discount Note–0.22%

     

JPMorgan Securities
1.394% 7/10/17

     14,000,000        14,001,386  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

        14,001,386

 

 

     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

  

Discounted Commercial Paper–4.21%

 

  

Abbey National Treasury Services
1.06% 7/3/17

     58,000,000      $ 57,996,584  

BNP Paribas New York Branch

     

1.02% 7/3/17

     46,805,000        46,802,348  

1.10% 7/6/17

     10,000,000        9,998,035  

Cornell University
1.203% 8/23/17

     13,200,000        13,176,504  

Dartmouth College
1.053% 7/13/17

     19,250,000        19,244,610  

Duke University

     

1.043% 8/10/17

     21,409,000        21,382,374  

1.053% 7/13/17

     13,000,000        12,994,963  

Harvard University
1.053% 7/10/17

     5,150,000        5,148,471  

JPMorgan Securities
1.339% 10/2/17

     24,500,000        24,421,377  

Nordea Bank
1.229% 9/25/17

     23,750,000        23,679,862  

University of California
1.203% 8/24/17

     23,500,000        23,457,465  

University of Chicago
1.012% 7/17/17

     1,765,000        1,764,276  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

260,066,869

 

 

     

 

 

 

Floating Rate Note–0.22%

     

JPMorgan Securities
1.584% 10/19/17

     13,500,000        13,515,809  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

13,515,809

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Total Short Term Investments
(Cost $322,064,035)

        322,090,147  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–103.61% (Cost $6,296,515,063)

     6,402,964,508  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(3.61%)

     (223,376,253
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 448,702,505 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 6,179,588,255  
  

 

 

 

 

 

#

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At June 30, 2017, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $1,126,610,808, which represents 18.23% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 6 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

r

Securities have been classified by country of origin.

 

Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate as of June 30, 2017. Interest rates reset periodically.

 

f

Step coupon bond. Coupon increases/decreases periodically based on predetermined schedule. Stated rate in effect at June 30, 2017.

 

*

Interest only security. An interest only security is the interest only portion of a fixed income security which is sold separately from the principal portion of the security.

 

Pass Through Agreement. Security represents the contractual right to receive a proportionate amount of underlying payments due to the counterparty pursuant to various agreements related to the rescheduling of obligations and the exchange of certain notes.

 

=

The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs and is reported as a Level 3 security in the disclosure table located in Note 3 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

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LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

The rate shown is the effective yield at the time of purchase.

 

«

Loan agreements generally pay interest at rates which are periodically redetermined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. These base lending rates are generally: (i) the prime rate offered by one or more United States banks, (ii) the lending rate offered by one or more European banks such as the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR), or (iii) the certificate of deposit rate. Loan agreements may be subject to restrictions on resale. Stated rate in effect at June 30, 2017.

 

°

Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.

The following futures contracts and swap contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

     Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
       Notional
Value
       Expiration
Date
       Unrealized
Appreciation
       Unrealized
Depreciation
 

 

Interest Rate Contracts:

                        
 

730     Canada 10 yr Bond

     $ 81,412,057        $ 79,118,985          9/21/17        $        $ (2,293,072
 

(2,318)    Euro-Bund

       (433,825,595        (428,551,424        9/8/17          5,274,171           
 

858     U.S. Treasury 10 yr Notes

       109,134,491          107,705,813          9/21/17                   (1,428,678
                     

 

 

      

 

 

 
   Total                     $ 5,274,171        $ (3,721,750
                     

 

 

      

 

 

 

Swap Contracts

Interest Rate Swap Contracts

 

Counterparty &

Swap Referenced Obligation  

       Notional Amount2          Fixed
Interest
Rate Paid
(Received)
    Floating
Interest
Rate Paid
(Received)
    Termination
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
(Depreciation)
 

LCH-BAML 30 yr Interest Rate Swap

     9,775,000        2.716     1.299     12/22/46      $      $ (386,730

LCH-BAML 30 yr Interest Rate Swap

     4,610,000        2.480%       1.299%       1/11/47        53,597         

LCH-BAML 30 yr Interest Rate Swap

     3,310,000        2.596%       1.299%       1/23/47               (45,432

LCH-BAML 30 yr Interest Rate Swap

     3,300,000        2.623%       1.299%       1/24/47               (64,419

LCH-BAML 30 yr Interest Rate Swap

     3,305,000        2.661%       1.299%       1/27/47               (92,017

LCH-BAML 30 yr Interest Rate Swap

     5,280,000        2.687%       1.299%       1/30/47               (176,156
            

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

             $ 53,597      $ (764,754
            

 

 

    

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts and swap contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values and notional amounts presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

2Notional amount shown is stated in U.S. Dollars unless noted that the swap is denominated in another currency.

 

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LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

Summary of Abbreviations:

ARM–Adjustable Rate Mortgage

BAML–Bank of America Merrill Lynch

BB–Barclays Bank

BNP–Banque Paribas

DB–Deutsche Bank

CLO–Collateralized Loan Obligation

FREMF–Freddie Mac Multifamily

GE–General Electric

GNMA–Government National Mortgage Association

GS–Goldman Sachs

HSBC–Hong Kong Shanghai Bank

IT–Information Technology

JPM–JPMorgan

LB–Lehman Brothers

LCH–London Clearing House

RBS–Royal Bank of Scotland

REMICs–Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

S.F.–Single Family

WF–Wells Fargo

yr–Year

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements

 

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LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

ASSETS:

  

Investments, at value

   $ 6,402,964,508  

Receivable for securities sold

     295,924,266  

Dividends and interest receivable

     39,904,867  

Cash

     19,063,019  

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

     5,274,171  

Receivable for fund shares sold

     3,003,431  

Cash collateral for derivatives

     2,419,527  

Unrealized appreciation on interest rate swap contracts

     53,597  

Swap payments receivable

     47,094  
  

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     6,768,654,480  
  

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

  

Payable for securities purchased

     575,731,778  

Foreign currencies collateral due to broker for future contracts, at value

     3,943,164  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

     3,721,750  

Due to manager and affiliates

     2,971,210  

Payable for fund shares redeemed

     1,094,832  

Unrealized depreciation on interest rate swap contracts

     764,754  

Other accrued expenses payable

     335,048  

Swap payments payable

     232,957  

Foreign currencies due to custodian

     270,732  
  

 

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     589,066,225  
  

 

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 6,179,588,255  
  

 

 

 

Investments, at cost

   $ 6,296,515,063  
  

 

 

 

 

Foreign currencies collateral due to broker for future contracts, at cost

     3,943,164  
  

 

 

 

 

Standard Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 2,737,795,297  

Shares Outstanding

     198,599,778  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 13.785  

Service Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 3,441,792,958  

Shares Outstanding

     250,102,727  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 13.762  

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 6,049,996,229  

Undistributed net investment income

     70,550,636  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (48,061,079

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and derivatives

     107,102,469  
  

 

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 6,179,588,255  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Interest

   $ 87,787,790  

Dividends

     186,638  
  

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

87,974,428

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     9,960,001  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     5,831,759  

Accounting and administration expenses

     807,417  

Shareholder servicing fees

     312,926  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     218,653  

Professional fees

     95,204  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     88,662  

Custodian fees

     44,328  

Pricing fees

     43,939  

Consulting fees

     7,939  

Other

     40,181  
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

  

 

 

 

17,451,009

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     70,523,419  
  

 

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments

     (21,955,813

Foreign currencies

     13,588  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     (19,084

Futures contracts

     (17,932,723

Swap contracts

     2,552  
  

 

 

 

Net realized loss

  

 

 

 

(39,891,480

 

  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     132,293,452  

Foreign currencies

     2,741  

Futures contracts

     6,505,627  

Swap contracts

     (576,190
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     138,225,630  
  

 

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     98,334,150  
  

 

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 168,857,569  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 70,523,419     $ 147,362,010  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (39,891,480     99,358,002  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     138,225,630       (25,834,224
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     168,857,569       220,885,788  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (92,207,658

Service Class

           (78,101,663

Net realized gain:

    

Standard Class

           (37,259,236

Service Class

           (36,167,223
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

 

 

    (243,735,780
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     59,790,914       325,872,638  

Service Class

     228,438,818       493,328,111  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           129,466,894  

Service Class

           114,268,886  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

288,229,732

 

 

    1,062,936,529  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (729,457,939     (1,706,326,999

Service Class

     (124,847,579     (294,808,439
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

(854,305,518

 

    (2,001,135,438
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (566,075,786     (938,198,909
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS

     (397,218,217     (961,048,901

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     6,576,806,472       7,537,855,373  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  

 

$

 

6,179,588,255

 

 

  $ 6,576,806,472  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

  

 

$

 

70,550,636

 

 

  $ 27,217  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund–28


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Delaware Bond Fund Standard Class  
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
     12/31/16     12/31/15     Year Ended
12/31/14
    12/31/13     12/31/12  
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 13.417      $ 13.590     $ 13.903     $ 13.466     $ 14.212     $ 13.916  

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

             

Net investment income2

     0.159        0.308       0.315       0.315       0.303       0.345  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.209        0.061       (0.261     0.488       (0.634     0.571  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.368        0.369       0.054       0.803       (0.331     0.916  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

             

Net investment income

            (0.386     (0.335     (0.290     (0.247     (0.290

Net realized gain

            (0.156     (0.032     (0.076     (0.162     (0.330

Return of capital

                              (0.006      
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.542     (0.367     (0.366     (0.415     (0.620
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 13.785      $ 13.417     $ 13.590     $ 13.903     $ 13.466     $ 14.212  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Total return3

     2.75%        2.72%       0.39%       5.97%       (2.31%     6.61%  

 

Ratios and supplemental data:

             

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

   $ 2,737,795      $ 3,324,029     $ 4,550,985     $ 4,304,241     $ 3,728,463     $ 2,448,509  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     0.36%        0.35%       0.35%       0.35%       0.37%       0.38%  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

     2.37%        2.20%       2.25%       2.25%       2.18%       2.41%  

Portfolio turnover

     100%        285%       364%       426%       431%       366%  

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund–29


LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Delaware Bond Fund Service Class  
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
     12/31/16     12/31/15     Year Ended
12/31/14
    12/31/13     12/31/12  
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 13.417      $ 13.589     $ 13.902     $ 13.466     $ 14.212     $ 13.916  

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

             

Net investment income2

     0.136        0.259       0.266       0.265       0.255       0.294  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.209        0.062       (0.261     0.489       (0.635     0.571  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.345        0.321       0.005       0.754       (0.380     0.865  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

             

Net investment income

            (0.337     (0.286     (0.242     (0.198     (0.239

Net realized gain

            (0.156     (0.032     (0.076     (0.162     (0.330

Return of capital

                              (0.006      
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.493     (0.318     (0.318     (0.366     (0.569
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 13.762      $ 13.417     $ 13.589     $ 13.902     $ 13.466     $ 14.212  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Total return3

     2.57%        2.37%       0.03%       5.60%       (2.64%     6.24%  

 

Ratios and supplemental data:

             

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

   $ 3,441,793      $ 3,252,777     $ 2,986,870     $ 2,784,103     $ 2,566,920     $ 2,453,224  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     0.71%        0.70%       0.70%       0.70%       0.72%       0.73%  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

     2.02%        1.85%       1.90%       1.90%       1.83%       2.06%  

Portfolio turnover

     100%        285%       364%       426%       431%       366%  

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Delaware Bond Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to maximize current income yield consistent with a prudent investment strategy.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. U.S. government and agency securities are valued at the mean between their bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Other debt securities and interest rate swap contracts are valued based upon valuations provided by an independent pricing service or broker and reviewed by management. To the extent current market prices are not available, the pricing service may take into account developments related to the specific security, as well as transactions in comparable securities. Swap prices are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments. Valuations for fixed income securities, including short-term debt securities, utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Interpolated values are used when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016) and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

To Be Announced Securities (TBA)–The Fund may contract to purchase securities for a fixed price at a transaction date beyond the customary settlement period (e.g., when issued, delayed delivery, forward commitment, or TBA transactions) consistent with the Fund’s ability to manage its investment portfolio and meet redemption requests. These transactions involve a commitment by the Fund to purchase securities for a predetermined price or yield with payment and delivery taking place more than three days in the future, or after a period longer than the customary settlement period for that type of security. No interest will be earned by the Fund on such purchases until the securities are delivered; however, the market value may change prior to delivery.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund

 

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LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

separates the portion of realized gains and losses on investments in debt securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of debt securities. Gains or losses attributable to changes in foreign exchange rates are included in the Statement of Operations under “Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currencies.” For foreign equity securities, these changes are included in net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Realized gains (losses) on paydowns of asset- and mortgage-backed securities are classified as interest income. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.48% of the first $200 million of the average daily net assets of the Fund; 0.40% of the next $200 million; and 0.30% of average daily net assets in excess of $400 million. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

Delaware Investments Fund Advisers (“DIFA”) (the “Sub-Adviser”), a series of the Delaware Management Business Trust, is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays DIFA a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 185,465  

Legal

     44,757  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $194,930 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has

 

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LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

 

entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Fund. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 1,632,372  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     990,560  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     153,347  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     194,930  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases other than U.S. government securities

   $ 4,947,666,429  

Purchases of U.S. government securities

     1,320,172,954  

Sales other than U.S. government securities

     5,263,700,243  

Sales of U.S. government securities

     1,472,673,016  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 6,296,515,063  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

  

 

$

 

135,247,745

 

 

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (28,798,300
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

  

 

$

 

106,449,445

 

 

  

 

 

 

Qualified late year ordinary and capital losses (including currency and specified gain/loss items) represent losses realized from November 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016, that, in accordance with federal income tax regulations, the Fund has elected to defer and treat as having arisen on the first day of the following fiscal year. At December 31, 2016, the Fund deferred $8,294,900 of qualified late year ordinary losses.

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

Level 1–

 

inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–

 

other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–

 

inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs, including related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. The Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value.

 

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LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3. Investments (continued)

 

Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Valuations may also be based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which is received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1     Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Investments:

         

Assets:

         

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

   $     $ 507,332,900     $      $ 507,332,900  

Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

           74,888,432              74,888,432  

Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

           1,512,765,839              1,512,765,839  

Corporate Bonds

           2,546,396,403              2,546,396,403  

Municipal Bonds

           144,640,039              144,640,039  

Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities

           457,192,697              457,192,697  

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

           60,385,792       5,490,864        65,876,656  

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

           368,622,835       5,901,442        374,524,277  

Loan Agreements

           36,688,026              36,688,026  

Sovereign Bonds

           14,230,511              14,230,511  

Supranational Banks

           10,319,722              10,319,722  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

           238,172,239              238,172,239  

Preferred Stock

           33,379,001              33,379,001  

Money Market Fund

     64,467,619                    64,467,619  

Short-Term Investments

           322,090,147              322,090,147  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 64,467,619     $ 6,327,104,583     $ 11,392,306      $ 6,402,964,508  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivatives:

         

Assets:

         

Futures Contracts

   $ 5,274,171     $     $      $ 5,274,171  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Swap Contracts

   $     $ 53,597     $      $ 53,597  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

         

Futures Contracts

   $ (3,721,750   $     $      $ (3,721,750
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Swap Contracts

   $     $ (764,754   $      $ (764,754
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

 

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LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     4,398,760       23,278,182  

Service Class

     16,846,501       35,264,785  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           9,659,545  

Service Class

           8,523,712  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     21,245,261       76,726,224  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (53,552,992     (120,061,153

Service Class

     (9,189,582     (21,139,433
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (62,742,574     (141,200,586
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (41,497,313     (64,474,362
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. This risk is generally mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty. No foreign currency exchange contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency exchange contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owned that were denominated in foreign currencies.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to control overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

 

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LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

Swap Contracts–The Fund may enter into interest rate swap contracts and CDS contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective. The Fund may use interest rate swaps to adjust the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates. The Fund may enter into CDS contracts in order to hedge against a credit event, to enhance total return, or to gain exposure to certain securities or markets.

Interest Rate Swaps–An interest rate swap contract is an exchange of interest rates between counterparties. An interest rate swap generally involves one party making payments based on a fixed interest rate in return for payments from a counterparty based on a variable or floating interest rate. The Fund may enter into either side of such a swap contract. Interest rate swaps may be used to adjust the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates. Periodic payments on such contracts are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized appreciation/depreciation on swap contracts. Upon periodic payment/receipt or termination of the contract, such amounts are recorded as realized gains or losses on swap contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from/paid to the counterparty over the interest rate swap contract’s remaining life, to the extent that the amount is positive. This risk is mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty for trades.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used interest rate swap contracts to manage the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates.

Credit Default Swaps–A CDS contract is a risk-transfer instrument through which one party (a purchaser of protection) transfers to another party (a seller of protection) the financial risk of a credit event (as defined in the CDS agreement), as it relates to a particular referenced security or basket of securities, such as an index. In exchange for the protection offered by the seller of protection, the purchaser of protection agrees to pay the seller of protection a periodic amount at a stated rate that is applied to the notional amount of the CDS contract. In addition, an upfront payment may be made or received by the Fund in connection with an unwinding or assignment of a CDS contract. Upon the occurrence of a credit event, the seller of protection would pay the counterparty the agreed-upon value for the reference security or basket of securities. Credit events generally include, among others, bankruptcy, failure to pay, and obligation default.

CDS contracts may involve greater risks than if the Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly. CDS contracts are subject to general market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk, either as the seller of protection or the buyer of protection, is the fair value of the contract. This risk is mitigated by (1) for bilateral swap contracts, having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty, and (2) for cleared swaps, trading these instruments through a central counterparty. No CDS contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used CDS contracts to hedge against credit events.

Swaps Generally–The value of open swaps may differ from that which would be realized in the event the Fund terminated its position in the agreement. Risks of entering into these contracts include the potential inability of the counterparty to meet the terms of the contracts. This type of risk is generally limited to the amount of favorable movement in the value of the underlying security, instrument or basket of instruments, if any, at the day of default. Risks also arise from potential losses from adverse market movements and such losses could exceed the unrealized amounts shown on the Schedule of Investments.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value     

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Interest
rate contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation
on futures contracts
   $ 5,274,171      Unrealized depreciation
on futures contracts
   $ (3,721,750

Swap contracts (Interest
rate contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation
on interest rate swap contracts
     53,597      Unrealized depreciation
on interest rate swap contracts
     (764,754
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

      $ 5,327,768         $ (4,486,504
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

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LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Foreign currency exchange
contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts      $ (19,084 )     $ -

Futures contracts (Interest rate contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts        (17,932,723 )       6,505,627

Swap contracts (Credit
contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from swap contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of swap contracts        30,690       (146,039 )

Swap contracts (Interest rate
contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from swap contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of swap contracts        (28,138 )       (430,151 )
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Total

       

 

$

 

(17,949,255

 

)

   

 

$

 

5,929,437

 

       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long
Derivative
Volume
     Short
Derivative
Volume
 

Futures contracts (average notional value)

     USD        151,838,959        USD        429,875,378  

CDS Contracts (average notional value)*

     USD               USD        155,920  

Interest rate swap contracts (average notional value)

     USD               USD        27,751,960  

*Long represents buying protection and short represents selling protection.

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights to help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and foreign currency exchange contracts and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting items and netting provisions in the event of a default or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instrument payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of an ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out) including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

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LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had the following assets and liabilities subject to offsetting provisions:

Offsetting of Financial Assets and Liabilities and Derivative Assets and Liabilities

 

Counterparty

   Gross Value of
Derivative Assets
   Gross Value of
Derivative Liabilities
  Net Position

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

     $ 53,597      $ (764,754 )     $ (711,157 )

JPMorgan Chase Bank

       5,274,171        (3,721,750 )       1,552,421
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

     $ 5,327,768      $ (4,486,504 )     $ 841,264
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Counterparty

   Net Position   Fair Value of
Non Cash
Collateral Received
   Cash Collateral
Received
   Fair Value of
Non Cash
Collateral Pledged
   Cash Collateral
Pledged
   Net Exposure(a)

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

     $ (711,157 )     $      $      $      $ 711,157      $

JPMorgan Chase Bank

       1,552,421                                   1,552,421
    

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

     $ 841,264     $      $      $      $ 711,157      $ 1,552,421
    

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

(a)Net exposure represents the receivable (payable) that would be due from (to) the counterparty in an event of default.

6. Credit and Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund invests in high yield fixed income securities, which are securities rated BB or lower by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC or Ba or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, or similarly rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Investments in these higher yielding securities are generally accompanied by a greater degree of credit risk than higher rated securities. Additionally, lower rated securities may be more susceptible to adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than investment-grade securities.

The Fund invests in fixed income securities whose values are derived from an underlying pool of mortgages or consumer loans. The values of these securities are sensitive to changes in economic conditions, including delinquencies and defaults, and may be adversely affected by changes in interest rates and shifts in the market’s perception of issuers. Investors receive principal and interest payments as the underlying mortgages and consumer loans are paid back. Some of these securities are collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”). CMOs are debt securities issued by U.S. government agencies or by financial institutions and other mortgage lenders, which are collateralized by a pool of mortgages held under an indenture. Prepayment of mortgages may shorten the stated maturity of the obligations and can result in a loss of premium, if any has been paid. Certain of these securities may be stripped (securities which provide only the principal or interest feature of the underlying security). The yield to maturity on an interest-only CMO is extremely sensitive not only to changes in prevailing interest rates, but also to the rate of principal payments (including prepayments) on the related underlying mortgage assets. A rapid rate of principal payments may have a material adverse effect on a CMO’s yield to maturity. If the underlying mortgage assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may fail to fully recoup its initial investment in these securities even if the securities are rated in the highest rating categories.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The Fund may also invest in securities exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Act, which exempts from registration transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC, the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investment in illiquid securities. Rule 144A securities are identified on the Schedule of Investments.

 

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LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation and Credit Quality Breakdown      2  
Statement of Net Assets      3  
Statement of Operations      14  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      14  
Financial Highlights      15  
Notes to Financial Statements      17  

 

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled, “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,012.80       0.61 %         $3.04        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,011.60       0.86 %         4.29        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,021.77       0.61 %         $3.06        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,020.53       0.86 %         4.31        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Credit Quality Breakdown (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     0.95

Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Security

     0.59

Convertible Bonds

     0.49

Convertible Preferred Stock

     0.10

Corporate Bonds

     62.49

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.64

Airlines

     0.33

Automobiles

     2.26

Banks

     15.39

Beverages

     3.67

Biotechnology

     0.00

Building Products

     0.03

Capital Markets

     5.20

Chemicals

     0.74

Commercial Services & Supplies

     0.08

Communications Equipment

     1.13

Construction Materials

     0.08

Consumer Finance

     1.24

Diversified Financial Services

     0.62

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     2.50

Electric Utilities

     3.68

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     1.54

Food & Staples Retailing

     0.81

Food Products

     0.13

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     1.67

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     0.08

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     0.03

Industrial Conglomerates

     2.19

Insurance

     1.80

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     0.09

Internet Software & Services

     0.03

Machinery

     0.72

Media

     0.92

Metals & Mining

     0.51

Multi-Utilities

     0.63

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     4.88

Paper & Forest Products

     0.22

Pharmaceuticals

     2.97

Road & Rail

     0.02

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     0.38

Software

     1.75

Specialty Retail

     0.72
Security Type/Sector   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.95

Tobacco

     0.55

Trading Companies & Distributors

     1.00

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     0.31

Loan Agreements

     10.48

Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities

     14.14

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     1.38

Regional Bonds

     0.07

Sovereign Bonds

     0.93

Supranational Banks

     1.68

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     3.63

Preferred Stock

     0.96

Money Market Fund

     1.97

Total Value of Securities

     99.86

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.14

Total Net Assets

     100.00

Credit Quality Breakdown

(as a % of fixed income investments)*

        

U.S. Government

     5.34

AAA

     18.98

AA

     15.25

A

     25.89

BBB

     21.22

BB

     2.21

B

     0.62

Not Rated

     10.49

Total

     100.00

*For financial reporting purposes, credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either Standard & Poor’s Rating Services (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. (“Moody”) or Fitch Inc. (“Fitch”). Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligation, Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed and U.S. Treasury Obligations securities appear under “U.S. Government”. “Not Rated” is used to classify securities for which a rating is not available and does not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

 

 

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LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE
OBLIGATIONS–0.95%
 

Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities

 

  

•Series 2015-C03 2M1
2.716% 7/25/25

     219,103      $ 219,349  

•Series 2015-C04 2M1
2.916% 4/25/28

     213,361        213,903  

•Series 2016-C03 1M1
3.216% 10/25/28

     696,791        709,627  

•Series 2016-C04 1M1
2.666% 1/25/29

     520,806        527,304  

•Series 2017-C01 1M1
2.516% 7/25/29

     438,403        443,060  

Fannie Mae REMICs

     

•Series 2005-106 QF
1.726% 12/25/35

     1,359,876        1,368,908  

•Series 2006-40 F
1.516% 5/25/36

     94,817        94,651  

Freddie Mac REMICs

     

•Series 3152 JF
1.609% 8/15/35

     87,310        87,578  

•Series 3311 VF
1.399% 5/15/37

     230,462        229,668  

•Series 3780 LF
1.559% 3/15/29

     4,635        4,637  

•Series 3800 AF
1.659% 2/15/41

     305,861        307,656  

Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes

 

  

•Series 2016-DNA3 M1
2.316% 12/25/28

     1,628,694        1,634,182  

•Series 2016-HQA2 M1
2.416% 11/25/28

     1,913,468        1,919,078  

•GNMA Series 2010-46 MF
1.572% 5/16/34

     305,742        306,338  
     

 

 

 

Total Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(Cost $8,019,283)

 

     8,065,939  
     

 

 

 
AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED
SECURITY–0.59%
 

#•FREMF Mortgage Trust
Series 2014-K716 B 144A
4.083% 8/25/47

     4,820,000        4,990,008  
     

 

 

 

Total Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Security
(Cost $4,996,626)

 

     4,990,008  
     

 

 

 

CONVERTIBLE BONDS–0.49%

 

  

#Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings 144A 2.25%, exercise price $26.00, maturity date 12/15/23

     24,000        25,440  

Alaska Communications Systems Group 6.25%, exercise price $10.28, maturity date 5/1/18

     29,000        30,233  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CONVERTIBLE BONDS (continued)

     

#Ares Capital 144A 3.75%, exercise price $19.39, maturity date 2/1/22

     13,000      $ 13,097  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical 1.50%, exercise price $94.15, maturity date 10/15/20

     25,000        29,859  

#Blackhawk Network Holdings 144A 1.50%, exercise price $49.83, maturity date 1/15/22

     51,000        57,120  

Blackstone Mortgage Trust 4.375%, exercise price $35.67, maturity date 5/5/22

     719,000        735,627  

Blackstone Mortgage Trust 5.25%, exercise price $27.99, maturity date 12/1/18

     52,000        60,320  

Brookdale Senior Living 2.75%, exercise price $29.33, maturity date 6/15/18

     722,000        718,841  

Cardtronics 1.00%, exercise price $52.35, maturity date 12/1/20

     65,000        62,603  

Cemex 3.72%, exercise price $11.01, maturity date 3/15/20

     33,000        38,239  

Chart Industries 2.00%, exercise price $69.03, maturity date 8/1/18

     59,000        58,779  

#Clearwire Communications 144A 8.25%, exercise price $7.08, maturity date 12/1/40

     114,000        117,420  

#DISH Network 144A 2.375%, exercise price $82.22, maturity date 3/15/24

     49,000        51,603  

#DISH Network 144A 3.375%, exercise price $65.18, maturity date 8/15/26

     18,000        21,915  

GAIN Capital Holdings 4.125%, exercise price $12.00, maturity date 12/1/18

     77,000        74,112  

fGeneral Cable 4.50%, exercise price $31.33, maturity date 11/15/29

     883,000        669,424  

Helix Energy Solutions Group 4.25%, exercise price $13.89, maturity date 5/1/22

     62,000        58,164  

#Insulet 144A 1.25%, exercise price $58.37, maturity date 9/15/21

     28,000        30,870  

Jefferies Group 3.875%, exercise price $43.72, maturity date 11/1/29

     124,000        124,930  

#Kaman 144A 3.25%, exercise price $65.26, maturity date 5/1/24

     45,000        45,816  

 

 

 

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LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CONVERTIBLE BONDS (continued)

     

Knowles 3.25%, exercise price $18.43, maturity date 11/1/21

     46,000      $ 54,309  

#Liberty Interactive 144A 1.75%, exercise price $341.10, maturity date 9/30/46

     45,000        51,666  

#Liberty Media 144A 2.25%, exercise price $104.55, maturity date 9/30/46

     15,000        16,219  

Medicines 2.75%, exercise price $48.97, maturity date 7/15/23

     33,000        34,691  

fMeritor 4.00%, exercise price $26.73, maturity date 2/15/27

     110,000        115,156  

New Mountain Finance 5.00%, exercise price $15.80, maturity date 6/15/19

     61,000        63,440  

NuVasive 2.25%, exercise price $59.82, maturity date 3/15/21

     22,000        30,470  

NXP Semiconductors 1.00%, exercise price $102.84, maturity date 12/1/19

     47,000        56,283  

ON Semiconductor 1.00%, exercise price $18.50, maturity date 12/1/20

     57,000        59,422  

#Pacira Pharmaceuticals 144A 2.375%, exercise price $66.89, maturity date 4/1/22

     47,000        50,055  

PROS Holdings 2.00%, exercise price $33.79, maturity date 12/1/19

     56,000        59,570  

#Silicon Laboratories 144A 1.375%, exercise price $92.81, maturity date 3/1/22

     5,000        5,194  

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals 2.75%, exercise price $10.53, maturity date 12/15/18

     79,000        84,036  

Spirit Realty Capital 3.75%, exercise price $13.00, maturity date 5/15/21

     74,000        73,584  

#Synaptics 144A 0.50%, exercise price $73.02, maturity date 6/15/22

     9,000        9,113  

Synchronoss Technologies 0.75%, exercise price $53.17, maturity date 8/15/19

     38,000        35,435  

•Vector Group 1.75%, exercise price $23.46, maturity date 4/15/20

     85,000        98,387  

VEREIT 3.75%, exercise price $14.99, maturity date 12/15/20

     112,000        115,431  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CONVERTIBLE BONDS (continued)

 

Verint Systems 1.50%, exercise price $64.46, maturity date 6/1/21

     69,000      $ 67,922  
     

 

 

 

Total Convertible Bonds
(Cost $4,207,780)

        4,104,795  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
        

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK–0.10%

 

American Tower 5.50%, exercise price $115.11, expiration date 2/15/18

     114        13,820  

Becton Dickinson 6.125%, exercise price $211.80, expiration date 5/1/20

     452        24,761  

DTE Energy 6.50%, exercise price $116.31, expiration date 10/1/19

     663        36,366  

El Paso Energy Capital Trust I 4.75%, exercise price $50.00, expiration date 3/31/28

     829        41,533  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries 7.00%, exercise price $75.00, expiration date 12/15/18

     23        13,673  

Welltower 6.50%, exercise price $57.42, expiration date 12/31/49

     10,350        685,791  
     

 

 

 

Total Convertible Preferred Stock
(Cost $838,657)

 

     815,944  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
        

CORPORATE BONDS–62.49%

 

  

Air Freight & Logistics–0.64%

     

#Aviation Capital Group 144A 2.875% 1/20/22

     4,845,000        4,832,980  

#SMBC Aviation Capital Finance 144A 2.65% 7/15/21

     580,000        570,025  
     

 

 

 
        5,403,005  
     

 

 

 

Airlines–0.33%

     

#◆Air Canada 2015-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 144A
3.60% 3/15/27

     528,907        538,163  

◆American Airlines 2014-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 3.70% 10/1/26

     553,300        567,133  

◆American Airlines 2015-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 3.375% 5/1/27

     162,706        163,927  

◆American Airlines 2016-1 Class AA Pass Through Trust
3.575% 1/15/28

     243,677        249,891  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund–4


LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Airlines (continued)

 

◆United Airlines 2014-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 4.00% 4/11/26

     439,430      $ 459,743  

◆United Airlines 2014-2 Class A Pass Through Trust 3.75% 9/3/26

     808,701        839,028  
     

 

 

 
     2,817,885  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles–2.26%

 

#•Daimler Finance North America 144A 1.51% 8/1/17

     6,340,000        6,340,926  

•Ford Motor Credit
2.104% 11/4/19

     7,130,000        7,167,661  

Toyota Motor Credit
2.00% 10/24/18

     5,525,000        5,556,062  
     

 

 

 
     19,064,649  
     

 

 

 

Banks–15.39%

 

#•Akbank 144A 7.20% 3/16/27

     230,000        239,327  

#Banco Nacional de Costa Rica 144A 5.875% 4/25/21

     215,000        226,029  

#Banco Nacional de Desenvol-vimento Economico e Social 144A 4.75% 5/9/24

     200,000        196,000  

•Bank of America
2.153% 4/24/23

     11,955,000        12,007,052  

Barclays

     

4.836% 5/9/28

     545,000        557,799  

•8.25% 12/29/49

     2,750,000        2,921,875  

•BB&T 2.106% 6/15/18

     4,135,000        4,160,538  

#BBVA Bancomer 144A
7.25% 4/22/20

     450,000        494,437  

#BGEO Group 144A
6.00% 7/26/23

     200,000        203,800  

•Citigroup 2.279% 5/17/24

     10,755,000        10,754,140  

Citizens Bank 2.55% 5/13/21

     4,000,000        4,005,784  

Citizens Financial Group

     

2.375% 7/28/21

     1,000,000        992,304  

4.30% 12/3/25

     750,000        783,322  

Compass Bank 3.875% 4/10/25

     970,000        967,844  

#•Dexia Credit Local 144A
1.682% 2/15/19

     4,440,000        4,442,735  

Fifth Third Bancorp
2.60% 6/15/22

     2,000,000        1,996,336  

Fifth Third Bank

     

•2.082% 8/20/18

     1,770,000        1,778,809  

2.25% 6/14/21

     4,000,000        3,990,556  

Huntington Bancshares
2.30% 1/14/22

     935,000        921,939  

Huntington National Bank
2.375% 3/10/20

     1,340,000        1,345,601  

ING Groep 3.15% 3/29/22

     815,000        831,433  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Banks (continued)

 

JPMorgan Chase

     

•2.056% 4/25/23

     4,205,000      $ 4,211,160  

•2.383% 10/24/23

     9,710,000        9,864,360  

KeyBank

     

2.35% 3/8/19

     4,750,000        4,782,001  

2.50% 11/22/21

     2,000,000        2,007,624  

3.18% 5/22/22

     1,630,000        1,660,999  

•Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau
1.455% 12/29/17

     4,130,000        4,129,901  

Lloyds Banking Group
3.00% 1/11/22

     3,625,000        3,664,643  

Manufacturers & Traders Trust
2.50% 5/18/22

     530,000        529,409  

•Oesterreichische Kontrollbank 1.365% 8/10/17

     4,350,000        4,350,418  

Regions Bank 2.25% 9/14/18

     3,985,000        4,002,271  

Royal Bank of Canada
2.75% 2/1/22

     3,425,000        3,485,366  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group

     

•2.652% 5/15/23

     3,610,000        3,641,717  

•8.625% 12/29/49

     1,550,000        1,693,375  

•Santander UK 2.042% 8/24/18

     5,700,000        5,737,329  

SunTrust Banks

     

2.70% 1/27/22

     1,360,000        1,364,268  

•5.05% 6/15/22

     280,000        284,900  

SVB Financial Group
3.50% 1/29/25

     770,000        757,022  

•Toronto-Dominion Bank
1.722% 4/30/18

     5,650,000        5,670,018  

#Turkiye Garanti Bankasi 144A 5.25% 9/13/22

     260,000        264,654  

•USB Capital IX
3.50% 10/29/49

     465,000        413,455  

•Wells Fargo 2.402% 10/31/23

     13,300,000        13,546,183  
     

 

 

 
     129,878,733  
     

 

 

 

Beverages–3.67%

     

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance 2.65% 2/1/21

     6,600,000        6,694,037  

•Anheuser-Busch Inbev Worldwide 1.86% 8/1/18

     6,520,000        6,572,819  

#Becle 144A 3.75% 5/13/25

     1,340,000        1,339,872  

Constellation Brands
4.25% 5/1/23

     230,000        245,173  

Molson Coors Brewing
3.00% 7/15/26

     4,445,000        4,283,762  

•PepsiCo 1.505% 10/13/17

     4,900,000        4,905,312  

#Pernod Ricard 144A
4.45% 1/15/22

     6,455,000        6,928,048  
     

 

 

 
     30,969,023  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund–5


LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Biotechnology–0.00%

 

#Neurocrine Biosciences 144A 2.25% 5/15/24

     23,000      $ 22,899  
     

 

 

 
     22,899  
     

 

 

 

Building Products–0.03%

 

Masco 3.50% 4/1/21

     255,000        263,152  
     

 

 

 
     263,152  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–5.20%

 

•Bank of New York Mellon 2.222% 10/30/23

     6,535,000        6,687,017  

Deutsche Telekom International Finance

 

  

#144A 1.95% 9/19/21

     485,000        473,072  

#144A 2.485% 9/19/23

     3,740,000        3,635,785  

•Goldman Sachs Group
2.80% 11/29/23

     7,945,000        8,208,218  

•Morgan Stanley
2.373% 5/8/24

     12,950,000        13,027,441  

•State Street 2.653% 5/15/23

     1,290,000        1,294,795  

#UBS Group Funding Switzerland 144A
3.00% 4/15/21

     10,365,000        10,533,328  
     

 

 

 
     43,859,656  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals–0.74%

 

CF Industries 6.875% 5/1/18

     1,240,000        1,291,150  

Dow Chemical 8.55% 5/15/19

     1,560,000        1,748,022  

#Equate Petrochemical 144A
3.00% 3/3/22

     295,000        291,283  

#INVISTA Finance 144A
4.25% 10/15/19

     1,280,000        1,325,056  

#OCP 144A 4.50% 10/22/25

     1,170,000        1,183,162  

#Phosagro OAO via Phosagro Bond Funding 144A
3.95% 11/3/21

     355,000        357,998  
     

 

 

 
     6,196,671  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–0.08%

 

Penske Truck Leasing

     

#144A 3.30% 4/1/21

     405,000        416,421  

#144A 4.20% 4/1/27

     235,000        243,242  
     

 

 

 
     659,663  
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment–1.13%

 

•Cisco Systems 1.702% 3/1/19

     9,480,000        9,551,583  
     

 

 

 
     9,551,583  
     

 

 

 

Construction Materials–0.08%

 

#CEMEX Finance 144A 9.375% 10/12/22

     425,000        452,625  

#Union Andina de Cementos 144A 5.875% 10/30/21

     245,000        255,045  
     

 

 

 
     707,670  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Consumer Finance–1.24%

 

General Motors Financial

     

3.10% 1/15/19

     4,120,000      $ 4,177,853  

4.375% 9/25/21

     5,500,000        5,802,956  

#Hyundai Capital America 144A 3.00% 3/18/21

     490,000        493,182  
     

 

 

 
     10,473,991  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services–0.62%

 

#ERAC USA Finance 144A
4.50% 8/16/21

     4,650,000        4,984,186  

#SUAM Finance 144A
4.875% 4/17/24

     185,000        196,775  
     

 

 

 
     5,180,961  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–2.50%

 

•AT&T 2.226% 6/30/20

     10,790,000        10,935,924  

CenturyLink 5.80% 3/15/22

     1,395,000        1,456,031  

Digicel Group

     

#144A 7.125% 4/1/22

     240,000        210,312  

#144A 8.25% 9/30/20

     200,000        187,730  

#GTP Acquisition Partners I 144A 2.35% 6/15/20

     470,000        465,014  

SBA Tower Trust

     

#144A 2.24% 4/10/18

     465,000        464,867  

#144A 2.898% 10/8/19

     1,145,000        1,151,032  

#Verizon Communications 144A 2.946% 3/15/22

     6,210,000        6,259,966  
     

 

 

 
     21,130,876  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–3.68%

 

#American Transmission Systems 144A 5.25% 1/15/22

     755,000        833,020  

Berkshire Hathaway Energy
3.75% 11/15/23

     1,525,000        1,606,334  

Commonwealth Edison
2.15% 1/15/19

     2,750,000        2,764,105  

Duke Energy 1.80% 9/1/21

     5,670,000        5,540,412  

•Emera 6.75% 6/15/76

     440,000        499,400  

#•Enel 144A 8.75% 9/24/73

     1,103,000        1,315,327  

Enel Americas 4.00% 10/25/26

     210,000        212,573  

#Enel Finance International 144A 3.625% 5/25/27

     1,380,000        1,369,491  

Entergy Louisiana 4.05% 9/1/23

     3,955,000        4,236,991  

Entergy Mississippi 3.10% 7/1/23

     250,000        253,188  

Exelon 3.497% 6/1/22

     735,000        751,735  

#Fortis 144A 2.10% 10/4/21

     4,985,000        4,887,449  

Great Plains Energy

     

3.15% 4/1/22

     3,895,000        3,940,412  

4.85% 6/1/21

     440,000        469,293  

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings
3.625% 6/15/23

     875,000        898,798  

NV Energy 6.25% 11/15/20

     800,000        900,679  
 

 

 

LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund–6


LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Electric Utilities (continued)

     

#Pampa Energia 144A 7.50% 1/24/27

     190,000      $ 198,751  

#Perusahaan Listrik Negara 144A 4.125% 5/15/27

     410,000        403,902  
     

 

 

 
        31,081,860  
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–1.54%

 

American Tower 2.25% 1/15/22

     6,405,000        6,251,997  

Crown Castle International 5.25% 1/15/23

     3,410,000        3,792,541  

Host Hotels & Resorts 3.75% 10/15/23

     1,895,000        1,934,899  

WP Carey 4.60% 4/1/24

     980,000        1,021,992  
     

 

 

 
        13,001,429  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–0.81%

 

CVS Health 2.125% 6/1/21

     6,885,000        6,807,392  
     

 

 

 
        6,807,392  
     

 

 

 

Food Products–0.13%

 

#ESAL 144A 6.25% 2/5/23

     230,000        201,825  

#Marfrig Holdings Europe 144A 8.00% 6/8/23

     225,000        228,983  

•Mondelez International 1.69% 2/1/19

     675,000        677,783  
     

 

 

 
        1,108,591  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–1.67%

 

Abbott Laboratories

     

2.80% 9/15/20

     3,000,000        3,049,128  

2.90% 11/30/21

     6,690,000        6,771,558  

Becton Dickinson
2.894% 6/6/22

     4,250,000        4,268,067  
     

 

 

 
        14,088,753  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–0.08%

 

Marriott International 3.75% 3/15/25

     635,000        655,212  
     

 

 

 
        655,212  
     

 

 

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity
Producers–0.03%

 

#•AES Gener 144A 8.375% 12/18/73

     220,000        235,950  
     

 

 

 
        235,950  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–2.19%

 

General Electric

     

•1.551% 5/5/26

     3,900,000        3,833,875  

•1.923% 1/9/20

     3,840,000        3,886,368  

•2.246% 3/15/23

     2,450,000        2,521,011  

6.00% 8/7/19

     1,385,000        1,505,671  

Roper Technologies 2.80% 12/15/21

     3,090,000        3,119,488  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Industrial Conglomerates (continued)

 

#Siemens Financierings-maatschappij 144A 2.70% 3/16/22

     3,530,000      $ 3,578,252  
     

 

 

 
        18,444,665  
     

 

 

 

Insurance–1.80%

 

#NUVEEN FINANCE 144A 2.95% 11/1/19

     5,110,000        5,185,924  

Prudential Financial

     

•1.962% 8/15/18

     8,742,000        8,800,816  

•5.375% 5/15/45

     740,000        802,900  

•XLIT 3.616% 12/29/49

     460,000        430,100  
     

 

 

 
        15,219,740  
     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–0.09%

 

JD.com 3.125% 4/29/21

     755,000        756,023  
     

 

 

 
        756,023  
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–0.03%

 

Alibaba Group Holding 3.125% 11/28/21

     240,000        245,214  
     

 

 

 
        245,214  
     

 

 

 

Machinery–0.72%

 

Crane 2.75% 12/15/18

     185,000        186,987  

•PACCAR Financial 1.823% 12/6/18

     5,850,000        5,893,811  
     

 

 

 
        6,080,798  
     

 

 

 

Media–0.92%

 

21st Century Fox America 4.50% 2/15/21

     2,290,000        2,456,011  

#Columbus Cable Barbados 144A 7.375% 3/30/21

     625,000        664,844  

Historic TW 6.875% 6/15/18

     430,000        450,364  

#Myriad International Holdings 144A 4.85% 7/6/27

     200,000        201,095  

Time Warner Entertainment 8.375% 3/15/23

     3,190,000        4,018,577  
     

 

 

 
        7,790,891  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–0.51%

 

#•BHP Billiton Finance USA 144A 6.25% 10/19/75

     2,120,000        2,317,160  

#Cia Brasileira de Aluminio 144A 6.75% 4/5/21

     405,000        432,337  

#MMC Norilsk Nickel OJSC via MMC Finance 144A 4.10% 4/11/23

     200,000        199,475  

Vale Overseas 5.875% 6/10/21

     765,000        823,140  

#Vedanta Resources 144A 6.375% 7/30/22

     315,000        316,795  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund–7


LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Metals & Mining (continued)

 

#VM Holding 144A
5.375% 5/4/27

     210,000      $ 212,520  
     

 

 

 
        4,301,427  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–0.63%

 

Ameren 3.65% 2/15/26

     2,095,000        2,142,726  

Ameren Illinois 9.75% 11/15/18

     385,000        425,551  

CMS Energy 6.25% 2/1/20

     695,000        765,523  

Sempra Energy 2.875% 10/1/22

     1,995,000        2,002,216  
     

 

 

 
        5,336,016  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–4.88%

 

•Chevron 1.748% 3/3/22

     5,645,000        5,697,177  

•ConocoPhillips 2.082% 5/15/22

     5,100,000        5,213,383  

Ecopetrol 5.875% 9/18/23

     435,000        476,760  

#Empresa Nacional del Petroleo 144A 4.75% 12/6/21

     485,000        518,331  

•Enterprise Products Operating 7.034% 1/15/68

     175,000        180,075  

•Exxon Mobil 1.593% 3/6/22

     10,640,000        10,746,347  

#Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital 144A 4.95% 3/23/27

     295,000        297,139  

#KazMunayGas National 144A 3.875% 4/19/22

     435,000        431,542  

#Kunlun Energy 144A 2.875% 5/13/20

     465,000        468,757  

#Pertamina Persero 144A 5.25% 5/23/21

     845,000        917,001  

#Perusahaan Gas Negara Persero 144A 5.125% 5/16/24

     200,000        215,286  

Petrobras Global Finance 5.375% 1/27/21

     430,000        438,256  

#•Petroleos Mexicanos 144A 4.878% 3/11/22

     800,000        863,800  

#Raizen Fuels Finance 144A 5.30% 1/20/27

     260,000        264,225  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction 5.625% 4/15/23

     3,580,000        3,984,304  

Spectra Energy Capital 3.30% 3/15/23

     610,000        613,040  

•Statoil 1.639% 11/8/18

     7,240,000        7,275,983  

#Tengizchevroil Finance Co. International 144A 4.00% 8/15/26

     335,000        323,761  

#Woodside Finance 144A 8.75% 3/1/19

     2,070,000        2,286,828  
     

 

 

 
        41,211,995  
     

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products–0.22%

 

Georgia-Pacific 8.00% 1/15/24

     1,125,000        1,445,078  

#Suzano Austria GmbH 144A 5.75% 7/14/26

     355,000        368,312  
     

 

 

 
        1,813,390  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Pharmaceuticals–2.97%

 

#•Bayer US Finance 144A
1.582% 10/6/17

     10,000,000      $ 10,002,090  

Mylan 3.95% 6/15/26

     995,000        1,010,018  

•Pfizer 1.546% 6/15/18

     11,640,000        11,672,324  

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland 2.40% 9/23/21

     2,385,000        2,359,535  
     

 

 

 
        25,043,967  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail–0.02%

 

#Transnet 144A 4.00% 7/26/22

     200,000        195,155  
     

 

 

 
        195,155  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–0.38%

 

#NXP 144A 4.125% 6/15/20

     3,000,000        3,158,460  
     

 

 

 
        3,158,460  
     

 

 

 

Software–1.75%

 

CDK Global 5.00% 10/15/24

     620,000        661,850  

•Oracle 1.813% 10/8/19

     13,945,000        14,091,353  
     

 

 

 
        14,753,203  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–0.72%

 

•Lowe’s 1.648% 9/10/19

     6,055,000        6,101,648  
     

 

 

 
        6,101,648  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.95%

 

Apple

     

•1.68% 2/9/22

     3,820,000        3,861,329  

•2.316% 2/23/21

     4,050,000        4,181,888  
     

 

 

 
        8,043,217  
     

 

 

 

Tobacco–0.55%

 

Reynolds American
4.00% 6/12/22

     4,390,000        4,657,110  
     

 

 

 
        4,657,110  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–1.00%

 

AerCap Ireland Capital 3.95% 2/1/22

     1,410,000        1,469,570  

International Lease Finance 8.625% 1/15/22

     5,640,000        6,951,638  
     

 

 

 
        8,421,208  
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.31%

 

#Crown Castle Towers 144A 4.883% 8/15/20

     1,615,000        1,724,637  

#Millicom International Cellular 144A 6.00% 3/15/25

     395,000        416,002  

VimpelCom Holdings #144A 4.95% 6/16/24

     200,000        201,116  
 

 

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LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services (continued)

 

VimpelCom Holdings (continued)

     

#144A 5.95% 2/13/23

     260,000      $ 276,900  
     

 

 

 
        2,618,655  
     

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $521,725,690)

        527,352,386  
     

 

 

 

«LOAN AGREEMENTS–10.48%

 

American Airlines Tranche B 1st Lien 3.659% 12/14/23

     2,426,212        2,430,955  

Aramark Services Tranche B 1st Lien 3.226% 3/28/24

     3,491,250        3,518,534  

Cablevision Tranche B 1st Lien 3.459% 7/17/25

     2,000,000        1,988,750  

Calpine Construction Finance 3.48% 5/3/20

     1,015,432        1,012,578  

Charter Communications Operating 1st Lien 3.30% 1/15/24

     1,481,250        1,488,034  

Charter Communications Operating Tranche E 1st Lien 3.23% 7/1/20

     3,787,200        3,802,595  

Charter Communications Tranche H 1st Lien 3.23% 1/15/22

     1,481,250        1,486,627  

Chrysler Tranche B 1st Lien 3.16% 12/31/18

     2,532,829        2,557,372  

DaVita HealthCare Partners Tranche B 3.976% 6/24/21

     8,342,000        8,362,879  

First Data 1st Lien 3.716% 4/26/24

     4,996,735        5,002,082  

Flying Fortress Tranche B 1st Lien 3.546% 10/30/22

     3,000,000        3,013,920  

Hilton Worldwide Finance Tranche B2 1st Lien 3.216% 10/25/23

     6,982,500        7,010,639  

Houghton International 4.546% 12/20/19

     1,208,099        1,217,160  

Las Vegas Sands 1st Lien 3.23% 3/29/24

     5,964,756        5,980,056  

Level 3 Financing Tranche B 1st Lien 3.466% 2/22/24

     2,165,000        2,172,448  

MGM Growth Properties Tranche B 1st Lien 3.476% 5/1/23

     4,937,500        4,952,016  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

«LOAN AGREEMENTS (continued)

 

Nielsen Finance Tranche B4 1st Lien 3.096% 10/4/23

     3,000,000      $ 3,007,845  

Penn National Gaming Tranche B 1st Lien 3.726% 1/19/24

     1,745,625        1,757,478  

RPI Finance Trust Tranche B6 1st Lien 3.296% 3/27/23

     2,100,000        2,110,175  

Sinclair Television Group 3.48% 1/3/24

     6,467,500        6,484,477  

Sprint Communications Tranche B 1st Lien 3.75% 2/2/24

     7,990,000        8,000,826  

Team Health Holdings Tranche B 1st Lien 3.976% 2/6/24

     1,945,125        1,932,063  

Univision Communications Tranche C 1st Lien 3.976% 3/15/24

     7,923,403        7,781,416  

WideOpenWest Finance Tranche B 1st Lien 4.702% 8/19/23

     1,347,518        1,347,983  
     

 

 

 

Total Loan Agreement
(Cost $88,378,119)

        88,418,908  
     

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES–14.14%

 

•American Express Credit Account Secured Note Trust Series 2012-4 B 1.709% 5/15/20

     7,000,000        7,006,671  

#•AMMC CLO 16 Series 2015-16A AR 144A 2.42% 4/14/29

     1,635,000        1,634,178  

BA Credit Card Trust

     

•Series 2014-A1 A 1.539% 6/15/21

     4,741,000        4,760,923  

•Series 2014-A3 A 1.449% 1/15/20

     1,190,000        1,190,396  

•Series 2015-A1 A 1.489% 6/15/20

     1,065,000        1,066,698  

#•Ballyrock CLO Series 2013-1A A 144A 2.352% 5/20/25

     2,000,000        1,999,890  

#•Cedar Funding IV CLO Series 2014-4A AR 144A 2.386% 7/23/30

     3,230,000        3,228,366  

#•Cedar Funding V CLO Series 2016-5A A1 144A 2.768% 7/17/28

     4,200,000        4,243,966  

Chase Issuance Trust
•Series 2013-A6 A6 1.579% 7/15/20

     1,250,000        1,253,980  
 

 

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LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

Chase Issuance Trust (continued)

 

•Series 2013-A9 A 1.579% 11/16/20

     4,400,000      $ 4,418,699  

•Series 2014-A5 A5 1.529% 4/15/21

     4,745,000        4,762,609  

•Series 2016-A1 A 1.569% 5/17/21

     1,155,000        1,161,210  

•Series 2016-A3 A3 1.709% 6/15/23

     5,000,000        5,040,851  

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

 

•Series 2013-A4 A4 1.636% 7/24/20

     5,000,000        5,018,193  

•Series 2013-A7 A7 1.547% 9/10/20

     4,700,000        4,717,583  

•Series 2016-A3 A3 1.713% 12/7/23

     5,750,000        5,798,191  

Discover Card Execution Note Trust

 

•Series 2013-A1 A1 1.459% 8/17/20

     2,000,000        2,002,370  

•Series 2014-A1 A1 1.589% 7/15/21

     6,955,000        6,986,827  

•Series 2017-A1 A1 1.649% 7/15/24

     3,000,000        3,016,169  

•Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2016-B A2B 1.469% 3/15/19

     2,072,684        2,074,021  

•Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust Series 2016-3 A2 1.779% 7/15/21

     12,000,000        12,085,310  

#•Hertz Fleet Lease Funding Series 2014-1 A 144A
1.517% 4/10/28

     52,615        52,602  

•Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust Series 2017-A A2B 1.239% 2/18/20

     11,000,000        11,000,410  

JFIN CLO

 

#•Series 2014-1A A 144A 2.53% 4/20/25

     2,500,000        2,500,320  

#•Series 2015-2A AX 144A
2.608% 10/19/26

     1,487,500        1,489,306  

#•KKR Financial CLO Series 2013-1A A1R 144A 2.448% 4/15/29

     3,400,000        3,398,286  

Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust

 

•Series 2015-B A2B 1.439% 7/16/18

     28,612        28,614  

•Series 2015-C A2B 1.509% 11/15/18

     203,228        203,300  

#•Northwoods Capital XV Series 2017-15A A 144A 0.00% 6/20/29

     1,000,000        999,483  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

#•Oaktree CLO Series 2014-1A A1R 144A 2.472% 5/13/29

     2,500,000      $ 2,498,725  

#•Octagon Investment Partners XV Series 2013-1A A1AR 144A 0.00% 7/19/30

     1,000,000        1,000,000  

#•PFS Financing Series 2015-AA A 144A 1.779% 4/15/20

     1,950,000        1,949,605  

#•Shackleton VIII CLO Series 2015-8A A1 144A 2.666% 10/20/27

     1,340,000        1,340,549  

#•Telos CLO Series 2013-4A A 144A 2.458% 7/17/24

     3,000,000        3,001,815  

•Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2016-A A2B 1.479% 7/16/18

     2,211,985        2,212,856  

#•Venture XXI CLO Series 2015-21A A 144A 2.648% 7/15/27

     2,230,000        2,229,030  

#•Venture XXVIII CLO Series 2017-28A A2 144A 0.00% 7/20/30

     2,000,000        1,983,428  
     

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $119,001,394)

 

     119,355,430  
     

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED

SECURITIES–1.38%

 

 

#COMM Mortgage Trust Series 2015-3BP A 144A 3.178% 2/10/35

     3,280,000        3,310,719  

JPM-BB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2015-C33 A4 3.77% 12/15/48

     8,000,000        8,375,237  
     

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $11,587,385)

 

     11,685,956  
     

 

 

 

DREGIONAL BONDS–0.07%

 

Argentina–0.07%

 

Provincia De Buenos Aires #144A 7.875% 6/15/27

     285,000        295,773  

Provincia De Cordoba #144A 7.45% 9/1/24

     300,000        312,198  
     

 

 

 
        607,971  
     

 

 

 

Total Regional Bonds
(Cost $583,357)

 

     607,971  
     

 

 

 

DSOVEREIGN BONDS–0.93%

 

Argentina–0.06%

 

Argentine Republic Government International Bond 5.625% 1/26/22

     500,000        513,250  
     

 

 

 
        513,250  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund–10


LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

DSOVEREIGN BONDS (continued)

 

Bahrain–0.04%

 

#Bahrain Government International Bond 144A 6.125% 7/5/22

     335,000      $ 352,762  
     

 

 

 
        352,762  
     

 

 

 

Cayman Islands–0.03%

 

#KSA Sukuk 144A 2.894% 4/20/22

     285,000        285,806  
     

 

 

 
        285,806  
     

 

 

 

Chile–0.04%

 

Bonos de la Tesoreria de la Republica en pesos 4.50% 3/1/21

   CLP  200,000,000        315,280  
     

 

 

 
        315,280  
     

 

 

 

Costa Rica–0.03%

 

#Costa Rica Government International Bond 144A 4.25% 1/26/23

     250,000        244,688  
     

 

 

 
        244,688  
     

 

 

 

Croatia–0.06%

 

#Croatia Government International Bond 144A 5.50% 4/4/23

     470,000        514,793  
     

 

 

 
        514,793  
     

 

 

 

India–0.06%

 

Export-Import Bank of India 3.125% 7/20/21

     505,000        510,601  
     

 

 

 
        510,601  
     

 

 

 

Japan–0.24%

 

•Japan Bank for International Cooperation 1.762% 2/24/20

     1,984,000        1,983,452  
     

 

 

 
        1,983,452  
     

 

 

 

Nigeria–0.06%

 

Nigeria Government International Bond 5.625% 6/27/22

     500,000        495,813  
     

 

 

 
        495,813  
     

 

 

 

Norway–0.18%

 

#•Kommunalbanken 144A 1.352% 2/20/18

     1,500,000        1,501,632  
     

 

 

 
        1,501,632  
     

 

 

 

Russia–0.03%

 

#Russian Foreign Bond - Eurobond 144A 4.75% 5/27/26

     200,000        209,085  
     

 

 

 
        209,085  
     

 

 

 

Sri Lanka–0.06%

 

#Sri Lanka Government International Bond 144A 5.75% 1/18/22

     525,000        545,473  
     

 

 

 
        545,473  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

DSOVEREIGN BONDS (continued)

 

Turkey–0.04%

 

#Export Credit Bank of Turkey 144A 5.375% 10/24/23

     345,000      $ 349,295  
     

 

 

 
        349,295  
     

 

 

 

Total Sovereign Bonds
(Cost $7,771,438)

        7,821,930  
     

 

 

 

SUPRANATIONAL BANKS–1.68%

 

•Inter-American Development Bank 1.378% 10/15/20

     6,065,000        6,104,623  

•International Bank for Reconstruction & Development 1.39% 12/16/17

     3,975,000        3,977,723  

•International Finance 1.363% 1/9/19

     4,115,000        4,119,205  
     

 

 

 

Total Supranational Banks
(Cost $14,122,751)

 

     14,201,551  
     

 

 

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS–3.63%

 

•U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Note 1.118% 4/30/19

     11,885,000        11,884,703  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     

1.75% 5/31/22

     2,680,000        2,664,612  

1.75% 6/30/22

     12,630,000        12,549,332  

2.25% 2/15/27

     3,215,000        3,200,619  

2.375% 5/15/27

     325,000        327,101  
     

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(Cost $30,686,483)

 

     30,626,367  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
        

PREFERRED STOCK–0.96%

 

AMG Capital Trust II 5.15%

     12,425        737,734  

•General Electric 5.00%

     1,975,000        2,098,734  

•Integrys Holdings 6.00%

     34,900        942,736  

#•USB Realty 144A 2.305%

     4,900,000        4,299,750  
     

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $7,871,380)

 

     8,078,954  
     

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–1.97%

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     16,597,459        16,597,459  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $16,597,459)

        16,597,459  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund–11


LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.86% (Cost $836,387,802)

   $ 842,723,598  

«RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.14%

     1,217,523  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 83,252,464 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $   843,941,121  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP DELAWARE DIVERSIFIED FLOATING RATE FUND STANDARD CLASS ($34,266,668 / 3,368,064 Shares)

     $10.174  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP DELAWARE DIVERSIFIED FLOATING RATE FUND SERVICE CLASS ($809,674,453 / 79,884,400 Shares)

     $10.136  
  

 

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 838,976,950  

Undistributed net investment income

     13,838,714  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (16,784,288

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

     7,909,745  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $   843,941,121  
  

 

 

 

 

#

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At June 30, 2017, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $157,189,477, which represents 18.63% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 6 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

D

Securities have been classified by country of origin.

 

Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate as of June 30, 2017. Interest rates reset periodically.

 

f

Step coupon bond. Coupon increases/decreases periodically based on predetermined schedule. Stated rate in effect at June 30, 2017.

 

«

Includes $3,460,922 cash collateral held at broker for swap contracts, $604,611 due to manager and affiliates, $7,443,693 payable for securities purchased, and $290,611 payable for fund shares redeemed as of June 30, 2017.

 

Pass Through Agreement. Security represents the contractual right to receive a proportionate amount of underlying payments due to the counterparty pursuant to various agreements related to the rescheduling of obligations and the exchange of certain notes.

 

«

Loan agreements generally pay interest at rates which are periodically redetermined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. These base lending rates are generally: (i) the prime rate offered by one or more United States banks, (ii) the lending rate offered by one or more European banks such as the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR), or (iii) the certificate of deposit rate. Loan agreements may be subject to restrictions on resale. Stated rate in effect at June 30, 2017.

 

°

Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars.

The following swap contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Swap Contracts

CDS Contracts

 

Counterparty

  

Swap Referenced

Obligation

   Notional
Amount2
     Annual
Protection
Payments
     Termination
Date
     Upfront
Payments
Paid
(Received)
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 
   Protection Purchased:               

JPMC

  

ICE - CDX.NA.HY.283

     7,835,000        5.00%        6/20/22        $(517,915)        $(21,505)  

 

 

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LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

Swap Contracts (continued)    

Interest Rate Swap Contracts    

 

Counterparty &

Swap Referenced Obligation

     Notional Amount2        Fixed
Interest
Rate Paid
(Received)
     Floating
Interest
Rate Paid
(Received)
     Termination
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

CME – BAML

                 

5 yr Interest Rate Swap

     32,000,000        1.191%        (1.180%)        8/9/21      $ 856,153      $  

5 yr Interest Rate Swap

     43,610,000        1.199%        (1.150%)        4/6/21        1,004,643         

5 yr Interest Rate Swap

     31,980,000        1.883%        (1.222%)        12/5/21        22,817         

7 yr Interest Rate Swap

     13,610,000        1.416%        (1.150%)        4/6/23        453,451         

10 yr Interest Rate Swap

     8,740,000        1.687%        (1.150%)        4/5/26        384,515         

LCH – BAML

                 

3 yr Interest Rate Swap

     58,155,000        1.667%        (1.156%)        1/25/20        25,728         

5 yr Interest Rate Swap

     26,125,000        1.948%        (1.180%)        2/9/22               (42,561

5 yr Interest Rate Swap

     17,320,000        1.976%        (1.170%)        4/27/22               (37,297

7 yr Interest Rate Swap

     17,865,000        2.125%        (1.167%)        1/25/24               (58,103

7 yr Interest Rate Swap

     12,500,000        2.312%        (1.220%)        3/7/24               (182,831
              

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

               $ 2,747,307      $ (320,792
              

 

 

    

 

 

 

The use of swap contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional amounts presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

2Notional amount shown is stated in U.S. Dollars unless noted that the swap is denominated in another currency.

3Markit’s North American High Yield CDX Index, or the CDX.NA.HY Index, is composed of one hundred (100) of the most liquid North American entities with high yield credit ratings that trade in the CDS market.

Summary of Abbreviations:

BAML–Bank of America Merrill Lynch

BB–Barclays Bank

CDS–Credit Default Swap

CDX.NA.HY–Credit Default Swap Index North America High Yield

CLO–Collateralized Loan Obligation

CLP–Chilean Peso

CME–Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.

FREMF–Freddie Mac Multifamily

GNMA–Government National Mortgage Association

ICE–Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

JPM–JPMorgan

JPMC–JPMorgan Chase Bank

LCH–London Clearing House

REMIC–Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

yr–year

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund–13


LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Interest

   $ 9,857,469  

Dividends

     46,478  

Foreign tax withheld

     (181
  

 

 

 
     9,903,766  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     2,353,662  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     974,643  

Accounting and administration expenses

     100,937  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     44,670  

Shareholder servicing fees

     40,681  

Professional fees

     33,992  

Pricing fees

     18,731  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     10,804  

Custodian fees

     6,409  

Consulting fees

     1,735  

Other

     3,392  
  

 

 

 
     3,589,656  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (121,619
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     3,468,037  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     6,435,729  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments

     1,235,802  

Foreign currencies

     (8

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     5  

Swap contracts

     560,021  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     1,795,820  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     3,706,250  

Foreign currencies

     (2

Swap contracts

     (2,590,239
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     1,116,009  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     2,911,829  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 9,347,558  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 6,435,729     $ 8,937,292  

Net realized gain (loss)

     1,795,820       (10,370,576

Net change in unrealized appreciation

     1,116,009       17,118,540  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     9,347,558       15,685,256  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     8,778,881       12,325,117  

Service Class

     98,704,392       93,745,802  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     107,483,273       106,070,919  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (4,250,581     (42,116,820

Service Class

     (44,353,320     (130,158,663
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (48,603,901     (172,275,483
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     58,879,372       (66,204,564
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

     68,226,930       (50,519,308

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     775,714,191       826,233,499  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 843,941,121     $ 775,714,191  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 13,838,714     $ 7,402,985  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

 

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LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund Standard Class
    

Six Months
Ended
6/30/171

(unaudited)

   12/31/16    12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.046      $ 9.824      $ 10.057     $ 10.137     $ 10.136     $ 9.866

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                          

Net investment income2

       0.092        0.134        0.145       0.144       0.144       0.193

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.036        0.088        (0.217 )       (0.082 )       (0.068 )       0.223
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.128        0.222        (0.072 )       0.062       0.076       0.416
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                          

Net investment income

                     (0.119 )       (0.119 )       (0.066 )       (0.146 )

Return of capital

                     (0.042 )       (0.023 )       (0.009 )      
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

                     (0.161 )       (0.142 )       (0.075 )       (0.146 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.174      $ 10.046      $ 9.824     $ 10.057     $ 10.137     $ 10.136
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       1.28%        2.26%        (0.71% )       0.62%       0.75%       4.22%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                          

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 34,267      $ 29,345      $ 57,982     $ 298,086     $ 431,104     $ 224,190

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.61%        0.60%        0.62%       0.62%       0.65%       0.69%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.64%        0.63%        0.63%       0.62%       0.65%       0.69%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.83%        1.36%        1.44%       1.41%       1.42%       1.90%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.80%        1.33%        1.43%       1.41%       1.42%       1.90%

Portfolio turnover

       49%        82%        81%       109%       81%       88%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund Service Class
    

Six Months
Ended

6/30/171

(unaudited)

   12/31/16    12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.020      $ 9.823      $ 10.057     $ 10.137     $ 10.135     $ 9.866

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                          

Net investment income2

       0.079        0.109        0.120       0.118       0.118       0.167

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.037        0.088        (0.218 )       (0.081 )       (0.067 )       0.224
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.116        0.197        (0.098 )       0.037       0.051       0.391
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                          

Net investment income

                     (0.094 )       (0.094 )       (0.040 )       (0.122 )

Return of capital

                     (0.042 )       (0.023 )       (0.009 )      
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

                     (0.136 )       (0.117 )       (0.049 )       (0.122 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.136      $ 10.020      $ 9.823     $ 10.057     $ 10.137     $ 10.135
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       1.16%        2.01%        (0.97% )       0.36%       0.51%       3.96%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                          

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 809,674      $ 746,369      $ 768,251     $ 798,818     $ 705,582     $ 207,925

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.86%        0.85%        0.87%       0.87%       0.90%       0.94%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.89%        0.88%        0.88%       0.87%       0.90%       0.94%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.58%        1.11%        1.19%       1.16%       1.17%       1.65%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.55%        1.08%        1.18%       1.16%       1.17%       1.65%

Portfolio turnover

       49%        82%        81%       109%       81%       88%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek total return.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with (U.S. GAAP) and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sale price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). U.S. government and agency securities are valued at the mean between their bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Other debt securities, credit default swap (“CDS”) contracts and interest rate swap contracts are valued based upon valuations provided by an independent pricing service or broker and reviewed by management. To the extent current market prices are not available, the pricing service may take into account developments related to the specific security, as well as transactions in comparable securities. Swap prices are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instrument. Valuations for fixed income securities, including short-term debt securities, utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are used when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund generally separates the portion of realized gains and losses on investments in debt securities resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of debt securities. Gains or losses attributable to changes in foreign exchange rates are included in the Statement of Operations under “Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currencies.” For foreign equity securities, these changes are included in net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

 

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LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebate. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Realized gains (losses) on paydowns of asset- and mortgage-backed securities are classified as interest income. Withholding taxes are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of the distributions by the issuer or management estimate. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.60% of the first $500 million of the average daily net assets of the Fund and 0.55% of the average daily net assets of the Fund in excess of $500 million. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee as follows: 0.03% on the first $2 billion of average daily net assets of the Fund and 0.05% in excess of $2 billion of average daily net assets of the Fund. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without mutual agreement of the Board or LIAC. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

Delaware Investments Fund Advisers (the “Sub-Adviser”), a series of Delaware Management Business Trust, is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 22,884  

Legal

     5,525  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $38,666 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

 

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LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 379,954  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     165,947  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     38,666  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     20,044  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases other than U.S. government securities

   $ 343,265,759  

Purchases of U.S. government securities

     107,795,501  

Sales other than U.S. government securities

     306,617,082  

Sales of U.S. government securities

     85,760,897  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for federal income tax purposes for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 836,387,802  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 7,475,919  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (1,140,123
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 6,335,796  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

At December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

                        Post-Enactment Losses (No Expiration)     
    Short-Term      Long-Term        Total      
   $4,596,969    $13,957,423     $18,554,392   

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

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LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1      Level 2     Total  

Investments:

       

Assets:

       

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

   $      $ 8,065,939     $ 8,065,939  

Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Security

            4,990,008       4,990,008  

Convertible Bonds

            4,104,795       4,104,795  

Convertible Preferred Stock

     815,944              815,944  

Corporate Bonds

            527,352,386       527,352,386  

Loan Agreements

            88,418,908       88,418,908  

Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities

            119,355,430       119,355,430  

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

            11,685,956       11,685,956  

Regional Bonds

            607,971       607,971  

Sovereign Bonds

            7,821,930       7,821,930  

Supranational Banks

            14,201,551       14,201,551  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

            30,626,367       30,626,367  

Preferred Stock

            8,078,954       8,078,954  

Money Market Fund

     16,597,459              16,597,459  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 17,413,403      $ 825,310,195     $ 842,723,598  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives:

       

Assets:

       

Swap Contracts

   $      $ 2,747,307     $ 2,747,307  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

       

Swap Contracts

   $      $ (342,297   $ (342,297
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     867,987       1,243,119  

Service Class

     9,795,975       9,458,970  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     10,663,962       10,702,089  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (421,174     (4,224,228

Service Class

     (4,399,408     (13,176,802
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (4,820,582     (17,401,030
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     5,843,380       (6,698,941
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S.

 

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LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that the counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. This risk is generally mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty. No foreign currency exchange contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions.

Swap Contracts–The Fund enters into interest rate swap contracts and CDS contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may use interest rate swaps to manage the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates. The Fund may enter into CDS contracts in order to hedge against a credit event, to enhance total return or to gain exposure to certain securities or markets.

Interest Rate Swaps–An interest rate swap contract is an exchange of interest rates between counterparties. An interest rate swap generally involves one party making payments based on a fixed interest rate in return for payments from a counterparty based on a variable or floating interest rate. The Fund may enter into either side of such a swap contract. Interest rate swaps may be used to adjust the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates. Periodic payments on such contracts are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized appreciation/depreciation on swap contracts. Upon periodic payment/receipt or termination of the contract, such amounts are recorded as realized gains or losses on swap contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from/paid to the counterparty over the interest rate swap contract’s remaining life, to the extent that the amount is positive. This risk is mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty for trades.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used interest rate swap contracts to manage the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates.

Credit Default Swaps–A CDS contract is a risk-transfer instrument through which one party (a purchaser of protection) transfers to another party (a seller of protection) the financial risk of a credit event (as defined in the CDS agreement), as it relates to a particular referenced security or basket of securities, (such as an index). In exchange for the protection offered by the seller of protection, the purchaser of protection agrees to pay the seller of protection a periodic amount at a stated rate that is applied to the notional amount of the CDS contract. In addition, an upfront payment may be made or received by the Fund in connection with an unwinding or assignment of a CDS contract. Upon the occurrence of a credit event, the seller of protection would pay the counterparty the agreed-upon value for the reference security or basket of securities. Credit events generally include, among others, bankruptcy, failure to pay, and obligation default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund entered into CDS contracts as a purchaser of protection. Periodic payments (receipts) on CDS contracts are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized losses (gains) on swap contracts. Upon payment (receipt), such amounts are recorded as realized losses (gains) on swap contracts. Upfront payments made or received in connection with CDS contracts are amortized over the expected life of the CDS contracts as unrealized losses (gains) on swap contracts. The change in value of CDS contracts is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation daily. A realized gain or loss is recorded upon a credit event (as defined in the CDS agreement) or the maturity or termination of a CDS contract. Initial margin and variation margin is posted to a central counterparty for centrally cleared CDS basket trades, as determined by an applicable central counterparty.

CDS contracts may involve greater risks than if the Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly. CDS contracts are subject to general market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk, either as the seller of protection or the buyer of protection, is the fair value of the contract. This risk is mitigated by (1) for bilateral swap contracts, having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty, and (2) for cleared swaps, trading these instruments through a central counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used CDS contracts to hedge against credit events (including single name, baskets, and systemic).

 

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LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

Swaps Generally–The value of open swaps may differ from that which would be realized in the event the Fund terminated its position in the agreement. Risks of entering into these contracts include the potential inability of the counterparty to meet the terms of the contracts. This type of risk is generally limited to the amount of favorable movement in the value of the underlying security, instrument or basket of instruments, if any, at the day of default. Risks also arise from potential losses from adverse market movements and such losses could exceed the unrealized amounts shown on the Statement of Net Assets.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liabilities Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value     

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value  

Swap contracts (Credit contracts)

   Receivables and other assets net of liabilities    $      Receivables and other assets net of liabilities    $ (21,505

Swap contracts (Interest rate contracts)

   Receivables and other assets net of liabilities      2,747,307      Receivables and other assets net of liabilities      (320,792
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

      $ 2,747,307         $ (342,297
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

   

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

  Realized Gain (Loss)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
    Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
 

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts   $ 5     $  

Swap contracts (Credit contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from swap contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of swap contracts     (320,845     (33,475

Swap contracts (Interest rate contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from swap contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of swap contracts     880,866       (2,556,764
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

    $ 560,026     $ (2,590,239
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives-The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
     Short Derivative
Volume
 

CDS contracts (average notional value)*

     USD     $ 8,505,840      $  

Interest rate swap contracts (average notional value)

     USD              239,589,560  

*Long represents buying protection and short represents selling protection.

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights to help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and foreign currency exchange contracts and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting items and netting provisions in the event of a default or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instrument payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of an ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out) netting including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Net Assets.

 

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LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had the following assets and liabilities subject to offsetting provisions:

Offsetting of Financial Assets and Liabilities and Derivative Assets and Liabilities

 

Counterparty

   Gross Value of
Derivative Asset
     Gross Value
of Derivative
Liability
    Net Position  

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

   $ 2,747,307      $ (320,792   $ 2,426,515  

JPMorgan Chase Bank

            (21,505     (21,505
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,747,307      $ (342,297   $ 2,405,010  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Counterparty

   Net Position     Fair Value of
Non Cash
Collateral
Received
     Cash Collateral
Received
     Fair Value of
Non Cash
Collateral
Pledged
     Cash
Collateral
Pledged
     Net Exposurea  

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

   $ 2,426,515     $      $      $      $      $ 2,426,515  

JPMorgan Chase Bank

     (21,505                          21,505         
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,405,010     $      $      $      $ 21,505      $ 2,426,515  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

aNet exposure amount represents the receivable (payable) that would be due from (to) the counterparty in an event of default.

6. Credit and Market Risk

The Fund invests in high yield fixed income securities, which are securities rated BB or lower by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC or Ba or lower by Moody’s Investor Services Inc., or similarly rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Investments in these higher yielding securities are generally accompanied by a greater degree of credit risk than higher rated securities. Additionally, lower rated securities may be more susceptible to adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than investment-grade securities.

The Fund invests in fixed income securities whose values are derived from an underlying pool of mortgages or consumer loans. The values of these securities are sensitive to changes in economic conditions, including delinquencies and defaults, and may be adversely affected by changes in interest rates and shifts in the market’s perception of issuers. Investors receive principal and interest payments as the underlying mortgages and consumer loans are paid back. Some of these securities are collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”). CMOs are debt securities issued by U.S. government agencies or by financial institutions and other mortgage lenders, which are collateralized by a pool of mortgages held under an indenture. Prepayment of mortgages may shorten the stated maturity of the obligations and can result in a loss of premium, if any has been paid. Certain of these securities may be stripped (securities which provide only the principal or interest feature of the underlying security). The yield to maturity on an interest-only CMO is extremely sensitive not only to changes in prevailing interest rates, but also to the rate of principal payments (including prepayments) on the related underlying mortgage assets. A rapid rate of principal payments may have a material adverse effect on a CMO’s yield to maturity. If the underlying mortgage assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may fail to fully recoup its initial investment in these securities even if the securities are rated in the highest rating categories.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund invests in REITs and is subject to the risks associated with that industry. If the Fund acquires a direct interest in real estate as a result of defaults or receives rental income directly from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company could be jeopardized. The Fund had no direct real estate holdings during the six months ended June 30, 2017. The Fund’s REIT holdings are also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs it holds use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC, the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. Rule 144A securities are identified on the Statement of Net Assets.

 

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LVIP Delaware Diversified Floating Rate Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

(formerly LVIP Delaware Foundation® Aggressive Allocation Fund)

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocations, Top 10 Equity Holdings and Geography Allocations      2  
Schedule of Investments      5  
Statement of Assets and Liabilities      25  
Statement of Operations      26  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      26  
Financial Highlights      27  
Notes to Financial Statements      29  

 

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,074.20       0.72 %         $3.70        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,072.90       0.97 %         4.99        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,021.22       0.72 %         $3.61        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,019.98       0.97 %         4.86        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocations, Top 10 Equity Holdings and Geography Allocations (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

 

Sector and geographical designations may be different than those presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Common Stock

     47.00

U.S. Markets

     32.58

Aerospace & Defense

     1.11

Automobiles

     0.80

Banks

     1.93

Beverages

     0.07

Biotechnology

     1.29

Capital Markets

     0.11

Chemicals

     0.93

Commercial Services & Supplies

     0.94

Communications Equipment

     0.92

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     2.19

Electric Utilities

     0.47

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     5.50

Food & Staples Retailing

     0.93

Food Products

     0.94

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     0.80

Health Care Providers & Services

     1.16

Household Products

     1.88

Insurance

     1.02

Internet Software & Services

     0.12

Leisure Products

     0.62

Multiline Retail

     0.76

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     2.81

Pharmaceuticals

     2.66

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     0.93

Software

     1.04

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.03

Tobacco

     0.62

Developed Markets

     13.80 % 

Aerospace & Defense

     0.29

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.32

Auto Components

     0.37

Automobiles

     0.55

Banks

     1.69

Beverages

     0.30

Construction & Engineering

     0.38

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     0.36

Electrical Equipment

     0.07

Household Durables

     0.24

Industrial Conglomerates

     0.32

Insurance

     0.32

Machinery

     0.18

Media

     0.11

Metals & Mining

     0.17

Multi-Utilities

     0.67

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     2.22

Pharmaceuticals

     1.85

Professional Services

     0.24
Security Type/Sector   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Road & Rail

     0.32

Software

     0.25

Specialty Retail

     0.21

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.62

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     0.57

Tobacco

     0.50

Trading Companies & Distributors

     0.48

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     0.20

Emerging Markets

     0.62 % 

Banks

     0.23

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.32

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     0.07

Preferred Stock

     0.37

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     1.72

Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     1.03

Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

     10.68

Corporate Bonds

     24.02

Aerospace & Defense

     0.33

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.08

Airlines

     0.13

Auto Components

     0.02

Automobiles

     0.14

Banks

     3.84

Beverages

     0.61

Biotechnology

     0.36

Building Products

     0.12

Capital Markets

     2.32

Chemicals

     0.67

Commercial Services & Supplies

     0.27

Communications Equipment

     0.03

Construction & Engineering

     0.13

Construction Materials

     0.30

Consumer Finance

     0.17

Containers & Packaging

     0.29

Diversified Consumer Services

     0.03

Diversified Financial Services

     0.10

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     1.12

Electric Utilities

     1.54

Electrical Equipment

     0.11

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     0.01

Energy Equipment & Services

     0.04

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     1.26

Food & Staples Retailing

     0.08

Food Products

     0.24

Gas Utilities

     0.30

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     0.15

Health Care Providers & Services

     0.51

Health Care Technology

     0.04
 

 

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LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocations, Top 10 Equity Holdings and Geography Allocations (unaudited) (continued)

 

Security Type/Sector   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     0.51

Household Durables

     0.06

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     0.13

Industrial Conglomerates

     0.13

Insurance

     1.14

IT Services

     0.06

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     0.14

Machinery

     0.25

Media

     0.97

Metals & Mining

     0.47

Multiline Retail

     0.12

Multi-Utilities

     0.35

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     1.94

Paper & Forest Products

     0.14

Pharmaceuticals

     0.34

Professional Services

     0.03

Road & Rail

     0.05

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     0.05

Software

     0.46

Specialty Retail

     0.31

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.25

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     0.03

Tobacco

     0.12

Trading Companies & Distributors

     0.52

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     0.11

Municipal Bonds

     2.08

Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities

     2.43

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     0.21

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     1.92

Regional Bonds

     0.12

Sovereign Bonds

     0.14

Supranational Banks

     0.05

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     3.97

Money Market Fund

     5.94

Short-Term Investment

     4.65

Total Value of Securities

     106.33

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (6.33 %) 

Total Net Assets

     100.00

IT–Information Technology

  

Holdings are for informational purpose only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Equity Residential

     1.24

Verizon Communications

     1.10

AT&T

     1.09

Pfizer

     1.09

Occidental Petroleum

     1.08

BB&T

     0.97

Wells Fargo & Co.

     0.96

CA

     0.94

Procter & Gamble

     0.94

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

     0.94

Total

     10.35
 

 

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LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocations, Top 10 Equity Holdings and Geography Allocations (unaudited) (continued)

 

Geography*   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

 

Australia

     0.55

Canada

     0.83

Cayman Islands

     1.34

Chile

     0.02

Colombia

     0.00

Denmark

     0.25

France

     3.30

Germany

     0.59

Guernsey

     0.15

Hong Kong

     0.57

Hungary

     0.02

India

     0.10

Indonesia

     0.23

Ireland

     0.36

Israel

     0.21

Italy

     0.44

Japan

     3.27

Luxembourg

     0.08

Mexico

     0.13

Netherlands

     1.64

New Zealand

     0.04

Puerto Rico

     0.05

Republic of Korea

     0.36

Russia

     0.07

Spain

     0.10

Sweden

     0.70

Switzerland

     0.94

United Kingdom

     4.64

United States

     74.76

Total

     95.74

*Allocation includes all investments except for short-term investments and money market fund.

    

 

 

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund–4


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK–47.00%

     

U.S. MARKETS–32.58%

     

Aerospace & Defense–1.11%

     

Lockheed Martin

     4,400      $ 1,221,484  

United Technologies

     7,600        928,036  
     

 

 

 
        2,149,520  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles–0.80%

     

Ford Motor

     137,300        1,536,387  
     

 

 

 
        1,536,387  
     

 

 

 

Banks–1.93%

     

BB&T

     41,500        1,884,515  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     33,300        1,845,153  
     

 

 

 
        3,729,668  
     

 

 

 

Beverages–0.07%

     

Coca-Cola

     2,940        131,859  
     

 

 

 
        131,859  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology–1.29%

     

AbbVie

     21,300        1,544,463  

Amgen

     5,500        947,265  
     

 

 

 
        2,491,728  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–0.11%

     

Blackstone Group

     6,169        205,736  
     

 

 

 
        205,736  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals–0.93%

     

Dow Chemical

     28,600        1,803,802  
     

 

 

 
        1,803,802  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–0.94%

 

  

Waste Management

     24,800        1,819,080  
     

 

 

 
        1,819,080  
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment–0.92%

 

  

Cisco Systems

     56,900        1,780,970  
     

 

 

 
        1,780,970  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–2.19%

 

  

AT&T

     56,137        2,118,049  

Verizon Communications

     47,543        2,123,270  
     

 

 

 
        4,241,319  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–0.47%

     

Edison International

     11,700        914,823  
     

 

 

 
        914,823  
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–5.50%

 

  

Apartment Investment & Management

     4,475        192,291  

AvalonBay Communities

     3,100        595,727  

Boston Properties

     1,675        206,059  

Brixmor Property Group

     5,550        99,234  

Camden Property Trust

     700        59,857  

Cousins Properties

     8,375        73,616  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

U.S. MARKETS (continued)

 

  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)  

Crown Castle International

     4,026      $ 403,325  

DCT Industrial Trust

     1,387        74,121  

Duke Realty

     1,750        48,913  

EPR Properties

     1,725        123,976  

Equity LifeStyle Properties

     1,400        120,876  

Equity Residential

     36,318        2,390,814  

Essex Property Trust

     925        237,975  

First Industrial Realty Trust

     4,475        128,075  

GGP

     20,475        482,391  

Healthcare Realty Trust

     5,450        186,117  

Healthcare Trust of America Class A

     4,462        138,813  

Host Hotels & Resorts

     8,575        156,665  

Kilroy Realty

     1,800        135,270  

Kimco Realty

     9,075        166,526  

LaSalle Hotel Properties

     1,975        58,855  

Mid-America Apartment Communities

     2,104        221,720  

National Retail Properties

     3,000        117,300  

Prologis

     8,975        526,294  

Public Storage

     975        203,317  

Realty Income

     1,800        99,324  

Regency Centers

     5,657        354,354  

RLJ Lodging Trust

     5,075        100,840  

Simon Property Group

     5,750        930,120  

SL Green Realty

     2,550        269,790  

UDR

     8,375        326,374  

Urban Edge Properties

     5,875        139,414  

Ventas

     6,925        481,149  

VEREIT

     19,950        162,393  

Vornado Realty Trust

     2,675        251,183  

Welltower

     5,050        377,993  
     

 

 

 
        10,641,061  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–0.93%

 

  

CVS Health

     11,208        901,796  

Wal-Mart Stores

     11,900        900,592  
     

 

 

 
        1,802,388  
     

 

 

 

Food Products–0.94%

     

Archer-Daniels-Midland

     22,200        918,636  

Kraft Heinz

     10,433        893,482  
     

 

 

 
        1,812,118  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–0.80%

 

  

Abbott Laboratories

     32,000        1,555,520  
     

 

 

 
        1,555,520  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–1.16%

 

  

†Brookdale Senior Living

     67,300        989,983  

Cardinal Health

     16,000        1,246,720  
     

 

 

 
        2,236,703  
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund–5


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

U.S. MARKETS (continued)

     

Household Products–1.88%

     

Kimberly-Clark

     14,100      $ 1,820,451  

Procter & Gamble

     20,900        1,821,435  
     

 

 

 
        3,641,886  
     

 

 

 

Insurance–1.02%

     

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

     31,800        1,820,550  

Prudential Financial

     1,333        144,151  
     

 

 

 
        1,964,701  
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–0.12%

 

  

†Alphabet Class A

     150        139,452  

†Facebook Class A

     633        95,570  
     

 

 

 
        235,022  
     

 

 

 

Leisure Products–0.62%

     

Mattel

     55,900        1,203,527  
     

 

 

 
        1,203,527  
     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–0.76%

     

Target

     28,100        1,469,349  
     

 

 

 
        1,469,349  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–2.81%

 

  

Chevron

     11,536        1,203,551  

ConocoPhillips

     20,800        914,368  

Occidental Petroleum

     34,800        2,083,476  

Williams

     40,800        1,235,424  
     

 

 

 
        5,436,819  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–2.66%

     

Johnson & Johnson

     9,262        1,225,270  

Merck & Co.

     28,100        1,800,929  

Pfizer

     62,995        2,116,002  
     

 

 

 
        5,142,201  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–0.93%

 

Intel

     53,396        1,801,581  
     

 

 

 
        1,801,581  
     

 

 

 

Software–1.04%

     

CA

     52,971        1,825,910  

Microsoft

     2,779        191,556  
     

 

 

 
        2,017,466  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.03%

 

Apple

     441        63,513  
     

 

 

 
        63,513  
     

 

 

 

Tobacco–0.62%

     

Reynolds American

     18,500        1,203,240  
     

 

 

 
        1,203,240  
     

 

 

 

Total U.S. Markets (Cost $56,813,472)

        63,031,987  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

§DEVELOPED MARKETS–13.80%

 

  

Aerospace & Defense–0.29%

     

Leonardo

     10,645      $ 176,902  

Meggitt

     60,879        378,143  
     

 

 

 
        555,045  
     

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics–0.32%

     

Deutsche Post

     16,623        623,119  
     

 

 

 
        623,119  
     

 

 

 

Auto Components–0.37%

     

Sumitomo Rubber Industries

     25,300        426,484  

Valeo

     4,363        293,959  
     

 

 

 
        720,443  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles–0.55%

     

Bayerische Motoren Werke

     5,011        465,191  

Toyota Motor

     11,500        602,529  
     

 

 

 
        1,067,720  
     

 

 

 

Banks–1.69%

     

BNP Paribas

     677        48,760  

ING Groep

     35,410        610,697  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

     123,200        826,774  

Nordea Bank

     61,177        778,446  

†Standard Chartered

     54,156        548,202  

†UniCredit

     24,940        465,733  
     

 

 

 
        3,278,612  
     

 

 

 

Beverages–0.30%

     

Carlsberg Class B

     4,519        482,764  

Coca-Cola Amatil

     14,534        103,107  
     

 

 

 
        585,871  
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering–0.38%

 

  

Vinci

     8,527        727,804  
     

 

 

 
        727,804  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–0.36%

 

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone

     14,928        704,758  
     

 

 

 
        704,758  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–0.07%

     

ABB ADR

     5,156        128,384  
     

 

 

 
        128,384  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables–0.24%

     

Techtronic Industries

     100,500        462,116  
     

 

 

 
        462,116  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–0.32%

 

  

Koninklijke Philips

     17,196        610,719  
     

 

 

 
        610,719  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund–6


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

§DEVELOPED MARKETS (continued)

 

Insurance–0.32%

     

AXA

     22,471      $ 614,683  
     

 

 

 
        614,683  
     

 

 

 

Machinery–0.18%

     

MINEBEA MITSUMI

     21,600        346,637  
     

 

 

 
        346,637  
     

 

 

 

Media–0.11%

     

Publicis Groupe

     2,770        206,625  
     

 

 

 
        206,625  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–0.17%

     

Rio Tinto

     7,812        329,865  
     

 

 

 
        329,865  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–0.67%

     

National Grid

     6,799        84,285  

National Grid ADR

     19,200        1,206,144  
     

 

 

 
        1,290,429  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–2.22%

 

Royal Dutch Shell ADR Class B

     32,400        1,763,532  

Suncor Energy

     11,000        321,399  

TOTAL

     8,853        437,674  

TOTAL ADR

     35,900        1,780,281  
     

 

 

 
        4,302,886  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–1.85%

     

AstraZeneca ADR

     52,400        1,786,316  

Novartis

     7,696        640,464  

Sanofi

     7,897        755,478  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ADR

     12,200        405,284  
     

 

 

 
        3,587,542  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services–0.24%

     

Teleperformance

     3,604        461,644  
     

 

 

 
        461,644  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail–0.32%

     

East Japan Railway

     6,572        627,839  
     

 

 

 
        627,839  
     

 

 

 

Software–0.25%

     

Playtech

     38,969        482,682  
     

 

 

 
        482,682  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–0.21%

     

Nitori Holdings

     3,018        403,563  
     

 

 

 
        403,563  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.62%

 

Canon ADR

     35,000        1,190,700  
     

 

 

 
        1,190,700  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

§DEVELOPED MARKETS (continued)

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–0.57%

 

Kering

     1,347      $ 458,774  

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings

     155,000        643,232  
     

 

 

 
        1,102,006  
     

 

 

 

Tobacco–0.50%

     

Imperial Brands

     10,729        481,893  

Japan Tobacco

     14,100        494,801  
     

 

 

 
        976,694  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–0.48%

 

ITOCHU

     47,860        710,187  

Rexel

     12,951        211,895  
     

 

 

 
        922,082  
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.20%

 

Tele2 Class B

     36,210        379,090  
     

 

 

 
        379,090  
     

 

 

 

Total Developed Markets (Cost $20,750,126)

        26,689,558  
     

 

 

 

×EMERGING MARKETS–0.62%

 

Banks–0.23%

     

Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero

     384,800        440,308  
     

 

 

 
        440,308  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.32%

 

Samsung Electronics

     300        623,257  
     

 

 

 
        623,257  
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.07%

 

Mobile TeleSystems ADR

     16,300        136,594  
     

 

 

 
        136,594  
     

 

 

 

Total Emerging Markets (Cost $1,158,038)

        1,200,159  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock (Cost $78,721,636)

        90,921,704  
     

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCK–0.37%

     

•Bank of America 6.50%

     155,000        172,543  

•General Electric 5.00%

     458,000        486,694  

•Integrys Holding 6.00%

     1,700        45,921  
     

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stock (Cost $691,877)

        705,158  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund–7


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 
AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS–1.72%     

Fannie Mae Grantor Trust
Series 2001-T7 A1 7.50% 2/25/41

     35      $ 40  

Fannie Mae REMICs

     

Series 1996-46 ZA 7.50% 11/25/26

     580        671  

Series 2005-70 PA 5.50% 8/25/35

     2,932        3,278  

•*Series 2008-15 SB 5.384% 8/25/36

     21,192        4,079  

Series 2010-41 PN 4.50% 4/25/40

     65,000        69,754  

Series 2010-43 HJ 5.50% 5/25/40

     4,738        5,465  

•*Series 2010-129 SM 4.784% 11/25/40

     44,412        7,189  

*Series 2012-98 MI 3.00% 8/25/31

     67,840        7,393  

•*Series 2012-122 SD 4.884% 11/25/42

     124,117        24,637  

•*Series 2012-139 NS 5.484% 12/25/42

     832,217        202,910  

*Series 2013-7 EI 3.00% 10/25/40

     60,667        7,688  

*Series 2013-26 ID 3.00% 4/25/33

     60,998        8,471  

*Series 2013-38 AI 3.00% 4/25/33

     57,306        7,883  

*Series 2013-43 IX 4.00% 5/25/43

     186,271        42,624  

*Series 2013-44 DI 3.00% 5/25/33

     148,957        21,250  

*Series 2013-55 AI 3.00% 6/25/33

     79,529        11,187  

Series 2014-36 ZE 3.00% 6/25/44

     38,388        35,984  

•*Series 2014-68 BS 4.934% 11/25/44

     64,906        13,708  

•*Series 2014-90 SA 4.934% 1/25/45

     176,005        34,432  

•*Series 2015-27 SA 5.234% 5/25/45

     71,673        13,995  

Series 2015-44 Z 3.00% 9/25/43

     67,952        66,510  

*Series 2015-66 ID 3.50% 5/25/42

     1,633,228        265,862  

Series 2015-89 AZ 3.50% 12/25/45

     7,398        7,594  

•*Series 2015-95 SH 4.784% 1/25/46

     86,025        19,200  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 
AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (continued)     

Fannie Mae REMICs (continued)

     

*Series 2016-30 CI 3.00% 5/25/36

     79,078      $ 10,781  

•*Series 2016-55 SK 4.784% 8/25/46

     91,571        21,029  

•*Series 2016-62 SA 4.784% 9/25/46

     113,357        27,915  

•*Series 2016-85 SA 4.784% 11/25/46

     109,057        25,875  

*Series 2017-11 EI 3.00% 3/25/42

     97,603        13,440  

Series 2017-39 CY 3.50% 5/25/47

     480,000        484,695  

Freddie Mac REMICs

     

Series 2326 ZQ 6.50% 6/15/31

     4,296        4,856  

*Series 3962 EI 3.50% 9/15/26

     3,264,524        285,358  

Series 4065 DE 3.00% 6/15/32

     10,000        10,202  

*Series 4100 EI 3.00% 8/15/27

     3,604,779        349,055  

*Series 4109 AI 3.00% 7/15/31

     147,018        16,342  

*Series 4120 IK 3.00% 10/15/32

     96,362        13,210  

*Series 4146 IA 3.50% 12/15/32

     55,415        8,494  

•*Series 4159 KS 4.991% 1/15/43

     59,467        12,956  

*Series 4181 DI 2.50% 3/15/33

     62,859        7,552  

•*Series 4184 GS 4.961% 3/15/43

     61,137        13,223  

*Series 4185 LI 3.00% 3/15/33

     61,267        8,503  

*Series 4191 CI 3.00% 4/15/33

     63,895        8,903  

*Series 4342 CI 3.00% 11/15/33

     62,200        7,487  

Series 4435 DY 3.00% 2/15/35

     54,000        54,365  

Series 4457 KZ 3.00% 4/15/45

     45,884        43,857  

•*Series 4494 SA 5.021% 7/15/45

     76,063        16,342  

*Series 4543 HI 3.00% 4/15/44

     83,067        13,185  

Series 4592 WT 5.50% 6/15/46

     105,047        117,384  

•*Series 4594 SG 4.841% 6/15/46

     170,511        42,421  

Series 4614 HB 2.50% 9/15/46

     30,000        27,386  

Series 4623 LZ 2.50% 10/15/46

     26,437        23,164  

Series 4623 MW 2.50% 10/15/46

     30,000        27,672  

*Series 4625 BI 3.50% 6/15/46

     108,555        21,829  

•*Series 4631 GS 4.841% 11/15/46

     103,208        21,880  

Series 4636 NZ 3.00% 12/15/46

     33,498        32,126  

Freddie Mac Strips

     

•*Series 267 S5 4.841% 8/15/42

     68,425        14,201  

•*Series 299 S1 4.841% 1/15/43

     62,647        12,629  

•*Series 326 S2 4.791% 3/15/44

     71,349        14,299  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund–8


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 
AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (continued)  

GNMA

     

Series 2010-113 KE 4.50% 9/20/40

     155,000      $ 170,141  

Series 2012-136 MX 2.00% 11/20/42

     10,000        9,194  

Series 2013-113 AZ 3.00% 8/20/43

     69,546        67,643  

Series 2013-113 LY 3.00% 5/20/43

     9,000        9,015  

Series 2015-64 GZ 2.00% 5/20/45

     32,318        27,204  

*Series 2015-74 CI 3.00% 10/16/39

     72,990        9,912  

Series 2015-133 AL 3.00% 5/20/45

     71,000        69,735  

*Series 2015-142 AI 4.00% 2/20/44

     63,316        8,111  

•*Series 2016-108 SK 4.838% 8/20/46

     96,312        22,595  

Series 2016-111 PB 2.50% 8/20/46

     28,000        25,733  

*Series 2016-116 GI 3.50% 11/20/44

     105,197        16,722  

*Series 2016-118 DI 3.50% 3/20/43

     123,417        18,655  

•*Series 2016-120 AS 4.888% 9/20/46

     97,035        23,539  

•*Series 2016-120 NS 4.888% 9/20/46

     124,408        30,814  

Series 2016-134 MW 3.00% 10/20/46

     5,000        5,083  

Series 2016-156 PB 2.00% 11/20/46

     19,000        15,723  

*Series 2016-160 GI 3.50% 11/20/46

     98,059        23,188  

•*Series 2016-160 GS 4.888% 11/20/46

     166,399        40,861  

*Series 2016-163 PI 3.50% 5/20/43

     150,170        22,866  

*Series 2016-163 XI 3.00% 10/20/46

     96,165        12,981  
     

 

 

 

Total Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(Cost $3,307,173)

 

     3,324,135  
     

 

 

 
AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES–1.03%

Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates

     

◆Series K719 A1 2.53% 12/25/21

     23,700        24,078  

•◆Series KS03 A4 3.161% 5/25/25

     50,000        51,679  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 
AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)  

FREMF Mortgage Trust

     

#•FREMF 2014-K41 B 144A 3.962% 11/25/47

     500,000      $ 509,620  

#•Series 2011-K10 B 144A 4.793% 11/25/49

     400,000        423,844  

#•Series 2011-K12 B 144A 4.492% 1/25/46

     35,000        37,086  

#•Series 2011-K14 B 144A 5.341% 2/25/47

     20,000        21,843  

#•Series 2011-K15 B 144A 5.116% 8/25/44

     10,000        10,879  

#•Series 2011-K704 B 144A 4.69% 10/25/30

     30,000        30,704  

#•Series 2012-K18 B 144A 4.40% 1/25/45

     20,000        21,193  

#•Series 2012-K22 B 144A 3.811% 8/25/45

     35,000        36,304  

#•Series 2012-K708 B 144A 3.883% 2/25/45

     435,000        444,880  

#•Series 2013-K32 B 144A 3.651% 10/25/46

     260,000        268,739  

#•Series 2013-K33 B 144A 3.617% 8/25/46

     30,000        30,628  

#•Series 2013-K712 B 144A 3.48% 5/25/45

     25,000        25,582  

#•Series 2013-K713 B 144A 3.274% 4/25/46

     15,000        15,280  

#•Series 2013-K713 C 144A 3.274% 4/25/46

     45,000        45,284  
     

 

 

 

Total Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $2,002,055)

 

     1,997,623  
     

 

 

 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES–10.68%

Fannie Mae 3.00% 1/1/47

     263,791        262,455  

Fannie Mae ARM

     

•2.909% 7/1/45

     10,767        10,970  

•2.943% 12/1/45

     16,649        17,046  

•3.103% 8/1/35

     1,217        1,285  

•3.203% 4/1/44

     19,711        20,284  

•3.217% 3/1/44

     28,055        28,942  

Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr

     

4.50% 11/1/39

     19,934        21,725  

4.50% 1/1/40

     248,633        269,883  

4.50% 6/1/40

     23,443        25,452  

4.50% 7/1/40

     26,912        29,101  

4.50% 8/1/40

     6,854        7,410  

4.50% 7/1/41

     59,564        64,707  

4.50% 8/1/41

     423,931        459,252  

4.50% 1/1/42

     23,198        25,182  

4.50% 8/1/42

     91,523        99,308  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund–9


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 
AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)  

Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr (continued)

     

4.50% 10/1/44

     19,588      $ 21,240  

4.50% 7/1/46

     66,164        71,267  

5.00% 11/1/36

     570,337        626,191  

5.50% 11/1/34

     1,315        1,471  

5.50% 4/1/37

     20,637        23,241  

5.50% 8/1/37

     6,191        6,937  

5.50% 3/1/38

     6,208        6,924  

5.50% 6/1/39

     16,000        17,886  

5.50% 7/1/40

     14,101        15,767  

5.50% 6/1/41

     40,385        45,327  

5.50% 5/1/44

     2,697,048        3,019,967  

6.00% 5/1/36

     13,229        15,050  

6.00% 6/1/36

     1,351        1,534  

6.00% 7/1/36

     2,819        3,169  

6.00% 9/1/36

     7,807        8,998  

6.00% 12/1/36

     1,395        1,583  

6.00% 2/1/37

     4,554        5,184  

6.00% 5/1/37

     9,401        10,651  

6.00% 6/1/37

     779        885  

6.00% 7/1/37

     645        731  

6.00% 8/1/37

     5,120        5,781  

6.00% 9/1/37

     1,417        1,614  

6.00% 11/1/37

     264        300  

6.00% 5/1/38

     23,676        26,798  

6.00% 9/1/38

     53,647        61,010  

6.00% 10/1/38

     2,934,317        3,332,192  

6.00% 11/1/38

     3,297        3,745  

6.00% 1/1/39

     6,191        7,011  

6.00% 9/1/39

     54,421        61,660  

6.00% 10/1/39

     52,658        60,065  

6.00% 3/1/40

     6,341        7,206  

6.00% 7/1/40

     20,819        23,581  

6.00% 9/1/40

     5,565        6,348  

6.00% 11/1/40

     2,157        2,459  

6.00% 5/1/41

     63,321        71,755  

6.00% 6/1/41

     23,713        26,908  

6.00% 7/1/41

     94,844        107,677  

6.50% 3/1/40

     40,666        45,915  

6.50% 5/1/40

     22,682        25,435  

Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr TBA

     

3.00% 8/1/46

     4,120,000        4,108,073  

4.50% 8/1/44

     5,350,000        5,731,710  

Freddie Mac ARM

     

•2.554% 10/1/46

     38,766        38,935  

•2.742% 2/1/47

     8,804        8,875  

•2.753% 10/1/45

     13,542        13,823  

•2.929% 10/1/45

     21,725        22,138  

•2.974% 11/1/45

     18,450        18,860  

•3.105% 3/1/46

     31,689        32,485  

Freddie Mac S.F. 30 yr 4.50% 4/1/39

     3,054        3,310  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)  

Freddie Mac S.F. 30 yr (continued)

     

4.50% 5/1/40

     133,642      $ 145,428  

4.50% 7/1/42

     39,835        42,998  

4.50% 8/1/42

     425,558        461,167  

4.50% 12/1/43

     36,672        39,633  

4.50% 8/1/44

     53,120        57,375  

4.50% 7/1/45

     190,277        204,527  

5.00% 6/1/36

     31,141        34,033  

5.00% 5/1/41

     25,507        28,117  

5.50% 3/1/34

     1,710        1,912  

5.50% 12/1/34

     1,449        1,623  

5.50% 12/1/35

     1,567        1,760  

5.50% 11/1/36

     1,111        1,242  

5.50% 12/1/36

     411        458  

5.50% 9/1/37

     1,820        2,027  

5.50% 4/1/38

     6,486        7,221  

5.50% 6/1/38

     705        785  

5.50% 7/1/38

     6,615        7,365  

5.50% 6/1/39

     6,424        7,150  

5.50% 3/1/40

     5,308        5,901  

5.50% 8/1/40

     3,194        3,554  

5.50% 1/1/41

     3,037        3,380  

5.50% 6/1/41

     86,619        96,693  

6.00% 2/1/36

     3,164        3,583  

6.00% 3/1/36

     4,665        5,293  

6.00% 9/1/37

     4,697        5,285  

6.00% 1/1/38

     1,864        2,097  

6.00% 6/1/38

     5,075        5,739  

6.00% 8/1/38

     6,929        7,877  

6.00% 5/1/40

     27,074        30,527  

6.00% 7/1/40

     25,393        28,775  

6.50% 4/1/39

     7,434        8,345  

GNMA I S.F. 30 yr 5.50% 2/15/41

     22,540        25,132  

GNMA II S.F. 30 yr

     

5.00% 9/20/46

     99,274        106,971  

5.50% 5/20/37

     9,971        11,065  

5.50% 4/20/40

     8,687        9,479  

6.00% 2/20/39

     12,368        13,744  

6.00% 10/20/39

     46,999        52,224  

6.00% 2/20/40

     47,111        52,617  

6.00% 4/20/46

     16,074        17,928  

6.50% 10/20/39

     18,008        20,324  
     

 

 

 

Total Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $20,735,576)

 

     20,664,028  
     

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS–24.02%

  

Aerospace & Defense–0.33%

  

Aviation Capital Group

     

#144A 2.875% 1/20/22

     150,000        149,628  

#144A 4.875% 10/1/25

     65,000        70,905  

Rockwell Collins

     

3.20% 3/15/24

     50,000        50,757  

3.50% 3/15/27

     95,000        96,526  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund–10


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

            Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Aerospace & Defense (continued)

 

TransDigm 6.375% 6/15/26

        75,000      $ 76,313  

United Technologies

        

2.80% 5/4/24

        150,000        150,601  

3.75% 11/1/46

        50,000        49,088  
        

 

 

 
           643,818  
        

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics–0.08%

United Parcel Service 5.125% 4/1/19

        45,000        47,583  

#XPO Logistics 144A 6.125% 9/1/23

        95,000        99,275  
        

 

 

 
           146,858  
        

 

 

 

Airlines–0.13%

#◆Air Canada 2015-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 144A 3.60% 3/15/27

        23,403        23,812  

◆American Airlines 2014-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 3.70% 10/1/26

        21,446        21,982  

◆American Airlines 2015-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 3.375% 5/1/27

        22,598        22,768  

◆American Airlines 2015-2 Class AA Pass Through Trust 3.60% 9/22/27

        14,290        14,629  

◆American Airlines 2016-1 Class AA Pass Through Trust 3.575% 1/15/28

        14,621        14,993  

#American Tire Distributors 144A 10.25% 3/1/22

        70,000        72,800  

◆United Airlines 2014-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 4.00% 4/11/26

        17,755        18,575  

◆United Airlines 2014-2 Class A Pass Through Trust 3.75% 9/3/26

        41,120        42,662  

◆United Airlines 2016-1 Class AA Pass Through Trust 3.10% 7/7/28

        15,000        15,000  
        

 

 

 
           247,221  
        

 

 

 

Auto Components–0.02%

Goodyear Tire & Rubber 5.00% 5/31/26

        35,000        36,313  
        

 

 

 
           36,313  
        

 

 

 

Automobiles–0.14%

Daimler 2.75% 12/10/18

     NOK        320,000        39,304  

General Motors 6.75% 4/1/46

        20,000        23,802  

General Motors Financial 5.25% 3/1/26

        190,000        205,572  
        

 

 

 
           268,678  
        

 

 

 
            Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Banks–3.84%

Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten 3.50% 7/19/27

     AUD        18,000      $ 13,877  

Bank of America

        

•3.124% 1/20/23

        615,000        622,430  

3.30% 8/5/21

     AUD        20,000        15,411  

•3.705% 4/24/28

        25,000        25,214  

4.183% 11/25/27

        80,000        81,524  

•4.443% 1/20/48

        50,000        53,017  

Barclays 4.337% 1/10/28

        435,000        448,055  

BB&T 2.45% 1/15/20

        390,000        394,496  

Citigroup

        

•2.279% 5/17/24

        50,000        49,996  

3.75% 10/27/23

     AUD        13,000        10,038  

Citizens Financial Group

        

2.375% 7/28/21

        35,000        34,731  

4.30% 12/3/25

        40,000        41,777  

Cooperatieve Rabobank 3.75% 7/21/26

        250,000        250,435  

#Export-Import Bank of India 144A 3.375% 8/5/26

        200,000        196,174  

Fifth Third Bancorp 2.875% 7/27/20

        20,000        20,466  

Fifth Third Bank 2.25% 6/14/21

     .        320,000        319,244  

Huntington Bancshares 2.30% 1/14/22

        50,000        49,302  

ING Groep 3.15% 3/29/22

        310,000        316,251  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

        

•2.776% 4/25/23

        275,000        275,678  

•3.54% 5/1/28

        75,000        75,320  

4.25% 10/1/27

        15,000        15,679  

•4.26% 2/22/48

        115,000        120,613  

•6.75% 8/29/49

        300,000        341,250  

KeyBank

        

2.40% 6/9/22

        250,000        248,929  

3.40% 5/20/26

        250,000        248,719  

Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank 5.375% 4/23/24

     NZD        20,000        16,193  

Lloyds Banking Group

        

3.00% 1/11/22

        200,000        202,187  

•7.50% 4/30/49

        200,000        221,125  

•PNC Financial Services Group 5.00% 12/29/49

        305,000        314,913  

Popular 7.00% 7/1/19

        85,000        89,675  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group 3.875% 9/12/23

        200,000        204,501  

#Santander UK 144A 5.00% 11/7/23

        200,000        215,084  

SunTrust Banks 2.70% 1/27/22

        230,000        230,722  

#Swedbank 144A 2.65% 3/10/21

        200,000        202,668  

Toronto-Dominion Bank 2.50% 12/14/20

        40,000        40,481  

U.S. Bancorp 3.10% 4/27/26

        65,000        64,319  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund–11


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

            Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Banks (continued)

 

US Bancorp 3.15% 4/27/27

        350,000      $ 351,025  

•USB Capital IX 3.50% 10/29/49

        275,000        244,516  

Wells Fargo & Co.

        

3.00% 7/27/21

     AUD        40,000        30,474  

•3.584% 5/22/28

        360,000        364,279  

4.75% 12/7/46

        65,000        69,568  

Wells Fargo Capital X 5.95% 12/15/36

        15,000        17,003  

•Westpac Banking 4.322% 11/23/31

        245,000        251,616  

Zions Bancorporation 4.50% 6/13/23

        20,000        21,073  
        

 

 

 
           7,420,048  
        

 

 

 

Beverages–0.61%

        

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance 3.65% 2/1/26

        595,000        614,108  

#Cott Holdings 144A 5.50% 4/1/25

        90,000        92,025  

#Heineken 144A 3.50% 1/29/28

        20,000        20,341  

Molson Coors Brewing

        

3.00% 7/15/26

        250,000        240,931  

4.20% 7/15/46

        45,000        44,563  

#Pernod Ricard 144A 4.45% 1/15/22

        150,000        160,993  
        

 

 

 
           1,172,961  
        

 

 

 

Biotechnology–0.36%

        

Biogen 5.20% 9/15/45

        140,000        160,330  

Celgene

        

3.25% 8/15/22

        175,000        180,114  

3.875% 8/15/25

        15,000        15,692  

4.625% 5/15/44

        60,000        63,277  

Compass Bank 2.875% 6/29/22

        250,000        249,334  

Gilead Sciences 4.15% 3/1/47

        35,000        35,252  
        

 

 

 
           703,999  
        

 

 

 

Building Products–0.12%

  

#Builders FirstSource 144A 5.625% 9/1/24

        90,000        94,050  

Lennox International 3.00% 11/15/23

        40,000        39,997  

Masco 3.50% 4/1/21

        60,000        61,918  

#NCI Building Systems 144A 8.25% 1/15/23

        25,000        27,156  
        

 

 

 
           223,121  
        

 

 

 

Capital Markets–2.32%

        

Affiliated Managers Group 3.50% 8/1/25

        40,000        39,951  

Bank of New York Mellon 2.15% 2/24/20

        10,000        10,061  
            Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Capital Markets (continued)

 

Bank of New York Mellon (continued)

 

  

2.20% 8/16/23

        480,000      $ 465,816  

2.50% 4/15/21

        60,000        60,508  

•3.442% 2/7/28

        55,000        55,881  

•4.625% 12/29/49

        75,000        75,833  

BlackRock 3.20% 3/15/27

        35,000        35,470  

Credit Suisse Group

        

#144A 4.282% 1/9/28

        400,000        413,956  

#•144A 6.25% 12/29/49

        200,000        212,978  

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey 3.80% 6/9/23

        275,000        283,887  

Deutsche Telekom International Finance

        

#144A 1.95% 9/19/21

        150,000        146,311  

#144A 3.60% 1/19/27

        165,000        168,206  

•E*TRADE Financial 5.875% 12/29/49

        60,000        63,900  

Goldman Sachs Group

        

•3.691% 6/5/28

        240,000        241,251  

5.15% 5/22/45

        125,000        139,166  

Jefferies Group

        

6.45% 6/8/27

        25,000        28,704  

6.50% 1/20/43

        15,000        17,007  

Lazard Group

        

3.625% 3/1/27

        40,000        39,589  

3.75% 2/13/25

        400,000        404,000  

Morgan Stanley

        

3.95% 4/23/27

        275,000        278,040  

4.375% 1/22/47

        165,000        172,563  

5.00% 9/30/21

     AUD        14,000        11,512  

•Northern Trust 3.375% 5/8/32

        30,000        30,024  

#Prime Security Services Borrower 144A 9.25% 5/15/23

        215,000        234,169  

State Street

        

3.10% 5/15/23

        25,000        25,464  

3.30% 12/16/24

        350,000        359,365  

3.55% 8/18/25

        45,000        46,908  

•UBS Group 6.875% 12/29/49

        200,000        216,203  

#UBS Group Funding Switzerland 144A 3.491% 5/23/23

        200,000        204,849  
        

 

 

 
           4,481,572  
        

 

 

 

Chemicals–0.67%

        

CF Industries 6.875% 5/1/18

        80,000        83,300  

Chemours 5.375% 5/15/27

        75,000        77,523  

Dow Chemical 8.55% 5/15/19

        373,000        417,957  

#INVISTA Finance 144A 4.25% 10/15/19

        50,000        51,760  

#Koppers 144A 6.00% 2/15/25

        80,000        85,200  

#Kraton Polymers 144A 7.00% 4/15/25

        75,000        79,125  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund–12


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Chemicals (continued)

     

#NOVA Chemicals 144A 5.25% 6/1/27

     35,000      $ 34,913  

Olin 5.125% 9/15/27

     45,000        46,463  

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan 4.00% 12/15/26

     15,000        15,496  

#PQ 144A 6.75% 11/15/22

     50,000        53,875  

Scotts Miracle-Gro 5.25% 12/15/26

     65,000        68,250  

Sherwin-Williams 3.45% 6/1/27

     180,000        181,559  

Westlake Chemical 5.00% 8/15/46

     100,000        106,040  
     

 

 

 
        1,301,461  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–0.27%

Covanta Holding 5.875% 7/1/25

     90,000        87,525  

Herc Rentals

     

#144A 7.50% 6/1/22

     19,000        20,140  

#144A 7.75% 6/1/24

     13,000        13,780  

#Kar Auction Services 144A 5.125% 6/1/25

     35,000        35,744  

Penske Truck Leasing

     

#144A 3.30% 4/1/21

     40,000        41,128  

#144A 4.20% 4/1/27

     315,000        326,047  
     

 

 

 
        524,364  
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment–0.03%

  

Cisco Systems 1.85% 9/20/21

     55,000        54,355  
     

 

 

 
        54,355  
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering–0.13%

CSC Holdings

     

5.25% 6/1/24

     16,000        16,362  

#144A 10.875% 10/15/25

     200,000        241,250  
     

 

 

 
        257,612  
     

 

 

 

Construction Materials–0.30%

     

#Cemex 144A 7.75% 4/16/26

     200,000        229,250  

Hyundai Capital America

     

#144A 2.55% 2/6/19

     50,000        50,207  

#144A 3.00% 3/18/21

     20,000        20,130  

#LafargeHolcim Finance 144A 3.50% 9/22/26

     280,000        277,365  

US Concrete 6.375% 6/1/24

     5,000        5,300  
     

 

 

 
        582,252  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–0.17%

     

Ally Financial 5.75% 11/20/25

     90,000        95,063  

#BMW U.S. Capital 144A 3.30% 4/6/27

     35,000        35,351  

Capital One Financial 3.75% 3/9/27

     25,000        24,959  

#Daimler Finance North America 144A 3.45% 1/6/27

     150,000        152,630  
            Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Consumer Finance (continued)

 

  

Toyota Motor Credit 2.80% 7/13/22

        20,000      $ 20,355  
        

 

 

 
           328,358  
        

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging–0.29%

  

#Ardagh Packaging Finance 144A 6.00% 2/15/25

        200,000        210,500  

#BWAY Holding 144A 5.50% 4/15/24

        155,000        158,681  

#CCL Industries 144A 3.25% 10/1/26

        35,000        33,775  

International Paper 4.40% 8/15/47

        125,000        126,334  

#Owens-Brockway Glass Container 144A 5.875% 8/15/23

        35,000        38,653  
        

 

 

 
           567,943  
        

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services–0.03%

  

#ServiceMaster 144A 5.125% 11/15/24

        60,000        62,250  
        

 

 

 
           62,250  
        

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services–0.10%

  

Berkshire Hathaway 2.75% 3/15/23

        25,000        25,351  

Berkshire Hathaway Energy 3.75% 11/15/23

        110,000        115,867  

Berkshire Hathaway Finance 2.90% 10/15/20

        55,000        56,790  
        

 

 

 
           198,008  
        

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–1.12%

  

AT&T

        

4.25% 3/1/27

        575,000        595,674  

5.25% 3/1/37

        75,000        80,148  

Bell Canada 3.35% 3/22/23

     CAD        19,000        15,281  

CenturyLink

        

5.80% 3/15/22

        45,000        46,969  

6.75% 12/1/23

        105,000        113,466  

#Cincinnati Bell 144A 7.00% 7/15/24

        40,000        41,908  

Level 3 Financing 5.375% 5/1/25

        25,000        26,375  

#SFR Group 144A 7.375% 5/1/26

        200,000        217,750  

#Telecom Italia 144A 5.303% 5/30/24

        200,000        215,250  

Telefonica Emisiones 5.213% 3/8/47

        180,000        195,110  

#UPCB Finance IV 144A 5.375% 1/15/25

        200,000        210,250  

Verizon Communications 5.25% 3/16/37

        40,000        43,134  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund–13


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (continued)

 

#Virgin Media Secured Finance 144A 5.25% 1/15/26

     200,000      $ 208,912  

Zayo Group

     

#144A 5.75% 1/15/27

     20,000        20,975  

6.00% 4/1/23

     35,000        37,013  

6.375% 5/15/25

     100,000        108,312  
     

 

 

 
        2,176,527  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–1.54%

     

Cleveland Electric Illuminating 5.50% 8/15/24

     5,000        5,737  

ComEd Financing III 6.35% 3/15/33

     60,000        64,418  

Duke Energy 2.65% 9/1/26

     155,000        147,504  

•Emera 6.75% 6/15/76

     380,000        431,300  

Emera U.S. Finance 4.75% 6/15/46

     55,000        58,275  

Enel Americas 4.00% 10/25/26

     10,000        10,123  

#Enel Finance International 144A 3.625% 5/25/27

     450,000        446,573  

Entergy

     

2.95% 9/1/26

     10,000        9,595  

4.00% 7/15/22

     110,000        116,388  

Entergy Louisiana

     

3.12% 9/1/27

     75,000        74,840  

4.95% 1/15/45

     20,000        20,646  

Entergy Mississippi 2.85% 6/1/28

     65,000        63,088  

Exelon

     

3.497% 6/1/22

     45,000        46,025  

3.95% 6/15/25

     40,000        41,462  

#Fortis 144A 3.055% 10/4/26

     280,000        270,736  

Great Plains Energy

     

3.90% 4/1/27

     45,000        45,613  

4.85% 6/1/21

     25,000        26,664  

Indiana Michigan Power

     

3.20% 3/15/23

     165,000        167,448  

4.55% 3/15/46

     25,000        27,460  

Kansas City Power & Light 3.65% 8/15/25

     65,000        66,078  

LG&E & KU Energy 4.375% 10/1/21

     115,000        122,356  

#Metropolitan Edison 144A 4.00% 4/15/25

     30,000        30,830  

MidAmerican Energy 4.25% 5/1/46

     45,000        48,343  

#New York State Electric & Gas 144A 3.25% 12/1/26

     55,000        55,141  

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings

     

3.55% 5/1/27

     225,000        229,036  

3.625% 6/15/23

     25,000        25,680  

NV Energy 6.25% 11/15/20

     45,000        50,663  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Electric Utilities (continued)

     

Pennsylvania Electric 5.20% 4/1/20

     55,000      $ 58,142  

#Rochester Gas & Electric 144A 3.10% 6/1/27

     40,000        40,004  

Southern

     

2.75% 6/15/20

     70,000        70,863  

3.25% 7/1/26

     75,000        73,511  

#Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line 144A 3.85% 6/1/25

     25,000        25,968  
     

 

 

 
        2,970,510  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–0.11%

     

#Sensata Technologies UK

     

Financing 144A 6.25% 2/15/26

     200,000        219,000  
     

 

 

 
        219,000  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–0.01%

CDW 5.00% 9/1/25

     10,000        10,425  
     

 

 

 
        10,425  
     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services–0.04%

#Nabors Industries 144A 5.50% 1/15/23

     37,000        35,196  

#Transocean Proteus 144A 6.25% 12/1/24

     47,500        48,687  
     

 

 

 
        83,883  
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–1.26%

American Tower

     

4.00% 6/1/25

     65,000        67,438  

4.40% 2/15/26

     335,000        351,731  

#American Tower Trust I 144A 3.07% 3/15/23

     60,000        60,550  

CC Holdings GS V 3.849% 4/15/23

     15,000        15,790  

Corporate Office Properties

     

3.60% 5/15/23

     40,000        39,804  

5.25% 2/15/24

     40,000        42,881  

Crown Castle International 5.25% 1/15/23

     415,000        461,556  

#Crown Castle Towers 144A 4.883% 8/15/20

     210,000        224,256  

CubeSmart 3.125% 9/1/26

     50,000        47,605  

CyrusOne

     

#144A 5.00% 3/15/24

     25,000        25,813  

#144A 5.375% 3/15/27

     50,000        52,187  

DDR 7.875% 9/1/20

     45,000        51,582  

Education Realty Operating Partnership 4.60% 12/1/24

     45,000        45,816  

GEO Group

     

5.125% 4/1/23

     10,000        10,100  

5.875% 10/15/24

     10,000        10,375  

GLP Capital 5.375% 4/15/26

     60,000        65,687  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund–14


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)

 

Hospitality Properties Trust 4.50% 3/15/25

     45,000      $ 46,256  

Host Hotels & Resorts

     

3.75% 10/15/23

     10,000        10,211  

3.875% 4/1/24

     20,000        20,374  

4.50% 2/1/26

     40,000        42,018  

#Iron Mountain U.S. Holdings 144A 5.375% 6/1/26

     125,000        131,875  

Lamar Media 5.75% 2/1/26

     25,000        27,031  

LifeStorage 3.50% 7/1/26

     40,000        38,354  

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership 4.50% 9/1/26

     40,000        40,450  

Physicians Realty 4.30% 3/15/27

     20,000        20,308  

Regency Centers 3.60% 2/1/27

     70,000        69,657  

#SBA Communications 144A 4.875% 9/1/24

     40,000        40,800  

SBA Tower Trust

     

#144A 2.24% 4/10/18

     40,000        39,989  

#144A 2.898% 10/8/19

     25,000        25,132  

UDR 4.00% 10/1/25

     155,000        160,572  

Uniti Group

     

#144A 7.125% 12/15/24

     85,000        84,602  

8.25% 10/15/23

     30,000        31,050  

WP Carey 4.60% 4/1/24

     35,000        36,500  
     

 

 

 
        2,438,350  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–0.08%

#Albertsons 144A 5.75% 3/15/25

     125,000        116,563  

Kroger 2.65% 10/15/26

     50,000        46,205  
     

 

 

 
        162,768  
     

 

 

 

Food Products–0.24%

     

#Dean Foods 144A 6.50% 3/15/23

     100,000        105,750  

#JBS USA Finance 144A 5.75% 6/15/25

     90,000        85,050  

Lamb Weston Holdings

     

#144A 4.625% 11/1/24

     30,000        31,050  

#144A 4.875% 11/1/26

     60,000        62,475  

#Post Holdings 144A 5.00% 8/15/26

     75,000        75,000  

Tyson Foods 3.55% 6/2/27

     110,000        111,510  
     

 

 

 
        470,835  
     

 

 

 

Gas Utilities–0.30%

     

AmeriGas Partners

     

5.50% 5/20/25

     60,000        61,500  

5.875% 8/20/26

     70,000        72,100  

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance 2.85% 1/27/25

     115,000        114,575  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

     

Gas Utilities (continued)

     

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance (continued)

     

•4.75% 4/30/43

     60,000      $ 61,432  

•5.25% 4/20/46

     260,000        274,174  
     

 

 

 
        583,781  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–0.15%

Abbott Laboratories 4.90% 11/30/46

     70,000        77,411  

Becton Dickinson

     

2.894% 6/6/22

     65,000        65,276  

3.363% 6/6/24

     60,000        60,227  

Hill-Rom Holdings

     

#144A 5.00% 2/15/25

     30,000        30,750  

#144A 5.75% 9/1/23

     50,000        52,875  
     

 

 

 
        286,539  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–0.51%

#Air Medical Group Holdings 144A 6.375% 5/15/23

     111,000        105,727  

Community Health Systems 6.25% 3/31/23

     30,000        31,083  

DaVita 5.00% 5/1/25

     65,000        65,325  

HCA

     

5.375% 2/1/25

     70,000        74,011  

5.875% 2/15/26

     150,000        162,375  

HealthSouth

     

5.125% 3/15/23

     10,000        10,350  

5.75% 11/1/24

     140,000        144,375  

5.75% 9/15/25

     5,000        5,287  

#MPH Acquisition Holdings 144A 7.125% 6/1/24

     110,000        117,563  

New York and Presbyterian Hospital 4.063% 8/1/56

     40,000        40,051  

Tenet Healthcare

     

8.00% 8/1/20

     105,000        106,444  

8.125% 4/1/22

     45,000        47,869  

#THC Escrow 144A 5.125% 5/1/25

     65,000        65,406  

#Universal Health Services 144A 5.00% 6/1/26

     10,000        10,425  
     

 

 

 
        986,291  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Technology–0.04%

     

#Change Healthcare Holdings 144A 5.75% 3/1/25

     75,000        76,781  
     

 

 

 
        76,781  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–0.51%

     

Aramark Services

     

4.75% 6/1/26

     10,000        10,400  

5.125% 1/15/24

     55,000        57,956  

Boyd Gaming 6.375% 4/1/26

     90,000        97,537  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund–15


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

           Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)

 

#ESH Hospitality 144A 5.25% 5/1/25

       75,000      $ 77,906  

#Hilton Worldwide Finance 144A 4.875% 4/1/27

       60,000        62,925  

KFC Holding

       

#144A 5.00% 6/1/24

       18,000        18,810  

#144A 5.25% 6/1/26

       18,000        18,990  

#Landry’s 144A 6.75% 10/15/24

       90,000        92,363  

Marriott International

       

3.75% 3/15/25

       35,000        36,114  

4.50% 10/1/34

       5,000        5,240  

MGM Resorts International 4.625% 9/1/26

       65,000        65,975  

#Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment 144A 7.875% 10/15/24

       115,000        120,031  

#Penn National Gaming 144A 5.625% 1/15/27

       135,000        137,869  

Scientific Games International 10.00% 12/1/22

       140,000        154,000  

Wyndham Worldwide 4.15% 4/1/24

       30,000        30,858  
       

 

 

 
          986,974  
       

 

 

 

Household Durables–0.06%

       

Lennar 4.50% 4/30/24

       25,000        25,903  

PulteGroup 5.00% 1/15/27

       50,000        51,500  

Tempur Sealy International 5.50% 6/15/26

       40,000        40,750  
       

 

 

 
          118,153  
       

 

 

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity
Producers–0.13%

AES 5.50% 4/15/25

       25,000        26,281  

#AES Gener 144A 5.25% 8/15/21

       25,000        26,878  

Calpine

       

#144A 5.25% 6/1/26

       30,000        29,550  

5.375% 1/15/23

       30,000        29,363  

Dynegy

       

6.75% 11/1/19

       40,000        41,450  

7.375% 11/1/22

       50,000        49,500  

IPALCO Enterprises 5.00% 5/1/18

       45,000        45,956  
       

 

 

 
          248,978  
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–0.13%

  

General Electric

       

2.10% 12/11/19

       70,000        70,580  

4.25% 1/17/18

    NZD        50,000        36,978  

5.55% 5/4/20

       30,000        32,977  

6.00% 8/7/19

       56,000        60,879  

Roper Technologies 2.80% 12/15/21

       30,000        30,286  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Industrial Conglomerates (continued)

 

Roper Technologies (continued)

     

3.80% 12/15/26

     15,000      $ 15,442  
     

 

 

 
        247,142  
     

 

 

 

Insurance–1.14%

     

Allstate 3.28% 12/15/26

     335,000        340,673  

#Brighthouse Financial 144A 3.70% 6/22/27

     75,000        74,242  

#HUB International 144A 7.875% 10/1/21

     100,000        104,500  

•Manulife Financial 4.061% 2/24/32

     175,000        176,910  

MetLife

     

•5.25% 12/29/49

     355,000        369,456  

6.817% 8/15/18

     85,000        89,762  

NUVEEN FINANCE

     

#144A 2.95% 11/1/19

     35,000        35,520  

#144A 4.125% 11/1/24

     80,000        82,898  

#Principal Life Global Funding II 144A 3.00% 4/18/26

     165,000        162,810  

Progressive 4.125% 4/15/47

     255,000        266,561  

•Prudential Financial 5.375% 5/15/45

     250,000        271,250  

#USIS Merger Sub 144A 6.875% 5/1/25

     125,000        127,500  

Willis North America 3.60% 5/15/24

     30,000        30,347  

XLIT

     

•3.616% 12/29/49

     30,000        28,050  

5.50% 3/31/45

     40,000        42,844  
     

 

 

 
        2,203,323  
     

 

 

 

IT Services–0.06%

     

First Data

     

#144A 5.75% 1/15/24

     50,000        52,125  

#144A 7.00% 12/1/23

     56,000        59,920  
     

 

 

 
        112,045  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–0.14%

Thermo Fisher Scientific 3.00% 4/15/23

     260,000        262,447  
     

 

 

 
        262,447  
     

 

 

 

Machinery–0.25%

     

#Allison Transmission 144A 5.00% 10/1/24

     28,000        28,770  

Crane

     

2.75% 12/15/18

     10,000        10,107  

4.45% 12/15/23

     60,000        63,148  

Parker-Hannifin 3.30% 11/21/24

     5,000        5,160  

#Siemens Financierings-maatschappij 144A 3.125% 3/16/24

     275,000        279,612  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund–16


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

     

Machinery (continued)

     

#Zekelman Industries 144A 9.875% 6/15/23

     95,000      $ 106,994  
     

 

 

 
        493,791  
     

 

 

 

Media–0.97%

     

#AMC Entertainment Holdings 144A 6.125% 5/15/27

     80,000        84,625  

CCO Holdings

     

#144A 5.125% 5/1/23

     50,000        52,625  

#144A 5.125% 5/1/27

     65,000        66,625  

#144A 5.75% 2/15/26

     10,000        10,725  

#144A 5.875% 5/1/27

     65,000        69,631  

#Cequel Communications Holdings I 144A 7.75% 7/15/25

     200,000        222,000  

DISH DBS 7.75% 7/1/26

     70,000        83,125  

#Gray Television 144A 5.875% 7/15/26

     100,000        102,250  

#Midcontinent Communications 144A 6.875% 8/15/23

     45,000        48,713  

#Nexstar Broadcasting 144A 5.625% 8/1/24

     40,000        40,600  

#Radiate Holdco 144A 6.625% 2/15/25

     80,000        80,200  

#Sinclair Television Group 144A 5.125% 2/15/27

     55,000        53,487  

#Sirius XM Radio 144A 5.375% 7/15/26

     80,000        83,000  

Time Warner Cable 7.30% 7/1/38

     410,000        525,601  

Time Warner Entertainment 8.375% 3/15/23

     65,000        81,883  

Tribune Media 5.875% 7/15/22

     55,000        57,887  

#VTR Finance 144A 6.875% 1/15/24

     200,000        212,500  
     

 

 

 
        1,875,477  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–0.47%

     

ArcelorMittal 6.125% 6/1/25

     40,000        45,000  

Barrick North America Finance 5.75% 5/1/43

     140,000        170,548  

#•BHP Billiton Finance USA 144A 6.25% 10/19/75

     255,000        278,715  

#Cliffs Natural Resources 144A 5.75% 3/1/25

     25,000        23,687  

FMG Resources August 2006 Pty

     

#144A 4.75% 5/15/22

     55,000        55,344  

#144A 5.125% 5/15/24

     45,000        45,113  

Freeport-McMoRan 6.875% 2/15/23

     45,000        47,728  

#Hudbay Minerals 144A 7.625% 1/15/25

     40,000        42,100  

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

     

Metals & Mining (continued)

     

#Novelis 144A 6.25% 8/15/24

     100,000      $ 105,250  

Steel Dynamics 5.00% 12/15/26

     50,000        51,437  

Vale Overseas

     

5.875% 6/10/21

     5,000        5,380  

6.25% 8/10/26

     40,000        43,250  
     

 

 

 
        913,552  
     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–0.12%

     

Dollar General 3.875% 4/15/27

     215,000        220,611  

JC Penney 8.125% 10/1/19

     14,000        15,330  
     

 

 

 
        235,941  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–0.35%

     

Ameren Illinois 9.75% 11/15/18

     263,000        290,701  

CMS Energy 6.25% 2/1/20

     60,000        66,088  

Consumers Energy 3.25% 8/15/46

     40,000        36,769  

Dominion Energy

     

3.625% 12/1/24

     45,000        46,176  

3.90% 10/1/25

     45,000        46,663  

DTE Energy

     

2.85% 10/1/26

     60,000        57,181  

3.30% 6/15/22

     45,000        46,225  

3.80% 3/15/27

     25,000        25,607  

Union Electric 2.95% 6/15/27

     35,000        34,684  

Wisconsin Electric Power 4.30% 12/15/45

     25,000        26,335  
     

 

 

 
        676,429  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–1.94%

     

#Alta Mesa Holdings 144A 7.875% 12/15/24

     80,000        81,000  

Anadarko Petroleum

     

5.55% 3/15/26

     125,000        139,927  

6.60% 3/15/46

     110,000        136,337  

Antero Resources 5.625% 6/1/23

     45,000        45,787  

BP Capital Markets

     

3.216% 11/28/23

     110,000        111,806  

3.224% 4/14/24

     50,000        50,539  

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings

     

#144A 5.125% 6/30/27

     95,000        97,494  

5.875% 3/31/25

     20,000        21,400  

Chesapeake Energy

     

#144A 8.00% 12/15/22

     22,000        23,347  

#144A 8.00% 1/15/25

     25,000        24,844  

#Crestwood Midstream Partners 144A 5.75% 4/1/25

     75,000        75,000  

#Diamondback Energy 144A 4.75% 11/1/24

     85,000        85,000  

Ecopetrol 7.375% 9/18/43

     5,000        5,391  

Enbridge 5.50% 12/1/46

     55,000        61,752  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund–17


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

  

Energy Transfer

     

6.125% 12/15/45

     135,000      $ 146,629  

9.70% 3/15/19

     60,000        67,223  

Energy Transfer Equity 7.50% 10/15/20

     35,000        39,287  

•Enterprise Products Operating 7.034% 1/15/68

     10,000        10,290  

Genesis Energy 6.75% 8/1/22

     40,000        40,300  

Gulfport Energy

     

#144A 6.00% 10/15/24

     35,000        34,213  

6.625% 5/1/23

     70,000        70,525  

#Halcon Resources 144A 6.75% 2/15/25

     40,000        36,200  

#Hilcorp Energy I 144A 5.00% 12/1/24

     110,000        101,750  

Laredo Petroleum 6.25% 3/15/23

     35,000        34,913  

MPLX 4.875% 12/1/24

     385,000        411,095  

Murphy Oil 6.875% 8/15/24

     125,000        130,937  

Newfield Exploration

     

5.375% 1/1/26

     50,000        52,000  

5.75% 1/30/22

     25,000        26,437  

Noble Energy 5.05% 11/15/44

     180,000        185,549  

NuStar Logistics 5.625% 4/28/27

     70,000        73,675  

Petroleos Mexicanos 6.75% 9/21/47

     15,000        15,186  

Plains All American Pipeline 8.75% 5/1/19

     120,000        133,464  

QEP Resources 5.25% 5/1/23

     50,000        47,500  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction

     

5.625% 4/15/23

     100,000        111,293  

5.625% 3/1/25

     165,000        182,283  

5.75% 5/15/24

     100,000        111,506  

Southwestern Energy

     

4.10% 3/15/22

     20,000        18,737  

6.70% 1/23/25

     100,000        98,250  

Spectra Energy Capital 3.30% 3/15/23

     55,000        55,274  

#Standard Industries 144A 5.00% 2/15/27

     160,000        163,600  

Targa Resources Partners

     

#144A 5.125% 2/1/25

     25,000        25,844  

#144A 5.375% 2/1/27

     30,000        31,200  

#Tesoro 144A 4.75% 12/15/23

     100,000        108,250  

Tesoro Logistics 5.25% 1/15/25

     45,000        47,419  

Transcanada Trust

     

•5.30% 3/15/77

     25,000        25,747  

•5.875% 8/15/76

     30,000        32,631  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

  

#Woodside Finance 144A 8.75% 3/1/19

     105,000      $ 115,999  
     

 

 

 
        3,744,830  
     

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products–0.14%

  

#Boise Cascade 144A 5.625% 9/1/24

     110,000        113,850  

Georgia-Pacific 8.00% 1/15/24

     125,000        160,564  
     

 

 

 
        274,414  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–0.34%

  

#Mallinckrodt International Finance 144A 5.50% 4/15/25

     55,000        48,400  

Mylan 3.95% 6/15/26

     90,000        91,358  

Pfizer 3.00% 12/15/26

     220,000        220,884  

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland

     

2.40% 9/23/21

     65,000        64,306  

2.875% 9/23/23

     240,000        238,218  
     

 

 

 
        663,166  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services–0.03%

  

#Nielsen Co. Luxembourg 144A 5.00% 2/1/25

     60,000        61,650  
     

 

 

 
        61,650  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail–0.05%

  

#Avis Budget Car Rental 144A 6.375% 4/1/24

     35,000        35,087  

Union Pacific 3.00% 4/15/27

     60,000        60,239  
     

 

 

 
        95,326  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–0.05%

#Advanced Disposal Services 144A 5.625% 11/15/24

     85,000        87,763  
     

 

 

 
        87,763  
     

 

 

 

Software–0.46%

  

CDK Global 5.00% 10/15/24

     125,000        133,437  

Infor US 6.50% 5/15/22

     70,000        72,800  

Microsoft

     

3.70% 8/8/46

     220,000        218,276  

4.25% 2/6/47

     350,000        379,904  

#Symantec 144A 5.00% 4/15/25

     80,000        83,925  
     

 

 

 
        888,342  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–0.31%

  

Lowe’s

     

3.10% 5/3/27

     160,000        159,470  

3.70% 4/15/46

     270,000        260,925  

Murphy Oil USA 6.00% 8/15/23

     60,000        63,600  

Penske Automotive Group 5.50% 5/15/26

     120,000        119,700  
     

 

 

 
        603,695  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund–18


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.25%

Apple 3.20% 5/11/27

     405,000      $ 410,236  

#Dell International 144A 6.02% 6/15/26

     35,000        38,619  

#Western Digital 144A 7.375% 4/1/23

     35,000        38,544  
     

 

 

 
     487,399  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–0.03%

  

Coach 4.125% 7/15/27

     60,000        59,468  
     

 

 

 
     59,468  
     

 

 

 

Tobacco–0.12%

     

Reynolds American 4.00% 6/12/22

     215,000        228,082  
     

 

 

 
     228,082  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–0.52%

  

#•AerCap Global Aviation Trust 144A 6.50% 6/15/45

     200,000        213,500  

AerCap Ireland Capital 3.95% 2/1/22

     150,000        156,337  

Air Lease

     

3.00% 9/15/23

     55,000        54,760  

3.625% 4/1/27

     185,000        185,395  

#HD Supply 144A 5.75% 4/15/24

     60,000        63,900  

International Lease Finance 8.625% 1/15/22

     135,000        166,396  

United Rentals North America

     

5.50% 5/15/27

     140,000        144,550  

5.875% 9/15/26

     20,000        21,375  
     

 

 

 
     1,006,213  
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.11%

Sprint

     

7.125% 6/15/24

     55,000        61,325  

7.875% 9/15/23

     97,000        111,793  

T-Mobile USA 6.50% 1/15/26

     30,000        33,187  
     

 

 

 
     206,305  
     

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $45,816,126)

 

     46,467,787  
     

 

 

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS–2.08%

  

Bay Area Toll Authority (Build America Bonds) Series S3 6.907% 10/1/50

     65,000        98,697  

Buckeye Ohio Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority Series A-2 5.875% 6/1/47

     500,000        487,935  

California State Various Purposes (Build America Bonds) 7.55% 4/1/39

     50,000        76,386  

Chicago, Illinois Series A 6.00% 1/1/38

     500,000        514,190  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

MUNICIPAL BONDS (continued)

 

  

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Series C 5.00% 10/1/25

     15,000      $ 18,504  

Cuyoga County Ohio Hospital Revenue (Metrohealth System) 5.50% 2/15/57

     500,000        548,855  

Lower Alabama Gas District Series A 5.00% 9/1/46

     500,000        617,380  

New Jersey Turnpike Authority

     

(Build America Bonds) Series A 7.102% 1/1/41

     30,000        44,057  

(Build America Bonds) Series F 7.414% 1/1/40

     15,000        22,676  

Salt Verde Financial 5.00% 12/1/37

     500,000        602,965  

South Carolina Public Service Authority Series D 4.77% 12/1/45

     20,000        19,682  

Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance (Buckner Senior Living - Ventana Project) Series 2017 A 6.75% 11/15/47

     400,000        422,044  

Texas Water Development Board Water Implementation Revenue 5.00% 10/15/46

     40,000        46,574  

Series A 5.00% 10/15/45

     10,000        11,559  

Tobacco Settlement Financing Series 1A 5.00% 6/1/41

     500,000        491,755  
     

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds
(Cost $3,937,486)

 

     4,023,259  
     

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES–2.43%

AEP Texas Central Transition Funding II Series 2006-A A4 5.17% 1/1/18

     32,331        32,629  

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP

     

#Series 2013-1A A 144A 1.92% 9/20/19

     100,000        99,953  

#Series 2014-1A A 144A 2.46% 7/20/20

     100,000        100,265  

•BA Credit Card Trust Series 2014-A3 A 1.449% 1/15/20

     35,000        35,012  

#•Cedar Funding III CLO Series 2014-3A A1 144A 2.702% 5/20/26

     250,000        250,116  

•Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust Series 2013-A7 A7 1.547% 9/10/20

     265,000        265,991  

•CNH Equipment Trust Series 2016-B A2B 1.559% 10/15/19

     5,311        5,318  

Discover Card Execution Note Trust

     

•Series 2013-A1 A1 1.459% 8/17/20

     450,000        450,533  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund–19


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

•Series 2017-A3 A3 1.389% 10/17/22

     460,000      $ 461,009  

#•GoldenTree Loan Management U.S. CLO 1 Series 2017-1A A 144A 2.404% 4/20/29

     250,000        250,972  

#HOA Funding Series 2014-1A A2 144A 4.846% 8/20/44

     47,250        44,688  

#Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust Series 2016-C A3 144A 1.49% 2/18/20

     100,000        99,790  

#•KVK CLO Series 2015-1A AR 144A 2.422% 5/20/27

     250,000        249,873  

•Mercedes-Benz Auto Lease Trust Series 2016-A A2B 1.719% 7/16/18

     10,145        10,152  

#•Mercedes-Benz Master Owner Trust Series 2016-AA A 144A 1.739% 5/15/20

     100,000        100,370  

#•MP CLO IV Series 2013-2A ARR 144A 1.28% 7/25/29

     250,000        250,000  

#•Navistar Financial Dealer Note Master Owner Trust II Series 2016-1 A 144A 2.566% 9/27/21

     25,000        25,133  

Nissan Auto Lease Trust Series 2016-B A3 1.50% 7/15/19

     100,000        99,779  

#•Northwoods Capital XV Series 2017-15A A 144A 0.00% 6/20/29

     250,000        249,871  

#•OCP CLO 2017-13 Series 2017-13A A1A 144A 1.26% 7/15/30

     250,000        249,657  

#•Octagon Investment Partners XV Series 2013-1A A1AR 144A 0.00% 7/19/30

     250,000        250,000  

#•PFS Financing Series 2015-AA A 144A 1.779% 4/15/20

     100,000        99,980  

Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust Series 2012-6 A 1.36% 8/17/20

     100,000        99,991  

#•Towd Point Mortgage Trust Series 2015-5 A1B 144A 2.75% 5/25/55

     68,363        68,890  

#•Trinitas CLO VI Series 2017-6A A 144A 2.655% 7/25/29

     250,000        250,000  

#•Venture XXVIII CLO Series 2017-28A A2 144A 1.11% 7/20/30

     250,000        247,929  

Verizon Owner Trust

     

#Series 2016-2A A 144A 1.68% 5/20/21

     100,000        99,727  

#Series 2017-1A A 144A 2.06% 9/20/21

     100,000        100,362  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

#Volkswagen Credit Auto Master Trust Series 2014-1A A2 144A 1.40% 7/22/19

     100,000      $ 99,991  

•Wells Fargo Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust Series 2014-2 A 1.662% 10/20/19

     50,000        50,042  
     

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $4,695,773)

 

     4,698,023  
     

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE

OBLIGATIONS–0.21%

 

Bank of America Alternative Loan Trust Series 2005-6 7A1 5.50% 7/25/20

     1,150        1,105  

Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Series 2005-5 6A3 5.00% 7/25/35

     16,167        16,092  

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2006-S1 1A1 6.00% 4/25/36

     21,353        22,097  

•Series 2007-A1 7A4 3.466% 7/25/35

     10,356        9,264  

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust

     

#•Series 2017-1A A1 144A 4.00% 2/25/57

     92,111        95,762  

#•Series 2017-2A A3 144A 4.00% 3/25/57

     94,268        98,153  

Sequoia Mortgage Trust

     

#•Series 2014-2 A4 144A 3.50% 7/25/44

     38,195        38,802  

#•Series 2015-1 B2 144A 3.877% 1/25/45

     14,163        14,266  

#•=Series 2017-4 A1 144A 3.50% 7/25/47

     100,000        101,609  

◆Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Pass Through Certificates Series 2004-20 2A1 5.50% 11/25/34

     10,085        10,303  
     

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(Cost $402,384)

 

     407,453  
     

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED

SECURITIES–1.92%

 

•Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2007-4 AM 6.158% 2/10/51

     13,122        13,127  

Bank 2017 Series 2017-BNK5 A5 3.39% 6/15/60

     70,000        71,162  
 

 

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LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 
NON-AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)  

Bank 2017 (continued)

     

Series 2017-BNK5 B 3.896% 6/15/60

     50,000      $ 50,945  

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2007-PW18 A4 5.70% 6/11/50

     17,668        17,753  

CD Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2016-CD2 A3 3.248% 11/10/49

     60,000        60,794  

•Series 2016-CD2 A4 3.526% 11/10/49

     30,000        30,976  

CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2016-C7 A3 3.839% 12/10/54

     95,000        99,319  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

•Series 2007-C6 AM 5.866% 12/10/49

     25,000        25,017  

Series 2014-GC25 A4 3.635% 10/10/47

     45,000        46,799  

Series 2015-GC27 A5 3.137% 2/10/48

     50,000        50,229  

Series 2016-P3 A4 3.329% 4/15/49

     145,000        147,703  

COMM Mortgage Trust

     

#Series 2013-CR6 AM 144A 3.147% 3/10/46

     40,000        40,321  

Series 2014-CR19 A5 3.796% 8/10/47

     30,000        31,502  

Series 2014-CR20 AM 3.938% 11/10/47

     85,000        88,621  

#Series 2015-3BP A 144A 3.178% 2/10/35

     100,000        100,937  

Series 2015-CR23 A4 3.497% 5/10/48

     35,000        36,007  

DB-JPM Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2016-C1 A4 3.276% 5/10/49

     75,000        76,133  

Series 2016-C3 A5 2.89% 9/10/49

     45,000        44,229  

#•DB-UBS Mortgage Trust Series 2011-LC1A C 144A 5.871% 11/10/46

     100,000        109,230  

#GRACE Mortgage Trust Series 2014-GRCE A 144A 3.369% 6/10/28

     600,000        623,179  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2015-GC32 A4 3.764% 7/10/48

     30,000        31,485  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 
NON-AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust (continued)

 

Series 2017-GS5 A4 3.674% 3/10/50

     65,000      $ 67,838  

JPM-BB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2015-C33 A4 3.77% 12/15/48

     220,000        230,319  

JPM-DB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2016-C2 A4 3.144% 6/15/49

     75,000        75,275  

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

     

•Series 2005-CB11 E 5.702% 8/12/37

     15,000        15,570  

Series 2013-LC11 B 3.499% 4/15/46

     35,000        35,106  

Series 2015-JP1 A5 3.914% 1/15/49

     30,000        31,862  

Series 2016-JP2 A4 2.822% 8/15/49

     95,000        92,855  

Series 2016-JP2 AS 3.056% 8/15/49

     60,000        58,525  

•Series 2016-JP3 B 3.397% 8/15/49

     20,000        19,594  

#Series 2016-WIKI A 144A 2.798% 10/5/31

     20,000        20,291  

#Series 2016-WIKI B 144A 3.201% 10/5/31

     35,000        35,654  

•LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2006-C6 AJ 5.452% 9/15/39

     26,982        23,491  

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust

     

Series 2014-C17 A5 3.741% 8/15/47

     40,000        41,908  

Series 2015-C23 A4 3.719% 7/15/50

     115,000        120,422  

Series 2015-C26 A5 3.531% 10/15/48

     35,000        36,137  

Series 2016-C29 A4 3.325% 5/15/49

     35,000        35,561  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust

     

•Series 2006-HQ10 B 5.448% 11/12/41

     100,000        94,136  

Series 2016-BNK2 A4 3.049% 11/15/49

     395,000        391,615  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

•Series 2015-C30 XA 1.153% 9/15/58

     3,103,562        188,943  

Series 2015-NXS3 A4 3.617% 9/15/57

     65,000        67,278  

Series 2016-BNK1 A3 2.652% 8/15/49

     60,000        57,786  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund–21


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

            Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 
NON-AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust (continued)

 

=Series 2017-C38 A5 3.453% 7/15/50

        70,000      $ 72,094  

•Series 2017-RB1 XA 1.445% 3/15/50

        999,194        98,051  
        

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $3,726,994)

 

     3,705,779  
        

 

 

 
DREGIONAL BONDS–0.12%
Australia–0.09%

New South Wales Treasury

 

3.00% 3/20/28

     AUD        147,200        112,664  

4.00% 5/20/26

     AUD        34,700        29,110  

Queensland Treasury

 

#144A 2.75% 8/20/27

     AUD        14,000        10,361  

#144A 3.25% 7/21/28

     AUD        29,000        22,288  
        

 

 

 
     174,423  
        

 

 

 
Canada–0.03%

Province of Ontario Canada 3.45% 6/2/45

     CAD        12,000        10,111  

Province of Quebec Canada 6.00% 10/1/29

     CAD        50,000        51,985  
        

 

 

 
     62,096  
        

 

 

 

Total Regional Bonds
(Cost $240,388)

 

     236,519  
        

 

 

 
DSOVEREIGN BONDS–0.14%
Australia–0.02%

Australia Government Bond 3.75% 4/21/37

     AUD        35,000        29,146  
        

 

 

 
     29,146  
        

 

 

 
Canada–0.00%

Canadian Government Bond 2.75% 12/1/48

     CAD        10,000        8,795  
        

 

 

 
     8,795  
        

 

 

 
Hungary–0.02%

Hungary Government International Bond 5.75% 11/22/23

 

     40,000        45,810  
        

 

 

 
     45,810  
        

 

 

 
New Zealand–0.04%

New Zealand Government Bond

 

2.75% 4/15/25

     NZD        75,000        54,521  

4.50% 4/15/27

     NZD        22,000        18,194  
        

 

 

 
     72,715  
        

 

 

 
            Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
DSOVEREIGN BONDS (continued)  
Republic of Korea–0.04%

Inflation Linked Korea Treasury Bond 1.125% 6/10/23

     KRW        79,249,309      $ 69,996  
        

 

 

 
     69,996  
        

 

 

 
United Kingdom–0.02%

United Kingdom Gilt 3.50% 1/22/45

     GBP        21,100        36,891  
        

 

 

 
     36,891  
        

 

 

 

Total Sovereign Bonds
(Cost $263,856)

 

     263,353  
        

 

 

 
SUPRANATIONAL BANKS–0.05%

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development

 

3.50% 1/22/21

     NZD        99,000        73,921  

4.625% 10/6/21

     NZD        13,000        10,108  

International Finance

 

3.625% 5/20/20

     NZD        12,000        8,995  
        

 

 

 

Total Supranational Banks
(Cost $85,073)

 

     93,024  
        

 

 

 
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS–3.97%

U.S. Treasury Bond 3.00% 5/15/47

 

     1,655,000        1,708,303  

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

1.75% 5/31/22

        970,000        964,430  

1.75% 6/30/22

        570,000        566,359  

2.25% 2/15/27

        4,140,000        4,121,482  

2.375% 5/15/27

        325,000        327,101  
        

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $7,643,212)

 

     7,687,675  
        

 

 

 
            Number of
Shares
        
MONEY MARKET FUND–5.94%

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

 

     11,491,208        11,491,208  
        

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $11,491,208)

 

     11,491,208  
        

 

 

 
 

 

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LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT–4.65%

 

  

Discounted Commercial Paper–4.65%

 

  

Abbey National Treasury Services 1.06% 7/3/17

     9,000,000      $ 8,999,470  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investment
(Cost $8,999,470)

 

     8,999,470  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–106.33% (Cost $192,760,287)

     205,686,198  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(6.33%)

     (12,240,882
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 12,759,728 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 193,445,316  
  

 

 

 

 

 

#

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At June 30, 2017, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $20,351,601, which represents 10.52% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 6 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

D

Securities have been classified by country of origin.

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate as of June 30, 2017. Interest rates reset periodically.

 

*

Interest only security. An interest only security is the interest only portion of a fixed income security which is sold separately from the principal portion of the security.

 

Pass Through Agreement. Security represents the contractual right to receive a proportionate amount of underlying payments due to the counterparty pursuant to various agreements related to the rescheduling of obligations and the exchange of certain notes.

 

=

The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs and is reported as a Level 3 security in the disclosure table located in Note 3 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

The rate shown is the effective yield at the time of purchase.

 

×

Emerging Markets – developing countries with relatively low per capita income, often with above-average economic growth potential but with more risk.

 

§

Developed Markets – countries that are thought to be most developed and therefore less risky than emerging markets.

 

°

Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.

 

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund–23


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

   Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
    Notional
Value
    Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Interest Rate Contracts:

            

 11    Canada 10 yr Bond

   $ 1,226,753     $ 1,192,204       9/21/17      $      $ (34,549

(19)  Euro-Bund

     (3,542,165     (3,512,717     9/8/17        29,448         

(11)  U.S. Treasury 10 yr Notes

     (1,383,062     (1,380,844     9/21/17        2,218         
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

          $ 31,666      $ (34,549
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

ADR–American Depositary Receipt

ARM–Adjustable Rate Mortgage

AUD–Australian Dollar

BB–Barclays Bank

CAD–Canadian Dollar

CLO–Collateralized Loan Obligations

DB–Deutsche Bank

FREMF–Freddie Mac Multifamily

GBP–British Pound Sterling

GNMA–Government National Mortgage Association

GS–Goldman Sachs

IT–Information Technology

JPM–JPMorgan

KRW–South Korean Won

LB–Lehman Brothers

NOK–Norwegian Krone

NZD–New Zealand Dollar

REMICs–Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

S.F.–Single Family

TBA–To be announced

yr–Year

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund–24


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

ASSETS:

  

Investments, at value

   $ 196,686,728  

Short-term investments, at value

     8,999,470  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

     205,686,198  

Receivable for securities sold

     11,894,949  

Dividends and interest receivable

     953,736  

Foreign currencies, at value

     942,839  

Cash

     107,483  

Cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts

     81,860  

Foreign tax reclaim receivable

     79,737  

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

     31,666  

Receivable for fund shares sold

     17,767  

Expense reimbursement receivable from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation

     15,342  

Other assets

     6,394  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     219,817,971  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

  

Payable for securities purchased

     25,704,232  

Payable for fund shares redeemed

     335,670  

Due to manager and affiliates

     135,263  

Other accrued expenses payable

     85,692  

Foreign currencies collateral due to broker for futures contracts, at value

     77,249  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

     34,549  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     26,372,655  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 193,445,316  
  

 

 

 

Investments, at cost

   $ 183,760,817  

Short-term investments, at cost

     8,999,470  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

   $ 192,760,287  
  

 

 

 

Foreign currencies, at cost

   $ 922,788  
  

 

 

 

Standard Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 167,219,083  

Shares Outstanding

     11,026,697  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 15.165  

Service Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 26,226,233  

Shares Outstanding

     1,733,031  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 15.133  

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 137,506,995  

Undistributed net investment income

     1,848,866  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

     41,147,449  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and derivatives

     12,942,006  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 193,445,316  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund–25


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $ 1,716,104  

Interest

     1,021,872  

Foreign tax withheld

     (72,373
  

 

 

 
     2,665,603  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     727,353  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     35,995  

Professional fees

     35,491  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     33,220  

Pricing fees

     32,985  

Accounting and administration expenses

     24,240  

Custodian fees

     23,912  

Shareholder servicing fees

     9,486  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     2,675  

Consulting fees

     1,062  

Other

     1,440  
  

 

 

 
     927,859  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (103,531

Expenses reimbursed

     (89,702
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     734,626  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     1,930,977  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments

     36,074,148  

Foreign currencies

     (61,714

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     8,125  

Futures contracts

     (240,403

Options purchased

     (153

Swap contracts

     (14,058
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     35,765,945  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     (23,768,845

Foreign currencies

     43,620  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     (8,918

Futures contracts

     12,632  

Swap contracts

     5,765  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (23,715,746
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     12,050,199  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 13,981,176  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 1,930,977     $ 3,056,263  

Net realized gain

     35,765,945       7,944,558  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (23,715,746     (228,626
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     13,981,176       10,772,195  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (2,908,558

Service Class

           (387,950

Net realized gain on investments:

    

Standard Class

           (14,970,049

Service Class

           (2,307,297
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (20,573,854
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     2,916,257       9,367,171  

Service Class

     2,756,688       6,007,228  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           17,878,607  

Service Class

           2,695,247  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     5,672,945       35,948,253  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (17,362,086     (30,982,391

Service Class

     (4,905,847     (7,272,904
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (22,267,933     (38,255,295
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (16,594,988     (2,307,042
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS

     (2,613,812     (12,108,701

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     196,059,128       208,167,829  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 193,445,316     $ 196,059,128  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

   $ 1,848,866     $ (82,111
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund–26


LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund

Financial Highlights

Select data for each share of the Fund outstanding through each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund Standard Class

    

Six Months
Ended
6/30/171,2

(unaudited)

   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/143

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 14.117      $ 14.874     $ 15.931     $ 15.629     $ 13.195     $ 11.855

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income4

       0.148        0.229       0.261       0.292       0.250       0.254

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.900        0.595       (0.487 )       0.388       2.418       1.318
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.048        0.824       (0.226 )       0.680       2.668       1.572
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.246 )       (0.273 )       (0.378 )       (0.234 )       (0.232 )

Net realized gain

              (1.335 )       (0.558 )                  
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (1.581 )       (0.831 )       (0.378 )       (0.234 )       (0.232 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 15.165      $ 14.117     $ 14.874     $ 15.931     $ 15.629     $ 13.195
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

       7.42%        5.62%       (1.33% )       4.34%       20.24%       13.29%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 167,219      $ 169,567     $ 181,811     $ 209,869     $ 224,511     $ 206,140

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.72%        0.73%       0.73%       0.73%       0.73%       0.73%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.92%        0.91%       0.90%       0.87%       0.90%       0.91%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       2.03%        1.56%       1.63%       1.82%       1.72%       2.00%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.83%        1.38%       1.46%       1.68%       1.55%       1.82%

Portfolio turnover

       91%        86%       69%       61%       70%       76%

 

1 

Effective May 1, 2017, Jackson Square Partners, LLC was removed as a sub-adviser to the Fund.

 

2 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3 

Effective October 1, 2014, Jackson Square Partners, LLC was added as a sub-adviser to the Fund.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Select data for each share of the Fund outstanding through each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171,2
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/143

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 14.105      $ 14.864     $ 15.920     $ 15.620     $ 13.190     $ 11.851

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income4

       0.130        0.192       0.220       0.252       0.213       0.222

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.898        0.593       (0.485 )       0.386       2.415       1.317
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.028        0.785       (0.265 )       0.638       2.628       1.539
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.209 )       (0.233 )       (0.338 )       (0.198 )       (0.200 )

Net realized gain

              (1.335 )       (0.558 )                  
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (1.544 )       (0.791 )       (0.338 )       (0.198 )       (0.200 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 15.133      $ 14.105     $ 14.864     $ 15.920     $ 15.620     $ 13.190
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

       7.29%        5.36%       (1.58% )       4.08%       19.94%       13.01%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 26,226      $ 26,492     $ 26,357     $ 28,603     $ 30,280     $ 27,915

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.97%        0.98%       0.98%       0.98%       0.98%       0.98%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.17%        1.16%       1.15%       1.12%       1.15%       1.16%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.78%        1.31%       1.38%       1.57%       1.47%       1.75%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.58%        1.13%       1.21%       1.43%       1.30%       1.57%

Portfolio turnover

       91%        86%       69%       61%       70%       76%

 

1 

Effective May 1, 2017, Jackson Square Partners, LLC was removed as a sub-adviser to the Fund.

 

2 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3 

Effective October 1, 2014, Jackson Square Partners, LLC was added as a sub-adviser to the Fund.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Delaware Wealth Builder Fund (formerly LVIP Delaware Foundation® Aggressive Allocation Fund) (the “Fund”) . The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term capital growth.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Funds.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Securities traded on the Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sales price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices will be used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sales price on the valuation date. U.S. government and agency securities are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Other debt securities and interest rate swap contracts are valued based upon valuations provided by an independent pricing service or broker and reviewed by management. To the extent current market prices are not available, the pricing service may take into account developments related to the specific security, as well as transactions in comparable securities. Swap prices are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments. Valuations for fixed income securities utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Short-term debt securities having less than 60 days to maturity are valued using the evaluated mean. Open-end investment companies are valued at published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are derived when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Futures contracts and options on futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Generally, other securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under the direction of the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are readily available or fair valuation will be used, various factors will be taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

To Be Announced Securities (TBA)–The Fund may contract to purchase securities for a fixed price at a transaction date beyond the customary settlement period, (e.g., when issued, delayed delivery, forward commitment, or TBA transactions) consistent with the Fund’s ability to manage its investment portfolio and meet redemption requests. These transactions involve a commitment by the Fund to purchase securities for a predetermined price or yield with payment and delivery taking place more than three days in the future, or after a period longer than the customary settlement

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

period for that type of security. No interest will be earned by the Fund on such purchases until the securities are delivered; however, the market value may change prior to delivery.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund separates the portion of realized gains and losses on investments in debt securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of debt securities. Gains or losses attributable to changes in foreign exchange rates are included in the Statement of Operations under “Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currencies.” For foreign equity securities, these changes are included in net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e. the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of such distributions by the issuer or management estimate. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Realized gains (losses) on paydowns of asset- and mortgage-backed securities are classified as interest income. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends and interest are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction. There were no commission rebates for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-advisers, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.75% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. Effective May 1, 2017, the waiver amount is 0.12% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. The agreement will continue at least through April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC. Prior to May 1, 2017, the waiver amount was 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Effective May 1, 2017, LIAC has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses exceed 0.71% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.96% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC. Prior to

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

 

May 1, 2017, LIAC had contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses exceed 0.73% the Fund’s average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.98% for the Service Class.

Effective May 1, 2017, Delaware Investments Fund Advisers (“DIFA”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. Prior to May 1, 2017, DIFA and Jackson Square Partners, LLP (“JSP”) were responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays or paid DIFA and JSP a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 5,553  

Legal

     1,340  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $23,741 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivables due from and liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 15,342  

Management fees payable to LIAC

     101,379  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     5,476  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     23,741  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     4,667  

The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain affiliated funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under these procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund engaged in securities sales of $18,450.

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases other than U.S. government securities

   $ 153,344,505  

Purchases of U.S. government securities

     17,486,597  

Sales other than U.S. government securities

     179,466,877  

Sales of U.S. government securities

     11,691,551  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 192,760,287  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 15,682,198  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (2,756,287
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 12,925,911  
  

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs, including related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. The Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Valuations may also be based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which is received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common Stock

           

U.S. Markets

           

Aerospace & Defense

   $ 2,149,520      $      $      $ 2,149,520  

Automobiles

     1,536,387                      1,536,387  

Banks

     3,729,668                      3,729,668  

Beverages

     131,859                      131,859  

Biotechnology

     2,491,728                      2,491,728  

Capital Markets

     205,736                      205,736  

Chemicals

     1,803,802                      1,803,802  

Commercial Services & Supplies

     1,819,080                      1,819,080  

Communications Equipment

     1,780,970                      1,780,970  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     4,241,319                      4,241,319  

Electric Utilities

     914,823                      914,823  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     10,641,061                      10,641,061  

Food & Staples Retailing

     1,802,388                      1,802,388  

Food Products

     1,812,118                      1,812,118  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     1,555,520                      1,555,520  

Health Care Providers & Services

     2,236,703                      2,236,703  

Household Products

     3,641,886                      3,641,886  

Insurance

     1,964,701                      1,964,701  

Internet Software & Services

     235,022                      235,022  

Leisure Products

     1,203,527                      1,203,527  

Multiline Retail

     1,469,349                      1,469,349  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     5,436,819                      5,436,819  

Pharmaceuticals

     5,142,201                      5,142,201  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     1,801,581                      1,801,581  

Software

     2,017,466                      2,017,466  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     63,513                      63,513  

Tobacco

     1,203,240                      1,203,240  

Developed Markets

           

Aerospace & Defense

     555,045                      555,045  

Air Freight & Logistics

     623,119                      623,119  

Auto Components

     720,443                      720,443  

Automobiles

     1,067,720                      1,067,720  

Banks

     3,278,612                      3,278,612  

Beverages

     585,871                      585,871  

Construction & Engineering

     727,804                      727,804  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     704,758                      704,758  

Electrical Equipment

     128,384                      128,384  

Household Durables

     462,116                      462,116  

Industrial Conglomerates

     610,719                      610,719  

Insurance

     614,683                      614,683  

Machinery

     346,637                      346,637  

Media

     206,625                      206,625  

Metals & Mining

     329,865                      329,865  

Multi-Utilities

     1,290,429                      1,290,429  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     4,302,886                      4,302,886  

Pharmaceuticals

     3,587,542                      3,587,542  

Professional Services

     461,644                      461,644  

Road & Rail

     627,839                      627,839  

Software

     482,682                      482,682  

Specialty Retail

     403,563                      403,563  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

     Level 1     Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

          

Assets:

          

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

   $ 1,190,700     $      $      $ 1,190,700  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     1,102,006                     1,102,006  

Tobacco

     976,694                     976,694  

Trading Companies & Distributors

     922,082                     922,082  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     379,090                     379,090  

Emerging Markets

          

Banks

     440,308                     440,308  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     623,257                     623,257  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     136,594                     136,594  

Preferred Stock

           705,158               705,158  

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

           3,324,135               3,324,135  

Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

           1,997,623               1,997,623  

Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

           20,664,028               20,664,028  

Corporate Bonds

           46,467,787               46,467,787  

Municipal Bonds

           4,023,259               4,023,259  

Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities

           4,698,023               4,698,023  

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

           305,844        101,609        407,453  

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

           3,633,685        72,094        3,705,779  

Regional Bonds

           236,519               236,519  

Sovereign Bonds

           263,353               263,353  

Supranational Banks

           93,024               93,024  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

           7,687,675               7,687,675  

Money Market Fund

     11,491,208                     11,491,208  

Short-Term Investments

           8,999,470               8,999,470  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 102,412,912     $ 103,099,583      $ 173,703      $ 205,686,198  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivatives:

          

Assets:

          

Futures Contracts

   $ 31,666     $      $      $ 31,666  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

          

Futures Contracts

   $ (34,549   $      $      $ (34,549
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. This does not include transfers between Level 1 investments and Level 2 investments that resulted from the Fund’s use of international fair value pricing during the period. In accordance with the fair value procedures described in Note 1, international fair value pricing uses other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to the events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded, causing a change in classification between levels. International fair value pricing was not utilized at June 30, 2017. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     197,573       640,838  

Service Class

     187,619       411,398  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           1,257,240  

Service Class

           189,956  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     385,192       2,499,432  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (1,182,350     (2,110,107

Service Class

     (332,815     (496,326
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (1,515,165     (2,606,433
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (1,129,973     (107,001
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that the counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. This risk is generally mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty. No foreign currency exchange contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency exchange contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security between trade date and settlement date; to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that were denominated in foreign currencies; and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to control overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

Options Contracts–During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund entered into options contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may buy or write options contracts for any number of reasons, including without limitation: to manage the Fund’s exposure to changes in securities prices caused by interest rates or market conditions and foreign currencies; as an efficient means of adjusting the Fund’s overall exposure to certain markets; to protect the value of portfolio securities; to facilitate investment in portfolio securities; as a cash management tool; and to generate income. The Fund may buy or write call or put options on securities, futures, swaps, swaptions, financial indices, and foreign currencies. When the Fund buys an option, a premium is paid and an asset is recorded and adjusted on a daily basis to reflect the current market value of the option purchased. When the Fund writes an option, a premium is received and a liability is recorded and adjusted on a daily basis to reflect the current market value of the option written. Premiums received from writing options that expire unexercised are treated by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gains. The difference between the premium received and the amount paid at the close of the transaction, including brokerage commissions, is treated as realized gain or loss. If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security in determining whether the Fund has a realized gain or loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the securities purchased by the Fund. The Fund, as writer of an option, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option. When writing options, the Fund is subject to minimal counterparty risk because the counterparty is only obligated to pay premiums and does not bear the market risk of an unfavorable market change. When buying options, the Fund is subject to counterparty risk.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used options contracts to manage the Fund’s exposure to changes in securities prices caused by interest rates or market conditions; to adjust the Fund’s overall exposure to certain markets; and to protect the value of portfolio securities.

No options contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017.

Swap Contracts–The Fund enters into interest rate swap contracts and CDS contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may use interest rate swaps to manage the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or hedge against changes in interest rates. The Fund may enter into CDS contracts in order to hedge against a credit event, to enhance total return, or to gain exposure to certain securities or markets.

Interest Rate Swaps-An interest rate swap contract is an exchange of interest rates between counterparties. In one instance, an interest rate swap involves payments received by the Fund from another party based on a variable or floating interest rate, in return for making payments based on a fixed interest rate. The Fund may enter into either side of such swap contract. Interest rate swaps may be used to manage the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates. Periodic payments on such contracts are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized appreciation/depreciation on swap contracts. Upon periodic payment (receipt) or termination of the contract, such amounts are recorded as realized gains or losses on swap contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from (paid) to the counterparty over the interest rate swap contract’s remaining life, to the extent that the amount is positive. This risk is mitigated by (1) for bilateral swap contracts having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty, and (2) for cleared swaps, trading these instruments through a central counterparty. No interest rate swap contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used interest rate swap contracts to manage the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates.

Credit Default Swaps–A CDS contract is a risk-transfer instrument through which one party (a purchaser of protection) transfers to another party (a seller of protection) the financial risk of a credit event (as defined in the CDS agreement), as it relates to a particular reference security or basket of securities (such as an index). In exchange for the protection offered by the seller of protection, the purchaser of protection agrees to pay the seller of protection a periodic amount at a stated rate that is applied to the notional amount of the CDS contract. In addition, an upfront payment may be made or received by the Fund in connection with an unwinding or assignment of a CDS contract. Upon the occurrence of a credit event, the seller of protection would pay the counterparty the agreed-upon value for the reference security or basket of securities. Credit events generally include, among others, bankruptcy, failure to pay and obligation default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund entered into CDS contracts as a purchaser and seller of protection. Periodic payments (receipts) on CDS contracts are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized losses (gains) on swap contracts. Upon payment (receipt), such amounts are recorded as realized losses (gains) on swap contracts. Upfront payments made or received in connection with CDS contracts are amortized over the expected life of the CDS contracts as unrealized losses (gains) on swap contracts. The change in value of CDS contracts is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation daily. A realized gain or loss is recorded upon a credit event (as defined in the CDS agreement) or the maturity or termination of a CDS contract. Initial margin and variation margin is posted to a central counterparty for centrally cleared CDS basket trades, as determined by an applicable central counterparty.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used CDS contracts to hedge against credit events (including single name, baskets, and systemic).

CDS contracts may involve greater risks than if the Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly. CDS contracts are subject to general market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk, either as the seller of protection or the buyer of protection, is the fair value of the contract. This risk is mitigated by (1) for bilateral swap contracts, having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty, and (2) for cleared swaps, trading these instruments through a central counterparty. No CDS contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017.

Swaps Generally–The value of open swaps may differ from that which would be realized in the event the Fund terminated its position in the agreement. Risks of entering into these contracts include the potential inability of the counterparty to meet the terms of the contracts. This type of risk is generally limited to the amount of favorable movement in the value of the underlying security, instrument or basket of instruments, if any, at the day of default. Risks also arise from potential losses from adverse market movements and such losses could exceed the unrealized amounts shown on the Schedule of Investments.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value     

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Interest rate contracts)

  

Unrealized appreciation
on futures contracts

   $ 31,666     

Unrealized depreciation
on futures contracts

   $ (34,549

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

   

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in Income

  Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
    Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
 

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts   $ 8,125     $ (8,918

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts     2,635        

Futures contracts (Interest rate contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts     (243,038     12,632  

Options contracts (Currency contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from options purchased and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of options purchased     (153      

Swap contracts (Credit contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from swap contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of swap contracts     (4,508     1,494  

Swap contracts (Interest rate contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from swap contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of swap contracts     (9,550     4,271  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

    $ (246,489   $ 9,479  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

    Long Derivative
Volume
     Short Derivative
Volume
 

Foreign currency exchange contracts (average cost)

  USD      178,920        USD        543,583  

Futures contracts (average notional value)

  USD      1,627,766        USD        2,375,454  

Options contracts (average notional value)

  USD      12        USD         

CDS contracts (average notional value)*

  USD      167,360        USD        293,760  

Interest rate swap contracts (average notional value)

  USD             USD        146,640  

*Long represents buying protection and short represents selling protection.

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights to help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and foreign currency exchange contracts and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting items and netting provisions in the event of a default or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instrument payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of an ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out) including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Schedule of Investments.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had the following assets and liabilities subject to offsetting provisions:

Offsetting of Financial Assets and Liabilities and Derivative Assets and Liabilities

 

Counterparty

   Gross Value of
Derivative Asset
     Gross Value of
Derivative Liability
    Net Position  

JPMorgan Chase Bank

   $ 31,666      $ (34,549   $ (2,883

 

Counterparty

   Net Position     Fair Value of
Non Cash
Collateral
Received
     Cash
Collateral
Received
     Fair Value of
Non Cash
Collateral
Pledged
     Cash
Collateral
Pledged
     Net
Exposure(a)
 

JPMorgan Chase Bank

   $ (2,883   $      $      $      $ 2,883      $  

(a)Net exposure represents the receivable (payable) that would be due from (to) the counterparty in an event of default.

6. Credit and Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund invests in high yield fixed income securities, which are securities rated BB or lower by Standard & Poor’s or Ba or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, or similarly rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Investments in these higher yielding securities are generally accompanied by a greater degree of credit risk than higher rated securities. Additionally, lower rated securities may be more susceptible to adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than investment-grade securities.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

6. Credit and Market Risk (continued)

 

The Fund invests in REITs and is subject to the risks associated with that industry. If the Fund acquires a direct interest in real estate as a result of defaults or receives rental income directly from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company could be jeopardized. The Fund had no direct real estate holdings during the six months ended June 30, 2017. The Fund’s REIT holdings are also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs it holds use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations.

The Fund invests in fixed income securities whose values are derived from an underlying pool of mortgages or consumer loans. The values of these securities are sensitive to changes in economic conditions, including delinquencies and defaults, and may be adversely effected by changes in interest rates and shifts in the market’s perception of issuers. Investors receive principal and interest payments as the underlying mortgages and consumer loans are paid back. Some of these securities are collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”). CMOs are debt securities issued by U.S. government agencies or by financial institutions and other mortgage lenders, which are collateralized by a pool of mortgages held under an indenture. Prepayment of mortgages may shorten the stated maturity of the obligations and can result in a loss of premium, if any has been paid. Certain of these securities may be stripped (securities which provide only the principal or interest feature of the underlying security). The yield to maturity on an interest-only CMO is extremely sensitive not only to changes in prevailing interest rates, but also to the rate of principal payments (including prepayments) on the related underlying mortgage assets. A rapid rate of principal payments may have a material adverse effect on a CMO’s yield to maturity. If the underlying mortgage assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may fail to fully recoup its initial investment in these securities even if the securities are rated in the highest rating categories.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. Rule 144A securities have been identified on the Schedule of Investments.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

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Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings      2  
Statement of Net Assets      3  
Statement of Operations      25  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      25  
Financial Highlights      26  
Notes to Financial Statements      28  

 

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,079.00       0.41 %         $2.11        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,077.20       0.76 %         3.91        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,022.76       0.41 %         $2.06        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,021.03       0.76 %         3.81        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–1


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Common Stock

     99.61

Aerospace & Defense

     2.73

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.79

Airlines

     0.97

Auto Components

     0.81

Automobiles

     0.60

Banks

     6.77

Beverages

     1.74

Biotechnology

     2.47

Building Products

     0.61

Capital Markets

     2.73

Chemicals

     2.68

Commercial Services & Supplies

     0.99

Communications Equipment

     1.12

Construction & Engineering

     0.42

Construction Materials

     0.19

Consumer Finance

     1.06

Containers & Packaging

     0.85

Distributors

     0.20

Diversified Consumer Services

     0.33

Diversified Financial Services

     0.91

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     2.16

Electric Utilities

     1.58

Electrical Equipment

     0.69

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     1.46

Energy Equipment & Services

     0.68

Food & Staples Retailing

     1.73

Food Products

     1.50

Gas Utilities

     0.33

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     2.20

Health Care Providers & Services

     2.95

Health Care Technology

     0.19

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     2.44

Household Durables

     0.96

Household Products

     1.17

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     0.21

Industrial Conglomerates

     1.40

Insurance

     3.30

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     1.96

Internet Software & Services

     2.48

IT Services

     4.18

Leisure Products

     0.29

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     0.95

Machinery

     2.71

Marine

     0.05

Media

     3.16
Security Type/Sector    Percentage 
of Net Assets

Metals & Mining

     0.65

Multiline Retail

     0.58

Multi-Utilities

     0.87

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     3.39

Paper & Forest Products

     0.16

Personal Products

     0.32

Pharmaceuticals

     3.31

Professional Services

     0.61

Real Estate Management & Development

     0.27

Road & Rail

     1.31

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     3.57

Software

     3.89

Specialty Retail

     3.28

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     4.20

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     0.90

Thrift & Mortgage Finance

     0.39

Tobacco

     1.34

Trading Companies & Distributors

     0.52

Transportation Infrastructure

     0.03

Water Utilities

     0.15

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     0.17

Rights

     0.00

Money Market Fund

     0.37

Total Value of Securities

     99.98

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.02

Total Net Assets

     100.00

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Apple

     3.60

Microsoft

     1.70

Amazon.com

     1.41

Johnson & Johnson

     1.16

Alphabet Class A & Class C

     1.15

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     1.11

AT&T

     1.05

Wells Fargo & Co.

     0.94

Home Depot

     0.88

Berkshire Hathaway Class B

     0.84

Total

     13.84

IT–Information Technology

  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–2


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK–99.61%

     

Aerospace & Defense–2.73%

     

AAR

     6,489      $ 225,558  

†Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings

     9,478        197,142  

†Aerovironment

     2,215        84,613  

Arconic

     29,682        672,297  

†Astronics

     2,505        76,327  

†Astronics Class B

     806        24,647  

†Axon Enterprise

     1,811        45,529  

Boeing

     37,923        7,499,273  

BWX Technologies

     11,734        572,033  

Cubic

     3,873        179,320  

Curtiss-Wright

     6,659        611,163  

†DigitalGlobe

     10,882        362,371  

†Ducommun

     1,600        50,528  

†Engility Holdings

     376        10,678  

†Esterline Technologies

     4,509        427,453  

General Dynamics

     13,232        2,621,259  

HEICO

     4,341        311,857  

HEICO Class A

     5,722        355,050  

Hexcel

     12,095        638,495  

Huntington Ingalls Industries

     3,927        731,050  

†KLX

     6,809        340,450  

†Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

     5,182        61,510  

L3 Technologies

     3,767        629,390  

Lockheed Martin

     14,443        4,009,521  

†Mercury Systems

     3,446        145,042  

†Moog Class A

     5,219        374,307  

Northrop Grumman

     9,036        2,319,632  

Orbital ATK

     5,421        533,210  

Raytheon

     13,074        2,111,190  

Rockwell Collins

     12,745        1,339,245  

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Class A

     12,728        737,460  

†Teledyne Technologies

     4,923        628,421  

Textron

     22,144        1,042,982  

TransDigm Group

     3,095        832,153  

Triumph Group

     6,690        211,404  

United Technologies

     33,672        4,111,688  

†Wesco Aircraft Holdings

     14,929        161,980  
     

 

 

 
        35,286,228  
     

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics–0.79%

     

†Air Transport Services Group

     11,784        256,656  

†Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings

     3,789        197,596  

CH Robinson Worldwide

     11,156        766,194  

†Echo Global Logistics

     2,584        51,422  

Expeditors International of Washington

     11,713        661,550  

FedEx

     12,617        2,742,053  

Forward Air

     3,352        178,595  

†Hub Group Class A

     4,075        156,276  

United Parcel Service Class B

     39,912        4,413,868  

†XPO Logistics

     12,314        795,854  
     

 

 

 
        10,220,064  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Airlines–0.97%

     

Alaska Air Group

     15,098      $ 1,355,196  

Allegiant Travel

     2,149        291,404  

American Airlines Group

     32,569        1,638,872  

Copa Holdings Class A

     4,803        561,951  

Delta Air Lines

     46,387        2,492,837  

†Hawaiian Holdings

     9,950        467,153  

†JetBlue Airways

     38,403        876,740  

SkyWest

     6,659        233,731  

Southwest Airlines

     39,453        2,451,609  

†Spirit Airlines

     10,860        560,919  

†United Continental Holdings

     21,708        1,633,527  
     

 

 

 
        12,563,939  
     

 

 

 

Auto Components–0.81%

     

Adient

     4,561        298,198  

†American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings

     9,868        153,941  

Autoliv

     7,240        794,952  

BorgWarner

     18,858        798,825  

Cooper Tire & Rubber

     10,762        388,508  

†Cooper-Standard Holdings

     1,794        180,961  

Dana

     30,421        679,301  

Delphi Automotive

     16,408        1,438,161  

†Dorman Products

     2,401        198,731  

†Fox Factory Holding

     4,534        161,410  

Gentex

     34,298        650,633  

†Gentherm

     4,875        189,150  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber

     38,344        1,340,506  

†Horizon Global

     2,190        31,448  

LCI Industries

     3,305        338,432  

Lear

     7,285        1,035,053  

†Modine Manufacturing

     8,303        137,415  

†Motorcar Parts of America

     2,029        57,299  

Standard Motor Products

     2,906        151,751  

†Stoneridge

     3,532        54,428  

Superior Industries International

     3,283        67,466  

Tenneco

     8,836        510,986  

Tower International

     4,230        94,964  

†Visteon

     6,978        712,175  
     

 

 

 
        10,464,694  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles–0.60%

     

Ford Motor

     244,134        2,731,859  

General Motors

     75,934        2,652,375  

Harley-Davidson

     15,921        860,052  

†Tesla

     1,541        557,241  

Thor Industries

     7,273        760,174  

Winnebago Industries

     3,677        128,695  
     

 

 

 
        7,690,396  
     

 

 

 

Banks–6.77%

     

1st Source

     2,576        123,493  

Ameris Bancorp

     3,331        160,554  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–3


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Banks (continued)

     

Arrow Financial

     444      $ 14,053  

Associated Banc-Corp

     16,938        426,838  

Banc of California

     1,402        30,143  

BancFirst

     1,055        101,913  

†Bancorp

     1,514        11,476  

BancorpSouth

     10,963        334,372  

Bank of America

     378,121        9,173,215  

Bank of Hawaii

     5,806        481,724  

Bank of the Ozarks

     11,882        556,909  

BankUnited

     12,210        411,599  

Banner

     3,101        175,238  

BB&T

     28,040        1,273,296  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp

     5,646        198,457  

BOK Financial

     5,174        435,289  

Boston Private Financial Holdings

     14,301        219,520  

Brookline Bancorp

     9,134        133,356  

Bryn Mawr Bank

     2,262        96,135  

Camden National

     636        27,291  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

     4,667        378,782  

Capital Bank Financial

     4,655        177,355  

Cathay General Bancorp

     8,683        329,520  

CenterState Banks of Florida

     2,822        70,155  

Central Pacific Financial

     5,001        157,381  

Chemical Financial

     7,551        365,544  

CIT Group

     10,255        499,419  

Citigroup

     101,820        6,809,722  

Citizens Financial Group

     10,989        392,088  

City Holding

     2,841        187,137  

CoBiz Financial

     3,260        56,724  

Columbia Banking System

     8,265        329,360  

Comerica

     8,793        643,999  

Commerce Bancshares

     10,911        620,072  

Community Bank System

     7,256        404,667  

Community Trust Bancorp

     1,117        48,869  

ConnectOne Bancorp

     2,533        57,119  

Cullen/Frost Bankers

     4,181        392,638  

†Customers Bancorp

     3,657        103,420  

CVB Financial

     14,317        321,130  

†Eagle Bancorp

     3,814        241,426  

East West Bancorp

     12,619        739,221  

Enterprise Financial Services

     1,260        51,408  

†FCB Financial Holdings Class A

     2,662        127,111  

Fidelity Southern

     1,928        44,074  

Fifth Third Bancorp

     49,269        1,279,023  

†First BanCorp (Puerto Rico)

     32,583        188,656  

First Busey

     2,410        70,661  

First Citizens BancShares Class A

     925        344,747  

First Commonwealth Financial

     14,092        178,687  

First Financial

     880        41,624  

First Financial Bancorp

     9,348        258,940  

First Financial Bankshares

     3,301        145,904  

First Horizon National

     26,832        467,413  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Banks (continued)

     

First Interstate BancSystem Class A

     3,666      $ 136,375  

First Merchants

     5,490        220,369  

First Midwest Bancorp

     14,084        328,298  

First of Long Island

     1,200        34,320  

First Republic Bank

     7,523        753,052  

Flushing Financial

     4,876        137,454  

FNB

     32,839        465,000  

Fulton Financial

     20,249        384,731  

Glacier Bancorp

     10,015        366,649  

Great Southern Bancorp

     946        50,611  

Great Western Bancorp

     1,016        41,463  

Guaranty Bancorp

     864        23,501  

Hancock Holding

     10,617        520,233  

Hanmi Financial

     4,000        113,800  

Heartland Financial USA

     2,621        123,449  

Heritage Commerce

     487        6,711  

Heritage Financial

     3,857        102,211  

Hilltop Holdings

     13,115        343,744  

Home BancShares

     17,596        438,140  

†HomeTrust Bancshares

     901        21,984  

Hope Bancorp

     16,420        306,233  

Huntington Bancshares

     53,810        727,511  

IBERIABANK

     4,674        380,931  

Independent Bank (Massachusetts)

     3,374        224,877  

Independent Bank Group

     1,383        82,289  

International Bancshares

     10,063        352,708  

Investors Bancorp

     34,004        454,293  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     156,544        14,308,122  

KeyCorp

     43,811        821,018  

Lakeland Bancorp

     1,264        23,826  

Lakeland Financial

     2,847        130,620  

LegacyTexas Financial Group

     5,666        216,045  

M&T Bank

     4,922        797,118  

MB Financial

     9,240        406,930  

Mercantile Bank

     836        26,317  

National Bank Holdings Class A

     3,583        118,633  

NBT Bancorp

     5,373        198,532  

OFG Bancorp

     4,091        40,910  

Old National Bancorp

     17,834        307,637  

Opus Bank

     660        15,972  

†Pacific Premier Bancorp

     1,415        52,213  

PacWest Bancorp

     9,294        434,030  

Park National

     762        79,035  

Peapack Gladstone Financial

     548        17,147  

Peoples Bancorp

     481        15,455  

People’s United Financial

     28,936        511,010  

Pinnacle Financial Partners

     5,894        370,143  

PNC Financial Services Group

     16,576        2,069,845  

Popular

     10,058        419,519  

Preferred Bank

     230        12,298  

Prosperity Bancshares

     7,549        484,948  

Regions Financial

     60,199        881,313  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–4


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Banks (continued)

     

Renasant

     5,232      $ 228,848  

S&T Bancorp

     3,442        123,430  

Sandy Spring Bancorp

     3,312        134,666  

†Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

     1,194        28,775  

ServisFirst Bancshares

     3,091        114,027  

†Signature Bank

     3,370        483,696  

Simmons First National Class A

     2,933        155,156  

South State

     3,499        299,864  

Southside Bancshares

     1,287        44,968  

Southwest Bancorp

     2,660        67,963  

State Bank Financial

     5,416        146,882  

Sterling Bancorp

     15,776        366,792  

Stock Yards Bancorp

     2,112        82,157  

SunTrust Banks

     19,619        1,112,790  

†SVB Financial Group

     4,498        790,703  

Synovus Financial

     16,013        708,415  

TCF Financial

     27,139        432,596  

†Texas Capital Bancshares

     5,756        445,514  

Tompkins Financial

     1,213        95,487  

Towne Bank

     6,489        199,861  

TriCo Bancshares

     1,599        56,205  

Trustmark

     10,322        331,956  

U.S. Bancorp

     66,061        3,429,887  

UMB Financial

     5,641        422,285  

Umpqua Holdings

     24,155        443,486  

Union Bankshares Corp.

     7,033        238,419  

United Bankshares

     11,140        436,688  

United Community Banks

     8,010        222,678  

Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania

     1,042        31,208  

Valley National Bancorp

     29,056        343,151  

Washington Trust Bancorp

     1,086        55,983  

Webster Financial

     10,666        556,979  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     219,055        12,137,838  

WesBanco

     4,468        176,665  

Westamerica Bancorporation

     2,893        162,124  

†Western Alliance Bancorp

     10,465        514,878  

Wintrust Financial

     5,764        440,600  

Zions Bancorporation

     9,912        435,236  
     

 

 

 
        87,307,296  
     

 

 

 

Beverages–1.74%

     

†Boston Beer Class A

     1,347        178,006  

Brown-Forman Class A

     1,046        51,568  

Brown-Forman Class B

     13,772        669,319  

Coca-Cola

     186,990        8,386,501  

Coca-Cola Bottling Consolidated

     1,354        309,890  

Constellation Brands Class A

     5,045        977,368  

Dr Pepper Snapple Group

     10,927        995,559  

MGP Ingredients

     1,497        76,601  

Molson Coors Brewing Class B

     5,112        441,370  

†Monster Beverage

     12,489        620,454  

National Beverage

     1,899        177,670  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Beverages (continued)

     

PepsiCo

     83,267      $ 9,616,506  
     

 

 

 
        22,500,812  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology–2.47%

     

AbbVie

     94,538        6,854,950  

†Acorda Therapeutics

     4,839        95,328  

†Alexion Pharmaceuticals

     3,085        375,352  

†Alkermes

     3,336        193,388  

†Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

     2,227        177,626  

Amgen

     29,424        5,067,696  

†Aptevo Therapeutics

     2,879        5,960  

†Biogen

     9,631        2,613,468  

†BioMarin Pharmaceutical

     3,163        287,264  

†Bioverativ

     5,633        338,938  

†Bluebird Bio

     2,058        216,193  

†Celgene

     33,922        4,405,450  

†Emergent BioSolutions

     5,759        195,288  

†Enanta Pharmaceuticals

     2,114        76,062  

†Exact Sciences

     3,427        121,213  

†Exelixis

     16,852        415,065  

†Five Prime Therapeutics

     4,086        123,029  

Gilead Sciences

     83,604        5,917,491  

†Incyte

     3,025        380,878  

†Insys Therapeutics

     2,779        35,154  

†Ionis Pharmaceuticals

     1,152        58,602  

†Kite Pharma

     1,508        156,334  

†Ligand Pharmaceuticals Class B

     1,549        188,049  

†Myriad Genetics

     6,072        156,900  

†Neurocrine Biosciences

     2,841        130,686  

†OPKO Health

     26,983        177,548  

†Otonomy

     619        11,668  

†Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

     3,070        1,507,800  

†Seattle Genetics

     3,269        169,138  

†Spectrum Pharmaceuticals

     5,200        38,740  

†TESARO

     1,081        151,189  

†United Therapeutics

     5,963        773,580  

†Vertex Pharmaceuticals

     3,259        419,987  
     

 

 

 
        31,836,014  
     

 

 

 

Building Products–0.61%

     

AAON

     7,398        272,616  

Allegion

     3,626        294,141  

†American Woodmark

     2,433        232,473  

AO Smith

     9,577        539,472  

Apogee Enterprises

     3,439        195,473  

†Armstrong Flooring

     3,796        68,214  

†Armstrong World Industries

     7,192        330,832  

†Builders FirstSource

     12,418        190,244  

†Continental Building Products

     6,258        145,811  

Fortune Brands Home & Security

     8,581        559,824  

†Gibraltar Industries

     3,900        139,035  

Insteel Industries

     1,756        57,895  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–5


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Building Products (continued)

     

Johnson Controls International

     20,579      $ 892,305  

Lennox International

     2,465        452,673  

Masco

     20,498        783,229  

†Masonite International

     2,388        180,294  

†NCI Building Systems

     6,362        106,245  

Owens Corning

     12,082        808,527  

†Patrick Industries

     2,667        194,291  

†PGT

     8,191        104,845  

†Ply Gem Holdings

     5,809        104,272  

Quanex Building Products

     4,360        92,214  

Simpson Manufacturing

     4,772        208,584  

†Trex

     4,106        277,812  

Universal Forest Products

     1,882        164,317  

†USG

     14,179        411,475  
     

 

 

 
        7,807,113  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–2.73%

     

Affiliated Managers Group

     4,373        725,306  

Ameriprise Financial

     12,380        1,575,850  

Artisan Partners Asset Management Class A

     3,789        116,322  

Bank of New York Mellon

     46,195        2,356,869  

BGC Partners Class A

     34,768        439,468  

BlackRock

     3,395        1,434,082  

CBOE Holdings

     6,135        560,739  

Charles Schwab

     32,176        1,382,281  

CME Group

     8,662        1,084,829  

Cohen & Steers

     4,673        189,443  

Diamond Hill Investment Group

     152        30,309  

†Donnelley Financial Solutions

     4,245        97,465  

†E*TRADE Financial

     15,622        594,105  

Eaton Vance

     18,805        889,853  

Evercore Partners Class A

     5,155        363,427  

FactSet Research Systems

     3,459        574,817  

Federated Investors Class B

     13,518        381,883  

Financial Engines

     913        33,416  

Franklin Resources

     14,017        627,821  

GAIN Capital Holdings

     5,501        34,271  

Goldman Sachs Group

     12,683        2,814,358  

Greenhill & Co.

     3,574        71,837  

Houlihan Lokey

     2,921        101,943  

Interactive Brokers Group

     9,047        338,539  

Intercontinental Exchange

     15,955        1,051,754  

†INTL. FCStone

     1,728        65,249  

Invesco

     26,923        947,420  

Investment Technology Group

     5,918        125,698  

†Janus Henderson Group

     10,856        359,442  

†KCG Holdings Class A

     12,555        250,347  

Legg Mason

     11,109        423,919  

LPL Financial Holdings

     16,584        704,157  

MarketAxess Holdings

     3,053        613,958  

Moelis & Co. Class A

     434        16,861  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Capital Markets (continued)

     

Moody’s

     7,458      $ 907,489  

Morgan Stanley

     56,694        2,526,285  

Morningstar

     5,529        433,142  

MSCI

     6,463        665,624  

Nasdaq

     10,110        722,764  

Northern Trust

     8,720        847,671  

OM Asset Management

     6,371        94,673  

Oppenheimer Holdings Class A

     566        9,282  

Raymond James Financial

     12,343        990,155  

S&P Global

     15,553        2,270,582  

SEI Investments

     9,432        507,253  

State Street

     12,169        1,091,924  

†Stifel Financial

     8,209        377,450  

T. Rowe Price Group

     18,088        1,342,310  

TD Ameritrade Holding

     11,630        499,974  

Virtus Investment Partners

     817        90,646  

Waddell & Reed Financial Class A

     15,478        292,225  

Westwood Holdings Group

     147        8,333  

WisdomTree Investments

     12,979        131,996  
     

 

 

 
        35,187,816  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals–2.68%

     

A Schulman

     4,438        142,016  

†AdvanSix

     1,467        45,829  

Air Products & Chemicals

     8,136        1,163,936  

Albemarle

     6,061        639,678  

American Vanguard

     3,629        62,600  

Ashland Global Holdings

     4,435        292,311  

†Axalta Coating Systems

     2,237        71,673  

Balchem

     2,885        224,193  

Cabot

     7,734        413,228  

Calgon Carbon

     8,361        126,251  

Celanese Class A

     9,212        874,587  

CF Industries Holdings

     21,293        595,352  

Chemours

     6,008        227,823  

Dow Chemical

     51,650        3,257,565  

Eastman Chemical

     18,625        1,564,314  

Ecolab

     11,805        1,567,114  

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.

     37,593        3,034,131  

†Ferro

     6,248        114,276  

FMC

     6,207        453,421  

FutureFuel

     4,566        68,901  

†GCP Applied Technologies

     5,509        168,025  

Hawkins

     819        37,961  

HB Fuller

     5,740        293,371  

Huntsman

     46,016        1,189,053  

†Ingevity

     2,439        139,999  

Innophos Holdings

     2,701        118,412  

Innospec

     4,258        279,112  

International Flavors & Fragrances

     5,956        804,060  

KMG Chemicals

     1,701        82,788  

†Koppers Holdings

     1,784        64,492  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–6


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Chemicals (continued)

     

†Kraton

     4,560      $ 157,046  

Kronos Worldwide

     6,569        119,687  

†LSB Industries

     2,575        26,600  

LyondellBasell Industries Class A

     22,803        1,924,345  

Minerals Technologies

     4,368        319,738  

Monsanto

     24,155        2,858,986  

Mosaic

     18,141        414,159  

NewMarket

     1,327        611,057  

Olin

     18,769        568,325  

†OMNOVA Solutions

     2,534        24,707  

†Platform Specialty Products

     22,651        287,215  

PolyOne

     12,817        496,531  

PPG Industries

     13,312        1,463,788  

Praxair

     16,799        2,226,707  

Quaker Chemical

     1,377        199,982  

RPM International

     9,175        500,496  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Class A

     7,737        692,152  

Sensient Technologies

     3,376        271,869  

Sherwin-Williams

     4,501        1,579,671  

Stepan

     2,486        216,630  

†Trecora Resources

     1,810        20,363  

Tredegar

     492        7,503  

Trinseo

     5,490        377,163  

Tronox

     7,502        113,430  

Valvoline

     14,083        334,039  

Westlake Chemical

     3,913        259,080  

WR Grace & Co.

     5,509        396,703  
     

 

 

 
        34,584,444  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–0.99%

 

ABM Industries

     5,492        228,028  

†ACCO Brands

     15,297        178,210  

†ARC Document Solutions

     6,046        25,151  

Brady Class A

     6,379        216,248  

Brink’s

     6,531        437,577  

†Casella Waste Systems

     2,209        36,250  

Cintas

     8,381        1,056,341  

†Clean Harbors

     9,325        520,615  

†Copart

     23,142        735,684  

Covanta Holding

     22,488        296,842  

Deluxe

     9,390        649,976  

Ennis

     3,323        63,469  

Essendant

     5,795        85,940  

Healthcare Services Group

     2,712        127,003  

Herman Miller

     8,070        245,328  

HNI

     6,100        243,207  

†InnerWorkings

     2,041        23,676  

Interface Class A

     8,682        170,601  

KAR Auction Services

     13,984        586,908  

Kimball International Class B

     4,901        81,798  

Knoll

     7,864        157,673  

LSC Communications

     4,245        90,843  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)

 

Matthews International Class A

     3,204      $ 196,245  

McGrath RentCorp

     3,969        137,446  

Mobile Mini

     5,916        176,593  

MSA Safety

     4,253        345,216  

Multi-Color

     1,912        156,019  

Pitney Bowes

     23,939        361,479  

Quad/Graphics

     5,244        120,192  

Republic Services

     15,425        983,035  

Rollins

     13,074        532,243  

†SP Plus

     3,002        91,711  

Steelcase Class A

     12,090        169,260  

†Stericycle

     7,107        542,406  

†Team

     2,683        62,916  

Tetra Tech

     7,691        351,863  

U.S. Ecology

     3,569        180,235  

UniFirst

     2,026        285,058  

Viad

     1,892        89,397  

VSE

     600        26,988  

Waste Management

     20,630        1,513,211  

West

     11,036        257,360  
     

 

 

 
        12,836,241  
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment–1.12%

 

ADTRAN

     4,884        100,855  

†Arista Networks

     2,962        443,678  

†ARRIS International

     16,393        459,332  

Brocade Communications Systems

     61,076        770,168  

†CalAmp

     2,806        57,046  

†Calix

     3,340        22,879  

†Ciena

     14,673        367,118  

Cisco Systems

     193,426        6,054,234  

†CommScope Holding

     12,171        462,863  

Comtech Telecommunications

     2,467        46,799  

†EchoStar Class A

     6,579        399,345  

†F5 Networks

     4,506        572,532  

†Finisar

     13,225        343,585  

†Harmonic

     15,891        83,428  

Harris

     7,795        850,279  

†Infinera

     2,440        26,035  

InterDigital

     6,220        480,806  

Juniper Networks

     22,261        620,637  

†Lumentum Holdings

     4,152        236,872  

Motorola Solutions

     5,314        460,936  

†NETGEAR

     4,473        192,786  

†NetScout Systems

     3,994        137,394  

†Oclaro

     5,900        55,106  

†Palo Alto Networks

     1,493        199,778  

Plantronics

     3,909        204,480  

†ShoreTel

     4,568        26,494  

†Sonus Networks

     7,554        56,202  

†Ubiquiti Networks

     5,466        284,068  

†ViaSat

     4,826        319,481  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–7


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Communications Equipment (continued)

 

†Viavi Solutions

     12,536      $ 132,004  
     

 

 

 
        14,467,220  
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering–0.42%

 

  

†AECOM

     15,765        509,682  

†Aegion

     4,365        95,506  

Argan

     2,865        171,900  

Chicago Bridge & Iron

     11,492        226,737  

Comfort Systems USA

     5,275        195,703  

†Dycom Industries

     5,163        462,192  

EMCOR Group

     9,724        635,755  

Fluor

     13,179        603,335  

Granite Construction

     4,504        217,273  

†Great Lakes Dredge & Dock

     483        2,077  

Jacobs Engineering Group

     6,624        360,279  

KBR

     15,549        236,656  

†MasTec

     8,769        395,920  

†MYR Group

     2,986        92,626  

Primoris Services

     3,904        97,366  

†Quanta Services

     16,456        541,732  

†Tutor Perini

     7,043        202,486  

Valmont Industries

     2,153        322,089  
     

 

 

 
        5,369,314  
     

 

 

 

Construction Materials–0.19%

 

  

Eagle Materials

     5,781        534,280  

Martin Marietta Materials

     3,480        774,578  

†Summit Materials Class A

     8,685        250,736  

†US Concrete

     2,396        188,206  

Vulcan Materials

     5,108        647,081  
     

 

 

 
        2,394,881  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–1.06%

 

  

Ally Financial

     26,793        559,974  

American Express

     43,293        3,647,002  

Capital One Financial

     22,916        1,893,320  

†Credit Acceptance

     2,546        654,678  

Discover Financial Services

     25,340        1,575,895  

†Encore Capital Group

     3,358        134,824  

†Enova International

     937        13,914  

†EZCORP Class A

     6,690        51,513  

FirstCash

     6,979        406,876  

†Green Dot Class A

     5,819        224,206  

†LendingClub

     25,885        142,626  

Navient

     57,265        953,462  

Nelnet Class A

     4,320        203,083  

†OneMain Holdings

     11,443        281,383  

†PRA Group

     6,942        263,102  

†Santander Consumer USA Holdings

     30,471        388,810  

†SLM

     54,985        632,327  

Synchrony Financial

     53,305        1,589,555  
     

 

 

 
        13,616,550  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Containers & Packaging–0.85%

 

  

AptarGroup

     8,671      $ 753,163  

Avery Dennison

     8,912        787,553  

Ball

     20,112        848,928  

Bemis

     16,843        778,989  

†Berry Global Group

     11,557        658,865  

†Crown Holdings

     7,001        417,680  

Graphic Packaging Holding

     63,505        875,099  

Greif Class A

     4,106        229,033  

International Paper

     21,242        1,202,510  

Myers Industries

     2,920        52,414  

†Owens-Illinois

     23,503        562,192  

Packaging Corp. of America

     9,201        1,024,899  

Sealed Air

     16,972        759,667  

Silgan Holdings

     22,008        699,414  

Sonoco Products

     12,990        667,946  

WestRock

     12,091        685,076  
     

 

 

 
        11,003,428  
     

 

 

 

Distributors–0.20%

     

Core-Mark Holding

     5,228        172,838  

Genuine Parts

     11,206        1,039,469  

†LKQ

     21,855        720,122  

Pool

     4,978        585,263  
     

 

 

 
        2,517,692  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services–0.33%

 

Adtalem Global Education

     4,230        160,529  

†American Public Education

     2,213        52,337  

†Bright Horizons Family Solutions

     6,159        475,536  

Capella Education

     1,427        122,151  

†Career Education

     2,503        24,029  

Carriage Services

     2,326        62,709  

Graham Holdings

     553        331,606  

†Grand Canyon Education

     6,766        530,522  

H&R Block

     19,342        597,861  

†Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

     14,700        180,810  

†K12

     6,889        123,451  

Service Corp. International

     20,672        691,478  

†ServiceMaster Global Holdings

     15,573        610,306  

†Sotheby’s

     4,738        254,288  

Strayer Education

     1,056        98,440  
     

 

 

 
        4,316,053  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services–0.91%

 

  

†Berkshire Hathaway Class B

     63,635        10,777,860  

†FNFV Group

     7,025        110,995  

Leucadia National

     16,565        433,340  

Voya Financial

     10,615        391,587  
     

 

 

 
        11,713,782  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–2.16%

 

AT&T

     358,244        13,516,546  

ATN International

     1,514        103,618  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–8


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Diversified Telecommunication Services (continued)

 

CenturyLink

     54,832      $ 1,309,388  

†Cincinnati Bell

     5,095        99,607  

Cogent Communications Holdings

     5,986        240,039  

Consolidated Communications Holdings

     8,146        174,895  

†FairPoint Communications

     2,657        41,582  

Frontier Communications

     73,062        84,752  

†General Communication Class A

     7,752        284,033  

IDT Class B

     3,397        48,815  

†Level 3 Communications

     12,561        744,867  

†Lumos Networks

     2,700        48,249  

†ORBCOMM

     9,336        105,497  

Verizon Communications

     236,167        10,547,218  

†Vonage Holdings

     7,600        49,704  

Windstream Holdings

     15,687        60,866  

†Zayo Group Holdings

     12,965        400,619  
     

 

 

 
        27,860,295  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–1.58%

     

ALLETE

     6,594        472,658  

Alliant Energy

     12,308        494,412  

American Electric Power

     19,483        1,353,484  

Avangrid

     2,641        116,600  

Duke Energy

     24,883        2,079,970  

Edison International

     12,899        1,008,573  

El Paso Electric

     4,644        240,095  

Entergy

     7,182        551,362  

Eversource Energy

     13,292        806,957  

Exelon

     35,590        1,283,731  

FirstEnergy

     22,090        644,144  

Great Plains Energy

     11,571        338,799  

Hawaiian Electric Industries

     6,948        224,976  

IDACORP

     6,633        566,127  

MGE Energy

     3,422        220,206  

NextEra Energy

     17,820        2,497,117  

OGE Energy

     10,930        380,255  

Otter Tail

     4,368        172,973  

PG&E

     18,216        1,208,996  

Pinnacle West Capital

     6,414        546,216  

PNM Resources

     8,628        330,021  

Portland General Electric

     9,526        435,243  

PPL

     26,960        1,042,274  

Southern

     36,734        1,758,824  

Westar Energy

     12,179        645,731  

Xcel Energy

     21,310        977,703  
     

 

 

 
        20,397,447  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–0.69%

     

Acuity Brands

     2,185        444,167  

Allied Motion Technologies

     1,708        46,492  

AMETEK

     19,210        1,163,550  

AZZ

     4,022        224,428  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Electrical Equipment (continued)

 

  

†Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises

     3,921      $ 46,111  

Eaton

     14,735        1,146,825  

Emerson Electric

     32,448        1,934,550  

Encore Wire

     2,356        100,601  

EnerSys

     4,508        326,605  

†Generac Holdings

     10,296        371,994  

General Cable

     9,785        159,985  

Hubbell

     5,553        628,433  

Powell Industries

     1,827        58,446  

†Power Solutions International

     813        7,236  

Regal Beloit

     4,821        393,153  

Rockwell Automation

     8,112        1,313,820  

†Sensata Technologies Holding

     10,345        441,938  

†Thermon Group Holdings

     3,728        71,466  
     

 

 

 
        8,879,800  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–1.46%

 

Amphenol Class A

     16,494        1,217,587  

†Anixter International

     4,994        390,531  

†Arrow Electronics

     8,559        671,197  

Avnet

     11,565        449,647  

AVX

     10,683        174,560  

Badger Meter

     2,792        111,261  

Belden

     3,678        277,432  

†Benchmark Electronics

     2,500        80,750  

CDW

     14,020        876,671  

Cognex

     8,502        721,820  

†Coherent

     2,520        566,975  

Corning

     37,771        1,135,019  

Daktronics

     5,746        55,334  

Dolby Laboratories Class A

     6,088        298,068  

†ePlus

     609        45,127  

†Fabrinet

     5,499        234,587  

†FARO Technologies

     354        13,381  

†Flex

     43,138        703,581  

FLIR Systems

     17,970        622,840  

†II-VI

     7,979        273,680  

†IPG Photonics

     5,456        791,666  

†Itron

     3,730        252,707  

Jabil

     33,466        976,873  

†Keysight Technologies

     15,670        610,033  

†Knowles

     5,974        101,080  

Littelfuse

     2,295        378,675  

Methode Electronics

     4,593        189,232  

MTS Systems

     1,823        94,431  

National Instruments

     10,428        419,414  

†Novanta

     700        25,200  

†OSI Systems

     2,992        224,849  

Park Electrochemical

     2,423        44,632  

PC Connection

     3,183        86,132  

†Plexus

     3,674        193,142  

†Rogers

     2,571        279,262  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–9


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (continued)  

†Sanmina

     10,665      $ 406,337  

†ScanSource

     4,669        188,161  

SYNNEX

     5,679        681,253  

TE Connectivity

     16,123        1,268,558  

†Tech Data

     5,267        531,967  

†Trimble

     14,950        533,267  

†TTM Technologies

     12,750        221,340  

Universal Display

     1,856        202,768  

†VeriFone Systems

     12,652        229,001  

Vishay Intertechnology

     23,342        387,477  

†Zebra Technologies

     5,858        588,846  
     

 

 

 
        18,826,351  
     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services–0.68%

 

Archrock

     11,511        131,225  

†Atwood Oceanics

     8,344        68,004  

Baker Hughes, a GE company

     8,654        471,730  

Bristow Group

     5,275        40,354  

Core Laboratories

     3,764        381,180  

†Diamond Offshore Drilling

     14,549        157,566  

†Dril-Quip

     5,598        273,182  

Ensco Class A

     21,359        110,212  

†Era Group

     2,010        19,015  

†Exterran

     5,755        153,659  

†Forum Energy Technologies

     11,621        181,288  

Frank’s International

     310        2,570  

Halliburton

     11,983        511,794  

†Helix Energy Solutions Group

     6,861        38,696  

Helmerich & Payne

     5,510        299,413  

†Matrix Service

     3,017        28,209  

†McDermott International

     25,161        180,404  

Nabors Industries

     32,530        264,794  

National Oilwell Varco

     7,048        232,161  

†Newpark Resources

     12,083        88,810  

Noble

     26,081        94,413  

Oceaneering International

     12,328        281,572  

†Oil States International

     6,670        181,091  

†Parker Drilling

     15,756        21,271  

Patterson-UTI Energy

     16,123        325,523  

†Pioneer Energy Services

     7,354        15,076  

†RigNet

     1,617        25,953  

†Rowan

     15,208        155,730  

RPC

     9,483        191,651  

Schlumberger

     33,746        2,221,837  

†SEACOR Holdings

     2,936        100,705  

†SEACOR Marine Holdings

     2,951        60,082  

†Superior Energy Services

     16,774        174,953  

†TechnipFMC

     10,460        284,512  

†Tesco

     5,029        22,379  

†TETRA Technologies

     6,536        18,235  

†Transocean

     38,916        320,279  

†Unit

     3,873        72,541  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Energy Equipment & Services (continued)

 

US Silica Holdings

     4,818      $ 170,991  

†Weatherford International

     93,171        360,572  
     

 

 

 
        8,733,632  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–1.73%

 

  

Andersons

     4,370        149,235  

Casey’s General Stores

     3,835        410,767  

†Chefs’ Warehouse

     2,580        33,540  

Costco Wholesale

     21,531        3,443,453  

CVS Health

     44,394        3,571,941  

Ingles Markets Class A

     2,345        78,089  

Kroger

     54,430        1,269,308  

†Performance Food Group

     10,338        283,261  

PriceSmart

     3,470        303,972  

†Rite Aid

     49,757        146,783  

SpartanNash

     5,888        152,852  

†Sprouts Farmers Market

     18,502        419,440  

†SUPERVALU

     35,583        117,068  

Sysco

     29,408        1,480,105  

†United Natural Foods

     6,297        231,100  

Village Super Market Class A

     618        16,019  

Walgreens Boots Alliance

     33,645        2,634,740  

Wal-Mart Stores

     84,502        6,395,111  

Weis Markets

     1,437        70,011  

Whole Foods Market

     27,380        1,152,972  
     

 

 

 
        22,359,767  
     

 

 

 

Food Products–1.50%

     

Alico

     234        7,324  

Archer-Daniels-Midland

     19,794        819,076  

B&G Foods Class A

     9,162        326,167  

†Blue Buffalo Pet Products

     14,232        324,632  

Bunge

     7,929        591,503  

Calavo Growers

     1,666        115,037  

†Cal-Maine Foods

     5,325        210,870  

Campbell Soup

     13,392        698,393  

Conagra Brands

     17,420        622,939  

†Darling Ingredients

     11,907        187,416  

Dean Foods

     10,300        175,100  

†Farmer Brothers

     400        12,100  

Flowers Foods

     26,330        455,772  

Fresh Del Monte Produce

     6,313        321,395  

General Mills

     29,451        1,631,585  

†Hain Celestial Group

     9,937        385,754  

Hershey

     8,647        928,428  

Hormel Foods

     14,127        481,872  

Ingredion

     8,589        1,023,895  

J&J Snack Foods

     1,777        234,688  

JM Smucker

     8,646        1,023,081  

John B Sanfilippo & Son

     748        47,206  

Kellogg

     12,773        887,213  

Kraft Heinz

     17,183        1,471,552  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–10


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Food Products (continued)

 

  

Lamb Weston Holdings

     5,100      $ 224,604  

Lancaster Colony

     3,385        415,069  

†Landec

     1,935        28,735  

McCormick & Co.

     7,654        746,342  

Mondelez International

     36,565        1,579,242  

†Pilgrim’s Pride

     10,200        223,584  

Pinnacle Foods

     6,596        391,802  

†Post Holdings

     7,545        585,869  

Sanderson Farms

     1,794        207,476  

Seaboard

     14        55,930  

Snyders-Lance

     9,740        337,199  

†TreeHouse Foods

     5,048        412,371  

Tyson Foods Class A

     19,211        1,203,185  
     

 

 

 
        19,394,406  
     

 

 

 

Gas Utilities–0.33%

     

Atmos Energy

     5,568        461,866  

Chesapeake Utilities

     1,638        122,768  

National Fuel Gas

     8,672        484,244  

New Jersey Resources

     11,433        453,890  

Northwest Natural Gas

     3,933        235,390  

ONE Gas

     6,456        450,693  

South Jersey Industries

     7,029        240,181  

Southwest Gas Holdings

     4,816        351,857  

Spire

     5,436        379,161  

UGI

     12,319        596,363  

WGL Holdings

     6,029        502,999  
     

 

 

 
        4,279,412  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–2.20%

 

Abaxis

     2,179        115,531  

Abbott Laboratories

     46,898        2,279,712  

†ABIOMED

     2,200        315,260  

†Alere

     10,100        506,919  

†Align Technology

     5,112        767,413  

Analogic

     1,712        124,377  

†AngioDynamics

     5,678        92,040  

†Anika Therapeutics

     1,937        95,572  

Atrion

     226        145,386  

Baxter International

     13,777        834,060  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

     6,106        1,191,342  

†Boston Scientific

     19,203        532,307  

Cantel Medical

     4,304        335,325  

CONMED

     2,672        136,112  

Cooper

     1,674        400,789  

CR Bard

     6,214        1,964,308  

Danaher

     16,508        1,393,110  

DENTSPLY SIRONA

     11,008        713,759  

†DexCom

     1,908        139,570  

†Edwards Lifesciences

     9,179        1,085,325  

†Exactech

     917        27,327  

†Globus Medical

     8,601        285,123  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)

 

†Haemonetics

     5,852      $ 231,095  

†Halyard Health

     7,052        277,003  

Hill-Rom Holdings

     7,662        609,972  

†Hologic

     23,305        1,057,581  

†ICU Medical

     1,730        298,425  

†IDEXX Laboratories

     6,797        1,097,172  

†Inogen

     1,392        132,825  

†Integer Holdings

     3,432        148,434  

†Integra LifeSciences Holdings

     7,495        408,552  

†Intuitive Surgical

     941        880,183  

Invacare

     4,463        58,912  

†LivaNova

     3,945        241,473  

†Masimo

     6,795        619,568  

Medtronic

     32,253        2,862,454  

Meridian Bioscience

     6,320        99,540  

†Merit Medical Systems

     5,462        208,375  

†Natus Medical

     2,545        94,929  

†Neogen

     3,194        220,737  

†NuVasive

     4,865        374,216  

†Nuvectra

     1,144        15,192  

†OraSure Technologies

     3,636        62,757  

†Orthofix International

     1,657        77,017  

†Quidel

     952        25,837  

ResMed

     7,991        622,259  

†RTI Surgical

     7,962        46,578  

†SeaSpine Holdings

     1,244        14,331  

STERIS

     5,889        479,954  

Stryker

     9,708        1,347,276  

†Surmodics

     1,196        33,667  

Teleflex

     2,482        515,660  

†Varex Imaging

     2,529        85,480  

†Varian Medical Systems

     6,323        652,470  

West Pharmaceutical Services

     3,226        304,922  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings

     5,071        651,116  
     

 

 

 
        28,336,629  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–2.95%

 

†Acadia Healthcare

     7,634        376,967  

Aceto

     3,288        50,800  

†Addus HomeCare

     500        18,600  

Aetna

     8,545        1,297,387  

†Almost Family

     1,338        82,488  

†Amedisys

     2,782        174,737  

AmerisourceBergen

     5,593        528,706  

†AMN Healthcare Services

     7,388        288,501  

Anthem

     12,049        2,266,778  

†BioTelemetry

     1,479        49,473  

†Brookdale Senior Living

     13,344        196,290  

†Capital Senior Living

     3,628        55,182  

Cardinal Health

     16,212        1,263,239  

†Centene

     9,428        753,109  

Chemed

     2,440        499,053  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–11


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Health Care Providers & Services (continued)

 

Cigna

     10,510      $ 1,759,269  

†Community Health Systems

     21,088        210,036  

†CorVel

     4,063        192,789  

†Cross Country Healthcare

     2,295        29,628  

†DaVita

     18,702        1,211,142  

†Diplomat Pharmacy

     3,200        47,360  

Ensign Group

     7,140        155,438  

†Envision Healthcare

     12,024        753,544  

†Express Scripts Holding

     30,374        1,939,076  

†Hanger

     4,881        58,084  

†HCA Healthcare

     12,467        1,087,122  

†HealthEquity

     1,093        54,464  

HealthSouth

     12,718        615,551  

†Henry Schein

     5,219        955,181  

Humana

     5,747        1,382,843  

Kindred Healthcare

     12,991        151,345  

†Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

     7,556        1,164,682  

Landauer

     60        3,138  

†LHC Group

     2,482        168,503  

†LifePoint Health

     7,221        484,890  

†Magellan Health

     4,141        301,879  

McKesson

     11,235        1,848,607  

†MEDNAX

     8,411        507,772  

†Molina Healthcare

     7,676        531,026  

National HealthCare

     513        35,982  

Owens & Minor

     8,370        269,430  

Patterson

     12,944        607,721  

†PharMerica

     3,751        98,464  

†Premier Class A

     5,449        196,164  

†Providence Service

     1,930        97,677  

Quest Diagnostics

     17,031        1,893,166  

†Quorum Health

     5,272        21,879  

†Select Medical Holdings

     20,300        311,605  

†Surgery Partners

     280        6,370  

†Tenet Healthcare

     15,569        301,104  

†Tivity Health

     6,476        258,069  

†Triple-S Management Class B

     3,127        52,878  

U.S. Physical Therapy

     1,600        96,640  

UnitedHealth Group

     42,109        7,807,851  

Universal Health Services Class B

     8,291        1,012,165  

†VCA

     7,421        685,033  

†WellCare Health Plans

     4,647        834,415  
     

 

 

 
        38,101,292  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Technology–0.19%

 

  

†Allscripts Healthcare Solutions

     20,550        262,218  

†athenahealth

     2,812        395,227  

†Cerner

     11,856        788,068  

Computer Programs & Systems

     971        31,849  

†Evolent Health Class A

     5,559        140,921  

†HealthStream

     2,606        68,590  

†HMS Holdings

     8,554        158,249  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Health Care Technology (continued)

 

†Medidata Solutions

     1,250      $ 97,750  

†Omnicell

     4,404        189,812  

†Quality Systems

     5,557        95,636  

†Veeva Systems Class A

     4,571        280,248  
     

 

 

 
        2,508,568  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–2.44%

 

  

Aramark

     21,338        874,431  

†Belmond Class A

     12,445        165,519  

†Biglari Holdings

     1        400  

†BJ’s Restaurants

     3,790        141,177  

Bloomin’ Brands

     16,537        351,080  

Bob Evans Farms

     3,052        219,225  

†Bojangles’

     982        15,957  

Boyd Gaming

     3,668        91,003  

†Bravo Brio Restaurant Group

     2,116        9,734  

Brinker International

     6,684        254,660  

†Buffalo Wild Wings

     3,038        384,915  

Carnival

     13,164        863,163  

†Carrols Restaurant Group

     5,537        67,828  

Cheesecake Factory

     6,977        350,943  

†Chipotle Mexican Grill

     539        224,278  

Choice Hotels International

     7,826        502,821  

†Chuy’s Holdings

     1,400        32,760  

ClubCorp Holdings

     7,852        102,861  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

     3,884        649,599  

Darden Restaurants

     5,562        503,027  

†Dave & Buster’s Entertainment

     4,590        305,281  

†Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group

     2,666        42,923  

†Denny’s

     10,416        122,596  

DineEquity

     3,027        133,339  

Domino’s Pizza

     3,057        646,647  

Dunkin’ Brands Group

     8,637        476,071  

†Fiesta Restaurant Group

     2,409        49,746  

†Hilton Grand Vacations

     1,233        44,462  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings

     9,065        560,670  

†Hyatt Hotels Class A

     2,033        114,275  

ILG

     12,750        350,497  

International Game Technology

     10,873        198,976  

Jack in the Box

     4,071        400,993  

†La Quinta Holdings

     15,085        222,805  

Las Vegas Sands

     22,692        1,449,792  

Marriott International Class A

     9,978        1,000,893  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide

     3,991        469,940  

McDonald’s

     35,521        5,440,396  

†Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings

     13,242        718,908  

†Panera Bread Class A

     2,372        746,326  

Papa John’s International

     4,299        308,496  

†Pinnacle Entertainment

     4,347        85,897  

Planet Fitness Class A

     2,250        52,515  

†Red Robin Gourmet Burgers

     2,551        166,453  

Royal Caribbean Cruises

     9,377        1,024,250  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–12


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)

 

†Ruby Tuesday

     8,013      $ 16,106  

Ruth’s Hospitality Group

     5,354        116,449  

†Scientific Games Class A

     3,260        85,086  

SeaWorld Entertainment

     15,297        248,882  

Six Flags Entertainment

     7,468        445,167  

Sonic

     4,619        122,357  

Speedway Motorsports

     5,420        99,023  

Starbucks

     89,905        5,242,361  

Texas Roadhouse

     9,489        483,465  

Vail Resorts

     2,700        547,641  

Wendy’s

     50,385        781,471  

Wingstop

     3,463        107,007  

Wyndham Worldwide

     8,697        873,266  

Wynn Resorts

     2,238        300,161  

Yum Brands

     15,248        1,124,692  
     

 

 

 
        31,531,662  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables–0.96%

 

  

CalAtlantic Group

     14,064        497,162  

†Cavco Industries

     858        111,240  

DR Horton

     23,627        816,785  

Ethan Allen Interiors

     3,617        116,829  

Flexsteel Industries

     262        14,177  

Garmin

     10,598        540,816  

†GoPro

     11,800        95,934  

†Green Brick Partners

     1,200        13,740  

†Helen of Troy

     2,994        281,735  

†Installed Building Products

     1,727        91,445  

†iRobot

     1,300        109,382  

KB Home

     11,824        283,421  

La-Z-Boy

     7,762        252,265  

Leggett & Platt

     7,668        402,800  

Lennar Class A

     15,130        806,732  

Libbey

     2,727        21,980  

†M/I Homes

     4,399        125,591  

MDC Holdings

     8,519        300,976  

†Meritage Homes

     6,285        265,227  

†Mohawk Industries

     6,223        1,504,037  

NACCO Industries Class A

     200        14,170  

Newell Brands

     10,479        561,884  

†NVR

     399        961,833  

†PICO Holdings

     2,699        47,233  

PulteGroup

     27,725        680,094  

†Taylor Morrison Home Class A

     2,655        63,747  

†Tempur Sealy International

     7,403        395,246  

Toll Brothers

     10,401        410,944  

†TopBuild

     3,133        166,268  

†TRI Pointe Group

     24,489        323,010  

Tupperware Brands

     6,114        429,386  

†Universal Electronics

     1,276        85,301  

Whirlpool

     7,624        1,460,911  

†William Lyon Homes Class A

     2,599        62,740  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Household Durables (continued)

 

  

†ZAGG

     1,799      $ 15,561  
     

 

 

 
        12,330,602  
     

 

 

 

Household Products–1.17%

     

†Central Garden & Pet Class A

     5,487        164,720  

Church & Dwight

     15,548        806,630  

Clorox

     8,441        1,124,679  

Colgate-Palmolive

     37,187        2,756,672  

Energizer Holdings

     6,574        315,683  

†HRG Group

     27,905        494,198  

Kimberly-Clark

     15,473        1,997,719  

Procter & Gamble

     78,688        6,857,659  

Spectrum Brands Holdings

     2,955        369,493  

WD-40

     1,305        144,007  
     

 

 

 
        15,031,460  
     

 

 

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity
Producers–0.21%

 

AES

     39,067        434,034  

Atlantica Yield

     3,426        73,179  

†Calpine

     58,583        792,628  

†Dynegy

     13,812        114,225  

NRG Energy

     36,135        622,245  

NRG Yield Class A

     4,200        71,652  

NRG Yield Class C

     7,003        123,253  

Ormat Technologies

     4,099        240,529  

Pattern Energy Group

     8,394        200,113  
     

 

 

 
        2,671,858  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–1.40%

 

  

3M

     34,245        7,129,467  

Carlisle

     4,973        474,424  

General Electric

     179,605        4,851,131  

Honeywell International

     36,684        4,889,610  

Raven Industries

     2,462        81,985  

Roper Technologies

     2,662        616,333  
     

 

 

 
        18,042,950  
     

 

 

 

Insurance–3.30%

 

  

Aflac

     17,972        1,396,065  

†Alleghany

     771        458,591  

Allied World Assurance Holdings

     10,104        534,502  

Allstate

     14,910        1,318,640  

†Ambac Financial Group

     5,809        100,786  

American Equity Investment Life Holding

     11,818        310,577  

American Financial Group

     5,298        526,462  

American International Group

     33,955        2,122,867  

American National Insurance

     2,284        266,063  

AMERISAFE

     3,206        182,582  

AmTrust Financial Services

     24,542        371,566  

Aon

     10,160        1,350,772  

†Arch Capital Group

     6,078        567,017  

Argo Group International Holdings

     2,305        139,683  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–13


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Insurance (continued)

 

  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

     13,473      $ 771,329  

Aspen Insurance Holdings

     6,811        339,528  

Assurant

     5,375        557,334  

Assured Guaranty

     17,957        749,525  

AXIS Capital Holdings

     7,323        473,505  

Brown & Brown

     13,664        588,508  

Chubb

     15,951        2,318,956  

Cincinnati Financial

     7,952        576,122  

CNA Financial

     2,638        128,603  

†eHealth

     183        3,440  

Employers Holdings

     4,584        193,903  

†Enstar Group

     1,045        207,589  

Erie Indemnity Class A

     2,801        350,321  

Everest Re Group

     2,259        575,119  

Federated National Holding

     2,034        32,544  

Fidelity & Guaranty Life

     4,327        134,353  

First American Financial

     14,738        658,641  

FNF Group

     7,370        330,397  

†Genworth Financial

     43,794        165,103  

†Greenlight Capital Re Class A

     4,459        93,193  

Hanover Insurance Group

     4,961        439,693  

Hartford Financial Services Group

     18,239        958,824  

HCI Group

     2,595        121,913  

Horace Mann Educators

     2,135        80,703  

Infinity Property & Casualty

     600        56,400  

James River Holdings L

     1,600        63,568  

Kemper

     7,867        303,666  

Loews

     16,438        769,463  

Maiden Holdings

     12,125        134,588  

†Markel

     686        669,440  

Marsh & McLennan

     26,368        2,055,649  

†MBIA

     23,888        225,264  

Mercury General

     6,071        327,834  

MetLife

     29,724        1,633,037  

National General Holdings

     10,842        228,766  

National Western Life Group Class A

     200        63,924  

Navigators Group

     4,398        241,450  

Old Republic International

     27,874        544,379  

OneBeacon Insurance Group Class A

     3,300        60,159  

Primerica

     7,888        597,516  

Principal Financial Group

     27,024        1,731,428  

ProAssurance

     5,875        357,200  

Progressive

     23,061        1,016,759  

Prudential Financial

     13,820        1,494,495  

Reinsurance Group of America

     3,970        509,708  

RenaissanceRe Holdings

     3,891        541,044  

RLI

     4,751        259,500  

Safety Insurance Group

     2,774        189,464  

Selective Insurance Group

     9,030        451,951  

State Auto Financial

     500        12,865  

Stewart Information Services

     3,350        152,023  

Torchmark

     5,882        449,973  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Insurance (continued)

 

  

Travelers

     23,242      $ 2,940,810  

United Fire Group

     2,487        109,577  

United Insurance Holdings

     3,254        51,185  

Universal Insurance Holdings

     7,335        184,842  

Unum Group

     13,712        639,391  

Validus Holdings

     9,014        468,458  

White Mountains Insurance Group

     507        440,395  

Willis Towers Watson

     4,602        669,407  

WR Berkley

     12,012        830,870  

XL Group

     13,094        573,517  
     

 

 

 
        42,545,284  
     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–1.96%

 

†1-800-Flowers.com Class A

     5,253        51,217  

†Amazon.com

     18,776        18,175,168  

Expedia

     3,181        473,810  

†FTD

     4,356        87,120  

HSN

     6,625        211,337  

†Liberty Interactive Corp. QVC Group Class A

     11,659        286,112  

†Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Class A

     10,113        117,311  

†Liberty Ventures Class A

     6,606        345,428  

†Netflix

     6,481        968,326  

Nutrisystem

     3,791        197,322  

†Priceline Group

     2,055        3,843,919  

†Shutterfly

     4,144        196,840  

†TripAdvisor

     5,112        195,278  

†Wayfair Class A

     1,793        137,846  
     

 

 

 
        25,287,034  
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–2.48%

 

†Actua

     5,753        80,830  

†Akamai Technologies

     9,655        480,916  

†Alphabet Class A

     7,894        7,338,894  

†Alphabet Class C

     8,266        7,511,562  

†Angie’s List

     2,100        26,859  

†Bankrate

     4,234        54,407  

†Bazaarvoice

     527        2,609  

†Blucora

     5,281        111,957  

†Carbonite

     4,619        100,694  

†Cars.com

     8,684        231,255  

†Cimpress

     4,105        388,046  

†comScore

     2,587        67,909  

†CoStar Group

     768        202,445  

†DHI Group

     5,517        15,723  

†eBay

     42,250        1,475,370  

†Envestnet

     1,992        78,883  

†Facebook Class A

     65,671        9,915,008  

†GoDaddy Class A

     367        15,568  

†GrubHub

     5,087        221,793  

†GTT Communications

     2,310        73,111  

†InterActiveCorp

     3,963        409,140  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–14


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Internet Software & Services (continued)

 

†Internap

     6,320      $ 23,194  

j2 Global

     6,291        535,301  

†Limelight Networks

     5,104        14,751  

†Liquidity Services

     356        2,261  

LogMeIn

     2,917        304,827  

†Match Group

     7,041        122,373  

NIC

     6,405        121,375  

†Shutterstock

     1,235        54,439  

†Stamps.com

     964        149,300  

†Twitter

     7,054        126,055  

†VeriSign

     6,660        619,114  

†Web.com Group

     9,420        238,326  

†WebMD Health

     4,349        255,069  

†XO Group

     1,837        32,368  

†Yelp

     2,468        74,089  

†Zillow Group

     4,254        207,765  

†Zillow Group Class C

     5,985        293,325  
     

 

 

 
        31,976,911  
     

 

 

 

IT Services–4.18%

     

Accenture Class A

     37,147        4,594,341  

†Acxiom

     9,820        255,124  

Alliance Data Systems

     4,827        1,239,043  

Amdocs

     10,852        699,520  

Automatic Data Processing

     23,070        2,363,752  

†Black Knight Financial Services Class A

     3,012        123,341  

†Blackhawk Network Holdings Class A

     5,669        247,168  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding

     17,715        576,446  

Broadridge Financial Solutions

     9,459        714,722  

†CACI International Class A

     4,037        504,827  

†Cardtronics Class A

     8,238        270,701  

Cass Information Systems

     587        38,531  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Class A

     23,912        1,587,757  

†Conduent

     9,837        156,802  

Convergys

     8,676        206,315  

†CoreLogic

     11,629        504,466  

CSG Systems International

     5,410        219,538  

CSRA

     10,486        332,931  

DST Systems

     10,530        649,701  

DXC Technology

     22,391        1,717,838  

†EPAM Systems

     4,126        346,955  

†Euronet Worldwide

     5,965        521,162  

†Everi Holdings

     7,580        55,182  

†ExlService Holdings

     3,213        178,579  

Fidelity National Information Services

     10,239        874,411  

†First Data

     1,118        20,348  

†Fiserv

     13,606        1,664,558  

†FleetCor Technologies

     4,616        665,673  

Forrester Research

     2,034        79,631  

†Gartner

     5,674        700,796  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

IT Services (continued)

 

  

Genpact

     15,431      $ 429,445  

Global Payments

     6,238        563,416  

Hackett Group

     2,613        40,501  

International Business Machines

     53,161        8,177,757  

Jack Henry & Associates

     6,663        692,086  

Leidos Holdings

     7,833        404,888  

†Luxoft Holding

     847        51,540  

ManTech International Class A

     3,157        130,637  

Mastercard Class A

     57,083        6,932,730  

MAXIMUS

     8,374        524,464  

†MoneyGram International

     6,116        105,501  

Paychex

     19,815        1,128,266  

†PayPal Holdings

     19,280        1,034,758  

†Perficient

     3,999        74,541  

Sabre

     10,487        228,302  

Science Applications International

     6,361        441,581  

†Sykes Enterprises

     6,187        207,450  

Syntel

     9,000        152,640  

TeleTech Holdings

     3,912        159,610  

†Teradata

     13,485        397,673  

Total System Services

     12,198        710,534  

Travelport Worldwide

     8,446        116,217  

†Unisys

     5,740        73,472  

†Vantiv Class A

     12,254        776,168  

†Virtusa

     1,578        46,393  

Visa Class A

     74,156        6,954,350  

Western Union

     43,533        829,304  

†WEX

     4,036        420,834  
     

 

 

 
        53,915,217  
     

 

 

 

Leisure Products–0.29%

     

†American Outdoor Brands

     8,067        178,765  

Brunswick

     11,643        730,365  

Callaway Golf

     9,101        116,311  

Hasbro

     9,226        1,028,791  

Mattel

     22,859        492,154  

†Nautilus

     4,229        80,985  

Polaris Industries

     8,880        819,002  

Sturm Ruger & Co.

     1,692        105,158  

†Vista Outdoor

     7,301        164,346  
     

 

 

 
        3,715,877  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–0.95%

 

Agilent Technologies

     17,940        1,064,021  

†Bio-Rad Laboratories Class A

     1,608        363,906  

Bio-Techne

     3,697        434,397  

Bruker

     15,441        445,318  

†Cambrex

     5,069        302,873  

†Charles River Laboratories International

     7,518        760,446  

†Illumina

     6,238        1,082,418  

†INC Research Holdings Class A

     5,361        313,619  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–15


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Life Sciences Tools & Services (continued)

 

Luminex

     4,176      $ 88,197  

†Mettler-Toledo International

     2,275        1,338,929  

†PAREXEL International

     10,224        888,568  

PerkinElmer

     7,329        499,398  

†PRA Health Sciences

     4,979        373,475  

†Quintiles IMS Holdings

     3,805        340,547  

Thermo Fisher Scientific

     15,151        2,643,395  

†VWR

     16,109        531,758  

†Waters

     4,541        834,817  
     

 

 

 
        12,306,082  
     

 

 

 

Machinery–2.71%

     

Actuant Class A

     3,465        85,239  

AGCO

     12,109        816,026  

Alamo Group

     328        29,786  

Albany International

     4,803        256,480  

Allison Transmission Holdings

     19,350        725,819  

Altra Industrial Motion

     3,166        126,007  

Astec Industries

     3,444        191,176  

Barnes Group

     7,276        425,864  

Briggs & Stratton

     6,831        164,627  

Caterpillar

     25,731        2,765,053  

†Chart Industries

     3,942        136,906  

CIRCOR International

     2,161        128,320  

†Colfax

     13,541        533,109  

Crane

     5,256        417,221  

Cummins

     6,741        1,093,525  

Deere & Co.

     15,561        1,923,184  

Donaldson

     11,488        523,164  

Douglas Dynamics

     3,817        125,579  

Dover

     14,382        1,153,724  

EnPro Industries

     3,111        222,032  

ESCO Technologies

     2,378        141,848  

Federal Signal

     9,771        169,625  

Flowserve

     7,916        367,540  

Fortive

     8,836        559,761  

Franklin Electric

     6,304        260,986  

Global Brass & Copper Holdings

     1,864        56,945  

Graco

     7,673        838,505  

†Harsco

     14,587        234,851  

Hillenbrand

     9,705        350,351  

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling

     2,265        159,116  

IDEX

     5,045        570,135  

Illinois Tool Works

     17,309        2,479,514  

Ingersoll-Rand

     11,501        1,051,076  

ITT

     10,472        420,765  

John Bean Technologies

     2,830        277,340  

Kadant

     1,257        94,526  

Kennametal

     9,700        362,974  

LB Foster Class A

     1,339        28,722  

Lincoln Electric Holdings

     5,283        486,511  

†Lydall

     278        14,373  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Machinery (continued)

 

  

†Manitowoc

     21,116      $ 126,907  

†Meritor

     14,282        237,224  

†Middleby

     3,797        461,373  

†Milacron Holdings

     5,200        91,468  

Mueller Industries

     7,847        238,941  

Mueller Water Products Class A

     27,592        322,275  

†Navistar International

     5,832        152,973  

NN

     2,981        81,828  

Nordson

     5,211        632,199  

Oshkosh

     11,156        768,425  

PACCAR

     15,873        1,048,253  

Parker-Hannifin

     5,740        917,367  

Park-Ohio Holdings

     801        30,518  

Pentair

     9,608        639,316  

†Proto Labs

     1,861        125,152  

†RBC Bearings

     2,276        231,606  

†Rexnord

     17,542        407,851  

Snap-on

     4,695        741,810  

†SPX

     4,663        117,321  

†SPX FLOW

     4,663        171,971  

Standex International

     1,405        127,434  

Stanley Black & Decker

     6,256        880,407  

Sun Hydraulics

     2,590        110,515  

Tennant

     2,035        150,183  

Terex

     12,427        466,013  

Timken

     8,361        386,696  

Titan International

     4,215        50,622  

Toro

     10,402        720,755  

†TriMas

     5,477        114,195  

Trinity Industries

     23,272        652,314  

Wabash National

     13,252        291,279  

†WABCO Holdings

     4,566        582,211  

Wabtec

     4,860        444,690  

Watts Water Technologies Class A

     2,752        173,926  

†Welbilt

     20,316        382,957  

Woodward

     8,233        556,386  

Xylem

     10,270        569,266  
     

 

 

 
        34,972,932  
     

 

 

 

Marine–0.05%

     

†Kirby

     7,077        473,097  

Matson

     7,118        213,825  
     

 

 

 
        686,922  
     

 

 

 

Media–3.16%

     

AMC Entertainment Holdings

     5,436        123,669  

†AMC Networks Class A

     4,165        222,453  

Cable One

     675        479,857  

CBS Class B

     22,175        1,414,321  

†Charter Communications Class A

     8,548        2,879,394  

Cinemark Holdings

     15,721        610,761  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–16


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Media (continued)

     

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Class A

     2,039      $ 9,889  

Comcast Class A

     265,883        10,348,166  

†Discovery Communications Class A

     16,083        415,424  

†Discovery Communications Class C

     18,277        460,763  

†DISH Network Class A

     12,793        802,889  

Entercom Communications Class A

     1,204        12,461  

Entravision Communications Class A

     11,605        76,593  

Gannett

     12,945        112,880  

†Gray Television

     12,929        177,127  

†Harte-Hanks

     6,110        6,293  

†IMAX

     1,534        33,748  

Interpublic Group

     29,757        732,022  

John Wiley & Sons Class A

     8,331        439,460  

†Liberty Broadband Class A

     1,624        139,323  

†Liberty Broadband Class C

     4,561        395,667  

†Liberty Media Class C

     3,069        112,387  

†Liberty Media Group Class A

     1,485        52,020  

†Liberty Media-Liberty Braves Class A

     594        14,191  

†Liberty Media-Liberty Braves Class C

     1,227        29,411  

†Liberty SiriusXM Group

     5,940        249,361  

†Liberty SiriusXM Group Class C

     12,277        511,951  

Lions Gate Entertainment Class A

     3,325        93,831  

†Lions Gate Entertainment Class B

     6,480        170,294  

†Live Nation Entertainment

     17,689        616,462  

†Madison Square Garden Class A

     1,945        382,971  

Meredith

     5,810        345,405  

†MSG Networks

     7,386        165,816  

National CineMedia

     6,797        50,434  

New York Times Class A

     15,478        273,961  

News Class A

     20,540        281,398  

News Class B

     8,371        118,450  

Nexstar Media Group Class A

     5,697        340,681  

Omnicom Group

     14,332        1,188,123  

†Reading International Class A

     489        7,888  

Regal Entertainment Group Class A

     20,086        410,960  

Scholastic

     4,716        205,570  

†Scripps (E.W.) Class A

     6,953        123,833  

Scripps Networks Interactive Class A

     7,846        535,960  

Sinclair Broadcast Group Class A

     9,958        327,618  

Sirius XM Holdings

     68,041        372,184  

TEGNA

     26,053        375,424  

Time

     16,596        238,153  

Time Warner

     32,926        3,306,100  

Tribune Media Class A

     5,496        224,072  

Twenty-First Century Fox Class A

     52,996        1,501,907  

Twenty-First Century Fox Class B

     17,580        489,955  

Viacom Class A

     300        11,415  

Viacom Class B

     26,734        897,460  

Walt Disney

     64,400        6,842,500  
     

 

 

 
        40,761,306  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Metals & Mining–0.65%

     

†AK Steel Holding

     26,497      $ 174,085  

Alcoa

     7,458        243,504  

Allegheny Technologies

     11,771        200,225  

Carpenter Technology

     7,558        282,896  

†Century Aluminum

     1,404        21,874  

†Cliffs Natural Resources

     18,689        129,328  

†Coeur Mining

     21,436        183,921  

Commercial Metals

     17,961        348,982  

Compass Minerals International

     6,373        416,157  

Ferroglobe

     8,766        104,754  

†Freeport-McMoRan

     101,042        1,213,514  

Haynes International

     1,268        46,041  

Hecla Mining

     48,398        246,830  

Kaiser Aluminum

     1,961        173,588  

Materion

     3,100        115,940  

Newmont Mining

     25,436        823,872  

Nucor

     19,389        1,122,041  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum

     6,813        496,055  

Royal Gold

     7,027        549,301  

†Ryerson Holding

     607        6,009  

Schnitzer Steel Industries Class A

     2,756        69,451  

Southern Copper

     3,216        111,370  

Steel Dynamics

     16,544        592,441  

†SunCoke Energy

     1,400        15,260  

†TimkenSteel

     6,778        104,178  

United States Steel

     14,338        317,443  

Worthington Industries

     5,243        263,303  
     

 

 

 
        8,372,363  
     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–0.58%

     

Big Lots

     8,831        426,537  

Dillard’s Class A

     6,398        369,101  

Dollar General

     15,063        1,085,892  

†Dollar Tree

     13,470        941,822  

Fred’s Class A

     5,241        48,374  

†JC Penney

     41,484        192,901  

Kohl’s

     28,811        1,114,121  

Macy’s

     31,905        741,472  

Nordstrom

     16,663        796,991  

†Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings

     3,936        167,674  

Target

     30,038        1,570,687  
     

 

 

 
        7,455,572  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–0.87%

     

Ameren

     14,689        803,048  

Avista

     8,017        340,402  

Black Hills

     4,628        312,251  

CenterPoint Energy

     22,804        624,374  

CMS Energy

     16,911        782,134  

Consolidated Edison

     10,269        829,941  

Dominion Energy

     23,695        1,815,748  

DTE Energy

     7,941        840,078  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–17


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Multi-Utilities (continued)

 

  

MDU Resources Group

     18,965      $ 496,883  

NiSource

     20,881        529,542  

NorthWestern

     5,837        356,174  

Public Service Enterprise Group

     16,849        724,675  

SCANA

     7,858        526,565  

Sempra Energy

     7,988        900,647  

Unitil

     1,492        72,079  

Vectren

     10,681        624,198  

WEC Energy Group

     11,137        683,589  
     

 

 

 
        11,262,328  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–3.39%

 

Alon USA Energy

     9,006        119,960  

Anadarko Petroleum

     11,224        508,896  

†Antero Resources

     6,335        136,899  

Apache

     6,314        302,630  

Cabot Oil & Gas

     15,184        380,815  

†Callon Petroleum

     12,029        127,628  

†Cheniere Energy

     13,897        676,923  

Cheniere Energy Partners Holdings

     1,388        37,309  

†Chesapeake Energy

     61,123        303,781  

Chevron

     71,439        7,453,231  

Cimarex Energy

     2,056        193,285  

†Cobalt International Energy

     3,300        8,151  

†Concho Resources

     2,825        343,322  

ConocoPhillips

     41,171        1,809,877  

†CONSOL Energy

     25,588        382,285  

†Continental Resources

     10,703        346,028  

CVR Energy

     6,305        137,197  

Delek U.S. Holdings

     9,540        252,238  

†Denbury Resources

     3,667        5,610  

Devon Energy

     5,918        189,198  

DHT Holdings

     14,019        58,179  

†Diamondback Energy

     2,433        216,075  

†Energen

     8,153        402,514  

EnLink Midstream

     13,242        233,059  

EOG Resources

     10,607        960,146  

†EP Energy Class A

     16,914        61,905  

EQT

     7,020        411,302  

Exxon Mobil

     114,599        9,251,577  

GasLog

     9,204        140,361  

Green Plains

     4,898        100,654  

†Gulfport Energy

     13,145        193,889  

Hess

     11,154        489,326  

HollyFrontier

     16,197        444,932  

Kinder Morgan

     60,700        1,163,012  

†Kosmos Energy

     37,603        241,035  

†Laredo Petroleum

     19,201        201,995  

Marathon Oil

     33,764        400,103  

Marathon Petroleum

     32,463        1,698,789  

Murphy Oil

     15,164        388,653  

†Newfield Exploration

     4,736        134,787  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

Noble Energy

     20,258      $ 573,301  

†Oasis Petroleum

     18,018        145,045  

Occidental Petroleum

     17,199        1,029,704  

ONEOK

     15,751        821,572  

Panhandle Oil & Gas Class A

     1,806        41,719  

†Par Pacific Holdings

     1,067        19,249  

†Parsley Energy Class A

     7,407        205,544  

PBF Energy Class A

     14,133        314,601  

†PDC Energy

     5,391        232,406  

Phillips 66

     14,533        1,201,734  

Pioneer Natural Resources

     3,578        570,977  

†QEP Resources

     24,720        249,672  

Range Resources

     11,488        266,177  

†Renewable Energy Group

     5,557        71,963  

†REX American Resources

     1,042        100,616  

†Rice Energy

     17,630        469,487  

†RSP Permian

     8,983        289,881  

Scorpio Tankers

     27,600        109,572  

SemGroup Class A

     5,993        161,811  

SM Energy

     11,793        194,938  

†SRC Energy

     17,299        116,422  

Targa Resources

     9,743        440,384  

Teekay

     13,659        91,106  

Tesoro

     25,136        2,352,730  

Valero Energy

     19,970        1,347,176  

†Whiting Petroleum

     30,928        170,413  

Williams

     20,050        607,114  

World Fuel Services

     7,994        307,369  

†WPX Energy

     32,521        314,153  
     

 

 

 
        43,724,392  
     

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products–0.16%

 

  

†Boise Cascade

     5,938        180,515  

†Clearwater Paper

     2,473        115,613  

Deltic Timber

     456        34,045  

Domtar

     10,267        394,458  

KapStone Paper and Packaging

     17,293        356,755  

†Louisiana-Pacific

     15,346        369,992  

Mercer International

     10,372        119,278  

Neenah Paper

     2,359        189,310  

PH Glatfelter

     4,944        96,606  

†Resolute Forest Products

     7,351        32,344  

Schweitzer-Mauduit International

     4,384        163,216  
     

 

 

 
        2,052,132  
     

 

 

 

Personal Products–0.32%

 

  

†Avon Products

     40,949        155,606  

Coty Class A

     38,027        713,387  

†Edgewell Personal Care

     5,853        444,945  

Estee Lauder Class A

     12,377        1,187,944  

†Herbalife

     8,001        570,711  

Inter Parfums

     3,508        128,568  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–18


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Personal Products (continued)

 

Medifast

     1,745      $ 72,365  

Natural Health Trends

     1,722        47,958  

Nu Skin Enterprises Class A

     9,513        597,797  

†Revlon Class A

     4,768        113,002  

†USANA Health Sciences

     1,848        118,457  
     

 

 

 
        4,150,740  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–3.31%

     

†Akorn

     9,574        321,112  

Allergan

     11,595        2,818,629  

Bristol-Myers Squibb

     33,192        1,849,458  

†Catalent

     17,323        608,037  

†Depomed

     3,876        41,628  

Eli Lilly & Co.

     38,525        3,170,607  

†Endo International

     13,792        154,057  

†Horizon Pharma

     15,728        186,691  

†Impax Laboratories

     7,524        121,136  

†Innoviva

     911        11,661  

†Jazz Pharmaceuticals

     2,576        400,568  

Johnson & Johnson

     113,080        14,959,353  

†Lannett

     7,113        145,105  

†Mallinckrodt

     8,454        378,824  

†Medicines

     6,454        245,317  

Merck & Co.

     87,602        5,614,412  

†Mylan

     6,277        243,673  

Pfizer

     255,180        8,571,496  

Phibro Animal Health Class A

     1,442        53,426  

†Prestige Brands Holdings

     7,338        387,520  

†SciClone Pharmaceuticals

     5,143        56,573  

†Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Class A

     3,401        35,711  

†Supernus Pharmaceuticals

     3,800        163,780  

†Taro Pharmaceutical Industries

     3,413        382,461  

Zoetis

     29,532        1,842,206  
     

 

 

 
        42,763,441  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services–0.61%

     

†Advisory Board

     2,548        131,222  

Barrett Business Services

     300        17,187  

†CBIZ

     6,360        95,400  

Dun & Bradstreet

     4,540        491,001  

Equifax

     7,987        1,097,574  

Exponent

     4,158        242,411  

†Franklin Covey

     993        19,165  

†FTI Consulting

     6,870        240,175  

†GP Strategies

     1,772        46,781  

Heidrick & Struggles International

     2,100        45,675  

†Huron Consulting Group

     2,990        129,168  

†ICF International

     3,173        149,448  

Insperity

     3,305        234,655  

Kelly Services Class A

     3,655        82,055  

Kforce

     4,767        93,433  

Korn/Ferry International

     6,340        218,920  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Professional Services (continued)

 

ManpowerGroup

     9,027      $ 1,007,865  

†Mistras Group

     3,448        75,753  

†Navigant Consulting

     4,750        93,860  

Nielsen Holdings

     16,119        623,161  

†On Assignment

     6,674        361,397  

Resources Connection

     4,071        55,773  

Robert Half International

     13,181        631,765  

†RPX

     7,879        109,912  

†TransUnion

     1,042        45,129  

†TriNet Group

     8,091        264,899  

†TrueBlue

     5,561        147,367  

†Verisk Analytics Class A

     13,318        1,123,640  
     

 

 

 
        7,874,791  
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development–0.27%

 

Alexander & Baldwin

     8,202        339,399  

†Altisource Portfolio Solutions

     2,089        45,582  

†CBRE Group Class A

     23,540        856,856  

†Forestar Group

     4,339        74,414  

HFF Class A

     5,680        197,494  

†Howard Hughes

     4,225        518,999  

Jones Lang LaSalle

     4,388        548,500  

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings

     10,248        195,224  

†Marcus & Millichap

     3,589        94,606  

RE/MAX Holdings

     1,148        64,345  

Realogy Holdings

     15,344        497,913  

†St. Joe

     3,370        63,187  
     

 

 

 
        3,496,519  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail–1.31%

 

  

AMERCO

     1,614        590,821  

ArcBest

     3,735        76,941  

†Avis Budget Group

     13,860        377,962  

Celadon Group

     4,136        13,028  

†Covenant Transportation Group Class A

     3,400        59,602  

CSX

     47,982        2,617,898  

†Genesee & Wyoming

     5,867        401,244  

Heartland Express

     13,599        283,131  

†Hertz Global Holdings

     1,947        22,391  

JB Hunt Transport Services

     10,200        932,076  

Kansas City Southern

     10,638        1,113,267  

Knight Transportation

     13,495        499,990  

Landstar System

     5,452        466,691  

Marten Transport

     4,762        130,479  

Norfolk Southern

     13,859        1,686,640  

Old Dominion Freight Line

     10,109        962,781  

†Roadrunner Transportation Systems

     5,207        37,855  

Ryder System

     10,618        764,284  

†Saia

     3,643        186,886  

†Swift Transportation

     17,811        471,992  

Union Pacific

     44,142        4,807,505  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–19


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Road & Rail (continued)

 

  

†USA Truck

     1,448      $ 12,540  

Werner Enterprises

     12,297        360,917  

†YRC Worldwide

     1,455        16,180  
     

 

 

 
        16,893,101  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–3.57%

 

†Advanced Energy Industries

     5,778        373,779  

†Advanced Micro Devices

     27,853        347,605  

†Alpha & Omega Semiconductor

     1,200        20,004  

†Amkor Technology

     37,829        369,589  

Analog Devices

     10,425        811,065  

Applied Materials

     33,111        1,367,815  

†Axcelis Technologies

     1,050        21,997  

Broadcom

     8,166        1,903,086  

Brooks Automation

     9,566        207,487  

Cabot Microelectronics

     2,668        196,978  

†Cavium

     2,665        165,576  

†CEVA

     2,353        106,944  

†Cirrus Logic

     8,845        554,758  

Cohu

     497        7,823  

†Cree

     10,967        270,337  

Cypress Semiconductor

     32,772        447,338  

†Diodes

     7,611        182,892  

†DSP Group

     4,368        50,669  

†Entegris

     15,222        334,123  

†First Solar

     9,258        369,209  

†FormFactor

     7,433        92,169  

†Integrated Device Technology

     11,976        308,861  

Intel

     292,083        9,854,880  

IXYS

     4,008        65,932  

KLA-Tencor

     12,919        1,182,218  

†Kulicke & Soffa Industries

     12,689        241,345  

Lam Research

     8,046        1,137,946  

†Lattice Semiconductor

     17,582        117,096  

†MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings

     2,830        157,829  

Marvell Technology Group

     28,809        475,925  

Maxim Integrated Products

     11,953        536,690  

†MaxLinear Class A

     3,029        84,479  

Microchip Technology

     8,427        650,396  

†Micron Technology

     71,704        2,141,081  

†Microsemi

     9,527        445,864  

MKS Instruments

     6,800        457,640  

Monolithic Power Systems

     1,222        117,801  

†Nanometrics

     2,667        67,448  

†NeoPhotonics

     2,126        16,413  

NVE

     50        3,850  

NVIDIA

     46,520        6,724,931  

†ON Semiconductor

     48,375        679,185  

†PDF Solutions

     3,040        50,008  

†Photronics

     5,636        52,978  

Power Integrations

     2,120        154,548  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)

 

†Qorvo

     6,884      $ 435,895  

QUALCOMM

     55,727        3,077,245  

†Rambus

     9,571        109,397  

†Rudolph Technologies

     4,102        93,731  

†Semtech

     6,166        220,435  

†Sigma Designs

     1,968        11,513  

†Silicon Laboratories

     1,698        116,058  

Skyworks Solutions

     10,149        973,797  

†SunPower

     12,428        116,078  

†Synaptics

     4,025        208,133  

Teradyne

     22,477        674,984  

Texas Instruments

     55,321        4,255,845  

†Veeco Instruments

     6,193        172,475  

Versum Materials

     8,954        291,005  

†Xcerra

     5,880        57,448  

Xilinx

     16,247        1,045,007  

Xperi

     7,199        214,530  
     

 

 

 
        46,000,163  
     

 

 

 

Software–3.89%

     

†ACI Worldwide

     14,185        317,318  

Activision Blizzard

     15,960        918,817  

†Adobe Systems

     9,671        1,367,866  

†ANSYS

     4,453        541,841  

†Aspen Technology

     10,168        561,884  

†Autodesk

     2,283        230,172  

†Barracuda Networks

     2,732        63,000  

Blackbaud

     4,439        380,644  

†BroadSoft

     500        21,525  

CA

     53,474        1,843,249  

†Cadence Design Systems

     19,616        656,940  

CDK Global

     6,967        432,372  

†Citrix Systems

     8,053        640,858  

†Dell Technologies Class V

     12,928        790,030  

†Electronic Arts

     13,033        1,377,849  

†Ellie Mae

     801        88,038  

†EnerNOC

     4,615        35,766  

Fair Isaac

     3,741        521,533  

†FireEye

     6,823        103,778  

†Fortinet

     3,418        127,970  

†Globant

     250        10,860  

†Guidewire Software

     3,953        271,611  

Intuit

     14,939        1,984,049  

†Manhattan Associates

     8,875        426,533  

Microsoft

     319,000        21,988,670  

†MicroStrategy

     1,106        211,987  

Monotype Imaging Holdings

     3,104        56,803  

†Nuance Communications

     30,262        526,861  

Oracle

     133,496        6,693,489  

†Paycom Software

     4,540        310,581  

Pegasystems

     8,394        489,790  

Progress Software

     4,679        144,534  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–20


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Software (continued)

 

†Proofpoint

     637      $ 55,311  

†PTC

     2,065        113,823  

QAD Class A

     1,105        35,415  

†Qualys

     453        18,482  

†RealPage

     4,008        144,088  

†Red Hat

     9,877        945,723  

†salesforce.com

     8,643        748,484  

†Seachange International

     2,000        5,320  

†ServiceNow

     3,069        325,314  

†Silver Spring Networks

     2,590        29,215  

†Splunk

     2,645        150,474  

SS&C Technologies Holdings

     10,860        417,133  

Symantec

     10,596        299,337  

†Synchronoss Technologies

     4,423        72,758  

†Synopsys

     8,263        602,621  

†Tableau Software Class A

     2,254        138,103  

†Take-Two Interactive Software

     6,889        505,515  

†Telenav

     2,300        18,630  

TiVo

     16,231        302,708  

†Tyler Technologies

     1,278        224,506  

†Ultimate Software Group

     685        143,891  

†VASCO Data Security International

     584        8,380  

†Verint Systems

     3,983        162,108  

†VMware Class A

     1,975        172,674  

†Workday Class A

     1,507        146,179  

†Zedge Class B

     1,132        2,502  

†Zynga Class A

     82,444        300,096  
     

 

 

 
        50,226,008  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–3.28%

 

  

Aaron’s

     13,763        535,381  

Abercrombie & Fitch

     1,003        12,477  

Advance Auto Parts

     4,940        575,955  

American Eagle Outfitters

     28,359        341,726  

†America’s Car-Mart

     962        37,422  

†Asbury Automotive Group

     5,290        299,149  

†Ascena Retail Group

     28,043        60,292  

†AutoNation

     13,117        553,013  

†AutoZone

     1,214        692,538  

Barnes & Noble

     9,682        73,583  

†Barnes & Noble Education

     6,119        65,045  

Bed Bath & Beyond

     20,862        634,205  

Best Buy

     44,427        2,547,000  

Big 5 Sporting Goods

     900        11,745  

†Build-A-Bear Workshop

     2,901        30,315  

†Burlington Stores

     4,740        436,033  

†Cabela’s

     9,948        591,110  

Caleres

     7,320        203,350  

†CarMax

     11,906        750,792  

Cato Class A

     4,303        75,690  

Chico’s FAS

     18,957        178,575  

Children’s Place

     3,021        308,444  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Specialty Retail (continued)

     

Citi Trends

     2,149      $ 45,602  

Dick’s Sporting Goods

     11,492        457,726  

DSW Class A

     11,901        210,648  

†Express

     12,788        86,319  

Finish Line Class A

     5,944        84,226  

†Five Below

     5,269        260,131  

Foot Locker

     14,273        703,373  

†Francesca’s Holdings

     6,695        73,243  

GameStop Class A

     18,683        403,740  

Gap

     31,510        692,905  

†Genesco

     3,102        105,158  

Group 1 Automotive

     3,419        216,491  

Guess

     11,019        140,823  

Haverty Furniture

     2,655        66,641  

†Hibbett Sports

     4,645        96,384  

Home Depot

     73,781        11,318,005  

†Kirkland’s

     2,488        25,577  

L Brands

     11,417        615,262  

Lithia Motors Class A

     3,884        365,989  

Lowe’s

     54,082        4,192,977  

†MarineMax

     2,439        47,682  

†Michaels

     9,690        179,459  

Monro Muffler Brake

     3,844        160,487  

†Murphy USA

     7,912        586,358  

Office Depot

     37,050        208,962  

†O’Reilly Automotive

     5,785        1,265,411  

†Party City Holdco

     1,834        28,702  

Penske Automotive Group

     13,958        612,896  

Rent-A-Center

     8,035        94,170  

†RH

     5,147        332,084  

Ross Stores

     23,514        1,357,463  

†Sally Beauty Holdings

     19,812        401,193  

†Select Comfort

     8,853        314,193  

Shoe Carnival

     1,575        32,886  

Signet Jewelers

     8,178        517,177  

Sonic Automotive Class A

     5,355        104,155  

†Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings

     165        891  

Stage Stores

     4,087        8,501  

Staples

     33,564        337,989  

Stein Mart

     6,897        11,656  

Tiffany & Co.

     8,129        763,069  

Tile Shop Holdings

     2,643        54,578  

TJX

     38,771        2,798,103  

Tractor Supply

     10,859        588,666  

†Ulta Beauty

     4,365        1,254,239  

†Urban Outfitters

     22,925        425,030  

†Vitamin Shoppe

     3,839        44,724  

West Marine

     1,000        12,850  

Williams-Sonoma

     11,411        553,434  

†Zumiez

     4,241        52,376  
     

 

 

 
        42,324,444  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–21


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–4.20%

 

Apple

     322,835      $ 46,494,696  

†Avid Technology

     6,614        34,790  

†Cray

     1,551        28,538  

Diebold Nixdorf

     5,855        163,940  

†Electronics For Imaging

     5,336        252,820  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

     75,577        1,253,822  

HP

     77,017        1,346,257  

†NCR

     16,424        670,756  

NetApp

     23,621        946,021  

Seagate Technology

     26,122        1,012,228  

†Stratasys

     2,807        65,431  

†Super Micro Computer

     6,166        151,992  

Western Digital

     13,187        1,168,368  

Xerox

     18,881        542,451  
     

 

 

 
        54,132,110  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–0.90%

 

Carter’s

     6,021        535,568  

Coach

     19,971        945,427  

Columbia Sportswear

     6,536        379,480  

†Crocs

     5,293        40,809  

Culp

     695        22,587  

†Deckers Outdoor

     5,238        357,546  

†Fossil Group

     8,573        88,731  

†G-III Apparel Group

     5,901        147,230  

Hanesbrands

     28,474        659,458  

†Kate Spade & Co.

     11,466        212,006  

†Lululemon athletica

     9,083        541,983  

†Michael Kors Holdings

     15,972        578,985  

Movado Group

     2,255        56,939  

NIKE Class B

     64,610        3,811,990  

Oxford Industries

     2,792        174,472  

†Perry Ellis International

     2,325        45,245  

PVH

     4,626        529,677  

Ralph Lauren

     3,815        281,547  

†Skechers U.S.A. Class A

     13,059        385,241  

†Steven Madden

     7,834        312,968  

†Under Armour Class A

     8,228        179,041  

†Under Armour Class C

     8,286        167,046  

†Vera Bradley

     810        7,922  

VF

     12,928        744,653  

Wolverine World Wide

     16,475        461,465  
     

 

 

 
        11,668,016  
     

 

 

 

Thrift & Mortgage Finance–0.39%

 

Astoria Financial

     15,660        315,549  

Beneficial Bancorp

     11,715        175,725  

†BofI Holding

     7,624        180,841  

Capitol Federal Financial

     21,314        302,872  

Clifton Bancorp

     3,028        50,053  

Dime Community Bancshares

     6,872        134,691  

†Essent Group

     6,931        257,417  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Thrift & Mortgage Finance (continued)

 

First Defiance Financial

     802      $ 42,249  

†Flagstar Bancorp

     7,368        227,082  

†HomeStreet

     2,845        78,735  

Kearny Financial

     1,011        15,013  

Meridian Bancorp

     8,312        140,473  

Meta Financial Group

     741        65,949  

†MGIC Investment

     35,831        401,307  

New York Community Bancorp

     25,070        329,169  

†NMI Holdings Class A

     299        3,424  

Northfield Bancorp

     6,724        115,317  

Northwest Bancshares

     14,286        223,004  

OceanFirst Financial

     629        17,058  

Oritani Financial

     6,244        106,460  

†PennyMac Financial Services Class A

     1,643        27,438  

†PHH

     1,434        19,746  

Provident Financial Services

     9,985        253,419  

Radian Group

     23,244        380,039  

TFS Financial

     9,915        153,385  

TrustCo Bank

     12,472        96,658  

United Community Financial

     2,888        23,999  

United Financial Bancorp

     4,707        78,560  

†Walker & Dunlop

     4,483        218,905  

Washington Federal

     9,358        310,686  

Waterstone Financial

     3,925        73,986  

WSFS Financial

     3,684        167,069  
     

 

 

 
        4,986,278  
     

 

 

 

Tobacco–1.34%

     

Altria Group

     112,753        8,396,716  

Philip Morris International

     58,687        6,892,788  

Reynolds American

     24,190        1,573,318  

Universal

     2,033        131,535  

Vector Group

     14,950        318,734  
     

 

 

 
        17,313,091  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–0.52%

 

Air Lease

     16,007        598,022  

Applied Industrial Technologies

     5,007        295,663  

†Beacon Roofing Supply

     6,388        313,012  

†BMC Stock Holdings

     1,703        37,211  

†CAI International

     2,879        67,944  

†DXP Enterprises

     131        4,519  

Fastenal

     18,484        804,609  

H&E Equipment Services

     2,771        56,556  

†HD Supply Holdings

     11,623        356,012  

†Herc Holdings

     1,633        64,210  

Kaman

     3,636        181,327  

†MRC Global

     11,216        185,288  

MSC Industrial Direct

     6,411        551,090  

†NOW

     8,471        136,214  

†Rush Enterprises Class A

     1,976        73,468  

Triton International

     4,292        143,524  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–22


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Trading Companies & Distributors (continued)

 

†United Rentals

     8,242      $ 928,956  

†Univar

     7,423        216,752  

†Veritiv

     1,100        49,500  

Watsco

     3,045        469,539  

†WESCO International

     6,714        384,712  

WW Grainger

     4,437        801,012  
     

 

 

 
        6,719,140  
     

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure–0.03%

 

  

Macquarie Infrastructure

     5,269        413,090  
     

 

 

 
        413,090  
     

 

 

 

Water Utilities–0.15%

     

American States Water

     4,789        227,046  

American Water Works

     9,289        724,078  

Aqua America

     14,252        474,592  

California Water Service Group

     6,748        248,326  

Connecticut Water Service

     819        45,463  

Middlesex Water

     1,357        53,737  

SJW Group

     2,258        111,048  

York Water

     591        20,596  
     

 

 

 
        1,904,886  
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.17%

 

†Boingo Wireless

     4,098        61,306  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services (continued)

 

Shenandoah Telecommunications

     6,684      $ 205,199  

Spok Holdings

     1,858        32,887  

†Sprint

     62,251        511,081  

Telephone & Data Systems

     13,099        363,497  

†T-Mobile US

     15,158        918,878  

†United States Cellular

     3,838        147,072  
     

 

 

 
        2,239,920  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $946,401,111)

        1,285,110,198  
     

 

 

 

RIGHTS–0.00%

     

†=Dyax CVR

     7,132        7,917  

†=Media General CVR

     16,818        31,954  
     

 

 

 

Total Rights
(Cost $7,917)

        39,871  
     

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–0.37%

 

  

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     4,723,628        4,723,628  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $4,723,628)

 

     4,723,628  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.98% (Cost $951,132,656)

     1,289,873,697  

«RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.02%

     288,184  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 43,895,613 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 1,290,161,881  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP DIMENSIONAL U.S. CORE EQUITY 1 FUND STANDARD CLASS ($1,174,842,357 / 39,949,527 Shares)

   $ 29.408  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP DIMENSIONAL U.S. CORE EQUITY 1 FUND SERVICE CLASS ($115,319,524 / 3,946,086 Shares)

   $ 29.224  
  

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 914,102,854  

Undistributed net investment income

     9,517,532  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

     27,800,366  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     338,741,129  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 1,290,161,881  
  

 

 

 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–23


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

«

Includes $149,550 payable for securities purchased, $439,891 payable for fund shares redeemed, and $508,900 due to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

 

=

The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs and is reported as a Level 3 security in the disclosure table located in Note 3 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

CVR–Contingent Value Rights

IT–Information Technology

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–24


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $ 12,296,107  

Foreign tax withheld

     (2,030
  

 

 

 
     12,294,077  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     2,180,534  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     183,354  

Accounting and administration expenses

     158,276  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     104,397  

Shareholder servicing fees

     62,475  

Professional fees

     28,005  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     17,311  

Custodian fees

     8,244  

Pricing fees

     2,976  

Consulting fees

     2,215  

Other

     28,758  
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     2,776,545  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     9,517,532  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

  

Net realized gain from investments

     12,509,022  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     74,595,898  

Foreign currencies

     88  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     74,595,986  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     87,105,008  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 96,622,540  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 9,517,532     $ 18,578,816  

Net realized gain

     12,509,022       19,625,531  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     74,595,986       121,985,101  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     96,622,540       160,189,448  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (18,232,437

Service Class

           (1,096,735

Net realized gain:

    

Standard Class

           (394,327,734

Service Class

           (31,118,697
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (444,775,603
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     10,587,092       64,485,910  

Service Class

     23,208,974       18,856,910  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           412,560,171  

Service Class

           32,215,432  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     33,796,066       528,118,423  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (72,732,828     (185,850,577

Service Class

     (9,178,577     (14,320,799
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (81,911,405     (200,171,376
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (48,115,339     327,947,047  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     48,507,201       43,360,892  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     1,241,654,680       1,198,293,788  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 1,290,161,881     $ 1,241,654,680  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 9,517,532     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund Standard Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/152  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 27.254      $ 37.542     $ 44.352     $ 42.182     $ 33.037     $ 28.992

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income3

       0.217        0.537       0.665       0.736       0.671       0.563

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.937        3.889       (1.700 )       4.729       10.231       3.872
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       2.154        4.426       (1.035 )       5.465       10.902       4.435
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.439 )       (0.653 )       (0.855 )       (0.688 )       (0.360 )

Net realized gain

              (14.275 )       (5.122 )       (2.440 )       (1.069 )       (0.030 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (14.714 )       (5.775 )       (3.295 )       (1.757 )       (0.390 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 29.408      $ 27.254     $ 37.542     $ 44.352     $ 42.182     $ 33.037
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       7.90%        14.41%       (2.00% )       13.18%       33.26%       15.32%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 1,174,842      $ 1,147,995     $ 1,120,426     $ 1,279,820     $ 1,266,909     $ 1,067,651

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.41%        0.40%       0.39%       0.38%       0.40%       0.41%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.53%        1.60%       1.54%       1.68%       1.75%       1.75%

Portfolio turnover

       2%        4%       74%       14%       12%       22%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2015, Dimensional Fund Advisors replaced Delaware Investments Fund Advisors as the Fund’s sub-adviser.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/152  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 27.130      $ 37.449     $ 44.254     $ 42.107     $ 32.994     $ 28.957

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income3

       0.167        0.415       0.511       0.581       0.536       0.449

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.927        3.863       (1.691 )       4.708       10.199       3.867
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       2.094        4.278       (1.180 )       5.289       10.735       4.316
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.322 )       (0.503 )       (0.702 )       (0.553 )       (0.249 )

Net realized gain

              (14.275 )       (5.122 )       (2.440 )       (1.069 )       (0.030 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (14.597 )       (5.625 )       (3.142 )       (1.622 )       (0.279 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 29.224      $ 27.130     $ 37.449     $ 44.254     $ 42.107     $ 32.994
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       7.72%        14.01%       (2.34% )       12.78%       32.80%       14.92%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 115,320      $ 93,660     $ 77,868     $ 83,615     $ 84,813     $ 68,109

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.76%        0.75%       0.74%       0.73%       0.75%       0.76%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.18%        1.25%       1.19%       1.33%       1.40%       1.40%

Portfolio turnover

       2%        4%       74%       14%       12%       22%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2015, Dimensional Fund Advisors replaced Delaware Investments Fund Advisors as the Fund’s sub-adviser.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund–27


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Short-term debt securities utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Distributions

 

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LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of the distributions by the issuer or management estimate. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction. There were no commission rebates for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.48% of the first $200 million of the average daily net assets of the Fund; 0.40% of the next $200 million; and 0.30% of the average daily net assets of the Fund in excess of $400 million. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 36,111  

Legal

     8,716  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $79,478 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 365,585  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     32,946  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     79,478  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     30,891  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

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LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 25,910,448  

Sales

     66,855,416  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 951,132,656  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 404,798,659  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (66,057,618
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 338,741,041  
  

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs, including related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. The Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Valuations may also be based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which is received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common Stock

           

Aerospace & Defense

   $ 35,286,228      $      $      $ 35,286,228  

Air Freight & Logistics

     10,220,064                      10,220,064  

Airlines

     12,563,939                      12,563,939  

Auto Components

     10,464,694                      10,464,694  

Automobiles

     7,690,396                      7,690,396  

Banks

     87,307,296                      87,307,296  

Beverages

     22,500,812                      22,500,812  

Biotechnology

     31,836,014                      31,836,014  

Building Products

     7,807,113                      7,807,113  

Capital Markets

     35,187,816                      35,187,816  

Chemicals

     34,584,444                      34,584,444  

Commercial Services & Supplies

     12,836,241                      12,836,241  

 

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LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Communications Equipment

   $ 14,467,220      $      $      $ 14,467,220  

Construction & Engineering

     5,369,314                      5,369,314  

Construction Materials

     2,394,881                      2,394,881  

Consumer Finance

     13,616,550                      13,616,550  

Containers & Packaging

     11,003,428                      11,003,428  

Distributors

     2,517,692                      2,517,692  

Diversified Consumer Services

     4,316,053                      4,316,053  

Diversified Financial Services

     11,713,782                      11,713,782  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     27,860,295                      27,860,295  

Electric Utilities

     20,397,447                      20,397,447  

Electrical Equipment

     8,879,800                      8,879,800  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     18,826,351                      18,826,351  

Energy Equipment & Services

     8,733,632                      8,733,632  

Food & Staples Retailing

     22,359,767                      22,359,767  

Food Products

     19,394,406                      19,394,406  

Gas Utilities

     4,279,412                      4,279,412  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     28,336,629                      28,336,629  

Health Care Providers & Services

     38,101,292                      38,101,292  

Health Care Technology

     2,508,568                      2,508,568  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     31,531,662                      31,531,662  

Household Durables

     12,330,602                      12,330,602  

Household Products

     15,031,460                      15,031,460  

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     2,671,858                      2,671,858  

Industrial Conglomerates

     18,042,950                      18,042,950  

Insurance

     42,444,498        100,786               42,545,284  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     25,287,034                      25,287,034  

Internet Software & Services

     31,976,911                      31,976,911  

IT Services

     53,915,217                      53,915,217  

Leisure Products

     3,715,877                      3,715,877  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     12,306,082                      12,306,082  

Machinery

     34,972,932                      34,972,932  

Marine

     686,922                      686,922  

Media

     40,761,306                      40,761,306  

Metals & Mining

     8,372,363                      8,372,363  

Multiline Retail

     7,455,572                      7,455,572  

Multi-Utilities

     11,262,328                      11,262,328  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     43,724,392                      43,724,392  

Paper & Forest Products

     2,052,132                      2,052,132  

Personal Products

     4,150,740                      4,150,740  

Pharmaceuticals

     42,763,441                      42,763,441  

Professional Services

     7,874,791                      7,874,791  

Real Estate Management & Development

     3,496,519                      3,496,519  

Road & Rail

     16,893,101                      16,893,101  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     46,000,163                      46,000,163  

Software

     50,226,008                      50,226,008  

Specialty Retail

     42,324,444                      42,324,444  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     54,132,110                      54,132,110  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     11,668,016                      11,668,016  

Thrift & Mortgage Finance

     4,986,278                      4,986,278  

Tobacco

     17,313,091                      17,313,091  

Trading Companies & Distributors

     6,719,140                      6,719,140  

Transportation Infrastructure

     413,090                      413,090  

 

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LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Water Utilities

   $ 1,904,886      $      $      $ 1,904,886  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     2,239,920                      2,239,920  

Rights

                   39,871        39,871  

Money Market Fund

     4,723,628                      4,723,628  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 1,289,733,040      $ 100,786      $ 39,871      $ 1,289,873,697  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     370,738       1,821,219  

Service Class

     816,825       562,293  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           15,889,397  

Service Class

           1,250,921  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     1,187,563       19,523,830  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (2,543,672     (5,432,473

Service Class

     (323,001     (440,271
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (2,866,673     (5,872,744
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (1,679,110     13,651,086  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Market Risk

The Fund invests in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Fund’s Board has delegated to LIAC the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. As of June 30, 2017, there were no Rule 144A securities.

6. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

7. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

 

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LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 1 Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

8. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP Delaware Social Awareness Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP Delaware Social Awareness Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings      2  
Statement of Net Assets      3  
Statement of Operations      6  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      6  
Financial Highlights      7  
Notes to Financial Statements      9  

 

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Delaware Social Awareness Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,090.80       0.44 %         $2.28        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,088.90       0.79 %         4.09        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,022.61       0.44 %         $2.21        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,020.88       0.79 %         3.96        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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LVIP Delaware Social Awareness Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Common Stock

     99.27

Aerospace & Defense

     2.00

Airlines

     0.58

Auto Components

     1.01

Automobiles

     0.79

Banks

     4.57

Biotechnology

     4.34

Capital Markets

     5.99

Chemicals

     1.67

Communications Equipment

     1.14

Construction & Engineering

     0.36

Consumer Finance

     1.37

Containers & Packaging

     0.93

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     2.18

Electric Utilities

     1.66

Electrical Equipment

     0.25

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     4.19

Food & Staples Retailing

     1.76

Food Products

     1.47

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     2.94

Health Care Providers & Services

     2.21

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     2.13

Household Durables

     1.39

Industrial Conglomerates

     1.36

Insurance

     5.18

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     1.59

Internet Software & Services

     5.45

IT Services

     1.05

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     1.09

Machinery

     1.84

Media

     4.85

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     5.50

Pharmaceuticals

     3.84

Professional Services

     1.52

Road & Rail

     1.72

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     4.72

Software

     6.70

Specialty Retail

     2.50

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     3.52

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     1.24

Thrift & Mortgage Finance

     0.67

Money Market Fund

     0.69

Total Value of Securities

     99.96

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.04

Total Net Assets

     100.00

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Alphabet Class A

     3.92

Apple

     3.52

Microsoft

     2.87

Walt Disney

     2.28

AT&T

     2.18

Home Depot

     2.10

Rockwell Collins

     2.00

American Tower

     1.84

Comcast Class A

     1.76

Union Pacific

     1.72

Total

     24.19

IT–Information Technology

  
 

 

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LVIP Delaware Social Awareness Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK–99.27%

     

Aerospace & Defense–2.00%

     

Rockwell Collins

     134,000      $   14,080,720  
     

 

 

 
        14,080,720  
     

 

 

 

Airlines–0.58%

     

Southwest Airlines

     65,600        4,076,384  
     

 

 

 
        4,076,384  
     

 

 

 

Auto Components–1.01%

     

BorgWarner

     168,200        7,124,952  
     

 

 

 
        7,124,952  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles–0.79%

     

Ford Motor

     498,300        5,575,977  
     

 

 

 
        5,575,977  
     

 

 

 

Banks–4.57%

     

Comerica

     77,000        5,639,480  

East West Bancorp

     103,800        6,080,604  

KeyCorp

     478,100        8,959,594  

U.S. Bancorp

     222,000        11,526,240  
     

 

 

 
        32,205,918  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology–4.34%

     

AbbVie

     55,900        4,053,309  

†Alkermes

     68,000        3,941,960  

†Celgene

     73,900        9,597,393  

Gilead Sciences

     111,800        7,913,204  

†Vertex Pharmaceuticals

     39,400        5,077,478  
     

 

 

 
        30,583,344  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–5.99%

     

BlackRock

     23,900        10,095,599  

Intercontinental Exchange

     132,250        8,717,920  

Invesco

     290,200        10,212,138  

Raymond James Financial

     69,900        5,607,378  

State Street

     83,900        7,528,347  
     

 

 

 
        42,161,382  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals–1.67%

     

†Axalta Coating Systems

     258,500        8,282,340  

Praxair

     26,400        3,499,320  
     

 

 

 
        11,781,660  
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment–1.14%

 

Cisco Systems

     255,300        7,990,890  
     

 

 

 
        7,990,890  
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering–0.36%

 

Granite Construction

     53,000        2,556,720  
     

 

 

 
        2,556,720  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–1.37%

     

Capital One Financial

     117,150        9,678,933  
     

 

 

 
        9,678,933  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Containers & Packaging–0.93%

 

  

WestRock

     115,500      $ 6,544,230  
     

 

 

 
        6,544,230  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–2.18%

 

AT&T

     406,000        15,318,380  
     

 

 

 
        15,318,380  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–1.66%

     

PPL

     303,200        11,721,712  
     

 

 

 
        11,721,712  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–0.25%

     

Acuity Brands

     8,800        1,788,864  
     

 

 

 
        1,788,864  
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–4.19%

 

American Tower

     97,800        12,940,896  

Brixmor Property Group

     245,800        4,394,904  

Host Hotels & Resorts

     420,700        7,686,189  

Life Storage

     61,000        4,520,100  
     

 

 

 
        29,542,089  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–1.76%

 

  

Casey’s General Stores

     37,200        3,984,492  

CVS Health

     104,900        8,440,254  
     

 

 

 
        12,424,746  
     

 

 

 

Food Products–1.47%

     

General Mills

     103,800        5,750,520  

Pinnacle Foods

     77,600        4,609,440  
     

 

 

 
        10,359,960  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–2.94%

 

Abbott Laboratories

     182,100        8,851,881  

†DexCom

     67,500        4,937,625  

†Edwards Lifesciences

     58,300        6,893,392  
     

 

 

 
        20,682,898  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–2.21%

 

Cigna

     61,000        10,210,790  

†Express Scripts Holding

     83,700        5,343,408  
     

 

 

 
        15,554,198  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–2.13%

 

Aramark

     132,700        5,438,046  

Starbucks

     163,400        9,527,854  
     

 

 

 
        14,965,900  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables–1.39%

     

Newell Brands

     182,226        9,770,958  
     

 

 

 
        9,770,958  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–1.36%

 

  

Roper Technologies

     41,500        9,608,495  
     

 

 

 
        9,608,495  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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LVIP Delaware Social Awareness Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Insurance–5.18%

 

  

Aflac

     103,500      $ 8,039,880  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

     68,100        3,898,725  

Prudential Financial

     83,900        9,072,946  

Reinsurance Group of America

     35,600        4,570,684  

Travelers

     58,600        7,414,658  

Validus Holdings

     66,900        3,476,793  
     

 

 

 
        36,473,686  
     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–1.59%

 

  

†Amazon.com

     11,600        11,228,800  
     

 

 

 
        11,228,800  
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–5.45%

 

  

†Alphabet Class A

     29,700        27,611,496  

†Facebook Class A

     71,400        10,779,972  
     

 

 

 
        38,391,468  
     

 

 

 

IT Services–1.05%

 

  

Accenture Class A

     59,600        7,371,328  
     

 

 

 
        7,371,328  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–1.09%

 

  

Thermo Fisher Scientific

     43,900        7,659,233  
     

 

 

 
        7,659,233  
     

 

 

 

Machinery–1.84%

 

  

Lincoln Electric Holdings

     42,000        3,867,780  

Parker-Hannifin

     56,800        9,077,776  
     

 

 

 
        12,945,556  
     

 

 

 

Media–4.85%

 

  

Cinemark Holdings

     146,800        5,703,180  

Comcast Class A

     318,600        12,399,912  

Walt Disney

     151,100        16,054,375  
     

 

 

 
        34,157,467  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–5.50%

 

  

EOG Resources

     123,400        11,170,168  

EQT

     94,700        5,548,473  

Noble Energy

     208,300        5,894,890  

Occidental Petroleum

     99,400        5,951,078  

Pioneer Natural Resources

     63,700        10,165,246  
     

 

 

 
        38,729,855  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–3.84%

 

  

Allergan

     39,203        9,529,854  

Merck & Co.

     142,600        9,139,234  

Pfizer

     248,700        8,353,833  
     

 

 

 
        27,022,921  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services–1.52%

 

  

Nielsen Holdings

     162,400        6,278,384  

†TransUnion

     102,200        4,426,282  
     

 

 

 
        10,704,666  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Road & Rail–1.72%

 

  

Union Pacific

     111,400      $ 12,132,574  
     

 

 

 
        12,132,574  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–4.72%

 

Analog Devices

     36,400        2,831,920  

Broadcom

     46,700        10,883,435  

Intel

     350,300        11,819,122  

Maxim Integrated Products

     107,300        4,817,770  

QUALCOMM

     51,700        2,854,874  
     

 

 

 
        33,207,121  
     

 

 

 

Software–6.70%

 

  

†Adobe Systems

     64,600        9,137,024  

Microsoft

     292,800        20,182,704  

†PTC

     66,400        3,659,968  

†salesforce.com

     102,900        8,911,140  

†Tyler Technologies

     30,300        5,322,801  
     

 

 

 
        47,213,637  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–2.50%

 

  

Home Depot

     96,200        14,757,080  

Tractor Supply

     53,000        2,873,130  
     

 

 

 
        17,630,210  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–3.52%

 

Apple

     171,900        24,757,038  
     

 

 

 
        24,757,038  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–1.24%

 

  

NIKE Class B

     147,800        8,720,200  
     

 

 

 
        8,720,200  
     

 

 

 

Thrift & Mortgage Finance–0.67%

 

  

†MGIC Investment

     421,600        4,721,920  
     

 

 

 
        4,721,920  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $461,825,641)

 

     699,166,990  
     

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–0.69%

 

  

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     4,887,851        4,887,851  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $4,887,851)

 

     4,887,851  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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LVIP Delaware Social Awareness Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.96% (Cost $466,713,492)

   $   704,054,841  

«RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.04%

     267,215  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 17,538,702 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 704,322,056  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP DELAWARE SOCIAL AWARENESS FUND STANDARD CLASS ($618,563,888 / 15,392,517 Shares)

   $ 40.186  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP DELAWARE SOCIAL AWARENESS FUND SERVICE CLASS ($85,758,168 / 2,146,185 Shares)

   $ 39.958  
  

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 361,057,969  

Undistributed net investment income

     4,580,714  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

     101,342,024  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     237,341,349  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 704,322,056  
  

 

 

 

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

«

Includes $109,777 payable for fund shares redeemed and $293,273 due to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

IT–Information Technology

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Delaware Social Awareness Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $ 6,257,985  

Interest

     24,194  
  

 

 

 
     6,282,179  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     1,324,601  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     148,755  

Accounting and administration expenses

     87,116  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     35,943  

Shareholder servicing fees

     34,316  

Professional fees

     25,453  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     9,486  

Custodian fees

     4,236  

Consulting fees

     1,605  

Pricing fees

     164  

Other

     29,790  
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     1,701,465  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     4,580,714  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN :

  

Net realized gain on investments

     30,024,114  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     26,090,607  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     56,114,721  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 60,695,435  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Delaware Social Awareness Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 4,580,714     $ 10,058,933  

Net realized gain

     30,024,114       73,117,234  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     26,090,607       (40,326,621
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     60,695,435       42,849,546  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (9,176,174

Service Class

           (984,992

Net realized gain:

    

Standard Class

           (74,858,719

Service Class

           (10,407,561
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (95,427,446
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     2,849,145       12,240,683  

Service Class

     3,984,130       6,990,270  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           84,034,893  

Service Class

           11,392,553  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     6,833,275       114,658,399  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (37,238,496     (85,716,159

Service Class

     (8,998,398     (13,951,568
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (46,236,894     (99,667,727
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (39,403,619     14,990,672  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

     21,291,816       (37,587,228

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     683,030,240       720,617,468  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 704,322,056     $ 683,030,240  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 4,580,714     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP Delaware Social Awareness Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Delaware Social Awareness Fund Standard Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 36.841      $ 40.028     $ 46.219     $ 42.841     $ 32.535     $ 30.528

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.262        0.584       0.643       0.589       0.490       0.429

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       3.083        1.913       (1.131 )       5.822       11.070       4.186
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       3.345        2.497       (0.488 )       6.411       11.560       4.615
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.573 )       (0.621 )       (0.687 )       (0.498 )       (0.246 )

Net realized gain

              (5.111 )       (5.082 )       (2.346 )       (0.756 )       (2.362 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (5.684 )       (5.703 )       (3.033 )       (1.254 )       (2.608 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 40.186      $ 36.841     $ 40.028     $ 46.219     $ 42.841     $ 32.535
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       9.08%        6.64%       (0.66% )       15.20%       35.69%       15.28%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 618,564      $ 599,524     $ 635,177     $ 703,330     $ 666,760     $ 546,051

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.44%        0.44%       0.42%       0.42%       0.45%       0.47%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.36%        1.51%       1.42%       1.31%       1.27%       1.31%

Portfolio turnover

       7%        27%       20%       15%       15%       22%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Delaware Social Awareness Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Delaware Social Awareness Fund Service Class
    

Six Months
Ended
6/30/20171

(unaudited)

   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 36.696      $ 39.901     $ 46.089     $ 42.740     $ 32.475     $ 30.478

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.194        0.446       0.482       0.430       0.355       0.313

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       3.068        1.898       (1.125 )       5.795       11.030       4.178
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       3.262        2.344       (0.643 )       6.225       11.385       4.491
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.438 )       (0.463 )       (0.530 )       (0.364 )       (0.132 )

Net realized gain

              (5.111 )       (5.082 )       (2.346 )       (0.756 )       (2.362 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (5.549 )       (5.545 )       (2.876 )       (1.120 )       (2.494 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 39.958      $ 36.696     $ 39.901     $ 46.089     $ 42.740     $ 32.475
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       8.89%        6.27%       (1.01% )       14.80%       35.21%       14.88%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 85,758      $ 83,506     $ 85,440     $ 88,997     $ 82,148     $ 60,175

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.79%        0.79%       0.77%       0.77%       0.80%       0.82%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.01%        1.16%       1.07%       0.96%       0.92%       0.96%

Portfolio turnover

       7%        27%       20%       15%       15%       22%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Delaware Social Awareness Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Delaware Social Awareness Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to maximize long-term capital appreciation (as measured by the change in the value of Fund shares over a period of three years or longer).

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Short-term debt securities utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Distributions

 

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LVIP Delaware Social Awareness Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of such distributions by the issuer or management estimate. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction. There were no commission rebates for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.48% of the first $200 million of the average daily net assets of the Fund; 0.40% of the next $200 million; and 0.30% of the average daily net assets of the Fund in excess of $400 million. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

Delaware Investments Fund Advisers (the “Sub-Adviser”), a series of Delaware Management Business Trust, is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 19,893  

Legal

     4,801  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $30,093 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 221,226  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     25,018  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     30,093  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     16,936  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

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LVIP Delaware Social Awareness Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 48,976,115  

Sales

     77,340,127  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 466,713,492  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 244,977,429  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (7,636,080
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 237,341,349  
  

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

Assets:

  

Common Stock

   $ 699,166,990  

Money Market Fund

     4,887,851  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 704,054,841  
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

 

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LVIP Delaware Social Awareness Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     73,274       315,614  

Service Class

     102,318       183,462  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           2,309,341  

Service Class

           315,154  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     175,592       3,123,571  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (954,091     (2,220,025

Service Class

     (231,745     (364,330
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (1,185,836     (2,584,355
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (1,010,244     539,216  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Market Risk

The Fund invests in REITs and is subject to the risks associated with that industry. If the Fund acquires a direct interest in real estate as a result of defaults or receives rental income directly from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company may be jeopardized. The Fund had no direct real estate holdings during the six months ended June 30, 2017. The Fund’s REIT holdings are also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs it holds use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations.

The Fund only invests in companies that meet its definition of “socially responsible” and may be subject to certain risks as a result of investing exclusively in socially responsible companies. By avoiding certain companies not considered socially responsible, it could miss out on strong performance from those companies.

6. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

7. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

8. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no additional material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

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June 30, 2017

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Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings      2  
Statement of Net Assets      3  
Statement of Operations      6  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      6  
Financial Highlights      7  
Notes to Financial Statements      9  

 

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) Fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,050.20       0.44 %         $2.24        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,048.40       0.79 %         4.01        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,022.61       0.44 %         $2.21        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,020.88       0.79 %         3.96        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund–1


LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Common Stock

     99.51

Aerospace & Defense

     0.87

Airlines

     1.05

Auto Components

     0.61

Banks

     10.30

Beverages

     1.05

Building Products

     1.51

Capital Markets

     3.61

Chemicals

     6.91

Commercial Services & Supplies

     1.02

Construction & Engineering

     2.47

Consumer Finance

     0.64

Containers & Packaging

     2.99

Diversified Consumer Services

     0.89

Electric Utilities

     3.88

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     2.79

Energy Equipment & Services

     1.63

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     8.04

Food & Staples Retailing

     0.69

Food Products

     0.89

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     2.31

Health Care Providers & Services

     2.31

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     1.62

Household Durables

     1.14

Insurance

     11.01

Internet Software & Services

     0.00

IT Services

     0.99

Leisure Products

     0.99

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     1.96

Machinery

     2.51

Media

     2.20

Multiline Retail

     0.39

Multi-Utilities

     2.67
Security Type/Sector   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     5.61

Professional Services

     0.71

Road & Rail

     1.86

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     1.76

Software

     4.09

Specialty Retail

     0.40

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.85

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     0.63

Trading Companies & Distributors

     1.66

Money Market Fund

     0.04

Short-Term Investment

     0.51

Total Value of Securities

     100.06

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.06 %) 

Total Net Assets

     100.00

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

East West Bancorp

     3.89

American Financial Group

     3.54

Synopsys

     2.63

Raymond James Financial

     2.56

Comerica

     2.35

Reinsurance Group of America

     2.30

Torchmark

     2.29

Berry Global Group

     1.93

Tesoro

     1.59

Celanese Class A

     1.57

Total

     24.65

IT–Information Technology

 

 

LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund–2


LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK–99.51%

     

Aerospace & Defense–0.87%

     

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Class A

     96,700      $ 5,602,798  
     

 

 

 
        5,602,798  
     

 

 

 

Airlines–1.05%

     

Southwest Airlines

     108,500        6,742,190  
     

 

 

 
        6,742,190  
     

 

 

 

Auto Components–0.61%

     

BorgWarner

     92,200        3,905,592  
     

 

 

 
        3,905,592  
     

 

 

 

Banks–10.30%

     

Bank of Hawaii

     82,200        6,820,134  

Comerica

     206,200        15,102,088  

East West Bancorp

     427,600        25,048,808  

Fifth Third Bancorp

     382,900        9,940,084  

Hancock Holding

     191,700        9,393,300  
     

 

 

 
        66,304,414  
     

 

 

 

Beverages–1.05%

     

Dr Pepper Snapple Group

     74,000        6,742,140  
     

 

 

 
        6,742,140  
     

 

 

 

Building Products–1.51%

     

Johnson Controls International

     81,795        3,546,631  

†USG

     213,200        6,187,064  
     

 

 

 
        9,733,695  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–3.61%

     

Affiliated Managers Group

     40,600        6,733,916  

Raymond James Financial

     205,750        16,505,265  
     

 

 

 
        23,239,181  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals–6.91%

     

Albemarle

     84,000        8,865,360  

†Axalta Coating Systems

     311,300        9,974,052  

Celanese Class A

     106,500        10,111,110  

Eastman Chemical

     105,600        8,869,344  

WR Grace & Co.

     92,900        6,689,729  
     

 

 

 
        44,509,595  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–1.02%

 

Brink’s

     97,800        6,552,600  
     

 

 

 
        6,552,600  
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering–2.47%

 

  

†AECOM

     213,000        6,886,290  

KBR

     311,100        4,734,942  

†Quanta Services

     130,700        4,302,644  
     

 

 

 
        15,923,876  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–0.64%

     

Synchrony Financial

     137,900        4,112,178  
     

 

 

 
        4,112,178  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Containers & Packaging–2.99%

 

  

†Berry Global Group

     218,182      $   12,438,556  

Graphic Packaging Holding

     495,500        6,827,990  
     

 

 

 
        19,266,546  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services–0.89%

 

Service Corp. International

     171,600        5,740,020  
     

 

 

 
        5,740,020  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–3.88%

 

  

Edison International

     105,400        8,241,226  

IDACORP

     99,500        8,492,325  

PPL

     214,100        8,277,106  
     

 

 

 
        25,010,657  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–2.79%

 

Avnet

     181,900        7,072,272  

†Flex

     308,300        5,028,373  

†Keysight Technologies

     149,850        5,833,661  
     

 

 

 
        17,934,306  
     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services–1.63%

 

Helmerich & Payne

     55,200        2,999,568  

†Rowan

     213,600        2,187,264  

†Superior Energy Services

     509,600        5,315,128  
     

 

 

 
        10,501,960  
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–8.04%

 

Apartment Investment & Management Class A

     93,800        4,030,586  

Brandywine Realty Trust

     521,100        9,134,883  

CBL & Associates Properties

     367,500        3,098,025  

Equity Residential

     102,500        6,747,575  

Highwoods Properties

     178,600        9,056,806  

Host Hotels & Resorts

     509,400        9,306,738  

Kimco Realty

     287,400        5,273,790  

Life Storage

     68,700        5,090,670  
     

 

 

 
        51,739,073  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–0.69%

 

†US Foods Holding

     164,200        4,469,524  
     

 

 

 
        4,469,524  
     

 

 

 

Food Products–0.89%

     

JM Smucker

     48,600        5,750,838  
     

 

 

 
        5,750,838  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–2.31%

 

Becton Dickinson & Co.

     27,800        5,424,058  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings

     73,700        9,463,080  
     

 

 

 
        14,887,138  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–2.31%

 

Cigna

     33,300        5,574,087  

†MEDNAX

     59,500        3,592,015  
 

 

LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund–3


LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Health Care Providers & Services (continued)

 

Quest Diagnostics

     51,100      $ 5,680,276  
     

 

 

 
        14,846,378  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–1.62%

 

Darden Restaurants

     44,600        4,033,624  

Marriott International Class A

     63,540        6,373,697  
     

 

 

 
        10,407,321  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables–1.14%

 

  

DR Horton

     211,633        7,316,152  
     

 

 

 
        7,316,152  
     

 

 

 

Insurance–11.01%

 

  

American Financial Group

     229,050        22,760,699  

Reinsurance Group of America

     115,300        14,803,367  

Torchmark

     192,750        14,745,375  

Validus Holdings

     165,100        8,580,247  

WR Berkley

     144,050        9,963,939  
     

 

 

 
        70,853,627  
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–0.00%

 

  

LogMeIn

     1        105  
     

 

 

 
        105  
     

 

 

 

IT Services–0.99%

     

†Fiserv

     52,200        6,386,148  
     

 

 

 
        6,386,148  
     

 

 

 

Leisure Products–0.99%

     

Hasbro

     57,000        6,356,070  
     

 

 

 
        6,356,070  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–1.96%

 

Agilent Technologies

     139,500        8,273,745  

Thermo Fisher Scientific

     25,000        4,361,750  
     

 

 

 
        12,635,495  
     

 

 

 

Machinery–2.51%

     

ITT

     187,100        7,517,678  

Stanley Black & Decker

     61,400        8,640,822  
     

 

 

 
        16,158,500  
     

 

 

 

Media–2.20%

     

Cable One

     5,000        3,554,500  

Cinemark Holdings

     129,700        5,038,845  

Meredith

     94,225        5,601,676  
     

 

 

 
        14,195,021  
     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–0.39%

     

Macy’s

     106,800        2,482,032  
     

 

 

 
        2,482,032  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–2.67%

     

Public Service Enterprise Group

     200,700        8,632,107  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Multi-Utilities (continued)

     

WEC Energy Group

     139,200      $ 8,544,096  
     

 

 

 
        17,176,203  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–5.61%

 

Marathon Oil

     746,000        8,840,100  

†Newfield Exploration

     321,100        9,138,506  

SM Energy

     365,100        6,035,103  

Tesoro

     109,300        10,230,480  

†Whiting Petroleum

     337,300        1,858,523  
     

 

 

 
        36,102,712  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services–0.71%

 

  

ManpowerGroup

     41,200        4,599,980  
     

 

 

 
        4,599,980  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail–1.86%

     

CSX

     130,500        7,120,080  

JB Hunt Transport Services

     53,000        4,843,140  
     

 

 

 
        11,963,220  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–1.76%

 

†Qorvo

     66,700        4,223,444  

Teradyne

     235,900        7,084,077  
     

 

 

 
        11,307,521  
     

 

 

 

Software–4.09%

     

†Citrix Systems

     41,900        3,334,402  

Symantec

     214,500        6,059,625  

†Synopsys

     232,400        16,948,932  
     

 

 

 
        26,342,959  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–0.40%

     

Staples

     254,300        2,560,801  
     

 

 

 
        2,560,801  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.85%

 

Western Digital

     62,000        5,493,200  
     

 

 

 
        5,493,200  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–0.63%

 

VF

     69,900        4,026,240  
     

 

 

 
        4,026,240  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–1.66%

 

†HD Supply Holdings

     188,700        5,779,881  

†United Rentals

     43,300        4,880,343  
     

 

 

 
        10,660,224  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $421,015,355)

        640,538,230  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund–4


LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

MONEY MARKET FUND–0.04%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     217,327      $   217,327  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $217,327)

        217,327  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT–0.51%

 

Discounted Commercial Paper–0.51%

 

  

Abbey National Treasury Services 1.06% 7/3/17

     3,295,000      $   3,294,806  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investment
(Cost $3,294,806)

        3,294,806  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.06% (Cost $424,527,488)

     644,050,363  

«LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.06%)

     (354,515
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 15,697,393 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $   643,695,848  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP DELAWARE SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND STANDARD CLASS ($534,909,373 / 13,032,591 Shares)

   $ 41.044  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP DELAWARE SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND SERVICE CLASS ($108,786,475 / 2,664,802 Shares)

   $ 40.823  
  

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 328,707,662  

Undistributed net investment income

     4,015,915  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

     91,449,889  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and foreign currencies

     219,522,382  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 643,695,848  
  

 

 

 

 

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

«

Includes $650,537 payable for securities purchased and $651,047 payable for fund shares redeemed and $282,213 due to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

 

The rate shown is the effective yield at the time of purchase.

 

°

Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars.

IT–Information Technology

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund–5


LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $ 5,626,547  

Interest

     16,226  
  

 

 

 
     5,642,773  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     1,250,659  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     185,099  

Accounting and administration expenses

     81,055  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     35,788  

Shareholder servicing fees

     31,433  

Professional fees

     21,492  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     8,888  

Custodian fees

     3,304  

Consulting fees

     1,537  

Pricing fees

     197  

Other

     7,406  
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     1,626,858  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     4,015,915  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain on investments

     35,697,790  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     (7,988,751
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     27,709,039  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 31,724,954  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 4,015,915     $ 8,728,534  

Net realized gain

     35,697,790       58,022,395  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (7,988,751     44,794,516  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     31,724,954       111,545,445  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (8,524,315

Service Class

           (1,256,245

Net realized gain:

    

Standard Class

           (71,384,208

Service Class

           (13,204,443
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (94,369,211
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     10,389,015       22,381,671  

Service Class

     12,216,305       13,457,621  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           79,908,523  

Service Class

           14,460,688  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     22,605,320       130,208,503  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (38,905,192     (77,411,045

Service Class

     (10,412,679     (14,976,974
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (49,317,871     (92,388,019
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (26,712,551     37,820,484  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     5,012,403       54,996,718  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     638,683,445       583,686,727  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 643,695,848     $ 638,683,445  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 4,015,915     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund Standard Class
    

Six Months
Ended
6/30/171

(unaudited)

   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 39.082      $ 38.441     $ 41.904     $ 41.371     $ 34.125     $ 33.749

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.262        0.594       0.509       0.471       0.441       0.470

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.700        6.596       (0.451 )       2.651       10.699       4.485
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.962        7.190       0.058       3.122       11.140       4.955
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.623 )       (0.502 )       (0.564 )       (0.434 )       (0.269 )

Net realized gain

              (5.926 )       (3.019 )       (2.025 )       (3.460 )       (4.310 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (6.549 )       (3.521 )       (2.589 )       (3.894 )       (4.579 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 41.044      $ 39.082     $ 38.441     $ 41.904     $ 41.371     $ 34.125
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       5.02%        20.41%       0.26%       7.63%       33.78%       14.94%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 534,909      $ 536,639     $ 497,273     $ 561,547     $ 573,997     $ 473,471

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.44%        0.44%       0.44%       0.43%       0.46%       0.47%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.30%        1.54%       1.21%       1.10%       1.13%       1.32%

Portfolio turnover

       8%        16%       19%       7%       13%       11%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 38.939      $ 38.341     $ 41.801     $ 41.280     $ 34.069     $ 33.702

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.190        0.457       0.359       0.320       0.304       0.344

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.694        6.556       (0.445 )       2.641       10.665       4.477
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.884        7.013       (0.086 )       2.961       10.969       4.821
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.489 )       (0.355 )       (0.415 )       (0.298 )       (0.144 )

Net realized gain

              (5.926 )       (3.019 )       (2.025 )       (3.460 )       (4.310 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (6.415 )       (3.374 )       (2.440 )       (3.758 )       (4.454 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 40.823      $ 38.939     $ 38.341     $ 41.801     $ 41.280     $ 34.069
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       4.84%        19.98%       (0.09% )       7.26%       33.32%       14.54%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 108,787      $ 102,044     $ 86,414     $ 88,093     $ 85,755     $ 64,617

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.79%        0.79%       0.79%       0.78%       0.81%       0.82%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.95%        1.19%       0.86%       0.75%       0.78%       0.97%

Portfolio turnover

       8%        16%       19%       7%       13%       11%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to maximize long-term capital appreciation (as measured by the change in the value of Fund shares over a period of three years or longer).

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Short-term debt securities utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of such distributions

 

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LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

by the issuer or management estimate. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction. There were no commission rebates for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.48% of the first $200 million of average daily net assets of the Fund; 0.40% of the next $200 million; and 0.30% of average daily net assets of the Fund in excess of $400 million. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

Delaware Investments Fund Advisers (the “Sub-Adviser”), a series of Delaware Management Business Trust, is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 18,576  

Legal

     4,483  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $29,770 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 205,788  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     31,211  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     29,770  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     15,444  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

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LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 52,575,287  

Sales

     70,386,040  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purpose has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 424,527,488  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 264,522,990  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (45,000,115
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 219,522,875  
  

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Total  

Investments:

        

Assets:

        

Common Stock

   $ 640,538,230      $      $ 640,538,230  

Money Market Fund

     217,327               217,327  

Short-Term Investment

            3,294,806        3,294,806  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 640,755,557      $ 3,294,806      $ 644,050,363  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

 

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LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     255,076       575,202  

Service Class

     301,178       349,680  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           2,210,648  

Service Class

           403,167  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     556,254       3,538,697  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (953,700     (1,990,701

Service Class

     (256,980     (386,066
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (1,210,680     (2,376,767
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (654,426     1,161,930  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of equity securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund invests in REITs and is subject to the risks associated with that industry. If the Fund acquires a direct interest in real estate as a result of defaults or receives rental income directly from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company could be jeopardized. The Fund had no direct real estate holdings during the six months ended June 30, 2017. The Fund’s REIT holdings are also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs it holds use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations.

6. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

7. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

8. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocations      2  
Schedule of Investments      3  
Statement of Assets and Liabilities      4  
Statement of Operations      5  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      5  
Financial Highlights      6  
Notes to Financial Statements      8  

 

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,120.60       0.26 %         $1.37        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,119.20       0.51 %         2.68        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.51       0.26 %         $1.30        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.27       0.51 %         2.56        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies (Underlying Funds). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial Statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund–1


LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocations (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Sector   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Affiliated Investment

     46.49

International Equity Fund

     46.49

Unaffiliated Investments

     53.53

International Equity Fund

     46.82

Money Market Fund

     6.71

Total Value of Securities

     100.02

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.02 %) 

Total Net Assets

     100.00

    

 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund–2


LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENT–46.49%

 

International Equity Fund–46.49%

 

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust - LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

     14,537,845      $ 152,356,620  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment
(Cost $138,197,637)

        152,356,620  
     

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–53.53%

 

International Equity Fund–46.82%

 

  

**DFA International Value Portfolio

     8,441,728        153,470,615  
     

 

 

 
        153,470,615  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Money Market Fund–6.71%

 

  

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     21,988,620      $ 21,988,620  
     

 

 

 
        21,988,620  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $142,608,712)

 

     175,459,235  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.02% (Cost $280,806,349)

     327,815,855  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.02%)

     (70,857
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 33,428,314 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $   327,744,998  
  

 

 

 

 

*

Standard Class shares.

 

**

Class I shares.

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

   Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
     Notional
Value
     Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Currency Contracts:

              

  65     British Pound

   $ 5,212,382      $ 5,299,531        9/19/17      $ 87,149      $  

  65     Euro

     9,212,722        9,316,937        9/19/17        104,215         

  55     Japanese Yen

     6,329,977        6,125,625        9/19/17               (204,352
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
              191,364        (204,352
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Equity Contracts:

              

252     Euro STOXX 50 Index

     10,229,235        9,875,166        9/18/17               (354,069

  59     FTSE 100 Index

     5,714,437        5,565,466        9/18/17               (148,971

  36     Nikkei 225 Index (OSE)

     6,438,263        6,407,824        9/8/17               (30,439
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
                     (533,479
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

            $ 191,364      $ (737,831
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1 See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

DFA–Dimensional Fund Advisors

FTSE–Financial Times Stock Exchange

OSE–Osaka Securities Exchange

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund–3


LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

ASSETS:

  

Affiliated investment, at value

   $ 152,356,620  

Unaffiliated investments, at value

     175,459,235  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

     327,815,855  

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at value

     3,028,041  

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

     191,364  

Foreign currencies, at value

     185,966  

Receivable for investments sold

     107,875  

Dividends receivable

     14,168  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     331,343,269  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

  

Cash due to custodian

     1,059,215  

Cash collateral due to broker for futures contracts

     1,025,527  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

     737,831  

Payable for fund shares redeemed

     614,420  

Due to manager and affiliates

     138,639  

Other accrued expenses payable

     22,639  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     3,598,271  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 327,744,998  
  

 

 

 

Affiliated investment, at cost

   $ 138,197,637  

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

     142,608,712  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

   $ 280,806,349  
  

 

 

 

Foreign currencies, at cost

   $ 186,213  
  

 

 

 

Standard Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 18,353,638  

Shares Outstanding

     1,869,805  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 9.816  

Service Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 309,391,360  

Shares Outstanding

     31,558,509  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 9.804  

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 317,670,588  

Undistributed net investment income

     3,188,854  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (39,577,236

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and derivatives

     46,462,792  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 327,744,998  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund–4


LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends from unaffiliated investments

   $ 2,765,235  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     386,604  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     364,679  

Accounting and administration expenses

     25,826  

Professional fees

     17,371  

Shareholder servicing fees

     15,880  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     14,077  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     4,031  

Custodian fees

     2,844  

Consulting fees

     2,138  

Pricing fees

     97  

Other

     1,353  
  

 

 

 
     834,900  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (61,857
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     773,043  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     1,992,192  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN:

  

Net realized gain from:

  

Sale of affiliated investment

     11,107  

Sale of unaffiliated investments

     62,077  

Foreign currencies

     112,014  

Futures contracts

     3,239,286  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     3,424,484  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Affiliated investment

     18,942,756  

Unaffiliated investments

     11,392,898  

Foreign currencies

     70  

Futures contracts

     (943,892
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     29,391,832  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     32,816,316  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 34,808,508  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 1,992,192     $ 6,059,418  

Net realized gain (loss)

     3,424,484       (41,305,044

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     29,391,832       41,140,794  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     34,808,508       5,895,168  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (382,787

Service Class

           (5,554,924

Net realized gain:

    

Standard Class

           (267,828

Service Class

           (4,285,095
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (10,490,634
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     914,985       3,601,359  

Service Class

     30,557,665       54,295,621  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           650,615  

Service Class

           9,840,019  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     31,472,650       68,387,614  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (1,157,622     (3,395,761

Service Class

     (23,555,900     (36,593,553
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (24,713,522     (39,989,314
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     6,759,128       28,398,300  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     41,567,636       23,802,834  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     286,177,362       262,374,528  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 327,744,998     $ 286,177,362  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 3,188,854     $ 1,196,662  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund–5


LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund
Standard Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/162   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 8.760      $ 8.941     $ 9.403     $ 10.391     $ 9.202     $ 7.951

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income3

       0.071        0.215       0.089       0.270       0.246       0.310

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.985        (0.047 )       (0.461 )       (1.048 )       1.142       1.172
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.056        0.168       (0.372 )       (0.778 )       1.388       1.482
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.206 )       (0.090 )       (0.210 )       (0.187 )       (0.212 )

Net realized gain

              (0.143 )                   (0.012 )       (0.019 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.349 )       (0.090 )       (0.210 )       (0.199 )       (0.231 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 9.816      $ 8.760     $ 8.941     $ 9.403     $ 10.391     $ 9.202
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       12.06%        1.97%       (3.97% )       (7.50% )       15.12%       18.77%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 18,354      $ 16,599     $ 16,022     $ 33,237     $ 34,646     $ 21,171

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

       0.26%        0.22%       0.19%       0.33%       0.33%       0.30%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed5

       0.30%        0.31%       0.33%       0.33%       0.37%       0.50%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.52%        2.48%       0.92%       2.62%       2.50%       3.60%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.48%        2.39%       0.78%       2.62%       2.46%       3.40%

Portfolio turnover

       5%        61%       119%6         13%       13%       11%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

 

6 

As a result of changes in the Fund’s investment strategy, the portfolio turnover exceeded 100%.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund–6


LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund
Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/162   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 8.760      $ 8.942     $ 9.403     $ 10.390     $ 9.202     $ 7.954

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income3

       0.059        0.193       0.064       0.243       0.223       0.288

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.985        (0.048 )       (0.458 )       (1.046 )       1.139       1.171
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.044        0.145       (0.394 )       (0.803 )       1.362       1.459
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.184 )       (0.067 )       (0.184 )       (0.162 )       (0.192 )

Net realized gain

              (0.143 )                   (0.012 )       (0.019 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.327 )       (0.067 )       (0.184 )       (0.174 )       (0.211 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 9.804      $ 8.760     $ 8.942     $ 9.403     $ 10.390     $ 9.202
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       11.92%        1.72%       (4.21% )       (7.74% )       14.84%       18.47%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 309,391      $ 269,578     $ 246,353     $ 182,247     $ 101,016     $ 30,083

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

       0.51%        0.47%       0.44%       0.58%       0.58%       0.55%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed5

       0.55%        0.56%       0.58%       0.58%       0.62%       0.75%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.27%        2.23%       0.67%       2.37%       2.25%       3.35%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.23%        2.14%       0.53%       2.37%       2.21%       3.15%

Portfolio turnover

       5%        61%       119%6         13%       13%       11%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

 

6 

As a result of changes in the Fund’s investment strategy, the portfolio turnover exceeded 100%.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund–7


LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in open-end investment companies that are advised by Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) or other unaffiliated managers (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Underlying Funds invest in U.S. and foreign stocks, bonds and money market instruments. In addition to investment company investments, the Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments, and employ an actively managed risk-management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The investment objective of the Fund is to seek long-term capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on days when the NYSE is open. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013-December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gains distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund–8


LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

LIAC is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. This fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds (including LIAC). The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive 0.04% of average daily net assets of the Fund. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s volatility management overlay. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 8,625  

Legal

     2,083  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $10,651 for the six months June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fee and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 56,586  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     63,588  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     10,651  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     7,814  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

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LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated investments, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers whereby the Fund held 5% or more of the issuers’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds). Affiliated investments of the Fund and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/16
   Purchases    Sales    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
   Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Value
6/30/17
   Dividends    Capital Gain
Distributions

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

     $ 133,836,090      $ 8,133,388      $ 8,566,721      $ 11,107      $ 18,942,756      $ 152,356,620      $      $
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 23,073,418  

Sales

     13,579,728  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 280,806,349  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 47,009,506  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

      
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 47,009,506  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

Post-Enactment Losses (No  Expiration)

  Short-Term     Long-Term          Total      
$31,774,538   $7,419,338   $39,193,876

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

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LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

Assets:

  

Affiliated Investment

   $ 152,356,620  

Unaffiliated Investments

     175,459,235  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 327,815,855  
  

 

 

 

Derivatives:

  

Assets:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ 191,364  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ (737,831
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/2017
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     98,633       416,789  

Service Class

     3,289,513       6,307,336  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           75,149  

Service Class

           1,138,080  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     3,388,146     7,937,354  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (123,756     (388,926

Service Class

     (2,505,301     (4,220,492
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (2,629,057)     (4,609,418)  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     759,089       3,327,936  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

 

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LVIP Dimensional International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

  

Fair Value

    

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

  

Unrealized appreciation

on futures contracts

   $         —     

Unrealized depreciation

on futures contracts

   $ (533,479

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

  

Unrealized appreciation

on futures contracts

       191,364     

Unrealized depreciation

on futures contracts

     (204,352
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

      $ 191,364         $ (737,831
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in

Income
   Change in Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts      $ 2,442,567      $ (1,198,832 )

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts        796,719        254,940
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

        $ 3,239,286      $ (943,892 )
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
   Short Derivative
Volume

Futures contracts (average notional value)

     $ 40,981,536      $

6. Market Risk

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LOGO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocations      2  
Schedule of Investments      3  
Statement of Assets and Liabilities      4  
Statement of Operations      5  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      5  
Financial Highlights      6  
Notes to Financial Statements      8  

 

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,072.10       0.29 %         $1.49        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,070.80       0.54 %         2.77        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.36       0.29 %         $1.45        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.12       0.54 %         2.71        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies (Underlying Funds). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial Statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund–1


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocations (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Sector   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Affiliated Investment

     55.97

Equity Fund

     55.97

Unaffiliated Investments

     43.88

Equity Fund

     37.12

Money Market Fund

     6.76

Total Value of Securities

     99.85

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.15

Total Net Assets

     100.00

    

 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund–2


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENT–55.97%

 

  

Equity Fund–55.97%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust - LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

     33,761,407      $ 387,040,772  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment
(Cost $338,646,116)

        387,040,772  
     

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–43.88%

 

  

Equity Fund–37.12%

     

**DFA U.S. Large Company Portfolio

     13,623,885        256,673,998  
     

 

 

 
        256,673,998  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Money Market Fund–6.76%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     46,719,372      $ 46,719,372  
     

 

 

 
        46,719,372  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $253,055,355)

 

     303,393,370  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.85% (Cost $591,701,471)

     690,434,142  

RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.15%

     1,042,732  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 49,805,578 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $   691,476,874  
  

 

 

 

 

 

*

Standard Class shares.

 

**

Institutional Class shares.

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

   Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
     Notional
Value
     Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Equity Contracts:

              

  62     E-mini Russell 2000 Index

   $ 4,338,862      $ 4,384,330        9/18/17      $ 45,468      $  

247     E-mini S&P 500 Index

     29,967,090        29,898,115        9/18/17               (68,975

  52     E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index

     9,181,213        9,079,720        9/18/17               (101,493
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

            $ 45,468      $ (170,468
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1 See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

DFA–Dimensional Fund Advisors

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund–3


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

ASSETS:

  

Affiliated investment, at value

   $ 387,040,772  

Unaffiliated investments, at value

     303,393,370  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

     690,434,142  

Cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts

     1,758,185  

Receivable for investments sold

     74,579  

Receivable for fund shares sold

     52,952  

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

     45,468  

Dividends receivable

     30,162  

Cash

     9,484  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     692,404,972  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

  

Payable for fund shares redeemed

     421,533  

Due to manager and affiliates

     310,284  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

     170,468  

Other accrued expenses payable

     25,813  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     928,098  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 691,476,874  
  

 

 

 

Affiliated investment, at cost

   $ 338,646,116  

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

     253,055,355  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

   $ 591,701,471  
  

 

 

 

Standard Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 24,991,612  

Shares Outstanding

     1,797,020  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 13.907  

Service Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 666,485,262  

Shares Outstanding

     48,008,558  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 13.883  

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 626,797,250  

Undistributed net investment income

     840,979  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (34,769,026

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and derivatives

     98,607,671  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 691,476,874  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund–4


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed

Volatility Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends from unaffiliated investments

   $ 2,507,082  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     809,226  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     778,886  

Accounting and administration expenses

     37,677  

Shareholder servicing fees

     33,271  

Professional fees

     20,583  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     18,672  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     8,506  

Custodian fees

     3,677  

Consulting fees

     2,529  

Pricing fees

     83  

Other

     3,363  
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     1,716,473  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME:

     790,609  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Sale of affiliated investment

     (27,221

Sale of unaffiliated investments

     22,174  

Futures contracts

     2,712,948  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     2,707,901  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Affiliated investment

     20,949,354  

Unaffiliated investments

     18,742,980  

Futures contracts

     113,010  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     39,805,344  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     42,513,245  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 43,303,854  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed

Volatility Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 790,609     $ 5,658,146  

Net realized gain (loss)

     2,707,901       (37,898,181

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     39,805,344       86,176,025  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     43,303,854       53,935,990  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (288,882

Service Class

           (5,322,747

Net realized gain:

    

Standard Class

           (1,781,298

Service Class

           (41,422,520
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (48,815,447
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     2,092,775       5,824,868  

Service Class

     108,156,019       133,589,975  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           2,070,180  

Service Class

           46,745,267  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     110,248,794       188,230,290  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (2,729,460     (5,229,970

Service Class

     (34,738,693     (62,892,778
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (37,468,153     (68,122,748
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     72,780,641       120,107,542  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     116,084,495       125,228,085  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     575,392,379       450,164,294  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 691,476,874     $ 575,392,379  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 840,979     $ 50,370  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Standard Class

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/162   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 12.972      $ 12.919     $ 14.157     $ 13.649     $ 10.715     $ 9.230

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income3

       0.033        0.180       0.133       0.154       0.165       0.199

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.902        1.181       (1.210 )       0.488       2.955       1.405
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.935        1.361       (1.077 )       0.642       3.120       1.604
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.159 )       (0.161 )       (0.134 )       (0.125 )       (0.117 )

Net realized gain

              (1.149 )                   (0.061 )       (0.002 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (1.308 )       (0.161 )       (0.134 )       (0.186 )       (0.119 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 13.907      $ 12.972     $ 12.919     $ 14.157     $ 13.649     $ 10.715
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       7.21%        11.13%       (7.61% )       4.70%       29.18%       17.41%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 24,992      $ 23,926     $ 20,947     $ 22,848     $ 15,078     $ 2,558

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

       0.29%        0.24%       0.18%       0.31%       0.32%       0.30%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed5

       0.29%        0.30%       0.32%       0.31%       0.33%       0.39%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.48%        1.39%       0.96%       1.11%       1.31%       1.94%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.48%        1.33%       0.82%       1.11%       1.30%       1.85%

Portfolio turnover

       2%        41%       108%6         26%       15%       14%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

 

6 

As a result of changes in the Fund’s investment strategy, the portfolio turnover exceeded 100%.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Service Class

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/162   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 12.965      $ 12.915     $ 14.151     $ 13.645     $ 10.714     $ 9.229

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income3

       0.016        0.147       0.098       0.119       0.133       0.174

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.902        1.178       (1.207 )       0.487       2.953       1.403
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.918        1.325       (1.109 )       0.606       3.086       1.577
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.126 )       (0.127 )       (0.100 )       (0.094 )       (0.090 )

Net realized gain

              (1.149 )                   (0.061 )       (0.002 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (1.275 )       (0.127 )       (0.100 )       (0.155 )       (0.092 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 13.883      $ 12.965     $ 12.915     $ 14.151     $ 13.645     $ 10.714
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       7.08%        10.86%       (7.85% )       4.44%       28.86%       17.12%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 666,485      $ 551,466     $ 429,217     $ 356,311     $ 220,223     $ 92,185

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

       0.54%        0.49%       0.43%       0.56%       0.57%       0.55%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed5

       0.54%        0.55%       0.57%       0.56%       0.58%       0.64%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.23%        1.14%       0.71%       0.86%       1.06%       1.69%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.23%        1.08%       0.57%       0.86%       1.05%       1.60%

Portfolio turnover

       2%        41%       108%6         26%         15%       14%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

 

6 

As a result of changes in the Fund’s investment strategy, the portfolio turnover exceeded 100%.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund–7


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in open-end investment companies that are advised by Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) or other unaffiliated managers (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Underlying Funds invest in U.S. and foreign stocks, bonds and money market instruments. In addition to investment company investments, the Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments, and employ an actively managed risk-management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation-The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on days when the NYSE is open. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013-December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gains distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund–8


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

LIAC is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. This fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds (including LIAC). The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s volatility management overlay. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 18,108  

Legal

     4,339  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $14,414 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fee and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 142,254  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     137,114  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     14,414  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     16,502  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

Affiliated investments, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers whereby the Fund held 5% or more of issuers’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds). Affiliated investments of the Fund and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/16
   Purchases    Sales    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)
   Value
6/30/17
   Dividends    Capital Gain
Distributions
LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund      $ 320,330,064      $ 50,118,114      $ 4,329,539      $ (27,221 )     $ 20,949,354      $ 387,040,772      $      $
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund–9


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 81,679,738  

Sales

     13,075,337  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 591,701,471  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 98,732,671  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

      
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 98,732,671  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Funds had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

  Post-Enactment Losses (No  Expiration)  

  Short-Term      Long-Term           Total      
$20,817,259    $4,527,459    $25,344,718

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

Assets:

  

Affiliated Investment

   $ 387,040,772  

Unaffiliated Investments

     303,393,370  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 690,434,142  
  

 

 

 

Derivatives:

  

Assets:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ 45,468  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ (170,468
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund–10


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     154,041       451,931  

Service Class

     8,037,450       10,394,195  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           167,128  

Service Class

           3,787,266  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     8,191,491       14,800,520  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (201,453     (396,086

Service Class

     (2,563,818     (4,880,253
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (2,765,271)     (5,276,339)  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     5,426,220       9,524,181  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value     

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

  

Unrealized appreciation

on futures contracts

   $ 45,468     

Unrealized depreciation

on futures contracts

   $ (170,468
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund–11


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in
Income
   Change in Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts      $ 2,712,948      $ 113,010
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the year ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
   Short Derivative
Volume

Futures contracts (average notional value)

     $ 41,479,031      $

6. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

7. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

8. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Equity Managed Volatility Fund–12


 

 

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LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds

 

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund

 

LVIP Vanguard Domestic Equity ETF Fund

 

LVIP Vanguard International Equity ETF Fund

 

each a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

   LOGO
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocations      2  
Schedules of Investments      3  
Statements of Assets and Liabilities      6  
Statements of Operations      7  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      8  
Financial Highlights      9  
Notes to Financial Statements      15  

 

 

 

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Funds’ proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

Each Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold each Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of a Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis tables. The Expense Analysis tables do not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. These Expense Analyses are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analyses are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the tables, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the tables, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the tables, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Funds do not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of each table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Funds’ actual expenses shown in the tables reflect fee waivers in effect.

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,019.70       0.24%          $1.20        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,018.40       0.49%          2.45        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,023.60       0.24%          $1.20        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.36       0.49%          2.46        

LVIP Vanguard Domestic Equity ETF Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,086.10       0.24%          $1.24        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,084.80       0.49%          2.53        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,023.60       0.24%          $1.20        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.36       0.49%          2.46        

LVIP Vanguard International Equity ETF Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $ 1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,155.30       0.26%          $1.39        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,153.90       0.51%          2.72        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,023.51       0.26%          $1.30        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.27       0.51%          2.56        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to a Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

Each Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. Each Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies (“Underlying Funds”). In addition to the Funds’ expenses reflected above, the Funds also indirectly bear their portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in each table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial Statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds–1


LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds

Security Type/Sector Allocations (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund

 

Security Type/Sector   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Affiliated Investments

     29.99

Fixed Income Funds

     27.98

Money Market Fund

     2.01

Unaffiliated Investments

     70.05

Fixed Income Funds

     70.05

Total Value of Securities

     100.04

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.04 %) 

Total Net Assets

     100.00

LVIP Vanguard Domestic Equity ETF Fund

 

Security Type/Sector   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Affiliated Investment

     2.03

Money Market Fund

     2.03

Unaffiliated Investments

     98.65

Equity Funds

     97.99

Money Market Fund

     0.66

Total Value of Securities

     100.68

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.68 %) 

Total Net Assets

     100.00

LVIP Vanguard International Equity ETF Fund

 

Security Type/Sector   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Affiliated Investment

     2.03

Money Market Fund

     2.03

Unaffiliated Investments

     98.95

International Equity Funds

     97.99

Money Market Fund

     0.96

Total Value of Securities

     100.98

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.98 %) 

Total Net Assets

     100.00
 

 

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds–2


LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–29.99%

 

Fixed Income Funds–27.98%

     

*DFA Intermediate Term Extended Quality Portfolio

     11,180,216      $ 120,522,728  

*DFA VA Global Bond Portfolio

     2,362,752        25,470,466  

*DFA VA Short-Term Fixed Portfolio

     3,115,131        31,898,946  
     

 

 

 
        177,892,140  
     

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–2.01%

     

**Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–LVIP Government Money Market Fund (seven-day effective yield 0.47%)

     1,274,894        12,748,935  
     

 

 

 
        12,748,935  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $189,518,906)

        190,641,075  
     

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–70.05%

 

Fixed Income Funds–70.05%

     

*DFA Inflation Protected Securities Portfolio

     1,086,729        12,703,858  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Fixed Income Funds (continued)

 

  

*DFA One-Year Fixed Income Portfolio

     4,955,465      $ 51,041,294  

*DFA Two-Year Global Fixed Income Portfolio

     7,047,272        70,120,358  

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF

     204,137        19,013,320  

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

     1,448,232        76,263,897  

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF

     318,669        25,506,267  

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

     2,330,630        190,715,453  
     

 

 

 
        445,364,447  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $444,259,796)

        445,364,447  
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.04% (Cost $633,778,702)

     636,005,522  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.04%)

     (240,447
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 59,933,310 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 635,765,075  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

*  

Institutional Class shares.

 

**

Standard Class shares.

Summary of Abbreviations:

DFA–Dimensional Fund Advisors

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

VA–Variable Annuity

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds–3


LVIP Vanguard Domestic Equity ETF Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENT–2.03%

 

Money Market Fund–2.03%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–LVIP Government Money Market Fund (seven-day effective yield 0.47%)

     662,923      $ 6,629,234  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment
(Cost $6,629,234)

        6,629,234  
     

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–98.65%

 

Equity Funds–97.99%

     

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF

     351,153        32,541,349  

Vanguard Mega Cap 300 Growth ETF

     618,523        61,889,411  

Vanguard Mega Cap 300 Value ETF

     893,847        61,997,228  

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF

     139,043        16,362,580  

Vanguard Mid-Cap Value ETF

     158,681        16,323,514  

Vanguard REIT ETF

     78,027        6,494,187  

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF

     45,082        6,569,800  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Equity Funds (continued)

     

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF

     106,792      $ 13,125,805  

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

     787,475        98,001,264  

**Vanguard Variable Insurance Fund–Small Company Growth Portfolio

     297,846        6,606,233  
     

 

 

 
        319,911,371  
     

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–0.66%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     2,147,377        2,147,377  
     

 

 

 
        2,147,377  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments (Cost $228,638,808)

        322,058,748  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.68% (Cost $235,268,042)

     328,687,982  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.68%)

     (2,212,999
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 18,939,923 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 326,474,983  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

*  

Standard Class shares.

 

**

Institutional Class shares.

Summary of Abbreviations:

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

REIT–Real Estate Investment Trust

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds–4


LVIP Vanguard International Equity ETF Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENT–2.03%

 

Money Market Fund–2.03%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–LVIP Government Money Market Fund (seven-day effective yield 0.47%)

     426,755      $ 4,267,545  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment
(Cost $4,267,545)

        4,267,545  
     

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–98.95%

 

International Equity Funds–97.99%

 

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-U.S. ETF

     756,930        37,869,208  

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-U.S. Small-Cap ETF

     176,046        19,034,093  

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

     1,221,306        50,464,364  

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF

     415,814        16,977,686  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

International Equity Funds (continued)

 

Vanguard FTSE European ETF

     493,020      $ 27,185,123  

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF

     480,894        31,642,825  

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF

     74,178        4,172,513  

**Vanguard VA International Portfolio

     797,039        18,961,562  
     

 

 

 
        206,307,374  
     

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–0.96%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     2,018,057        2,018,057  
     

 

 

 
        2,018,057  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $180,858,346)

        208,325,431  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.98% (Cost $185,125,891)

     212,592,976  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.98%)

     (2,063,366
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 19,809,688 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 210,529,610  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

*  

Standard Class shares.

 

**

Retail Class shares.

Summary of Abbreviations:

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

FTSE–Financial Times Stock Exchange

VA–Variable Annuity

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds–5


LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    LVIP
Dimensional/
Vanguard
Total Bond Fund
  LVIP
Vanguard
Domestic
Equity ETF Fund
  LVIP
Vanguard
International
Equity ETF Fund

ASSETS:

           

Affiliated investments, at value

    $ 190,641,075     $ 6,629,234     $ 4,267,545

Unaffiliated investments, at value

      445,364,447       322,058,748       208,325,431
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

      636,005,522       328,687,982       212,592,976

Receivable for fund shares sold

      390,439       155,629       202,007

Receivable for investments sold

      216,556             20,924

Dividends receivable

      629       45,478       20,767
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

      636,613,146       328,889,089       212,836,674
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

           

Payable for fund shares redeemed

      353,435       139,328       180,211

Due to manager and affiliates

      251,990       108,196       70,994

Cash overdraft

      205,405            

Other accrued expenses

      26,056       19,642       16,998

Payable for investments purchased

      11,185       2,146,940       2,038,861
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

      848,071       2,414,106       2,307,064
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

    $ 635,765,075     $ 326,474,983     $ 210,529,610
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

    $ 189,518,906     $ 6,629,234     $ 4,267,545

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

      444,259,796       228,638,808       180,858,346
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

    $ 633,778,702     $ 235,268,042     $ 185,125,891
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Standard Class:

           

Net Assets

    $ 79,011,704     $ 110,629,783     $ 81,784,531

Shares Outstanding

      7,440,635       6,410,441       7,688,668

Net Asset Value Per Share

    $ 10.619     $ 17.258     $ 10.637

Service Class:

           

Net Assets

    $ 556,753,371     $ 215,845,200     $ 128,745,079

Shares Outstanding

      52,492,675       12,529,482       12,121,020

Net Asset Value Per Share

    $ 10.606     $ 17.227     $ 10.622

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

           

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

    $ 631,790,680     $ 231,584,474     $ 190,066,050

Undistributed net investment income

      4,120,623       2,082,231       2,228,684

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

      (2,373,048 )       (611,662 )       (9,232,209 )

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

      2,226,820       93,419,940       27,467,085
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

    $ 635,765,075     $ 326,474,983     $ 210,529,610
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds–6


LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds

Statements of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    LVIP
Dimensional/
Vanguard
Total Bond Fund
   LVIP
Vanguard
Domestic
Equity ETF Fund
   LVIP
Vanguard
International
Equity ETF Fund

INVESTMENT INCOME:

             

Dividends from unaffiliated investments

    $ 3,792,422      $ 2,700,757      $ 2,561,168

Dividends from affiliated investments

      1,711,242        9,093        5,554
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
      5,503,664        2,709,850        2,566,722
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

             

Management fees

      751,585        379,219        237,205

Distribution fees-Service Class

      660,140        255,918        144,889

Accounting and administration expenses

      36,264        25,572        21,560

Shareholder servicing fees

      30,444        15,445        10,065

Reports and statements to shareholders

      21,709        5,584        6,789

Professional fees

      17,857        12,694        11,558

Trustees’ fees and expenses

      7,959        3,981        2,434

Custodian fees

      3,980        3,239        2,157

Consulting fees

      1,514        1,172        1,058

Pricing fees

      44        35        24

Other

      1,862        829        620
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
      1,533,358        703,688        438,359

Less:

             

Management fees waived

      (150,317 )        (75,844 )        (47,441 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

      1,383,041        627,844        390,918
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

      4,120,623        2,082,006        2,175,804
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

             

Net realized gain (loss) from:

             

Distributions from unaffiliated investments

             415,349        123,455

Sale of unaffiliated investments

      (243,442 )        297,942        297,029

Sale of affiliated investments

      (171,685 )              
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

      (415,127 )        713,291        420,484
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

             

Unaffiliated investments

      4,212,770        21,606,395        24,228,328

Affiliated investments

      3,243,470              
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

      7,456,240        21,606,395        24,228,328
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

      7,041,113        22,319,686        24,648,812
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

    $ 11,161,736      $ 24,401,692      $ 26,824,616
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds–7


LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     LVIP
Dimensional/
Vanguard
Total Bond Fund
    LVIP
Vanguard
Domestic
Equity ETF Fund
    LVIP
Vanguard
International
Equity ETF Fund
 
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

            

Net investment income

   $ 4,120,623     $ 8,432,895     $ 2,082,006     $ 3,961,429     $ 2,175,804     $ 3,585,086  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (415,127     53,235       713,291       (224,849     420,484       (2,111,748

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     7,456,240       (323,689     21,606,395       24,450,101       24,228,328       3,943,622  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     11,161,736       8,162,441       24,401,692       28,186,681       26,824,616       5,416,960  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

            

Net investment income:

            

Standard Class

           (1,180,234           (1,378,248           (1,462,909

Service Class

           (7,299,509           (2,612,460           (2,096,208

Net realized gain:

            

Standard Class

                       (248,924            

Service Class

                       (587,434            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (8,479,743           (4,827,066           (3,559,117
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

            

Proceeds from shares sold:

            

Standard Class

     13,118,743       32,458,194       19,509,617       25,739,054       11,556,226       21,226,004  

Service Class

     69,808,220       139,361,749       31,837,677       47,064,271       21,871,142       24,579,090  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

            

Standard Class

           1,180,234             1,627,172             1,462,909  

Service Class

           7,299,509             3,199,894             2,096,208  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     82,926,963       180,299,686       51,347,294       77,630,391       33,427,368       49,364,211  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

            

Standard Class

     (5,988,050     (6,087,321     (3,519,144     (7,071,783     (3,911,188     (4,137,538

Service Class

     (34,047,120     (75,671,678     (24,242,029     (33,804,104     (11,204,451     (18,378,714
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (40,035,170     (81,758,999     (27,761,173     (40,875,887     (15,115,639     (22,516,252
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     42,891,793       98,540,687       23,586,121       36,754,504       18,311,729       26,847,959  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     54,053,529       98,223,385       47,987,813       60,114,119       45,136,345       28,705,802  

NET ASSETS:

            

Beginning of period

     581,711,546       483,488,161       278,487,170       218,373,051       165,393,265       136,687,463  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 635,765,075     $ 581,711,546     $ 326,474,983     $ 278,487,170     $ 210,529,610     $ 165,393,265  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 4,120,623     $     $ 2,082,231     $ 225     $ 2,228,684     $ 52,880  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds–8


LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund

Standard Class

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.414      $ 10.373     $ 10.518     $ 10.224     $ 10.688     $ 10.491

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.083        0.189       0.164       0.196       0.162       0.193

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.122        0.030       (0.132 )       0.278       (0.457 )       0.198
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.205        0.219       0.032       0.474       (0.295 )       0.391
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.178 )       (0.172 )       (0.172 )       (0.141 )       (0.175 )

Net realized gain

                    (0.003 )       (0.008 )       (0.028 )       (0.019 )

Return of capital

                    (0.002 )                  
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.178 )       (0.177 )       (0.180 )       (0.169 )       (0.194 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.619      $ 10.414     $ 10.373     $ 10.518     $ 10.224     $ 10.688
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       1.97%        2.11%       0.31%       4.64%       (2.76% )       3.73%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 79,012      $ 70,429     $ 43,416     $ 32,573     $ 13,621     $ 8,444

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.24%        0.23%       0.23%       0.24%       0.26%       0.30%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.29%        0.28%       0.28%       0.29%       0.31%       0.35%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.59%        1.77%       1.55%       1.86%       1.55%       1.80%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.54%        1.72%       1.50%       1.81%       1.50%       1.75%

Portfolio turnover

       3%        13%       10%       14%       9%       26%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds–9


LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund

Service Class

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.414      $ 10.374     $ 10.519     $ 10.224     $ 10.689     $ 10.494

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.070        0.162       0.137       0.169       0.136       0.166

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.122        0.029       (0.131 )       0.280       (0.457 )       0.199
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.192        0.191       0.006       0.449       (0.321 )       0.365
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.151 )       (0.146 )       (0.146 )       (0.116 )       (0.151 )

Net realized gain

                    (0.003 )       (0.008 )       (0.028 )       (0.019 )

Return of capital

                    (0.002 )                  
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.151 )       (0.151 )       (0.154 )       (0.144 )       (0.170 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.606      $ 10.414     $ 10.374     $ 10.519     $ 10.224     $ 10.689
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       1.84%        1.84%       0.06%       4.39%       (3.00% )       3.48%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 556,753      $ 511,283     $ 440,072     $ 364,391     $ 233,819     $ 137,634

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.49%        0.48%       0.48%       0.49%       0.51%       0.55%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.54%        0.53%       0.53%       0.54%       0.56%       0.60%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.34%        1.52%       1.30%       1.61%       1.30%       1.55%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.29%        1.47%       1.25%       1.56%       1.25%       1.50%

Portfolio turnover

       3%        13%       10%       14%       9%       26%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds–10


LVIP Vanguard Domestic Equity ETF Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP Vanguard Domestic Equity ETF Fund

Standard Class

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 15.890      $ 14.444     $ 14.748     $ 13.421     $ 10.394     $ 9.158

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.128        0.273       0.249       0.229       0.212       0.200

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.240        1.479       (0.293 )       1.409       2.960       1.187
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.368        1.752       (0.044 )       1.638       3.172       1.387
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.256 )       (0.243 )       (0.265 )       (0.145 )       (0.151 )

Net realized gain

              (0.050 )       (0.017 )       (0.046 )            
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.306 )       (0.260 )       (0.311 )       (0.145 )       (0.151 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 17.258      $ 15.890     $ 14.444     $ 14.748     $ 13.421     $ 10.394
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       8.61%        12.14%       (0.31% )       12.21%       30.52%       15.17%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 110,630      $ 86,644     $ 59,518     $ 36,626     $ 13,983     $ 1,723

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.24%        0.24%       0.25%       0.25%       0.29%       0.30%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.29%        0.29%       0.30%       0.30%       0.34%       0.39%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.54%        1.82%       1.68%       1.62%       1.71%       1.97%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.49%        1.77%       1.63%       1.57%       1.66%       1.88%

Portfolio turnover

       7%        12%       14%       15%       20%       17%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds–11


LVIP Vanguard Domestic Equity ETF Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP Vanguard Domestic Equity ETF Fund

Service Class

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 15.881      $ 14.439     $ 14.743     $ 13.418     $ 10.395     $ 9.159

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.107        0.235       0.212       0.192       0.177       0.174

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.239        1.476       (0.293 )       1.409       2.961       1.187
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.346        1.711       (0.081 )       1.601       3.138       1.361
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.219 )       (0.206 )       (0.230 )       (0.115 )       (0.125 )

Net realized gain

              (0.050 )       (0.017 )       (0.046 )            
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.269 )       (0.223 )       (0.276 )       (0.115 )       (0.125 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 17.227      $ 15.881     $ 14.439     $ 14.743     $ 13.418     $ 10.395
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       8.48%        11.86%       (0.56% )       11.93%       30.20%       14.88%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 215,845      $ 191,843     $ 158,855     $ 154,511     $ 134,339     $ 86,200

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.49%        0.49%       0.50%       0.50%       0.54%       0.55%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.54%        0.54%       0.55%       0.55%       0.59%       0.64%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.29%        1.57%       1.43%       1.37%       1.46%       1.72%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.24%        1.52%       1.38%       1.32%       1.41%       1.63%

Portfolio turnover

       7%        12%       14%       15%       20%       17%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds–12


LVIP Vanguard International Equity ETF Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP Vanguard International Equity ETF Fund

Standard Class

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 9.207      $ 9.086     $ 9.595     $ 10.272     $ 9.139     $ 8.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.122        0.239       0.225       0.280       0.246       0.193

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.308        0.098       (0.507 )       (0.756 )       1.100       1.336
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.430        0.337       (0.282 )       (0.476 )       1.346       1.529
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.216 )       (0.227 )       (0.201 )       (0.212 )       (0.188 )

Net realized gain

                                      3

Return of capital

                                (0.001 )       (0.202 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.216 )       (0.227 )       (0.201 )       (0.213 )       (0.390 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.637      $ 9.207     $ 9.086     $ 9.595     $ 10.272     $ 9.139
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       15.53%        3.72%       (2.95% )       (4.64% )       14.75%       19.35%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 81,785      $ 63,645     $ 44,417     $ 29,516     $ 11,500     $ 1,890

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

       0.26%        0.26%       0.27%       0.28%       0.30%       0.30%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed5

       0.31%        0.31%       0.32%       0.33%       0.39%       0.36%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       2.44%        2.61%       2.29%       2.72%       2.52%       2.21%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       2.39%        2.56%       2.24%       2.67%       2.43%       2.15%

Portfolio turnover

       6%        13%       23%       11%       17%       48%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Net realized gain distribution of $11 was made, which calculated to de minimis amount of $0.000 per share.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds–13


LVIP Vanguard International Equity ETF Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP Vanguard International Equity ETF Fund

Service Class

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 9.205      $ 9.085     $ 9.592     $ 10.268     $ 9.137     $ 7.987

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.109        0.215       0.200       0.254       0.220       0.169

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.308        0.099       (0.505 )       (0.755 )       1.099       1.335
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.417        0.314       (0.305 )       (0.501 )       1.319       1.504
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.194 )       (0.202 )       (0.175 )       (0.187 )       (0.170 )

Net realized gain

                                      3

Return of capital

                                (0.001 )       (0.184 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.194 )       (0.202 )       (0.175 )       (0.188 )       (0.354 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.622      $ 9.205     $ 9.085     $ 9.592     $ 10.268     $ 9.137
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       15.39%        3.46%       (3.19% )       (4.88% )       14.46%       19.04%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 128,745      $ 101,748     $ 92,270     $ 91,345     $ 75,098     $ 50,677

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

       0.51%        0.51%       0.52%       0.53%       0.55%       0.55%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed5

       0.56%        0.56%       0.57%       0.58%       0.64%       0.61%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       2.19%        2.36%       2.04%       2.47%       2.27%       1.96%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       2.14%        2.31%       1.99%       2.42%       2.18%       1.90%

Portfolio turnover

       6%        13%       23%       11%       17%       48%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Net realized gain distribution of $1,475 was made, which calculated to de minimis amount of $0.000 per share.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds–14


LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund, LVIP Vanguard Domestic Equity ETF Fund and LVIP Vanguard International Equity ETF Fund (each, a “Fund”, and collectively, the “Funds”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Funds are non-diversified management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act. The Funds sell their shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold each Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in open-end investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) (collectively, the “Underlying Funds ”). The Underlying Funds invest in U.S. and foreign fixed-income securities. The Underlying Funds and ETFs will primarily be a combination of Dimensional Investment Group Inc. mutual funds and Vanguard ETF® funds. In addition to investment company investments, the Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments.

The LVIP Vanguard Domestic Equity ETF Fund and the LVIP Vanguard International Equity ETF Fund operate under a fund of funds structure and invest a significant portion of their assets in ETFs which, in turn, invest in U.S. and foreign stocks and money market instruments. The underlying ETFs will primarily be Vanguard ETFs®. In addition to ETF investments, the Funds may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments.

Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The investment objective of the LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund is to seek total return consistent with the preservation of capital. Total return is comprised of income and capital appreciation.

The investment objective of the LVIP Vanguard Domestic Equity ETF Fund and LVIP Vanguard International Equity ETF Fund is to seek long-term capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

Each Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, each Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Funds.

Security Valuation–ETFs, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on the valuation date. ETFs traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sales price. If on a particular day an ETF does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. The Funds value Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE on days when the NYSE is open. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because each Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Funds evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing each Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on each Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013-December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. If applicable, each Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statements of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Funds did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Funds on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date

 

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds–15


LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gains distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Funds declare and distribute dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Funds may receive earnings credits from their custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Funds’ investment portfolios and providing certain administrative services to the Funds. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Funds. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. This fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds (including LIAC).

LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.05% of average daily net assets of LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund, LVIP Vanguard Domestic ETF Fund, and LVIP Vanguard International Equity ETF Fund. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Funds. For these services, the Funds reimburse Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statements of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

     LVIP
Dimensional/
Vanguard
Total Bond Fund
     LVIP
Vanguard
Domestic
Equity ETF Fund
     LVIP
Vanguard
International
Equity ETF Fund
 

Administrative

   $ 16,935      $ 8,426      $ 5,230  

Legal

     4,088        2,034        1,263  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Funds. Effective May 1, 2017, the Funds pay Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Funds’ average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statements of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Funds. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statements of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Funds reimburse Lincoln Life for the cost of these services. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, these fees were as follows:

 

     LVIP
Dimensional/
Vanguard
Total Bond Fund
     LVIP
Vanguard
Domestic
Equity ETF Fund
     LVIP
Vanguard
International
Equity ETF Fund
 

Printing and mailing

   $ 18,537      $ 3,418      $ 4,918  

The Funds currently offer two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that the Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to their distribution and service plan, the Funds are authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

 

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds–16


LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

In addition to the management fee and other expenses reflected on the Statements of Operations, the Funds indirectly bear the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds and ETFs in which they invest. Because each of the Underlying Funds and ETFs has varied expense and fee levels, and the Funds may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds and ETFs at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, the Funds had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

     LVIP
Dimensional/
Vanguard
Total Bond Fund
     LVIP
Vanguard
Domestic
Equity ETF Fund
     LVIP
Vanguard
International
Equity ETF Fund
 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 104,195      $ 53,163      $ 34,592  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     114,150        43,906        26,468  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     18,537        3,418        4,918  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     15,108        7,709        5,016  

Certain officers and trustees of the Funds are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Funds. The Funds pay compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

Affiliated investments, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers whereby a Fund held 5% or more of the issuers’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds or ETFs). Affiliated investments of the Funds and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

LVIP Dimensional/ Vanguard Total Bond Fund

 

     Value
12/31/16
     Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)
     Value
6/30/17
     Dividends      Capital Gain
Distributions
 

DFA Intermediate Term Extended Quality Portfolio

   $ 110,595,895      $ 11,940,831      $ 4,504,599      $ (156,278   $ 2,646,879      $ 120,522,728      $ 1,693,242      $  

DFA VA Global Bond Portfolio

     23,270,879        2,344,670        548,791        (12,086     415,794        25,470,466                

DFA VA Short-Term Fixed Portfolio

     29,157,913        3,293,766        730,209        (3,321     180,797        31,898,946                

LVIP Money Market Fund

     11,663,615        1,366,087        280,767                     12,748,935        18,000         
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 174,688,302      $ 18,945,354      $ 6,064,366      $ (171,685   $ 3,243,470      $ 190,641,075      $ 1,711,242      $  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LVIP Vanguard Domestic Equity ETF Fund

 

     Value
12/31/16
     Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Gain (Loss )
     Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value
6/30/17
     Dividends      Capital Gain
Distributions
 

LVIP Money Market Fund

   $ 5,634,505      $ 1,251,821      $ 257,092      $      $      $ 6,629,234      $ 9,093      $  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LVIP Vanguard International Equity ETF Fund

 

     Value
12/31/16
     Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value
6/30/17
     Dividends      Capital Gain
Distributions
 

LVIP Money Market Fund

   $ 3,363,669      $ 976,851      $ 72,975      $      $      $ 4,267,545      $ 5,554      $  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds–17


LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, each Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

     LVIP
Dimensional/
Vanguard
Total Bond Fund
     LVIP
Vanguard
Domestic
Equity ETF Fund
     LVIP
Vanguard
International
Equity ETF Fund
 

Purchases

   $ 62,663,532      $ 46,475,274      $ 32,654,936  

Sales

     15,651,836        21,454,399        12,088,523  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for each Fund were as follows:

 

     LVIP
Dimensional/
Vanguard
Total Bond Fund
    LVIP
Vanguard
Domestic
Equity ETF Fund
     LVIP
Vanguard
International
Equity ETF Fund
 

Cost of investments

   $ 633,778,702     $ 235,268,042      $ 185,125,891  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 2,995,973     $ 93,419,940      $ 27,467,085  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (769,153             
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 2,226,820     $ 93,419,940      $ 27,467,085  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Funds had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

     Post-Enactment Losses (No Expiration)  
     Short-Term      Long-Term      Total  

LVIP Vanguard International Equity ETF Fund

   $ 1,224,466      $ 3,714,153      $ 4,938,619  

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that each Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including each Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds–18


LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of each Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

Level 1    LVIP
Dimensional/
Vanguard
Total Bond Fund
     LVIP
Vanguard
Domestic
Equity ETF Fund
     LVIP
Vanguard
International
Equity ETF Fund
 

Investments:

        

Assets:

        

Affiliated investments

   $ 190,641,075      $ 6,629,234      $ 4,267,545  

Unaffiliated investments

     445,364,447        322,058,748        208,325,431  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 636,005,522      $ 328,687,982      $ 212,592,976  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. Each Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     LVIP
Dimensional/
Vanguard
Total Bond Fund
    LVIP
Vanguard
Domestic
Equity ETF Fund
    LVIP
Vanguard
International
Equity ETF Fund
 
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

            

Standard Class

     1,248,768       3,037,293       1,168,569       1,694,667       1,156,775       2,310,444  

Service Class

     6,640,197       13,082,507       1,902,882       3,140,721       2,171,561       2,698,198  

Shares reinvested:

            

Standard Class

           113,484             102,573             158,993  

Service Class

           701,808             202,087             227,860  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     7,888,965       16,935,092       3,071,451       5,140,048       3,328,336       5,395,495  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

            

Standard Class

     (571,142     (573,173     (210,942     (465,082     (380,965     (444,995

Service Class

     (3,242,083     (7,112,296     (1,453,415     (2,264,860     (1,104,247     (2,028,828
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (3,813,225     (7,685,469     (1,664,357     (2,729,942     (1,485,212     (2,473,823
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     4,075,740       9,249,623       1,407,094       2,410,106       1,843,124       2,921,672  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Contractual Obligations

The Funds enter into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Funds’ existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

6. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Funds’ current financial statement presentation and expects that the Funds will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

7. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Allocation Funds–19


 

 

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LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Country and Sector Allocations and Top 10 Equity Holdings      2  
Statement of Net Assets      4  
Statement of Operations      38  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      38  
Financial Highlights      39  
Notes to Financial Statements      41  

 

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts (variable accounts) that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,140.10       0.68%          $3.61        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,138.80       0.93%          4.93        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,021.42       0.68%          $3.41        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,020.18       0.93%          4.66        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–1


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Security Type/Country and Sector Allocations

and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Country   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Common Stock

     98.83

Australia

     5.84

Austria

     0.67

Belgium

     1.45

Canada

     8.54

China

     0.00

Denmark

     1.85

Finland

     2.05

France

     7.76

Germany

     7.35

Hong Kong

     3.02

Ireland

     0.64

Israel

     0.72

Italy

     2.72

Japan

     23.34

Netherlands

     2.65

New Zealand

     0.45

Norway

     0.87

Portugal

     0.26

Singapore

     1.11

Spain

     2.51

Sweden

     2.86

Switzerland

     5.98

United Kingdom

     16.18

United States

     0.01

Preferred Stock

     0.53

Rights

     0.01

Money Market Fund

     0.22

Total Value of Securities

     99.59

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.41

Total Net Assets

     100.00

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Sector*   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Aerospace & Defense

     1.16

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.38

Airlines

     0.50

Auto Components

     2.63

Automobiles

     3.20

Banks

     10.09

Beverages

     1.09

Biotechnology

     0.31

Building Products

     0.95

Capital Markets

     2.36

Chemicals

     5.36

Commercial Services & Supplies

     1.55

Communications Equipment

     0.30
Sector*   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Construction & Engineering

     2.01

Construction Materials

     0.79

Consumer Finance

     0.28

Containers & Packaging

     0.97

Distributors

     0.24

Diversified Consumer Services

     0.15

Diversified Financial Services

     0.59

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     2.20

Electric Utilities

     1.23

Electrical Equipment

     1.60

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     1.91

Energy Equipment & Services

     0.71

Food & Staples Retailing

     2.13

Food Products

     2.86

Gas Utilities

     0.32

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     0.98

Health Care Providers & Services

     0.87

Health Care Technology

     0.07

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     2.18

Household Durables

     2.26

Household Products

     0.26

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     0.33

Industrial Conglomerates

     1.29

Insurance

     4.56

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     0.20

Internet Software & Services

     0.39

IT Services

     1.26

Leisure Products

     0.37

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     0.33

Machinery

     4.02

Marine

     0.36

Media

     1.92

Metals & Mining

     4.81

Multiline Retail

     0.59

Multi-Utilities

     0.98

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     4.69

Paper & Forest Products

     1.08

Personal Products

     0.53

Pharmaceuticals

     3.26

Professional Services

     1.34

Real Estate Management & Development

     2.34

Road & Rail

     1.16

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     0.83

Software

     1.11

Specialty Retail

     1.28

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.69

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     1.19

Thrift & Mortgage Finance

     0.15

Tobacco

     0.35

Trading Companies & Distributors

     1.70
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–2


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Security Type/Country and Sector Allocations

and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited) (continued)

 

Sector*   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Transportation Infrastructure

     0.71 %   

Water Utilities

     0.12 %   

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     0.94 %   

Total

     99.37 %   

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings   

Percentage 

of Net Assets

Nestle

     0.83 %   

HSBC Holdings ADR

     0.62 %   

Toyota Motor

     0.62 %   

Novartis

     0.51 %   

Daimler

     0.50 %   

BASF

     0.42 %   

BP ADR

     0.40 %   

UPM-Kymmene

     0.38 %   

TOTAL

     0.35 %   

Royal Dutch Shell ADR

     0.34 %   

Total

     4.97 %   

*Allocation includes all investments except for short-term investments.

IT–Information Technology

    

 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–3


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    

Number of

Shares

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK–98.83%

 

  

Australia–5.84%

 

  

Adelaide Brighton

     12,534      $ 54,237  

AGL Energy

     2,783        54,545  

Ainsworth Game Technology

     6,705        11,131  

Altium

     1,848        12,173  

Alumina

     49,422        72,933  

Alumina ADR

     2,200        13,024  

Amcor

     7,139        88,945  

AMP

     78,519        313,215  

Ansell

     5,518        100,642  

AP Eagers

     1,590        10,217  

APA Group

     4,803        33,852  

ARB

     745        8,996  

Aristocrat Leisure

     6,690                116,002  

Asaleo Care

     16,870        19,060  

Aurizon Holdings

     19,965        82,250  

Ausdrill

     4,028        5,681  

AusNet Services

     18,433        24,581  

Austal

     8,748        12,304  

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group

     19,762        436,230  

†Australian Agricultural

     17,102        24,383  

Australian Pharmaceutical Industries

     13,270        19,430  

Automotive Holdings Group

     8,745        22,517  

Aveo Group

     10,918        23,329  

Bank of Queensland

     10,383        91,375  

Beach Energy

     51,415        22,722  

Bendigo & Adelaide Bank

     12,081        102,884  

BHP Billiton

     33,258        595,086  

BHP Billiton ADR

     4,100        145,919  

Blackmores

     209        15,395  

BlueScope Steel

     23,996        243,636  

Boral

     27,282        145,734  

Brambles

     8,705        65,100  

Breville Group

     2,406        19,325  

Brickworks

     2,502        26,519  

BT Investment Management

     2,160        18,893  

Cabcharge Australia

     7,280        14,156  

Caltex Australia

     1,697        41,229  

†Cardno

     10,023        9,398  

carsales.com

     4,834        42,802  

Cedar Woods Properties

     3,504        14,031  

Challenger

     2,572        26,371  

Cleanaway Waste Management

     50,865        53,755  

Coca-Cola Amatil

     6,680        47,389  

Cochlear

     684        81,724  

†=Collins Foods

     468        2,122  

Collins Foods (Athens Exchange)

     5,145        23,331  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

     9,736        619,675  

Computershare

     5,618        61,056  

Corporate Travel Management

     894        15,763  

Credit Corp Group

     1,365        18,580  

Crown Resorts

     4,234        39,962  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Australia (continued)

 

  

CSG

     9,755      $ 5,586  

CSL

     1,423                150,966  

CSR

     19,012        61,811  

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises

     795        31,823  

Downer EDI

     23,838        117,443  

DuluxGroup

     3,860        20,590  

Eclipx Group

     8,271        22,695  

†Energy Resources of Australia

     12,324        4,310  

†Energy World

     39,810        11,627  

ERM Power

     5,246        4,818  

Event Hospitality & Entertainment

     2,844        29,225  

Evolution Mining

     43,737        81,015  

Fairfax Media

     80,391        67,967  

Flight Centre Travel Group

     2,450        72,122  

Fortescue Metals Group

     42,223        169,403  

G8 Education

     10,481        29,081  

Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia

     9,798        22,065  

GrainCorp Class A

     6,889        50,143  

Greencross

     3,054        14,201  

GUD Holdings

     1,292        12,820  

GWA Group

     8,661        20,969  

Hansen Technologies

     6,741        20,932  

Harvey Norman Holdings

     12,146        35,661  

Healthscope

     28,065        47,671  

HFA Holdings

     2,382        4,394  

HT&E

     5,727        11,621  

Iluka Resources

     3,994        26,646  

IMF Bentham

     8,126        11,804  

Incitec Pivot

     37,359        97,915  

Independence Group

     17,723        42,909  

Insurance Australia Group

     4,887        25,467  

Integral Diagnostics

     9,867        12,589  

InvoCare

     2,555        28,867  

IOOF Holdings

     6,700        50,466  

IRESS

     2,733        26,656  

iSentia Group

     6,749        11,153  

James Hardie Industries CDI

     3,210        50,578  

Japara Healthcare

     6,227        10,051  

JB Hi-Fi

     2,149        38,601  

†Link Administration Holdings

     2,072        12,581  

Link Administration Holdings (Athens Exchange)

     5,697        34,592  

Macquarie Atlas Roads Group

     7,100        30,614  

Macquarie Group

     4,569        310,788  

Magellan Financial Group

     1,909        42,316  

Mantra Group

     9,769        22,901  

†Mayne Pharma Group

     20,988        17,503  

McMillan Shakespeare

     2,428        25,007  

Medibank Pvt

     33,796        72,732  

†Mesoblast

     4,594        7,344  

†Metals X

     23,081        11,886  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–4


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Australia (continued)

 

  

Metcash

     35,847      $ 66,125  

Mineral Resources

     7,647        63,771  

Monadelphous Group

     2,631        28,290  

Myer Holdings

     37,090        23,804  

National Australia Bank

     16,733        380,556  

Navitas

     8,596        32,043  

Newcrest Mining

     10,716        166,044  

nib holdings

     7,558        33,402  

Nine Entertainment Holdings

     14,493        15,372  

Northern Star Resources

     8,386        30,616  

Nufarm

     6,522        48,273  

OFX Group

     8,551        10,581  

Oil Search

     13,171        69,040  

Orica

     16,321        259,417  

†Origin Energy

     22,176                116,925  

Orora

     33,159        72,890  

OZ Minerals

     12,366        70,428  

Pacific Current Group

     1,154        5,898  

Pact Group Holdings

     4,699        21,634  

Perpetual

     1,243        53,376  

†Perseus Mining

     24,054        5,361  

Platinum Asset Management

     4,023        14,316  

Premier Investments

     4,742        46,178  

Primary Health Care

     18,901        52,879  

Programmed Maintenance Services

     6,193        8,877  

Qantas Airways

     9,895        43,502  

QBE Insurance Group

     9,399        85,316  

Qube Holdings

     29,280        59,187  

=Quintis

     11,219        2,794  

Ramsay Health Care

     886        50,120  

†RCR Tomlinson

     2,087        5,470  

REA Group

     640        32,662  

Regis Healthcare

     6,738        20,353  

Regis Resources

     5,650        16,415  

Reject Shop

     2,536        8,109  

Resolute Mining

     20,493        18,744  

Ridley

     9,945        10,587  

Rio Tinto

     3,940        191,600  

Sandfire Resources

     5,612        24,371  

†Santos

     21,093        49,123  

†Saracen Mineral Holdings

     31,831        28,624  

SEEK

     3,406        44,268  

Select Harvests

     2,007        7,559  

Seven Group Holdings

     3,584        30,136  

Seven West Media

     48,144        26,457  

SG Fleet Group

     6,686        19,528  

Sigma Healthcare

     22,208        15,277  

†Silver Lake Resources

     18,565        6,706  

Sims Metal Management

     6,252        72,944  

Sirtex Medical

     1,494        18,660  

†Slater & Gordon

     15,496        965  

SMS Management & Technology

     4,019        5,545  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Australia (continued)

 

  

Sonic Healthcare

     3,151      $ 58,657  

South32

     38,363        79,022  

South32 ADR

     4,200        43,218  

Southern Cross Media Group

     32,767        31,355  

Spark Infrastructure Group

     24,227        48,787  

SpeedCast International

     3,597        10,561  

Spotless Group Holdings

     25,020        22,115  

†St Barbara

     15,960        35,697  

Star Entertainment Group

     27,176        105,482  

Steadfast Group

     10,681        21,837  

Suncorp Group

     9,552        108,804  

Super Retail Group

     7,541        47,527  

Sydney Airport

     4,421        24,092  

Tabcorp Holdings

     35,276        118,484  

Tassal Group

     6,917        20,256  

Tatts Group

     29,582        95,040  

Technology One

     8,398        37,179  

Telstra

     11,902        39,336  

Thorn Group

     8,175        8,922  

Tox Free Solutions

     5,658        10,437  

TPG Telecom

     7,361        32,249  

Transurban Group

     3,992        36,359  

Treasury Wine Estates

     1,807        18,277  

Villa World

     10,756        18,601  

Village Roadshow

     3,360        10,459  

†Virgin Australia Holdings

     38,668        4,755  

Virtus Health

     2,673        11,053  

Vocus Group

     8,948        23,177  

Webjet

     4,869        46,218  

Wesfarmers

     6,044        186,374  

†Western Areas

     6,865        11,133  

†Westgold Resources

     5,952        8,417  

Westpac Banking

     24,871        583,225  

Westpac Banking ADR

     1,600        37,440  

†Whitehaven Coal

     17,815        39,298  

Woodside Petroleum

     7,506        172,323  

Woolworths

     3,465        68,018  

†WorleyParsons

     7,803        67,291  
     

 

 

 
                11,239,127  
     

 

 

 

Austria–0.67%

     

ANDRITZ

     1,114        67,104  

†Atrium European Real Estate

     4,170        18,618  

Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik

     1,434        16,115  

†BUWOG

     3,322        95,444  

CA Immobilien Anlagen

     1,602        39,083  

DO & CO

     154        10,872  

†Erste Group Bank

     4,281        163,922  

EVN

     934        13,964  

Lenzing

     116        20,788  

Mayr Melnhof Karton

     125        16,347  

Oesterreichische Post

     634        27,542  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–5


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Austria (continued)

 

  

OMV

     2,874      $ 149,142  

Palfinger

     421        19,618  

POLYTEC Holding

     1,389        26,161  

Porr

     255        8,047  

†Raiffeisen Bank International

     4,321        109,069  

RHI

     479        17,753  

†S IMMO

     1,531        22,208  

†Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment

     215        14,071  

Semperit Holding

     457        13,331  

Strabag

     572        24,734  

†Telekom Austria

     5,124        40,264  

UNIQA Insurance Group

     5,225        48,697  

Verbund

     1,857        35,399  

Vienna Insurance Group

     1,697        47,865  

voestalpine

     3,317        154,571  

Wienerberger

     2,941        66,812  

Zumtobel Group

     329        6,102  
     

 

 

 
                1,293,643  
     

 

 

 

Belgium–1.45%

     

Ackermans & van Haaren

     757        126,406  

Ageas

     5,244        211,187  

†AGFA-Gevaert

     10,744        52,276  

Anheuser-Busch InBev

     4,442        490,651  

Anheuser-Busch InBev ADR

     1,200        132,432  

Barco

     316        32,450  

Bekaert

     1,429        72,703  

bpost

     1,996        48,182  

Cie d’Entreprises CFE

     299        42,381  

Colruyt

     2,057        108,366  

D’ieteren

     1,058        49,447  

Econocom Group

     3,074        25,704  

Elia System Operator

     497        28,130  

Euronav

     2,462        19,476  

EVS Broadcast Equipment

     474        19,057  

†Fagron

     1,095        13,476  

†Galapagos

     316        24,131  

Ion Beam Applications

     247        13,613  

KBC Group

     3,720        282,163  

Kinepolis Group

     347        19,261  

Lotus Bakeries

     6        15,974  

Melexis

     433        35,558  

†Nyrstar

     2,513        15,332  

Ontex Group

     1,952        69,359  

Orange Belgium

     1,441        33,740  

Proximus SADP

     2,859        100,019  

Recticel

     1,679        13,021  

Sioen Industries

     782        25,281  

Sipef

     212        15,255  

Solvay Class A

     2,177        292,159  

†Telenet Group Holding

     551        34,707  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Belgium (continued)

 

  

†Tessenderlo Group

     1,566      $ 67,341  

UCB

     1,889        129,948  

Umicore

     1,752        121,864  

Van de Velde

     150        8,027  
     

 

 

 
                2,789,077  
     

 

 

 

Canada–8.54%

     

Absolute Software

     1,400        8,291  

†Advantage Oil & Gas

     4,200        28,404  

†Advantage Oil & Gas (New York Shares)

     4,123        27,830  

Aecon Group

     2,600        32,360  

AGF Management Class B

     2,300        11,954  

Agnico Eagle Mines

     1,585        71,515  

Agrium

     400        36,252  

Agrium (New York Shares)

     497        44,974  

AGT Food & Ingredients

     800        14,362  

Aimia

     2,561        3,416  

†Air Canada

     2,506        33,586  

AirBoss of America

     1,300        13,132  

†Alacer Gold

     10,000        16,039  

Alamos Gold

     7,580        53,775  

Alamos Gold (New York Shares)

     5,800        41,644  

Alaris Royalty

     1,989        35,323  

Algonquin Power & Utilities

     6,021        63,377  

Alimentation Couche-Tard Class B

     1,200        57,520  

AltaGas

     5,362        122,721  

Altus Group

     800        17,292  

†Amaya

     3,470        62,113  

Andrew Peller Class A

     100        844  

ARC Resources

     6,700        87,625  

†Argonaut Gold

     3,300        6,031  

Atco

     1,300        50,835  

†Athabasca Oil

     13,108        10,209  

†ATS Automation Tooling Systems

     3,200        32,795  

†AuRico Metals

     5,788        5,088  

AutoCanada

     579        8,519  

†Avigilon

     1,400        15,535  

†B2Gold

     24,900        70,084  

Badger Daylighting

     700        14,369  

Bank of Montreal

     1,500        110,140  

Bank of Montreal (New York Shares)

     6,284        461,497  

Bank of Nova Scotia

     5,700        342,888  

Bank of Nova Scotia (New York Shares)

     8,042        483,565  

Barrick Gold

     2,500        39,771  

Barrick Gold (New York Shares)

     3,400        54,094  

†Baytex Energy

     7,212        17,518  

BCE

     1,429        64,357  

†Bellatrix Exploration

     6,491        3,704  

Birchcliff Energy

     8,212        38,692  

Bird Construction

     622        4,087  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–6


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Canada (continued)

 

  

Black Diamond Group

     2,500      $ 5,321  

†BlackBerry

     11,829        118,217  

†BlackBerry (New York Shares)

     1,400        13,986  

†BlackPearl Resources

     4,845        3,736  

†Bombardier Class B

     30,946        56,318  

Bonavista Energy

     10,324        21,575  

Bonterra Energy

     913        11,786  

Boralex Class A

     1,496        25,333  

Brookfield Asset Management Class A

     1,800        70,637  

Brookfield Asset Management (New York Shares) Class A

     899        35,250  

BRP

     951        27,860  

CAE

     2,800        48,279  

CAE (New York Shares)

     2,826        48,720  

†Calfrac Well Services

     2,400        4,645  

Cameco

     8,936        81,380  

Cameco (New York Shares)

     4,973        45,254  

Canaccord Genuity Group

     3,700        15,207  

†Canacol Energy

     800        2,646  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

     2,745        222,784  

Canadian National Railway

     1,700                137,935  

Canadian National Railway (New York Shares)

     502        40,687  

Canadian Natural Resources

     4,052        116,860  

Canadian Pacific Railway

     200        32,162  

Canadian Tire Class A

     909        103,433  

Canadian Utilities Class A

     1,000        32,133  

Canadian Western Bank

     4,045        85,404  

Canam Group

     2,500        23,712  

†Canfor

     3,400        51,362  

Canfor Pulp Products

     1,800        17,434  

Capital Power

     1,600        30,006  

†Capstone Mining

     14,500        10,510  

Cardinal Energy

     4,400        16,354  

Cascades

     3,168        43,216  

CCL Industries Class B

     2,000        101,188  

†Celestica

     5,920        80,394  

Cenovus Energy

     7,810        57,575  

Cenovus Energy (New York Shares)

     2,698        19,884  

Centerra Gold

     10,627        58,019  

†CGI Group Class A

     500        25,547  

†CGI Group (New York Shares) Class A

     1,196        61,080  

†China Gold International Resources

     14,900        22,750  

CI Financial

     3,400        72,468  

Cineplex

     1,100        44,838  

Cogeco

     500        26,026  

Cogeco Communications

     600        36,649  

Colliers International Group

     100        5,652  

Colliers International Group (New York Shares)

     599        33,814  

Computer Modelling Group

     4,100        32,185  

Constellation Software

     200        104,628  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Canada (continued)

 

  

Corus Entertainment Class B

     5,500      $ 57,808  

Cott

     3,200        46,218  

Cott (New York Shares)

     1,710        24,692  

Crescent Point Energy

     3,657        27,975  

Crescent Point Energy (New York Shares)

     2,503        19,148  

†Crew Energy

     5,725        17,703  

†CRH Medical

     1,667        9,502  

†Delphi Energy

     4,020        3,782  

†Descartes Systems Group

     700        17,045  

†Detour Gold

     3,495        40,912  

DHX Media

     4,700        20,804  

Dollarama

     800        76,440  

Dominion Diamond

     2,600        32,656  

Dorel Industries Class B

     1,100        29,239  

†Dundee Precious Metals

     1,500        2,799  

ECN Capital

     8,700        26,835  

Eldorado Gold

     27,866        73,920  

Element Fleet Management

     11,500        78,925  

Emera

     109        4,052  

Empire Class A

     7,355        125,457  

Enbridge

     2,615        104,173  

Enbridge (New York Shares)

     1,997        79,501  

Enbridge Income Fund Holdings

     4,300        106,737  

Encana

     2,000        17,597  

Encana (New York Shares)

     7,474        65,771  

†Endeavour Mining

     2,394        41,315  

Enercare

     2,770        42,122  

Enerflex

     3,900        56,599  

Enerplus

     9,300        75,444  

Enghouse Systems

     500        20,261  

Ensign Energy Services

     5,600        29,926  

Equitable Group

     556        25,502  

Evertz Technologies

     800        10,981  

Exchange Income

     808        20,599  

Exco Technologies

     2,400        19,766  

Extendicare

     1,700        13,568  

Fairfax Financial Holdings

     300                130,015  

Finning International

     4,800        94,090  

First Capital Realty

     1,500        22,856  

†First Majestic Silver

     4,128        34,251  

First National Financial

     1,200        25,123  

First Quantum Minerals

     11,264        95,285  

FirstService

     700        44,916  

Fortis

     1,700        59,752  

†Fortuna Silver Mines

     4,027        19,719  

Franco-Nevada

     199        14,360  

Gamehost

     1,600        11,413  

Genworth MI Canada

     1,900        52,276  

George Weston

     700        63,366  

Gibson Energy

     2,800        36,188  

Gildan Activewear

     1,700        52,240  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–7


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Canada (continued)

 

  

Gildan Activewear (New York Shares)

     499      $ 15,334  

Gluskin Sheff + Associates

     900        11,625  

†GMP Capital

     3,200        7,847  

Goldcorp

     3,707        47,795  

Goldcorp (New York Shares)

     7,337        94,721  

†Gran Tierra Energy

     17,600        39,087  

Granite Oil

     867        3,094  

†Great Canadian Gaming

     1,654        30,458  

Great-West Lifeco

     2,169        58,791  

†Heroux-Devtek

     1,187        13,391  

High Liner Foods

     600        8,092  

Home Capital Group

     2,212        28,980  

Horizon North Logistics

     5,000        5,128  

Hudbay Minerals

     8,499        49,154  

Hudbay Minerals (New York Shares)

     2,400        13,800  

Hudson’s Bay

     2,000        17,844  

†Husky Energy

     4,784        54,303  

#Hydro One 144A

     600        10,748  

†IAMGOLD

     19,100        98,534  

IGM Financial

     1,300        40,319  

†Imperial Metals

     3,600        13,242  

Imperial Oil

     1,600        46,638  

Imperial Oil (New York Shares)

     898        26,204  

Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services

     4,123                178,871  

Innergex Renewable Energy

     1,751        19,255  

Intact Financial

     500        37,770  

Inter Pipeline

     2,300        45,049  

†Interfor

     2,800        40,117  

Intertape Polymer Group

     1,327        25,265  

Jean Coutu Group Class A

     1,400        21,484  

Just Energy Group

     1,946        10,204  

Just Energy Group (New York Shares)

     2,000        10,480  

†Kelt Exploration

     6,500        31,477  

Keyera

     2,500        78,694  

†Kinaxis

     200        12,452  

†Kinross Gold

     47,459        192,866  

Kirkland Lake Gold

     2,100        19,870  

†Klondex Mines

     6,555        22,089  

Laurentian Bank of Canada

     1,387        57,938  

Leon’s Furniture

     1,469        19,880  

Linamar

     2,000        98,581  

Loblaw

     1,133        63,028  

Lucara Diamond

     8,031        17,093  

Lundin Mining

     26,700        151,742  

MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates

     865        45,011  

Magellan Aerospace

     1,000        15,608  

Magna International

     3,400        157,494  

Magna International (New York Shares)

     2,697        124,952  

†Major Drilling Group International

     3,266        21,382  

Mandalay Resources

     14,708        4,253  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Canada (continued)

 

  

Manulife Financial

     9,853      $ 184,706  

Manulife Financial (New York Shares)

     7,306        137,061  

Maple Leaf Foods

     2,822        71,246  

Martinrea International

     4,000        32,665  

Medical Facilities

     2,453        27,693  

†MEG Energy

     5,238        15,389  

Methanex

     200        8,829  

Methanex (New York Shares)

     1,787        78,717  

Metro Class A

     1,500        49,368  

†Mitel Networks

     2,719        19,982  

Morguard

     200        28,493  

Morneau Shepell

     2,000        32,141  

MTY Food Group

     600        21,450  

Mullen Group

     4,700        57,989  

National Bank of Canada

     6,600                277,528  

Nevsun Resources

     13,699        33,064  

New Flyer Industries

     1,600        66,922  

†New Gold

     19,577        62,197  

†New Gold (New York Shares)

     2,694        8,567  

Norbord

     1,200        37,357  

North West

     800        19,284  

Northland Power

     2,146        38,227  

†NuVista Energy

     9,000        45,458  

†Obsidian Energy

     20,800        26,144  

OceanaGold

     26,800        80,805  

Onex

     600        48,031  

Open Text

     1,596        50,338  

Osisko Gold Royalties

     3,300        40,334  

†Painted Pony Energy

     4,000        14,590  

Pan American Silver

     2,619        44,047  

Pan American Silver (New York Shares)

     2,800        47,096  

†Paramount Resources Class A

     2,200        32,386  

†Parex Resources

     2,387        27,150  

Parkland Fuel

     500        11,455  

Pembina Pipeline

     1,800        59,616  

Pembina Pipeline (New York Shares)

     499        16,527  

†Pengrowth Energy

     23,764        18,692  

Peyto Exploration & Development

     1,900        34,460  

†PHX Energy Services

     2,800        5,074  

Pizza Pizza Royalty

     900        11,923  

Potash Corp of Saskatchewan

     2,500        40,773  

Potash Corp of Saskatchewan (New York Shares)

     8,372        136,464  

PrairieSky Royalty

     228        5,189  

†Precision Drilling

     7,507        25,645  

†Precision Drilling (New York Shares)

     5,200        17,732  

Premium Brands Holdings

     800        57,397  

Quarterhill

     7,500        10,815  

Quebecor Class B

     1,000        33,097  

†Raging River Exploration

     3,267        20,381  

Restaurant Brands International

     569        35,602  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–8


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Canada (continued)

 

  

Richelieu Hardware

     900      $ 20,855  

†Richmont Mines

     4,400        34,269  

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers

     1,492        42,880  

Rogers Communications Class B

     500        23,616  

Rogers Communications (New York Shares) Class B

     500        23,605  

Rogers Sugar

     3,400        16,622  

Royal Bank of Canada

     5,563        403,429  

Russel Metals

     1,400        28,026  

†Sandstorm Gold

     8,400        32,452  

Sandvine

     5,400        17,864  

Saputo

     2,500        79,523  

Secure Energy Services

     5,400        36,852  

†SEMAFO

     13,600        31,357  

†Seven Generations Energy Class A

     753        12,896  

Shaw Communications Class B

     4,180        91,082  

ShawCor

     1,261        25,749  

†Sherritt International

     9,600        5,700  

†Shopify Class A

     400        34,732  

Sienna Senior Living

     700        9,700  

†Sierra Wireless

     900        25,276  

†Sierra Wireless (Nasdaq Stock Market)

     507        14,247  

†Silver Standard Resources

     5,463        53,033  

SNC-Lavalin Group

     1,589        68,704  

†Spartan Energy

     3,633        17,231  

Sprott

     5,700        10,022  

Stantec

     2,500        62,943  

Stantec (New York Shares)

     1,534        38,503  

Stella-Jones

     900        30,717  

Student Transportation

     3,000        18,183  

Student Transportation (New York Shares)

     1,945        11,806  

Sun Life Financial

     1,700        60,774  

Sun Life Financial (New York Shares)

     3,673        131,310  

Suncor Energy

     13,192        385,448  

†SunOpta

     4,163        42,463  

Superior Plus

     4,300        37,867  

Surge Energy

     7,100        11,443  

Tahoe Resources

     3,572        30,799  

Tahoe Resources (New York Shares)

     4,400        37,928  

†Taseko Mines

     7,100        8,979  

Teck Resources Class B

     3,215        55,732  

Teck Resources (New York Shares) Class B

     6,725                116,544  

†Teranga Gold

     2,960        8,012  

TFI International

     4,100        88,431  

Thomson Reuters

     700        32,409  

Thomson Reuters (New York Shares)

     300        13,887  

TMX Group

     1,518        82,596  

TORC Oil & Gas

     6,234        24,373  

Toromont Industries

     1,400        51,539  

Toronto-Dominion Bank

     7,400        372,910  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Canada (continued)

 

  

Toronto-Dominion Bank (New York Shares)

     5,265      $ 265,251  

Torstar Class B

     2,100        2,413  

Total Energy Services

     1,899        19,476  

†Tourmaline Oil

     3,700        79,547  

TransAlta

     11,388        72,883  

TransAlta Renewables

     2,064        24,925  

TransCanada

     2,495        118,937  

Transcontinental Class A

     4,100        81,254  

†Trican Well Service

     12,870        36,026  

†Trinidad Drilling

     8,700        13,082  

†Trisura Group

     15        251  

†Turquoise Hill Resources

     10,841        28,841  

Uni-Select

     1,700        41,058  

†Valeant Pharmaceuticals International

     5,897        102,018  

Valener

     700        12,048  

Veresen

     8,359        118,217  

Vermilion Energy

     800        25,379  

Wajax

     700        12,221  

Waste Connections

     600        38,652  

West Fraser Timber

     3,000        141,996  

Western Forest Products

     15,500        27,969  

Westjet Airlines

     1,300        23,207  

Westshore Terminals Investment

     1,600        25,922  

Wheaton Precious Metals

     770        15,295  

Wheaton Precious Metals (New York Shares)

     700        13,923  

Whitecap Resources

     15,200        108,538  

Winpak

     695        31,202  

WSP Global

     1,975        81,952  

Yamana Gold

     23,603        56,969  

†Yellow Pages

     600        3,442  

ZCL Composites

     2,300        23,092  
     

 

 

 
                16,448,024  
     

 

 

 

China–0.00%

     

K Wah International Holdings

     18,000        10,928  
     

 

 

 
        10,928  
     

 

 

 

Denmark–1.85%

     

ALK-Abello Class A

     105        15,668  

Alm Brand

     2,384        21,239  

Ambu Class B

     636        41,030  

AP Moller - Maersk Class A

     26        49,641  

AP Moller - Maersk Class B

     42        84,447  

†Bang & Olufsen

     1,372        22,971  

†Bavarian Nordic

     821        48,362  

Carlsberg Class B

     1,168        124,777  

Chr Hansen Holding

     1,372        99,786  

Coloplast Class B

     259        21,642  

†D/S Norden

     1,234        22,423  

Danske Bank

     4,360        167,694  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–9


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Denmark (continued)

 

  

Dfds

     1,405      $ 74,865  

DSV

     4,845        297,680  

FLSmidth & Co.

     1,173        74,124  

†Genmab

     148        31,576  

GN Store Nord

     4,158        121,412  

H Lundbeck

     1,488        83,516  

IC Group

     491        10,559  

ISS

     3,121        122,580  

Jyske Bank

     1,834        106,203  

Matas

     1,226        19,397  

†NKT

     848        67,993  

Nordjyske Bank Class A

     540        9,539  

Novo Nordisk Class B

     12,030        515,174  

Novo Nordisk ADR

     2,700        115,803  

Novozymes Class B

     2,145        93,868  

Pandora

     1,322        123,360  

Per Aarsleff Holding Class B

     810        19,658  

Ringkjoebing Landbobank

     795        39,687  

Rockwool International Class A

     80        16,884  

Rockwool International Class B

     226        49,745  

Royal Unibrew

     1,093        52,431  

RTX

     880        21,830  

Schouw & Co.

     547        58,688  

SimCorp

     1,167        70,697  

Solar Class B

     133        7,712  

Spar Nord Bank

     2,717        35,640  

Sydbank

     2,661        100,303  

TDC

     26,912        156,503  

†Topdanmark

     1,484        47,390  

Tryg

     2,587        56,585  

Vestas Wind Systems

     1,932        178,352  

†William Demant Holding

     2,645        68,458  
     

 

 

 
                3,567,892  
     

 

 

 

Finland–2.05%

     

†Ahlstrom-Munksjo Class MUNKSJO

     592        12,037  

Aktia Bank

     1,025        10,969  

†Amer Sports Class A

     5,961        149,103  

Cargotec Class B

     848        53,803  

†Caverion

     638        5,108  

†Citycon

     10,113        26,543  

Cramo

     1,559        46,652  

Elisa

     1,673        64,834  

Finnair

     1,970        14,423  

Fiskars

     1,151        28,264  

Fortum

     5,077        79,616  

Huhtamaki

     6,263        246,788  

Kemira

     3,334        42,116  

Kesko Class A

     640        31,922  

Kesko Class B

     4,226        214,982  

Kone Class B

     2,104        107,033  

Konecranes

     1,835        77,651  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Finland (continued)

 

  

Lassila & Tikanoja

     1,511      $ 31,772  

Lemminkainen

     505        14,823  

Metsa Board

     12,062        87,550  

Metso

     3,349        116,129  

Neste

     6,313        248,686  

Nokia

     31,472        192,489  

Nokian Renkaat

     3,744        154,970  

Olvi Class A

     782        27,366  

Oriola Class B

     5,656        23,644  

Orion Class A

     901        57,371  

Orion Class B

     1,511        96,472  

Outokumpu

     9,356        74,695  

Raisio

     7,392        30,732  

Ramirent

     2,803        28,269  

Sampo Class A

     3,034        155,487  

Sanoma

     4,161        38,875  

†Stockmann Class B

     1,585        13,785  

Stora Enso Class R

     17,391        224,652  

Technopolis

     5,160        21,747  

Tieto

     2,524        78,037  

Tikkurila

     1,661        35,912  

UPM-Kymmene

     25,857        737,133  

Uponor

     1,300        23,623  

Vaisala Class A

     415        20,695  

Valmet

     3,035        58,964  

Wartsila

     2,037        120,399  

YIT

     2,540        21,236  
     

 

 

 
                3,947,357  
     

 

 

 

France–7.76%

     

Aeroports de Paris

     216        34,859  

†Air France-KLM

     6,308        89,950  

Air Liquide

     1,568        193,774  

Airbus

     1,379        113,402  

Akka Technologies

     602        31,154  

Albioma

     1,323        30,463  

†Alstom

     3,511        122,749  

Alten

     981        80,997  

Altran Technologies

     4,400        71,713  

#Amundi 144A

     793        57,378  

†Antalis International

     400        1,074  

Arkema

     2,332        248,850  

Assystem

     625        22,129  

Atos

     1,592        223,469  

Aubay

     366        11,788  

AXA

     13,320        364,362  

Beneteau

     810        14,011  

BioMerieux

     146        31,600  

BNP Paribas

     9,012        649,080  

Boiron

     383        37,786  

Bollore

     9,488        43,141  

Bonduelle

     665        24,928  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–10


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

France (continued)

 

  

Bourbon

     1,171      $ 11,368  

Bouygues

     4,255                179,426  

Bureau Veritas

     3,389        74,996  

Capgemini

     1,703        175,991  

Carrefour

     10,001        253,012  

Casino Guichard Perrachon

     1,732        102,590  

†CGG

     750        3,461  

Chargeurs

     1,154        31,712  

†Christian Dior

     229        65,480  

Cie de Saint-Gobain

     5,714        305,298  

Cie des Alpes

     539        18,050  

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin

     3,640        483,924  

Cie Plastic Omnium

     1,729        63,064  

CNP Assurances

     2,808        63,037  

†Coface

     2,535        25,421  

Credit Agricole

     8,306        133,620  

Danone

     2,330        175,134  

Dassault Aviation

     6        8,378  

Dassault Systemes

     720        64,546  

Derichebourg

     4,013        33,918  

Devoteam

     373        29,651  

Edenred

     4,447        115,957  

Eiffage

     1,763        160,203  

Electricite de France

     8,717        94,404  

#Elior Group 144A

     3,020        87,750  

Elis

     1,137        26,050  

Engie

     19,674        296,950  

†Eramet

     180        8,831  

Essilor International

     657        83,594  

†Esso SA Francaise

     184        12,168  

Euler Hermes Group

     379        45,019  

Eurofins Scientific

     126        70,970  

#Euronext 144A

     1,225        63,591  

#Europcar Groupe 144A

     1,155        16,899  

Eutelsat Communications

     5,367        137,065  

Exel Industries Class A

     95        10,632  

Faurecia

     2,318        117,734  

†Fnac Darty

     298        24,128  

Gaztransport Et Technigaz

     801        31,997  

GL Events

     693        19,550  

Groupe Crit

     166        15,452  

Groupe Eurotunnel

     5,663        60,398  

Guerbet

     341        30,527  

Havas

     2,551        26,823  

Hermes International

     73        36,073  

Iliad

     164        38,792  

Imerys

     411        35,747  

Ingenico Group

     1,757        159,517  

Interparfums

     116        4,389  

Ipsen

     355        48,595  

IPSOS

     1,469        55,116  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

France (continued)

 

  

Jacquet Metal Service

     688      $ 18,223  

JCDecaux

     423        13,875  

Kering

     54        18,392  

Korian

     1,510        51,524  

Lagardere

     5,677                179,282  

Le Noble Age

     292        19,984  

Lectra

     805        22,094  

Legrand

     1,419        99,269  

Linedata Services

     218        13,052  

LISI

     866        41,255  

L’Oreal

     636        132,497  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton

     1,061        264,541  

Manitou BF

     108        3,368  

Mersen

     554        18,192  

Metropole Television

     1,918        44,645  

MGI Coutier

     593        23,719  

Natixis

     11,377        76,367  

†Naturex

     119        12,559  

Neopost

     1,745        81,018  

Nexans

     888        48,582  

†Nexity

     866        50,325  

Oeneo

     1,987        21,129  

Orange

     28,642        454,390  

Orange ADR

     1,900        30,362  

Orpea

     889        99,080  

Pernod Ricard

     118        15,802  

Peugeot

     13,688        273,043  

Plastivaloire

     1,424        40,595  

Publicis Groupe

     1,397        104,208  

Rallye

     741        15,259  

Renault

     3,251        294,266  

Rexel

     11,991        196,188  

Robertet

     45        20,764  

Rothschild & Co.

     861        31,429  

Rubis

     885        100,312  

Safran

     1,748        160,197  

Sanofi

     6,255        598,394  

Sartorius Stedim Biotech

     594        46,066  

Savencia

     172        16,207  

†Schneider Electric

     3,234        248,476  

SCOR

     4,391        174,077  

SEB

     610        109,558  

†Sequana

     2,004        2,449  

SES FDR

     5,822        136,483  

†SFR Group

     770        26,076  

Societe BIC

     290        34,414  

Societe Generale

     6,090        327,683  

Sodexo

     581        75,118  

†Solocal Group

     24,875        32,417  

Somfy

     160        16,739  

Sopra Steria Group

     491        78,371  

SPIE

     2,022        60,738  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–11


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

France (continued)

 

  

†Ste Industrielle d’Aviation Latecoere

     2,261      $ 10,769  

Stef

     120        12,542  

STK Etablissememen

     4,634        0  

STMicroelectronics

     13,472        193,415  

STMicroelectronics (New York Shares)

     1,700        24,446  

Suez

     3,787        70,135  

Synergie

     481        23,678  

Tarkett

     799        37,124  

Technicolor

     4,240        18,489  

Teleperformance

     2,918        373,773  

Television Francaise 1

     2,522        35,315  

Thales

     671        72,224  

Thermador Groupe

     42        4,471  

TOTAL

     13,736        679,080  

TOTAL ADR

     4,826        239,321  

Trigano

     425        50,653  

†Ubisoft Entertainment

     6,574        373,022  

Valeo

     2,853        192,222  

†Vallourec

     13,488        81,941  

Veolia Environnement

     2,922        61,741  

Vicat

     888        62,548  

Vilmorin & Cie

     152        12,368  

Vinci

     2,449        209,029  

†Virbac

     66        10,591  

Vivendi

     9,417        209,627  

#†Worldline 144A

     650        22,272  

Zodiac Aerospace

     1,964        53,276  
     

 

 

 
                14,942,780  
     

 

 

 

Germany–7.35%

     

Aareal Bank

     2,331        92,410  

adidas

     657        125,878  

†ADVA Optical Networking

     937        9,663  

†AIXTRON

     2,094        14,721  

Allianz

     2,943        579,496  

Amadeus Fire

     168        14,756  

Aurubis

     929        72,948  

Axel Springer

     1,516        91,077  

BASF

     8,719        807,527  

Bauer

     208        5,008  

Bayer

     2,903        375,333  

Bayer ADR

     245        31,817  

Bayerische Motoren Werke

     5,504        510,958  

BayWa

     299        10,628  

Bechtle

     283        36,363  

Beiersdorf

     317        33,324  

Bertrandt

     246        24,658  

Bilfinger

     1,421        55,669  

Borussia Dortmund & Co.

     3,145        21,919  

Brenntag

     3,339        193,275  

CANCOM

     637        38,727  

Cewe Stiftung & Co.

     267        22,515  

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Germany (continued)

 

  

†Commerzbank

     12,484      $ 148,717  

CompuGroup Medical

     449        25,195  

Continental

     1,246        268,898  

#Covestro 144A

     1,537        110,964  

CTS Eventim & Co.

     1,099        48,602  

Daimler

     13,381        968,491  

Deutsche Bank

     15,894        281,830  

†Deutsche Bank (New York Shares)

     3,054        54,331  

Deutsche Boerse

     819        86,452  

Deutsche Lufthansa

     10,495        238,838  

#Deutsche Pfandbriefbank 144A

     1,328        16,374  

Deutsche Post

     3,394        127,225  

Deutsche Telekom

     33,238        596,775  

Deutsche Telekom ADR

     4,300        77,465  

Deutsche Wohnen

     6,765        258,765  

Deutz

     5,128        43,242  

†Dialog Semiconductor

     792        33,813  

DIC Asset

     876        9,601  

Drillisch

     779        46,925  

Duerr

     907        107,789  

E.ON

     43,082        405,852  

Elmos Semiconductor

     625        13,763  

ElringKlinger

     1,289        24,704  

Evonik Industries

     2,044        65,332  

Fielmann

     516        39,805  

Fraport Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide

     1,006        88,818  

Freenet

     3,140        100,149  

Fresenius & Co.

     1,901        162,972  

Fresenius Medical Care & Co.

     2,116                203,421  

FUCHS PETROLUB

     814        38,443  

GEA Group

     2,513        102,840  

Gerresheimer

     1,136        91,382  

Gerry Weber International

     1,052        12,130  

Gesco

     261        7,390  

GFT Technologies

     786        16,312  

Grammer

     483        25,313  

†H&R & Co.

     1,260        17,557  

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik

     1,312        28,651  

Hannover Rueck

     618        74,079  

HeidelbergCement

     1,359        131,392  

†Heidelberger Druckmaschinen

     10,839        32,992  

Hella Hueck & Co.

     1,181        58,130  

Henkel

     116        14,031  

HOCHTIEF

     246        45,067  

Hornbach Baumarkt

     449        16,205  

HUGO BOSS

     1,234        86,397  

Indus Holding

     759        53,834  

Infineon Technologies

     5,788        122,200  

#Innogy 144A

     872        34,326  

Jenoptik

     1,125        29,508  

K+S

     6,991        179,019  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–12


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Germany (continued)

 

  

KION Group

     2,068      $ 158,063  

Kloeckner & Co.

     2,448        25,779  

Koenig & Bauer

     498        33,684  

†Kontron

     5,118        18,501  

Krones

     391        45,283  

KWS Saat

     66        25,965  

LANXESS

     2,917                220,855  

LEG Immobilien

     1,079        101,437  

Leoni

     1,588        81,754  

Linde

     1,759        333,099  

MAN

     367        39,347  

Merck

     528        63,773  

METRO

     5,221        176,241  

MLP

     2,356        15,704  

MTU Aero Engines

     1,455        205,236  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs- Gesellschaft in Muenchen

     878        177,046  

Nemetschek

     370        27,553  

†Nordex

     1,096        13,463  

Norma Group

     1,306        67,885  

OSRAM Licht

     2,600        207,129  

†PATRIZIA Immobilien

     1,383        26,103  

Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology

     182        26,639  

PNE Wind

     7,182        20,868  

ProSiebenSat.1 Media

     3,101        129,772  

Puma

     53        20,367  

†QIAGEN

     3,299        109,742  

QSC

     4,933        9,804  

Rational

     63        33,531  

Rheinmetall

     1,366        129,682  

RHOEN-KLINIKUM

     858        25,058  

RIB Software

     1,099        18,565  

RTL Group

     239        18,046  

†RWE

     18,432        367,254  

S&T

     915        13,769  

SAF-Holland

     1,626        27,857  

Salzgitter

     1,649        67,266  

SAP

     1,351        141,111  

†Schaltbau Holding

     392        17,199  

SHW

     537        22,804  

Siemens

     3,495        480,415  

Sixt

     694        41,947  

Software

     1,165        51,029  

Stabilus

     228        17,705  

STADA Arzneimittel

     2,081        147,576  

Stroeer & Co.

     471        28,210  

Suedzucker

     2,688        56,014  

Symrise

     1,322        93,645  

TAG Immobilien

     2,870        45,121  

Takkt

     1,454        36,352  

Talanx

     1,737        64,874  

Telefonica Deutschland Holding

     10,748        53,682  

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Germany (continued)

 

  

thyssenkrupp

     2,218      $ 63,016  

TLG Immobilien

     545        11,139  

†Tom Tailor Holding

     1,216        10,833  

Uniper

     6,544        122,843  

United Internet

     1,547        85,068  

VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie

     2,083        23,482  

Volkswagen

     558        86,516  

Vonovia

     1,583        62,856  

†Vossloh

     415        26,676  

VTG

     245        9,555  

Wacker Chemie

     801        86,958  

Wacker Neuson

     967        23,448  

Washtec

     578        44,455  

Wirecard

     439        27,938  

XING

     87        23,157  

#†Zalando 144A

     276        12,612  

Zeal Network

     283        8,566  
     

 

 

 
                14,149,898  
     

 

 

 

Hong Kong–3.02%

     

AIA Group

     55,400        404,815  

Allied Group

     4,000        25,104  

Allied Properties

     50,000        10,823  

APT Satellite Holdings

     27,500        14,441  

Asia Financial Holdings

     24,000        13,064  

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings

     6,500        6,918  

Asian Growth Properties

     5,072        1,585  

ASM Pacific Technology

     3,100        41,889  

Bank of East Asia

     10,600        45,550  

BOC Hong Kong Holdings

     31,000        148,301  

Bright Smart Securities & Commodities Group

     48,000        14,140  

†Brightoil Petroleum Holdings

     76,000        20,539  

†Burwill Holdings

     208,000        5,728  

Cafe de Coral Holdings

     6,000        19,443  

Cathay Pacific Airways

     50,000        77,618  

Century City International Holdings

     124,000        11,594  

CGN Mining

     155,000        12,507  

Cheung Kong Property Holdings

     5,680        44,487  

Chinese Estates Holdings

     7,500        10,471  

Chow Sang Sang Holdings International

     15,000        35,005  

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group

     10,600        11,228  

Chuang’s Consortium International

     88,000        20,176  

CITIC Telecom International Holdings

     95,000        30,420  

CK Hutchison Holdings

     28,180        353,719  

CK Infrastructure Holdings

     7,000        58,816  

CK Life Sciences International Holdings

     84,000        7,101  

CLP Holdings

     4,000        42,319  

†Convoy Financial Holdings

     120,000        1,768  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–13


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Hong Kong (continued)

 

  

CW Group Holdings

     24,000      $ 3,750  

Dah Sing Banking Group

     19,600        41,723  

Dah Sing Financial Holdings

     6,400        53,733  

†Dragonite International

     24,000        5,134  

Emperor Capital Group

     72,000        6,455  

Emperor Entertainment Hotel

     45,000        10,893  

Emperor International Holdings

     44,000        14,371  

†Emperor Watch & Jewellery

     270,000        11,585  

†Esprit Holdings

     50,500        26,908  

Fairwood Holdings

     6,000        25,245  

Far East Consortium International

     64,000        35,740  

FIH Mobile

     75,000        23,151  

First Pacific

     70,000        51,643  

†First Shanghai Investments

     16,000        2,193  

Galaxy Entertainment Group

     10,000        60,711  

Get Nice Financial Group

     4,800        713  

Get Nice Holdings

     192,000        6,763  

Giordano International

     64,000        36,478  

†Global Brands Group Holding

     140,000        14,704  

Great Eagle Holdings

     1,000        5,085  

†G-Resources Group

     1,176,000        17,171  

Guoco Group

     2,000        22,927  

Guotai Junan International Holdings

     90,000        27,896  

Haitong International Securities Group

     40,226        23,752  

Hang Lung Group

     27,000                111,701  

Hang Lung Properties

     29,000        72,431  

Hang Seng Bank

     6,400        133,862  

Hanison Construction Holdings

     16,639        3,218  

Henderson Land Development

     14,465        80,686  

#HK Electric Investments 144A

     12,000        11,036  

HKBN

     21,000        21,007  

†HKR International

     45,600        24,530  

HKT Trust & HKT

     72,000        94,433  

Hong Kong & China Gas

     13,860        26,060  

Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering

     1,200        8,223  

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing

     3,528        91,189  

Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels

     34,000        61,403  

Hopewell Holdings

     16,500        62,873  

Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings

     74,000        26,065  

Hysan Development

     8,000        38,169  

IGG

     20,000        30,842  

IT

     32,000        15,780  

Johnson Electric Holdings

     15,500        53,900  

Kerry Logistics Network

     28,500        42,125  

Kerry Properties

     22,000        74,672  

Kingston Financial Group

     128,000        46,233  

†Kong Sun Holdings

     175,000        8,293  

Kowloon Development

     15,000        16,311  

Lai Sun Development

     420,000        15,332  

Lai Sun Garment International

     71,000        28,919  

Li & Fung

     252,000        91,666  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Hong Kong (continued)

 

  

Lifestyle International Holdings

     28,500      $ 39,132  

Liu Chong Hing Investment

     12,000        18,475  

L’Occitane International

     15,500        35,576  

Luk Fook Holdings International

     22,000        75,236  

Man Wah Holdings

     24,800        22,267  

†Mason Financial Holdings

     629,200        8,301  

Melco International Development

     22,000        58,892  

Melco Resorts & Entertainment ADR

     600        13,470  

MGM China Holdings

     20,400        45,360  

†Midland IC&I

     15,000        797  

Miramar Hotel & Investment

     10,000        23,157  

MTR

     7,000        39,405  

NagaCorp

     106,000        55,665  

New World Development

     88,955        112,911  

†NewOcean Energy Holdings

     62,000        18,979  

NWS Holdings

     35,058        68,971  

†Orient Overseas International

     6,500        46,622  

†=Pacific Andes International Holdings

     338,000        6,321  

†Pacific Basin Shipping

     199,000        43,840  

=Pacific Textiles Holdings

     12,000        13,848  

PCCW

     127,000        72,223  

Pico Far East Holdings

     58,000        24,292  

Playmates Holdings

     60,000        8,838  

Polytec Asset Holdings

     85,000        6,641  

Power Assets Holdings

     7,500                66,235  

PRADA

     4,700        17,488  

Public Financial Holdings

     24,000        10,913  

Regal Hotels International Holdings

     18,000        15,793  

#Regina Miracle International Holdings 144A

     10,000        8,646  

Sa Sa International Holdings

     56,000        22,092  

Samsonite International

     18,300        76,412  

Sands China

     6,800        31,137  

SEA Holdings

     4,000        5,113  

Shangri-La Asia

     40,000        67,833  

Shenwan Hongyuan

     20,000        7,711  

†Shun Tak Holdings

     36,000        16,553  

†Singamas Container Holdings

     72,000        11,159  

Sino Land

     34,000        55,742  

SITC International Holdings

     35,000        27,525  

Sitoy Group Holdings

     26,000        5,928  

SJM Holdings

     59,000        62,193  

SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings

     14,500        18,981  

Soundwill Holdings

     5,000        12,040  

Stella International Holdings

     14,000        25,104  

Sun Hung Kai & Co.

     29,000        18,683  

Sun Hung Kai Properties

     10,000        146,911  

Swire Pacific Class A

     7,000        68,364  

Swire Pacific Class B

     10,000        17,496  

Swire Properties

     3,600        11,873  

Tao Heung Holdings

     2,000        500  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–14


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Hong Kong (continued)

 

  

Techtronic Industries

     7,500      $ 34,486  

Television Broadcasts

     9,800        36,903  

Texwinca Holdings

     36,000        21,902  

Transport International Holdings

     13,600        43,984  

Tsui Wah Holdings

     20,000        3,125  

†United Laboratories International Holdings

     36,000        23,747  

Varitronix International

     21,000        11,539  

Victory City International Holdings

     87,604        3,142  

Vitasoy International Holdings

     20,000        41,140  

VST Holdings

     32,000        9,714  

VTech Holdings

     3,000        47,532  

#WH Group 144A

     165,000        166,533  

Wharf Holdings

     9,000        74,583  

Wheelock & Co.

     13,000        98,073  

Wing On International

     3,000        9,856  

Wing Tai Properties

     16,000        10,718  

Wynn Macau

     17,200        40,183  

†Xinyi Glass Holdings

     48,000        47,524  

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings

     20,500        85,073  
     

 

 

 
                5,806,653  
     

 

 

 

Ireland–0.64%

     

†Bank of Ireland

     634,892        166,783  

C&C Group

     10,133        37,255  

CRH ADR

     7,167        254,213  

Glanbia

     3,258        63,724  

Irish Continental Group

     3,656        21,213  

Kerry Group Class A

     693        59,624  

Kingspan Group

     4,667        160,206  

Paddy Power Betfair

     1,536        163,978  

Paddy Power Betfair (London Stock Exchange)

     643        68,482  

Smurfit Kappa Group

     7,455        232,069  
     

 

 

 
        1,227,547  
     

 

 

 

Israel–0.72%

     

†Africa Israel Properties

     560        11,868  

†Airport City

     1,304        18,050  

Amot Investments

     1,281        6,720  

Bank Hapoalim

     19,172        129,376  

Bank Leumi Le-Israel

     34,915        169,853  

Bayside Land Class 1

     27        12,036  

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication

     18,168        30,181  

Big Shopping Centers

     149        10,593  

†Brack Capital Properties

     74        7,503  

†Cellcom Israel

     2,790        26,881  

†Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings

     812        13,734  

Delek Automotive Systems

     1,361        11,077  

Delek Group

     154        33,689  

Delta-Galil Industries

     368        10,866  

El Al Israel Airlines

     17,349        15,965  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Israel (continued)

 

  

Elbit Systems

     270      $ 33,305  

Elbit Systems (New York Shares)

     192        23,760  

Electra

     116        23,267  

Electra Consumer Products 1970

     515        10,334  

First International Bank of Israel

     1,446        26,223  

Formula Systems 1985

     272        10,207  

Frutarom Industries

     1,025        71,725  

Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services

     4,108        24,342  

IDI Insurance

     189        11,026  

Israel Chemicals

     6,492        30,652  

†Israel Discount Bank Class A

     13,543        35,714  

†Jerusalem Oil Exploration

     498        29,894  

†Kamada

     634        3,777  

Matrix IT

     1,514        15,533  

Melisron

     262        13,782  

Menorah Mivtachim Holdings

     875        11,024  

Migdal Insurance & Financial Holding

     13,553        14,492  

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank

     4,998        90,981  

†Naphtha Israel Petroleum

     2,641        20,964  

Neto ME Holdings

     91        10,482  

Nice ADR

     489        38,494  

Oil Refineries

     40,638        17,894  

†Partner Communications

     2,962        15,734  

Paz Oil

     225        38,449  

Shikun & Binui

     16,387        42,598  

Shufersal

     5,699        29,897  

Strauss Group

     436        8,540  

Summit Real Estate Holdings

     1,759        12,526  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ADR

     3,633        120,688  

†Tower Semiconductor

     1,696        40,450  
     

 

 

 
                1,385,146  
     

 

 

 

Italy–2.72%

     

A2A

     43,167        71,687  

ACEA

     1,521        23,053  

Amplifon

     2,061        27,212  

#Anima Holding 144A

     6,515        46,693  

†Ansaldo STS

     1,232        15,704  

Ascopiave

     4,301        17,095  

Assicurazioni Generali

     17,818        293,255  

Astaldi

     1,991        12,393  

Atlantia

     2,932        82,514  

Autogrill

     2,409        29,193  

Azimut Holding

     1,440        28,864  

†Banca Carige

     7,846        1,682  

Banca Generali

     1,077        32,056  

Banca IFIS

     815        33,110  

Banca Mediolanum

     4,614        38,286  

†Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena

     99        1,705  

Banca Popolare di Sondrio

     12,218        48,172  

†Banco BPM

     47,835        160,080  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–15


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Italy (continued)

 

  

BPER Banca

     17,783      $ 88,677  

Brembo

     2,695        39,430  

Buzzi Unicem

     1,906        47,435  

Cairo Communication

     307        1,343  

Cementir Holding

     2,477        14,768  

Cerved Information Solutions

     3,768        40,325  

CIR-Compagnie Industriali Riunite

     21,107        29,652  

CNH Industrial

     14,972        169,549  

Credito Emiliano

     2,363        19,081  

†Credito Valtellinese

     3,782        16,095  

Datalogic

     1,125        30,286  

Davide Campari-Milano

     11,156        78,617  

De’ Longhi

     2,087        65,408  

DiaSorin

     536        41,170  

Ei Towers

     438        25,338  

El.En

     460        14,627  

Enel

     59,261        317,713  

Eni

     14,274        214,548  

ERG

     2,382        33,491  

Esprinet

     1,533        11,066  

Falck Renewables

     13,966        18,488  

Ferrari

     2,515                215,869  

†Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

     28,718        302,746  

FinecoBank Banca Fineco

     7,578        59,634  

Geox

     789        2,601  

Hera

     13,977        42,719  

Industria Macchine Automatiche

     275        25,269  

#Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane 144A

     3,449        19,594  

Interpump Group

     2,344        64,092  

Intesa Sanpaolo

     50,705        160,766  

Iren

     16,051        37,179  

Italgas

     5,917        29,884  

Italmobiliare

     714        19,490  

Leonardo

     7,069        117,475  

Luxottica Group

     774        44,776  

MARR

     652        15,497  

†Mediaset

     31,335        123,187  

Mediobanca

     13,928        137,444  

Moncler

     1,529        35,800  

#OVS 144A

     2,123        15,106  

Parmalat

     5,975        20,678  

Piaggio & C

     5,671        14,004  

Prysmian

     2,264        66,585  

Recordati

     1,750        70,996  

Reply

     121        22,361  

†Safilo Group

     802        5,936  

†Saipem

     21,299        78,672  

Salini Impregilo

     8,251        28,554  

Salvatore Ferragamo

     950        25,336  

Saras

     16,581        38,596  

Snam

     11,027        48,061  

Societa Cattolica di Assicurazioni

     6,053        47,080  

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Italy (continued)

 

  

Societa Iniziative Autostradali e Servizi

     2,301      $ 25,374  

SOL

     1,200        14,569  

†Telecom Italia

     165,439        152,677  

†Telecom Italia ADR

     6,900        64,515  

Tenaris

     1,152        17,960  

Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale

     15,845        85,528  

Tod’s

     380        23,697  

†UniCredit

     15,044        280,934  

Unione di Banche Italiane

     38,097        163,868  

Unipol Gruppo Finanziario

     18,054        79,182  

UnipolSai Assicurazioni

     34,433        75,155  

Vittoria Assicurazioni

     1,077        14,700  

†Yoox Net-A-Porter Group

     960        26,556  
     

 

 

 
                5,240,563  
     

 

 

 

Japan–23.34%

     

77 Bank

     12,000        59,000  

ABC-Mart

     500        29,384  

Adastria

     600        16,697  

ADEKA

     3,000        45,610  

Advan

     1,200        12,184  

Advantest

     800        13,671  

Aeon

     7,500        113,825  

Aeon Delight

     600        19,391  

Aeon Fantasy

     300        8,629  

AEON Financial Service

     1,800        38,056  

Aeon Hokkaido

     2,300        12,413  

Aeon Mall

     1,200        23,600  

Ahresty

     1,900        18,717  

Ai Holdings

     400        10,758  

Aica Kogyo

     1,900        57,773  

Aichi Bank

     300        16,884  

Aichi Steel

     400        15,772  

Aida Engineering

     1,500        14,337  

Ain Holdings

     400        28,878  

Air Water

     4,000        73,403  

Aisan Industry

     2,000        15,790  

Aisin Seiki

     7,300        373,194  

Ajinomoto

     1,800        38,833  

Ajis

     700        13,275  

†Akebono Brake Industry

     7,100        22,220  

Alfresa Holdings

     2,400        46,240  

Alpen

     600        10,685  

Alpine Electronics

     1,800        26,902  

Alps Electric

     3,300        95,061  

Amada Holdings

     2,000        23,081  

Amano

     2,700        56,148  

Amiyaki Tei

     300        11,082  

Amuse

     600        16,324  

ANA Holdings

     10,000        34,710  

Anest Iwata

     1,300        11,893  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–16


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

 

  

Anicom Holdings

     1,100      $ 24,088  

Anritsu

     2,600        23,440  

AOKI Holdings

     1,100        13,936  

Aomori Bank

     7,000        24,770  

Aoyama Trading

     1,600        56,973  

Aozora Bank

     13,000        49,469  

Arakawa Chemical Industries

     1,000        17,115  

Arata

     300        10,202  

Arcland Sakamoto

     1,600        21,466  

Arcs

     1,200        25,936  

Ariake Japan

     300        20,885  

Arisawa Manufacturing

     1,300        9,975  

Asahi Diamond Industrial

     3,900        28,606  

Asahi Glass

     3,400        142,983  

Asahi Group Holdings

     1,400        52,627  

Asahi Holdings

     1,500        24,632  

Asahi Intecc

     1,400        63,605  

Asahi Kasei

     22,000                236,186  

Asante

     800        13,820  

Asia Pile Holdings

     1,700        11,336  

Asics

     2,200        40,724  

ASKA Pharmaceutical

     300        4,494  

ASKUL

     400        12,287  

Astellas Pharma

     7,800        95,320  

Atom

     1,800        12,323  

Autobacs Seven

     1,200        19,460  

Avex Group Holdings

     1,000        13,381  

Awa Bank

     6,000        40,756  

Axial Retailing

     700        26,668  

Azbil

     1,200        45,557  

Bandai Namco Holdings

     1,300        44,268  

Bando Chemical Industries

     1,500        14,830  

Bank of Iwate

     600        23,899  

Bank of Kyoto

     6,000        56,546  

Bank of Nagoya

     700        26,388  

Bank of Okinawa

     780        31,623  

Bank of Saga

     7,000        16,181  

Belc

     400        19,916  

Bell System24 Holdings

     1,100        11,267  

Belluna

     2,000        23,863  

Benefit One

     900        35,928  

Benesse Holdings

     1,200        45,237  

Bic Camera

     2,200        23,315  

BML

     1,000        19,427  

Bridgestone

     7,000        301,222  

Brother Industries

     11,500        265,121  

Bunka Shutter

     2,900        22,200  

C Uyemura & Co.

     300        15,537  

Calbee

     600        23,552  

Canon

     4,700        159,459  

Canon Electronics

     1,000        20,440  

Canon Marketing Japan

     1,600        36,360  

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

 

  

Capcom

     1,300      $ 30,779  

Casio Computer

     4,000        61,418  

Cawachi

     600        14,494  

Central Glass

     9,000        38,649  

Central Japan Railway

     300        48,838  

Central Sports

     600        24,005  

Chiba Bank

     4,000        28,949  

Chiba Kogyo Bank

     3,800        19,933  

Chiyoda

     200        5,233  

Chiyoda Integre

     500        9,900  

Chubu Electric Power

     2,700        35,828  

Chubu Shiryo

     900        11,851  

Chudenko

     500        12,941  

Chugai Ro

     3,000        5,948  

Chugoku Bank

     3,800        56,759  

Chugoku Electric Power

     1,200        13,219  

Chugoku Marine Paints

     2,000        15,363  

Chukyo Bank

     700        14,265  

CI Takiron

     4,000        21,231  

Ci:z Holdings

     400                15,079  

Citizen Watch

     11,600        81,270  

CKD

     2,700        41,073  

Clarion

     6,000        22,778  

CMIC Holdings

     800        11,003  

CMK

     100        827  

Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Class C

     1,775        51,289  

cocokara fine

     600        29,607  

COLOPL

     1,900        19,224  

Colowide

     1,200        20,421  

COMSYS Holdings

     2,100        43,186  

Concordia Financial Group

     15,769        79,437  

COOKPAD

     900        7,290  

Cosmo Energy Holdings

     1,800        28,342  

Cosmos Pharmaceutical

     100        19,453  

Create SD Holdings

     400        9,236  

Credit Saison

     3,200        62,421  

CTI Engineering

     400        4,068  

CyberAgent

     1,200        37,182  

Dai Nippon Printing

     6,000        66,575  

Dai Nippon Toryo

     10,000        27,206  

Daibiru

     1,800        18,692  

Daicel

     7,400        91,912  

Dai-Dan

     2,000        23,472  

Daido Metal

     1,300        11,755  

Daido Steel

     11,000        63,276  

Daifuku

     1,500        44,743  

Daihatsu Diesel Manufacturing

     2,400        14,467  

Daihen

     4,000        31,403  

Daiho

     2,000        9,495  

Dai-ichi Life Holdings

     9,200        165,759  

Daiichi Sankyo

     2,000        47,068  

Dai-ichi Seiko Class C

     300        5,793  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–17


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

 

  

Daiichikosho

     500      $ 23,427  

Daiken

     800        17,170  

Daikin Industries

     800        81,583  

†Daikokuya Holdings

     11,000        8,900  

Daikyo

     7,000        14,252  

Daikyonishikawa

     900        11,995  

Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Manufacturing

     3,000        23,739  

Daio Paper

     4,000        53,879  

Daisan Bank

     300        4,572  

Daiseki

     500        11,096  

Daishi Bank

     10,000        45,966  

Daito Pharmaceutical

     600        13,219  

Daito Trust Construction

     400        62,218  

Daiwa House Industry

     2,700        92,132  

Daiwa Securities Group

     18,000        106,552  

Daiwabo Holdings

     4,000        13,905  

DCM Holdings

     3,400        29,776  

DeNA

     2,400        53,687  

Denka

     12,000        61,774  

Denso

     4,200        177,074  

Dentsu

     900        42,970  

Denyo

     900        15,611  

Descente

     1,100        14,866  

†Dexerials

     200        1,952  

DIC

     2,400                86,099  

Digital Garage

     600        11,251  

Dip

     600        12,173  

Disco

     300        47,797  

DMG Mori

     3,900        63,905  

Don Quijote Holdings

     600        22,725  

Doshisha

     900        17,108  

Doutor Nichires Holdings

     600        12,728  

Dowa Holdings

     7,000        52,963  

DTS

     1,100        33,692  

Eagle Industry

     1,000        16,848  

Earth Chemical

     300        15,417  

East Japan Railway

     700        66,873  

Ebara

     2,400        66,361  

EDION

     2,000        18,137  

Ehime Bank

     1,400        17,613  

Eiken Chemical

     800        24,148  

Eisai

     300        16,550  

Elecom

     1,300        26,306  

Electric Power Development

     600        14,819  

Elematec

     100        1,624  

Endo Lighting

     1,600        16,302  

en-japan

     400        10,409  

Enplas

     400        12,323  

EPS Holdings

     900        14,075  

Exedy

     1,300        36,581  

Ezaki Glico

     600        32,274  

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

 

  

F@N Communications

     2,300      $ 20,306  

FamilyMart UNY Holdings

     1,100        62,885  

Fast Retailing

     100        33,270  

FCC

     1,300        26,144  

Ferrotec Holdings

     1,100        14,210  

FIDEA Holdings

     7,000        11,638  

Fields

     800        8,585  

Financial Products Group

     1,500        14,283  

Foster Electric

     700        12,049  

FP

     1,000        54,056  

Fudo Tetra

     4,900        7,842  

Fuji Ehime

     600        15,337  

Fuji Electric

     15,000        78,951  

Fuji Kyuko

     2,000        21,623  

Fuji Media Holdings

     1,300        17,638  

Fuji Oil

     800        2,411  

Fuji Oil Holdings

     1,700        39,267  

Fuji Seal International

     1,200        33,074  

Fuji Soft

     1,000        28,229  

Fujibo Holdings

     300        8,415  

Fujicco

     600        13,715  

FUJIFILM Holdings

     2,200        79,022  

Fujikura

     24,000                200,791  

Fujimori Kogyo

     900        28,206  

Fujisash

     13,300        11,825  

Fujita Kanko

     100        3,276  

Fujitec

     1,500        19,564  

Fujitsu

     32,000        235,515  

Fujitsu Frontech

     700        11,134  

Fujitsu General

     3,000        69,455  

Fukui Bank

     8,000        19,987  

Fukuoka Financial Group

     11,000        52,225  

Fukushima Industries

     700        26,886  

Fukuyama Transporting

     4,000        25,357  

Furukawa

     8,000        13,870  

Furukawa Electric

     2,100        93,354  

Fuso Chemical

     1,200        38,942  

Futaba

     700        12,261  

Futaba Industrial

     1,700        15,356  

Future

     2,000        15,630  

Fuyo General Lease

     600        34,194  

G-7 Holdings

     800        15,371  

Gakken Holdings

     600        17,524  

Gecoss

     900        10,746  

Geo Holdings

     1,000        10,358  

Geostr

     1,400        12,186  

Giken

     800        21,374  

Glory

     1,200        39,262  

GMO internet

     1,300        16,863  

GMO Payment Gateway

     100        5,530  

Goldcrest

     600        13,251  

Gree

     1,400        12,211  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–18


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

 

  

GS Yuasa

     20,000      $ 86,953  

G-Tekt

     1,000        18,600  

Gun-Ei Chemical Industry

     400        12,963  

GungHo Online Entertainment

     9,800        25,181  

Gunma Bank

     10,100        60,524  

Gunze

     3,000        10,749  

Gurunavi

     700        11,364  

H2O Retailing

     2,800        50,859  

Hachijuni Bank

     11,200        70,999  

Hakuhodo DY Holdings

     1,000        13,256  

Hamakyorex

     1,000        24,939  

Hamamatsu Photonics

     400        12,269  

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings

     3,500        125,717  

Hanwa

     5,000        35,741  

Happinet

     1,100        19,267  

Haseko

     5,800        70,337  

Hazama Ando

     6,000        37,768  

Heiwa

     2,100        46,770  

Heiwa Real Estate

     1,500        24,139  

Heiwado

     1,100        23,501  

Hibiya Engineering

     900        15,355  

Hiday Hidaka

     600        14,915  

Hikari Tsushin

     300        31,527  

HI-LEX

     900        22,821  

Hino Motors

     4,200        46,565  

Hioki EE

     100        1,969  

Hirose Electric

     100        14,243  

Hiroshima Bank

     14,000        61,987  

HIS

     1,900        57,182  

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical

     200        9,567  

Hitachi

     96,000                588,419  

Hitachi Capital

     2,100        50,449  

Hitachi Chemical

     2,100        62,547  

Hitachi Construction Machinery

     2,500        62,392  

Hitachi High-Technologies

     300        11,629  

Hitachi Metals

     6,200        86,103  

Hitachi Transport System

     1,900        44,613  

Hitachi Zosen

     8,800        43,267  

Hochiki

     1,300        20,747  

Hogy Medical

     400        26,637  

Hokkaido Electric Power

     3,100        23,593  

Hokkoku Bank

     9,000        34,488  

Hokuetsu Bank

     1,100        26,112  

Hokuetsu Industries

     2,000        18,226  

Hokuetsu Kishu Paper

     5,000        39,164  

Hokuhoku Financial Group

     3,400        54,140  

Hokuriku Electric Power

     2,700        24,317  

Hokuto

     600        10,536  

Honda Motor

     14,300        389,555  

Honda Motor ADR

     4,400        120,516  

Horiba

     600        36,435  

Hoshizaki

     200        18,066  

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

 

  

Hosokawa Micron

     400      $ 17,426  

House Foods Group

     1,200        30,044  

Hoya

     1,200        62,233  

Hulic

     1,200        12,237  

Hyakugo Bank

     7,000        28,442  

Hyakujushi Bank

     8,000        26,388  

Ibiden

     4,300        73,938  

IBJ Leasing

     900        21,589  

Ichibanya

     600        20,511  

Ichigo

     3,700        11,020  

Ichiken

     4,000        14,048  

Ichinen Holdings

     1,200        12,984  

Idemitsu Kosan

     2,400        68,068  

IDOM

     3,000        20,671  

†IHI

     51,000        173,212  

Iida Group Holdings

     2,300        38,260  

Iino Kaiun Kaisha

     5,000        21,383  

Imasen Electric Industrial

     600        7,010  

Inaba Denki Sangyo

     400        15,168  

Inabata & Co.

     1,400        18,534  

Inageya

     600        10,066  

Infocom

     400        7,671  

Infomart

     3,900        29,543  

Information Services International-Dentsu

     900        21,069  

Intage Holdings

     1,000        19,755  

Internet Initiative Japan

     1,000        18,146  

Iriso Electronics

     400        32,149  

Iseki & Co.

     700        13,686  

Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings

     5,400        54,060  

†Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha

     1,600        16,345  

Isuzu Motors

     11,100                136,782  

Ito En

     800        29,162  

ITOCHU

     6,700        99,420  

Itochu Enex

     2,400        21,231  

Itochu Techno-Solutions

     300        10,482  

Itochu-Shokuhin

     300        12,616  

Itoham Yonekyu Holdings

     1,800        16,308  

Itoki

     1,700        14,555  

Iwatani

     9,000        55,772  

Iyo Bank

     4,100        33,901  

Izumi

     800        45,379  

J Front Retailing

     4,900        75,106  

J Trust

     2,900        22,818  

Jaccs

     7,000        34,105  

Jalux

     300        7,239  

Jamco

     400        8,770  

Janome Sewing Machine

     1,000        7,940  

Japan Airlines

     800        24,709  

Japan Airport Terminal

     500        19,093  

†Japan Asset Marketing

     3,900        4,716  

Japan Aviation Electronics Industry

     2,000        27,651  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–19


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

 

  

†Japan Display

     14,100      $ 26,577  

†Japan Drilling

     300        5,988  

Japan Exchange Group

     2,800        50,660  

Japan Lifeline

     700        29,593  

Japan Pulp & Paper

     4,000        15,079  

Japan Radio

     600        7,692  

Japan Securities Finance

     4,300        22,212  

Japan Steel Works

     2,000        31,260  

Japan Tobacco

     3,100        108,786  

Japan Wool Textile

     1,400        11,663  

JCU

     600        21,285  

Jeol

     3,000        15,657  

JFE Holdings

     7,500        130,062  

JGC

     1,900        30,778  

Jimoto Holdings

     7,400        13,422  

JINS

     200        11,131  

J-Oil Mills

     400        14,208  

Joshin Denki

     2,000        28,824  

JSP

     300        9,042  

JSR

     3,000        51,665  

JTEKT

     6,700        97,812  

Juki

     2,600        37,587  

Juroku Bank

     10,000        31,474  

JVC Kenwood

     4,200        12,509  

JXTG Holdings

     47,950        209,194  

K&O Energy Group

     900        14,179  

kabu.com Securities

     7,000        23,525  

Kadokawa Dwango

     1,400        18,073  

Kaga Electronics

     1,200        24,560  

Kagome

     500        15,203  

Kajima

     16,000                134,857  

Kakaku.com

     2,700        38,721  

Kaken Pharmaceutical

     300        16,350  

Kakiyasu Honten

     700        12,092  

Kameda Seika

     300        14,643  

Kamei

     1,600        21,736  

Kamigumi

     6,000        62,841  

Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu

     2,000        13,052  

Kanamoto

     900        29,847  

Kandenko

     4,000        42,036  

Kaneka

     8,000        60,885  

Kanematsu

     19,000        38,853  

Kansai Electric Power

     3,000        41,263  

Kansai Paint

     1,000        22,983  

Kansai Urban Banking

     1,000        11,940  

Kanto Denka Kogyo

     2,000        17,568  

Kao

     2,500        148,300  

Kasai Kogyo

     1,400        18,024  

Kato Sangyo

     800        21,445  

Kato Works

     400        11,238  

KAWADA TECHNOLOGIES

     200        13,319  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

 

  

Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing

     900      $ 18,972  

Kawasaki Heavy Industries

     23,000        67,891  

†Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha

     22,000        52,812  

KDDI

     8,000        211,603  

Keihan Holdings

     11,000        69,829  

Keihin

     1,900        25,896  

Keikyu

     5,000        60,147  

Keio

     5,000        41,787  

Keisei Electric Railway

     500        13,336  

Keiyo

     600        4,166  

Keiyo Bank

     9,000        38,889  

Kenedix

     6,000        28,273  

Kenko Mayonnaise

     500        14,403  

Kewpie

     2,200        57,702  

Key Coffee

     700        13,679  

Keyence

     200        87,735  

KFC Holdings Japan

     700        12,410  

Kinden

     3,700        59,542  

Kintetsu Group Holdings

     7,000        26,948  

Kintetsu World Express

     1,000        17,622  

Kirin Holdings

     3,600        73,264  

Kitagawa Iron Works

     600        12,557  

Kita-Nippon Bank

     400        11,558  

Kito

     700        7,157  

Kitz

     2,100        19,567  

Kiyo Bank

     2,000        34,585  

Koa

     1,100        20,352  

Koatsu Gas Kogyo

     2,000        14,421  

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical

     300        17,791  

†Kobe Steel

     8,300        85,158  

Kohnan Shoji

     1,200        22,330  

Koito Manufacturing

     500        25,695  

Kokusai

     1,000        8,393  

Kokuyo

     2,500        34,074  

Komatsu

     4,800        121,819  

Komeri

     1,100        27,941  

Komori

     1,800        23,109  

Konami Holdings

     1,000        55,479  

Konica Minolta

     12,900                106,893  

Konishi

     1,200        17,156  

Konoike Transport

     600        8,172  

Kose

     200        21,818  

Koshidaka Holdings

     900        22,509  

Kotobuki Spirits

     500        16,337  

Kourakuen Holdings

     500        8,126  

K’s Holdings

     1,800        35,128  

Kubota

     2,500        41,954  

Kubota ADR

     300        25,341  

Kumagai Gumi

     17,000        54,563  

Kumiai Chemical Industry

     1,570        9,045  

Kura

     200        9,193  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–20


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

 

  

Kurabo Industries

     8,000      $ 18,422  

Kuraray

     4,200        76,102  

Kureha

     700        34,541  

Kurita Water Industries

     2,200        59,853  

Kuroda Electric

     600        11,747  

Kusuri No Aoki Holdings

     600        31,420  

KYB

     7,000        35,786  

Kyocera ADR

     473        27,562  

Kyodo Printing

     4,000        13,585  

Kyoei Steel

     1,000        16,546  

Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo

     1,200        19,247  

Kyokuyo

     500        13,736  

KYORIN Holdings

     900        19,940  

Kyoritsu Maintenance

     800        23,223  

Kyowa Exeo

     3,100        52,064  

Kyudenko

     1,500        53,679  

Kyushu Electric Power

     1,800        21,829  

Kyushu Financial Group

     8,200        51,690  

Lasertec

     2,400        33,351  

Lawson

     200        13,976  

Leopalace21

     10,400        64,541  

Life

     200        5,610  

LIFULL

     1,800        15,763  

Lintec

     1,200        28,657  

Lion

     2,000        41,360  

LIXIL Group

     2,900        72,426  

M3

     1,200        33,021  

Mabuchi Motor

     400        19,880  

Macnica Fuji Electronics Holdings

     900        13,131  

Maeda

     4,000        44,028  

Maeda Kosen

     900        13,579  

Maeda Road Construction

     2,000                39,867  

Makino Milling Machine

     2,000        16,484  

Makita

     1,000        36,942  

Mandom

     300        16,244  

Mani

     700        18,279  

Marubeni

     10,100        65,175  

Marudai Food

     4,000        18,706  

Maruha Nichiro

     1,700        44,860  

Marui Group

     1,800        26,502  

Maruichi Steel Tube

     900        26,126  

Marusan Securities

     1,100        9,164  

Maruzen Showa Unyu

     2,000        8,375  

Matsui Construction

     1,800        14,275  

Matsui Securities

     1,300        10,587  

Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings

     900        51,131  

Matsuya Foods

     200        7,477  

Max

     1,000        14,421  

Mazda Motor

     14,300        199,355  

MCJ

     1,200        12,653  

Mebuki Financial Group

     7,190        26,721  

Medipal Holdings

     2,000        36,950  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

 

  

Megmilk Snow Brand

     1,600      $ 44,525  

Meidensha

     5,000        17,115  

MEIJI Holdings

     200        16,199  

Meisei Industrial

     2,100        12,715  

Meitec

     600        25,526  

Menicon

     700        22,934  

METAWATER

     400        10,954  

Michinoku Bank

     6,000        9,869  

Mie Bank

     600        13,587  

Milbon

     400        22,476  

Minato Bank

     600        11,347  

MINEBEA MITSUMI

     10,332        165,808  

Miraca Holdings

     1,400        62,858  

Mirait Holdings

     1,900        21,302  

Misawa Homes

     1,400        12,584  

MISUMI Group

     2,600        59,316  

Mitani

     600        22,645  

Mitsuba

     2,400        44,148  

Mitsubishi

     9,800        205,279  

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings

     29,800        246,428  

Mitsubishi Electric

     17,900        257,101  

Mitsubishi Estate

     3,000        55,839  

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical

     6,000        126,695  

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

     43,000        175,785  

Mitsubishi Logistics

     3,000        39,876  

Mitsubishi Materials

     3,900        117,893  

Mitsubishi Motors

     4,800        31,580  

Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift

     3,300        22,826  

†Mitsubishi Paper Mills

     2,100        15,086  

Mitsubishi Shokuhin

     500        14,337  

Mitsubishi Steel Manufacturing

     6,000        14,083  

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma

     1,300        30,005  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

     48,500                325,475  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group ADR

     35,500        239,625  

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance

     13,900        75,880  

Mitsuboshi Belting

     2,000        22,174  

Mitsui & Co.

     10,500        149,880  

Mitsui Chemicals

     42,000        222,183  

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding

     24,000        34,141  

Mitsui Fudosan

     3,000        71,496  

Mitsui Home

     3,000        19,738  

Mitsui Mining & Smelting

     24,000        93,674  

Mitsui OSK Lines

     13,000        38,142  

Mitsui Sugar

     300        8,682  

Mitsui-Soko Holdings

     5,000        13,647  

Miura

     1,000        19,453  

Miyazaki Bank

     5,000        16,404  

Mizuho Financial Group

     151,700        277,032  

Mizuho Financial Group ADR

     5,700        20,919  

Mizuno

     3,000        17,070  

Mochida Pharmaceutical

     300        21,605  

Modec

     900        20,004  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–21


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

 

  

Monex Group

     6,400      $ 16,900  

Monogatari

     100        5,103  

MonotaRO

     700        22,529  

Morinaga & Co.

     600        34,034  

Morinaga Milk Industry

     7,000        53,274  

Morita Holdings

     1,100        17,213  

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings

     3,800        127,506  

MTI

     1,200        7,735  

Murata Manufacturing

     700        106,237  

Musashi Seimitsu Industry

     800        23,116  

Musashino Bank

     1,000        30,629  

Nabtesco

     2,000        58,057  

Nachi-Fujikoshi

     8,000        45,308  

Nagase & Co.

     3,800        57,739  

Nagatanien Holdings

     2,000        25,250  

Nagoya Railroad

     4,000        18,635  

Nakanishi

     400        16,199  

Nankai Electric Railway

     6,000        30,994  

Nanto Bank

     1,000        28,451  

NEC

     34,000        90,082  

NEC Capital Solutions

     700        11,507  

NEC Networks & System Integration

     800        17,355  

NET One Systems

     2,200        20,831  

NGK Insulators

     2,000        39,813  

NGK Spark Plug

     2,700        57,349  

NH Foods

     3,000        91,087  

NHK Spring

     7,700        80,851  

Nichias

     4,000        46,197  

Nichiban

     3,000        25,446  

Nichiha

     1,000        35,208  

Nichi-iko Pharmaceutical

     1,400        21,808  

Nichirei

     5,500                154,034  

Nichireki

     2,000        23,596  

Nichirin

     1,000        21,045  

Nidec

     300        30,700  

Nidec ADR

     1,000        25,590  

Nifco

     600        32,167  

Nihon Chouzai

     400        12,678  

Nihon House Holdings

     2,600        12,229  

Nihon Kohden

     1,300        29,982  

Nihon M&A Center

     1,200        43,850  

Nihon Nohyaku

     2,400        14,126  

Nihon Parkerizing

     3,600        53,548  

Nihon Unisys

     3,000        47,397  

Nikkiso

     3,300        31,687  

Nikkon Holdings

     2,100        48,469  

Nikon

     3,100        49,501  

Nintendo

     100        33,501  

Nippo

     3,000        60,253  

Nippon Carbide Industries

     8,000        13,585  

Nippon Carbon

     400        12,394  

Nippon Chemi-Con

     6,000        21,658  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

 

  

Nippon Chemiphar

     300      $ 13,763  

Nippon Coke & Engineering

     18,200        15,858  

Nippon Denko

     4,300        15,139  

Nippon Densetsu Kogyo

     1,000        20,529  

Nippon Electric Glass

     2,400        87,166  

Nippon Express

     11,000        68,753  

Nippon Flour Mills

     2,300        36,829  

Nippon Gas

     1,200        38,835  

Nippon Kayaku

     3,000        42,409  

Nippon Koei

     800        22,689  

Nippon Light Metal Holdings

     22,200        52,700  

Nippon Paint Holdings

     800        30,229  

Nippon Paper Industries

     3,000        61,374  

Nippon Road

     3,000        15,790  

†Nippon Sheet Glass

     3,900        32,178  

Nippon Shinyaku

     300        19,178  

Nippon Shokubai

     500        32,140  

Nippon Signal

     3,600        33,095  

Nippon Soda

     4,000        22,049  

Nippon Steel & Sumikin Bussan

     400        19,169  

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal

     5,200                117,338  

Nippon Suisan Kaisha

     10,100        58,997  

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone

     1,500        70,816  

Nippon Thompson

     3,200        16,871  

Nippon Valqua Industries

     800        15,819  

Nippon Yakin Kogyo

     5,800        12,015  

†Nippon Yusen

     41,000        76,186  

Nipro

     4,700        61,218  

Nishimatsu Construction

     8,000        42,392  

Nishimatsuya Chain

     1,000        10,242  

Nishi-Nippon Financial Holdings

     3,800        39,394  

Nishi-Nippon Railroad

     5,000        22,449  

Nishio Rent All

     700        22,280  

Nissan Chemical Industries

     2,100        69,269  

Nissan Motor

     33,600        333,984  

Nissan Shatai

     2,800        27,807  

Nissei ASB Machine

     400        13,870  

Nissei Build Kogyo

     3,000        16,644  

Nissha Printing

     400        11,078  

Nisshin Oillio Group

     4,000        23,436  

Nisshin Seifun Group

     2,800        45,930  

Nisshin Steel

     3,114        34,192  

Nisshinbo Holdings

     4,800        48,651  

Nissin

     5,000        24,183  

Nissin Electric

     2,100        22,237  

Nissin Kogyo

     2,100        33,309  

Nitori Holdings

     400        53,487  

Nitta

     600        18,644  

Nittetsu Mining

     300        16,137  

Nitto Boseki

     4,000        19,204  

Nitto Denko

     900        73,936  

Nitto Kogyo

     1,100        17,340  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–22


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

 

  

Nittoc Construction

     3,400      $ 17,442  

NOF

     7,000        88,998  

Nohmi Bosai

     900        12,947  

Nojima

     1,000        15,532  

NOK

     3,400        71,763  

Nomura

     1,000        22,761  

Nomura Holdings

     15,600        93,399  

Nomura Holdings ADR

     6,763        40,849  

Nomura Real Estate Holdings

     3,500        68,584  

Nomura Research Institute

     440        17,310  

Noritake

     700        23,930  

Noritz

     1,200        23,781  

North Pacific Bank

     9,700        33,893  

NS Solutions

     1,100        26,112  

NS United Kaiun Kaisha

     7,000        14,065  

NSD

     900        16,196  

NSK

     12,500        155,924  

NTN

     12,000        55,266  

NTT Data

     6,000        66,681  

NTT DOCOMO

     4,000        94,314  

NTT DOCOMO ADR

     1,000        23,650  

NTT Urban Development

     1,900        18,312  

NuFlare Technology

     300        17,897  

Obara Group

     900        48,971  

Obayashi

     12,100                142,112  

Obic

     200        12,269  

Odakyu Electric Railway

     1,100        22,161  

Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank

     16,000        46,090  

Ohashi Technica

     1,100        13,731  

Ohsho Food Service

     400        15,239  

Oiles

     300        5,297  

Oita Bank

     3,000        11,523  

Oji Holdings

     22,000        113,447  

Okabe

     1,500        13,803  

Okamoto Industries

     1,000        11,620  

Okamura

     1,800        17,060  

Okasan Securities Group

     6,000        38,462  

Oki Electric Industry

     3,700        52,371  

Okinawa Cellular Telephone

     800        26,779  

Okinawa Electric Power

     1,485        33,892  

OKUMA

     3,000        28,460  

Okumura

     4,000        26,886  

Okuwa

     1,000        11,505  

Olympus

     400        14,581  

Omron

     1,200        52,012  

Onward Holdings

     4,000        29,553  

Open House

     1,000        30,762  

Optex

     400        12,927  

Oracle Japan

     500        32,407  

Organo

     3,000        14,697  

Orient

     8,200        14,289  

Oriental Land

     500        33,821  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

 

  

Osaka Gas

     8,000      $ 32,683  

Osaka Soda

     4,000        19,382  

Osaka Steel

     700        13,518  

Osaki Electric

     2,000        14,937  

OSG

     3,000        60,947  

OSJB Holdings

     3,400        8,857  

Otsuka

     300        18,591  

Otsuka Holdings

     700        29,811  

Outsourcing

     400        19,489  

Pacific Industrial

     1,500        19,444  

†Pacific Metals

     5,000        13,114  

Pack

     700        22,156  

PAL GROUP Holdings

     1,100        28,548  

PALTAC

     600        20,191  

PanaHome

     2,000        21,267  

Panasonic

     27,100                367,196  

Paramount Bed Holdings

     600        26,192  

Parco

     1,200        14,435  

Park24

     1,500        38,088  

Pasona Group

     500        4,610  

Penta-Ocean Construction

     11,500        65,335  

Persol Holdings

     1,500        28,086  

Pigeon

     1,300        47,042  

Pilot

     700        29,655  

Piolax

     900        25,046  

†Pioneer

     13,800        27,606  

Plenus

     1,000        21,098  

Press Kogyo

     4,300        19,918  

Pressance

     2,000        26,353  

Prestige International

     1,700        18,349  

Prima Meat Packers

     5,000        29,340  

Proto

     700        10,891  

Qol

     1,000        14,981  

Raito Kogyo

     2,000        21,125  

Rakuten

     2,100        24,683  

Recruit Holdings

     1,500        25,752  

Relo Group

     2,000        38,889  

Rengo

     11,000        63,765  

Resona Holdings

     16,600        91,283  

Resorttrust

     1,200        22,085  

Ricoh

     8,900        78,496  

Ricoh Leasing

     800        27,953  

Riken

     300        13,523  

Riken Technos

     700        3,709  

Riken Vitamin

     500        19,560  

Ringer Hut

     400        8,653  

Rinnai

     200        18,617  

Riso Kagaku

     700        13,655  

Riso Kyoiku

     3,000        23,739  

Rohm

     400        30,691  

Rohto Pharmaceutical

     1,800        37,160  

Rokko Butter

     500        11,812  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–23


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

 

  

Roland DG

     400      $ 9,111  

Round One

     5,000        47,299  

Royal Holdings

     800        18,287  

Ryobi

     6,000        24,379  

Ryohin Keikaku

     100        24,957  

Ryosan

     1,100        40,098  

S Foods

     500        18,382  

Sac’s Bar Holdings

     900        10,090  

Saibu Gas

     5,000        11,780  

Saizeriya

     1,100        31,980  

Sakata INX

     1,200        19,098  

Sala

     100        617  

SAMTY

     900        9,802  

San-A Class A

     600        26,486  

San-Ai Oil

     2,400        24,475  

†Sanden Holdings

     5,000        14,448  

Sangetsu

     1,100        19,061  

San-In Godo Bank

     3,300        27,726  

Sanken Electric

     7,000        29,375  

Sanki Engineering

     2,200        24,626  

Sankyo

     1,000        33,874  

Sankyo Tateyama

     1,100        16,763  

Sankyu

     10,000        65,081  

Sanoh Industrial

     1,700        12,001  

Sanrio

     800        15,683  

Sanshin Electronics

     1,200        15,395  

Santen Pharmaceutical

     1,700        23,034  

Sanwa Holdings

     5,400        56,845  

Sanyo Chemical Industries

     500        23,472  

Sanyo Denki

     2,000        20,485  

Sanyo Electric Railway

     3,000        15,443  

Sanyo Shokai

     500        7,940  

Sanyo Special Steel

     3,000        16,964  

Sanyo Trading

     500        11,660  

Sapporo Holdings

     2,300        63,290  

Sato Holdings

     800        20,015  

Sawada Holdings

     1,600        14,083  

Sawai Pharmaceutical

     900        50,491  

Saxa Holdings

     7,000        12,883  

SBI Holdings

     5,500        74,425  

SBS Holdings

     1,000        7,922  

Scala

     1,600        11,949  

SCREEN Holdings

     1,000                66,681  

SCSK

     300        13,443  

Secom

     700        53,056  

Sega Sammy Holdings

     4,800        64,526  

Seibu Holdings

     600        11,080  

Seikagaku

     500        8,322  

Seikitokyu Kogyo

     1,000        5,183  

Seiko Epson

     3,200        71,098  

Seiko Holdings

     6,000        24,485  

Seino Holdings

     4,000        53,096  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

 

  

Seiren

     1,900      $ 29,832  

Sekisui Chemical

     4,300        76,882  

Sekisui House

     3,100        54,558  

Sekisui Plastics

     2,500        20,338  

Senko Group Holdings

     5,000        32,452  

Senshu Ikeda Holdings

     7,900        33,293  

Senshukai

     1,500        10,802  

Septeni Holdings

     4,000        12,554  

Seria

     800        38,622  

Seven & i Holdings

     2,700        111,097  

Seven Bank

     10,300        36,814  

Shibuya

     600        18,031  

Shiga Bank

     9,000        46,330  

Shikoku Bank

     8,000        22,263  

Shikoku Chemicals

     2,000        24,539  

Shikoku Electric Power

     1,800        21,189  

Shima Seiki Manufacturing

     400        18,600  

Shimachu

     1,700        40,446  

Shimadzu

     1,000        19,009  

Shimamura

     200        24,468  

Shimano

     200        31,616  

Shimizu

     6,000        63,534  

Shimizu Bank

     400        12,945  

Shindengen Electric Manufacturing

     3,000        16,270  

Shin-Etsu Chemical

     2,000        181,107  

Shinko Electric Industries

     4,100        34,666  

Shinko Plantech

     1,300        10,032  

Shinko Shoji

     1,100        13,976  

Shinmaywa Industries

     3,000        25,286  

Shinnihon

     2,400        19,482  

Shinoken Group

     600        12,099  

Shinsei Bank

     20,000        34,852  

Shinwa

     400        7,639  

Shionogi & Co.

     500        27,824  

Ship Healthcare Holdings

     1,100        34,181  

Shiseido

     600        21,306  

Shizuoka Bank

     3,000        27,073  

Shizuoka Gas

     1,300        8,645  

†Showa

     1,900        18,362  

Showa Denko

     5,000                115,848  

Showa Sangyo

     3,000        16,484  

Showa Shell Sekiyu

     5,600        51,880  

Siix

     600        23,739  

Sinfonia Technology

     6,000        24,699  

Sinko Industries

     400        6,405  

SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings

     8,900        38,219  

Skylark

     1,200        17,220  

SMC

     100        30,362  

SMK

     2,000        7,646  

SMS

     500        15,159  

Sodick

     2,000        23,205  

SoftBank Group

     4,000        323,521  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–24


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

 

  

Sogo Medical

     400      $ 17,231  

Sohgo Security Services

     400        17,995  

Sojitz

     27,300        66,991  

Sompo Holdings

     2,900        111,875  

Sony

     10,700        407,737  

Sony Financial Holdings

     1,700        28,929  

†Sosei Group

     500        54,901  

Sotetsu Holdings

     5,000        24,761  

Sparx Group

     5,300        10,178  

Square Enix Holdings

     800        26,175  

Srg Takamiya

     2,400        12,056  

St Marc Holdings

     900        27,526  

Stanley Electric

     2,600        78,364  

Star Micronics

     1,000        16,146  

Start Today

     2,100        51,625  

Starts

     1,200        28,497  

Starzen

     400        17,479  

Stella Chemifa

     400        10,328  

Studio Alice

     300        6,111  

Subaru

     3,200        107,715  

Sugi Holdings

     300        16,057  

Sumco

     2,700        39,057  

Sumida

     1,300        20,516  

Sumitomo

     8,900        115,686  

Sumitomo Bakelite

     8,000        56,333  

Sumitomo Chemical

     49,000        281,431  

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma

     1,700        23,170  

Sumitomo Densetsu

     900        13,003  

Sumitomo Electric Industries

     18,800        289,166  

Sumitomo Forestry

     3,400        53,384  

Sumitomo Heavy Industries

     14,000        92,234  

Sumitomo Metal Mining

     5,000        66,704  

Sumitomo Mitsui Construction

     36,500        38,942  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

     8,400                327,038  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings

     2,700        96,477  

Sumitomo Osaka Cement

     13,000        61,605  

Sumitomo Realty & Development

     3,000        92,421  

Sumitomo Riko

     1,300        13,361  

Sumitomo Rubber Industries

     5,000        84,285  

Sumitomo Seika Chemicals

     400        19,595  

Sumitomo Warehouse

     5,000        31,651  

Sun Frontier Fudousan

     1,300        13,038  

Sundrug

     400        14,901  

Suntory Beverage & Food

     600        27,846  

Suruga Bank

     2,400        58,082  

Suzuken Aichi

     2,100        69,642  

Suzuki Motor

     1,500        71,082  

†SWCC Showa Holdings

     16,000        11,807  

Sysmex

     900        53,692  

T Hasegawa

     800        16,907  

T RAD

     8,000        25,250  

T&D Holdings

     6,400        97,273  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

 

  

T&K Toka

     1,200      $ 12,728  

Tachibana Eletech

     800        10,868  

Tachi-S

     1,400        25,504  

Tadano

     3,000        35,981  

Taihei Dengyo Kaisha

     2,000        23,063  

Taiheiyo Cement

     34,000        123,636  

Taiho Kogyo

     900        11,363  

Taikisha

     500        13,176  

Taiko Bank

     6,000        12,749  

Taisei

     5,000        45,610  

Taiyo Holdings

     400        17,960  

Taiyo Nippon Sanso

     5,600        62,784  

Taiyo Yuden

     4,500        70,496  

Takara Holdings

     1,600        16,644  

Takara Leben

     4,000        17,924  

Takara Standard

     1,200        19,578  

Takasago International

     600        22,565  

Takasago Thermal Engineering

     800        12,988  

Takashimaya

     8,000        76,035  

Takeda Pharmaceutical

     2,800                142,122  

Takeei

     900        8,666  

Takeuchi Manufacturing

     1,800        32,903  

Takuma

     1,000        10,029  

Tamron

     700        12,092  

Tamura

     4,000        18,600  

Tatsuta Electric Wire & Cable

     3,600        21,829  

TDK

     2,100        137,977  

TechnoPro Holdings

     500        20,093  

Teijin

     6,000        115,279  

Terumo

     500        19,671  

THK

     2,300        65,028  

TIS

     4,500        124,828  

Toa Hyogo

     1,000        9,602  

TOA ROAD

     3,000        12,536  

†Toa Tokyo

     600        9,469  

Toagosei

     3,700        48,028  

Tobishima

     6,800        10,157  

Tobu Railway

     9,000        49,051  

TOC

     2,100        19,810  

Tocalo

     600        19,738  

Tochigi Bank

     4,000        16,928  

Toda

     4,000        24,894  

Toenec

     1,000        6,206  

Toho (Kobe)

     300        8,148  

Toho (Tokyo)

     800        24,610  

Toho Bank

     7,000        24,583  

Toho Gas

     4,000        29,091  

Toho Holdings

     1,900        37,367  

Toho Titanium

     1,700        13,134  

Toho Zinc

     5,000        20,982  

Tohoku Electric Power

     1,900        26,268  

Tokai Carbon

     7,000        38,649  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–25


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

 

  

Tokai Gifu

     500      $ 19,782  

TOKAI Holdings

     2,800        20,886  

Tokai Rika

     2,700        49,619  

Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings

     3,700        20,494  

Token

     300        36,862  

Tokio Marine Holdings

     4,300        177,811  

Tokushu Tokai Paper

     400        14,457  

†Tokuyama

     13,000        62,529  

Tokyo Century

     1,400        55,888  

Tokyo Dome

     2,000        18,066  

†Tokyo Electric Power Holdings

     6,000        24,699  

Tokyo Electron

     600        80,871  

Tokyo Gas

     10,000        51,949  

Tokyo Keiki

     5,000        12,403  

Tokyo Ohka Kogyo

     600        19,978  

Tokyo Rope Manufacturing

     600        9,138  

Tokyo Seimitsu

     600        19,284  

Tokyo Steel Manufacturing

     1,600        13,528  

Tokyo Tatemono

     4,200        54,967  

Tokyo TY Financial Group

     700        19,262  

Tokyotokeiba

     500        12,714  

Tokyu

     5,000        38,097  

Tokyu Construction

     2,600        21,267  

Tokyu Fudosan Holdings

     18,000        106,264  

TOMONY Holdings

     4,800        23,344  

Tomy

     3,600        42,826  

Tonami Holdings

     5,000        18,671  

Topcon

     2,600        44,707  

Toppan Forms

     1,800        18,564  

Toppan Printing

     5,000        54,768  

Topre

     1,600        43,245  

Topy Industries

     500        14,870  

Toray Industries

     11,600        96,977  

Toridoll Holdings

     400        10,303  

Torii Pharmaceutical

     600        14,601  

Torishima Pump Manufacturing

     200        2,018  

Toshiba Machine

     6,000        26,886  

Toshiba Plant Systems & Services

     1,400        22,056  

Toshiba TEC

     8,000        41,325  

Tosoh

     22,000                225,134  

Totetsu Kogyo

     700        21,378  

TOTO

     700        26,699  

Tottori Bank

     600        9,095  

Towa Bank

     13,000        14,563  

Towa Pharmaceutical

     300        14,003  

Toyo Construction

     5,200        20,481  

Toyo Engineering

     5,000        12,314  

Toyo Ink SC Holdings

     6,000        31,474  

Toyo Kohan

     2,600        9,663  

Toyo Seikan Group Holdings

     4,300        72,485  

Toyo Suisan Kaisha

     300        11,483  

Toyo Tire & Rubber

     3,300        67,159  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

 

  

Toyobo

     33,000      $ 60,440  

Toyoda Gosei

     3,800        90,511  

Toyota Boshoku

     3,200        59,974  

Toyota Motor

     22,684        1,188,502  

Toyota Motor ADR

     1,489        156,375  

Toyota Tsusho

     7,600        227,375  

TPR

     800        25,784  

Trancom

     200        9,762  

Transcosmos

     800        19,133  

Trend Micro

     400        20,591  

Trusco Nakayama

     1,000        23,854  

TS Tech

     2,100        61,054  

Tsubakimoto Chain

     6,000        51,638  

Tsukishima Kikai

     1,500        17,084  

Tsukuba Bank

     3,300        9,917  

Tsukui

     2,800        16,405  

Tsumura & Co.

     1,300        52,705  

Tsuruha Holdings

     200        21,214  

Tsurumi Manufacturing

     800        13,258  

Tv Tokyo Holdings

     700        14,289  

UACJ

     10,000        27,384  

Ube Industries

     49,000                125,904  

UKC Holdings

     100        1,680  

Ulvac

     1,600        76,817  

Unicharm

     500        12,545  

Unipres

     1,800        39,945  

United Arrows

     700        22,685  

United Super Markets Holdings

     1,800        19,012  

†Unitika

     25,000        18,449  

Universal Entertainment

     400        12,216  

Unizo Holdings

     500        13,848  

Usen

     1,100        4,499  

Ushio

     4,200        52,726  

USS

     1,100        21,839  

V Technology

     100        17,204  

Valor Holdings

     1,500        34,008  

Vital KSK Holdings

     1,900        15,457  

VT Holdings

     3,300        16,254  

Wacoal Holdings

     4,000        54,021  

Wakita & Co.

     1,300        15,060  

Warabeya Nichiyo Holdings

     500        13,781  

Welcia Holdings

     800        29,589  

West Holdings

     300        2,192  

West Japan Railway

     400        28,223  

Xebio Holdings

     1,000        17,622  

Yahagi Construction

     1,500        12,216  

Yahoo Japan

     9,000        39,129  

Yakult Honsha

     300        20,405  

YAMABIKO

     1,600        17,227  

Yamada Denki

     9,100        45,146  

Yamagata Bank

     6,000        26,833  

Yamaguchi Financial Group

     5,000        60,325  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–26


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

 

  

Yamaha

     800      $ 27,597  

Yamaha Motor

     3,300        85,027  

Yamaichi Electronics

     1,500        23,018  

Yamanashi Chuo Bank

     6,000        25,286  

Yamatane

     900        13,139  

Yamato Holdings

     2,300        46,593  

Yamato Kogyo

     1,300        33,287  

Yamazaki Baking

     1,000        19,907  

Yamazen

     2,400        24,304  

Yaoko

     500        21,360  

Yaskawa Electric

     5,000        105,846  

Yellow Hat

     500        11,914  

Yodogawa Steel Works

     1,000        26,397  

Yokogawa Bridge Holdings

     900        12,443  

Yokogawa Electric

     4,600        73,657  

Yokohama Reito

     1,200        11,309  

Yokohama Rubber

     3,200        64,156  

Yondoshi Holdings

     500        12,452  

Yorozu

     1,000        15,506  

Yoshinoya Holdings

     800        13,329  

Yurtec

     1,000        6,819  

Yusen Logistics

     900        8,298  

Zenkoku Hosho

     400        16,341  

Zenrin

     600        17,337  

Zensho Holdings

     1,500        27,193  

Zeon

     6,000        63,854  

ZERIA Pharmaceutical

     700        12,945  

Zojirushi

     1,100        12,528  
     

 

 

 
                44,934,613  
     

 

 

 

Netherlands–2.65%

     

Aalberts Industries

     3,092        123,109  

#ABN AMRO Group CVA 144A

     4,146        109,908  

Accell Group

     637        20,870  

Aegon

     30,121        153,814  

Aegon (New York Shares)

     1,600        8,176  

Akzo Nobel

     4,559        396,205  

†Altice Class A

     2,117        48,842  

AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group

     1,768        51,644  

Amsterdam Commodities

     644        20,952  

APERAM

     1,419        65,963  

Arcadis

     2,751        49,723  

†ArcelorMittal (New York Shares)

     6,403        145,540  

ASM International

     1,280        74,545  

ASML Holding

     433        56,428  

ASML Holding (New York Shares)

     200        26,062  

BE Semiconductor Industries

     2,089        111,543  

Beter Bed Holding

     484        8,720  

BinckBank

     3,253        16,459  

Boskalis Westminster

     2,998        97,366  

Brunel International

     605        8,465  

Coca-Cola European Partners

     1,577        64,032  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Netherlands (continued)

 

  

Corbion

     2,379      $ 76,081  

#Flow Traders 144A

     704        19,418  

†Fugro CVA

     1,289        19,139  

Gemalto

     1,791        107,496  

#Grandvision 144A

     498        13,338  

Heineken

     1,086        105,593  

Hunter Douglas

     186        15,837  

IMCD Group

     759        41,138  

ING Groep

     17,310        298,536  

ING Groep ADR

     6,300        109,557  

Kendrion

     498        20,363  

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize

     26,515        506,956  

Koninklijke BAM Groep

     7,191        39,128  

Koninklijke DSM

     2,070        150,461  

Koninklijke KPN

     103,811        332,108  

Koninklijke Philips

     3,346        118,834  

Koninklijke Philips (New York Shares)

     5,156        184,688  

Koninklijke Vopak

     1,961        90,934  

Nederland Apparatenfabriek

     289        12,873  

NN Group

     5,273        187,422  

†OCI

     993        21,855  

PostNL

     11,797        55,068  

Randstad Holding

     2,595        151,514  

#Refresco Group 144A

     548        11,185  

RELX

     3,294        67,720  

RELX ADR

     1,230        25,436  

SBM Offshore

     5,153        82,574  

Sligro Food Group

     739        32,509  

TKH Group CVA

     1,290        71,665  

†TomTom

     1,965        18,848  

Unilever (New York Shares)

     2,400        132,648  

Unilever CVA

     2,188        120,753  

Van Lanschot Kempen CVA

     475        13,183  

Wessanen

     2,505        42,458  

Wolters Kluwer

     3,500        148,168  
     

 

 

 
                5,103,850  
     

 

 

 

New Zealand–0.45%

     

†a2 Milk

     13,678        40,093  

Air New Zealand

     23,768        56,780  

Auckland International Airport

     4,027        21,041  

Chorus

     14,273        48,426  

Contact Energy

     4,150        15,844  

EBOS Group

     4,086        52,399  

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare

     6,224        52,223  

Fletcher Building

     14,790        86,596  

Freightways

     3,723        20,898  

Genesis Energy

     17,212        30,649  

Infratil

     11,249        24,524  

Mainfreight

     2,869        49,406  

Mercury

     3,950        9,610  

Metlifecare

     6,446        25,366  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–27


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

New Zealand (continued)

 

  

New Zealand Refining

     7,205      $ 12,883  

Port of Tauranga

     7,990        26,055  

Restaurant Brands New Zealand

     1,401        6,427  

SKY Network Television

     9,600        24,270  

SKYCITY Entertainment Group

     20,896        62,475  

Spark New Zealand

     22,300        61,771  

Summerset Group Holdings

     11,663        40,597  

Tourism Holdings

     5,008        15,413  

Trade Me Group

     12,535        48,959  

Warehouse Group

     6,110        9,179  

Z Energy

     3,466        20,065  
     

 

 

 
                861,949  
     

 

 

 

Norway–0.87%

     

ABG Sundal Collier Holding

     15,637        10,058  

AF Gruppen

     854        15,344  

†Akastor

     6,130        10,096  

Aker Class A

     1,440        47,260  

Aker BP

     5,231        77,380  

†Aker Solutions

     6,553        29,599  

†American Shipping

     4,751        14,170  

†Atea

     3,763        50,481  

Austevoll Seafood

     4,213        35,828  

Bakkafrost

     490        18,453  

Bonheur

     1,160        10,629  

Borregaard

     3,905        48,177  

#BW LPG 144A

     3,677        12,772  

†BW Offshore

     2,693        6,775  

DNB

     4,687        79,719  

†DNO

     17,098        15,647  

Ekornes

     768        10,579  

#Entra 144A

     1,053        13,117  

†Fred Olsen Energy

     1,724        2,695  

Frontline

     2,974        16,778  

Gjensidige Forsikring

     1,459        24,903  

Grieg Seafood

     3,963        27,626  

†Kongsberg Automotive

     21,255        18,840  

Kongsberg Gruppen

     716        11,406  

†Kvaerner

     15,716        19,201  

Leroy Seafood Group

     5,170        28,083  

†Marine Harvest

     3,316        56,758  

†Nordic Semiconductor

     2,947        11,719  

Norsk Hydro

     10,152        56,276  

†Norwegian Air Shuttle

     259        7,545  

Ocean Yield

     2,180        17,038  

Opera Software

     2,227        8,723  

Orkla

     3,459        35,155  

†Petroleum Geo-Services

     12,922        22,442  

†Prosafe

     520        1,726  

Protector Forsikring

     1,286        10,782  

†REC Silicon

     113,969        14,811  

Salmar

     1,165        28,899  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Norway (continued)

 

  

#Scatec Solar 144A

     2,626      $ 14,878  

Schibsted Class A

     331        7,993  

Schibsted Class B

     714        15,779  

†Seadrill

     2,073        760  

†Seadrill (New York Shares)

     13,905        5,014  

SpareBank 1 SR-Bank

     3,003        25,718  

Statoil

     9,212        152,710  

Statoil ADR

     700        11,571  

Stolt-Nielsen

     777        10,935  

Storebrand

     14,238        98,231  

Subsea 7

     8,934        120,172  

Telenor

     3,119        51,742  

TGS NOPEC Geophysical

     5,590        114,562  

Tomra Systems

     1,480        18,082  

Veidekke

     2,004        26,164  

Wilh Wilhelmsen Holding Class A

     394        11,680  

#XXL 144A

     431        4,143  

Yara International

     1,484        55,743  
     

 

 

 
                1,673,367  
     

 

 

 

Portugal–0.26%

     

Altri

     3,521        16,231  

†Banco Comercial Portugues Class R

     346,560        93,296  

CTT-Correios de Portugal

     1,773        11,225  

EDP - Energias de Portugal

     11,203        36,634  

EDP Renovaveis

     5,921        47,088  

Galp Energia

     5,479        82,948  

Jeronimo Martins

     2,133        41,635  

Mota-Engil

     7,497        20,807  

†Navigator

     7,772        33,563  

NOS

     6,275        38,085  

REN - Redes Energeticas Nacionais

     7,613        23,834  

Semapa-Sociedade de Investimento e Gestao

     826        16,014  

Sonae

     42,299        47,056  
     

 

 

 
        508,416  
     

 

 

 

Singapore–1.11%

     

Accordia Golf Trust

     23,400        12,153  

Boustead Singapore

     12,700        8,118  

Bukit Sembawang Estates

     3,400        16,225  

CapitaLand

     24,700        62,793  

Chip Eng Seng

     1,600        843  

City Developments

     4,800        37,410  

ComfortDelGro

     30,500        50,953  

CSE Global

     25,500        7,964  

CWT

     7,500        12,148  

Dairy Farm International Holdings

     3,100        24,428  

DBS Group Holdings

     12,900        194,332  

Delfi

     3,900        5,666  

†Ezion Holdings

     44,590        7,611  

First Resources

     15,000        20,646  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–28


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Singapore (continued)

 

  

Frasers Centrepoint

     17,500      $ 23,897  

Genting Singapore

     30,900        24,352  

GL

     20,900        10,854  

Golden Agri-Resources

     271,300        73,897  

Great Eastern Holdings

     700        12,635  

GuocoLand

     13,100        17,984  

†Halcyon Agri

     27,812        11,515  

Ho Bee Land

     7,100        12,068  

Hong Fok

     19,800        11,362  

Hong Leong Finance

     7,100        13,563  

Hongkong Land Holdings

     2,000        14,720  

Hutchison Port Holdings Trust

     183,000        78,690  

Hyflux

     16,000        6,392  

Indofood Agri Resources

     26,500        9,239  

Jardine Cycle & Carriage

     588        18,942  

Keppel

     9,800        44,774  

Keppel Infrastructure Trust

     64,700        26,552  

M1

     8,600        13,618  

Mandarin Oriental International

     4,700        9,400  

†Noble Group

     36,930        12,473  

Olam International

     18,400        26,061  

OUE

     6,300        8,969  

Oversea-Chinese Banking

     21,488        168,408  

Oxley Holdings

     28,700        12,091  

QAF

     12,400        11,439  

Raffles Medical Group

     15,100        14,697  

RHT Health Trust

     23,800        15,472  

Riverstone Holdings

     20,800        15,184  

SATS

     6,900        25,610  

Sembcorp Industries

     37,700        84,341  

Sembcorp Marine

     18,400        21,985  

SIIC Environment Holdings

     19,160        7,237  

Sinarmas Land

     50,600        15,804  

Singapore Airlines

     18,000        132,312  

Singapore Exchange

     5,000        26,657  

Singapore Post

     44,900        43,375  

Singapore Technologies Engineering

     11,700        31,274  

Singapore Telecommunications

     36,300        102,565  

StarHub

     17,800        35,167  

UMS Holdings

     22,100        16,133  

United Engineers

     16,300        32,440  

United Industrial

     4,400        10,131  

United Overseas Bank

     6,762        113,555  

UOB-Kay Hian Holdings

     6,400        6,276  

UOL Group

     14,300        79,355  

Valuetronics Holdings

     30,910        17,849  

Venture

     10,300        90,151  

Wheelock Properties Singapore

     8,400        11,440  

Wilmar International

     12,800        31,146  

Wing Tai Holdings

     19,300        27,897  
     

 

 

 
                2,143,238  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Spain–2.51%

 

  

Abertis Infraestructuras

     3,699      $ 68,526  

Acciona

     1,286        113,186  

Acerinox

     1,708        23,380  

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios

     3,335        128,830  

#Aena 144A

     166        32,393  

Almirall

     977        15,912  

Amadeus IT Group

     2,372        141,826  

Applus Services

     3,430        43,172  

Atresmedia Corp. de Medios de Comunicacion

     2,420        28,303  

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria

     63,393        526,017  

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria ADR

     5,851        48,914  

Banco de Sabadell

     114,998        233,663  

Banco Santander

     71,897        475,623  

Banco Santander ADR

     26,050        174,275  

Bankia

     11,491        55,543  

Bankinter

     4,796        44,178  

Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles SHMSF

     1,398        50,480  

CaixaBank

     29,131                139,077  

#Cellnex Telecom 144A

     2,275        46,927  

CIE Automotive

     1,021        23,433  

Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles

     400        16,429  

Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion

     10,903        67,881  

Ebro Foods

     879        20,079  

Elecnor

     1,157        15,990  

Enagas

     3,734        104,701  

Ence Energia y Celulosa

     4,260        17,467  

Endesa

     2,284        52,617  

Ercros

     5,966        22,173  

Faes Farma

     5,195        17,266  

Ferrovial

     1,497        33,234  

Fluidra

     1,740        12,719  

Gamesa Corp. Tecnologica

     5,257        112,250  

Gas Natural SDG

     8,813        206,248  

Grifols

     1,754        48,851  

Grupo Catalana Occidente

     1,101        46,314  

Iberdrola

     54,533        431,819  

†Indra Sistemas

     984        14,200  

Industria de Diseno Textil

     2,536        97,351  

Inmobiliaria Colonial

     5,040        43,911  

†Liberbank

     7,747        7,955  

Mapfre

     30,150        105,305  

Mediaset Espana Comunicacion

     4,186        52,089  

Melia Hotels International

     1,845        27,584  

Miquel y Costas & Miquel

     539        19,700  

†NH Hotel Group

     4,059        24,432  

Obrascon Huarte Lain

     5,166        18,521  

Papeles y Cartones de Europa

     2,420        20,730  

†Promotora de Informaciones Class A

     2,956        7,931  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–29


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Spain (continued)

 

  

Prosegur Cia de Seguridad

     5,213      $ 33,878  

Red Electrica

     2,660        55,582  

Repsol

     15,423        236,046  

†Sacyr

     11,977        31,750  

#Talgo 144A

     2,704        16,344  

Tecnicas Reunidas

     621        24,020  

Telefonica

     1,540        15,897  

Telefonica ADR

     19,864        206,387  

†Tubacex

     2,817        10,730  

Vidrala

     512        36,256  

Viscofan

     946        55,969  

Zardoya Otis

     3,503        36,249  
     

 

 

 
                4,838,513  
     

 

 

 

Sweden–2.86%

     

AAK

     551        40,223  

AddTech Class B

     828        15,774  

AF

     1,091        22,546  

Alfa Laval

     3,498        71,582  

Assa Abloy Class B

     2,405        52,841  

Atlas Copco Class A

     1,827        70,047  

Atlas Copco Class B

     1,068        36,903  

Atrium Ljungberg Class B

     1,277        21,297  

Avanza Bank Holding

     406        17,730  

Axfood

     915        15,270  

Beijer Alma Class B

     1,082        31,851  

Beijer Ref

     567        15,681  

Bergman & Beving Class B

     1,030        15,191  

†Betsson

     1,775        15,380  

Bilia Class A SHS

     5,432        53,677  

BillerudKorsnas

     6,702        105,963  

BioGaia Class B

     302        12,278  

Boliden

     5,797        158,193  

Bonava Class B

     1,495        25,571  

Byggmax Group

     2,929        21,295  

Castellum

     3,437        50,466  

Clas Ohlson Class B

     1,203        23,133  

Cloetta Class B

     9,063        37,329  

Com Hem Holding

     3,686        51,190  

Concentric

     2,269        37,167  

Dios Fastigheter

     2,766        15,300  

#Dometic Group 144A

     1,178        10,235  

Duni

     1,284        18,784  

#Dustin Group 144A

     917        7,619  

Electrolux Class B

     2,047        67,086  

Elekta Class B

     1,918        18,179  

†Enea

     1,982        17,174  

†Essity Class B

     4,553        124,570  

Fabege

     2,033        39,093  

†Fastighets Balder Class B

     915        22,156  

†Fingerprint Cards Class B

     5,400        19,723  

Getinge Class B

     3,387        66,295  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Sweden (continued)

 

  

Granges

     1,166      $ 10,726  

Gunnebo

     3,239        17,916  

†Haldex

     1,307        16,445  

Hemfosa Fastigheter

     2,376        25,665  

Hennes & Mauritz Class B

     2,629        65,501  

Hexagon Class B

     1,095        52,055  

Hexpol

     6,700        73,126  

†HIQ International

     2,708        18,402  

Holmen Class B

     1,385        60,120  

Hufvudstaden Class A

     1,839        30,495  

Husqvarna Class B

     10,966                108,948  

ICA Gruppen

     1,191        44,334  

Indutrade

     903        20,687  

Intrum Justitia

     1,317        44,709  

Inwido

     1,523        21,422  

ITAB Shop Concept Class B

     1,500        13,398  

JM

     2,030        71,830  

KappAhl

     3,150        17,087  

Kindred Group SDR

     7,464        84,433  

Klovern Class B

     10,210        11,174  

KNOW IT

     1,633        25,150  

Kungsleden

     3,733        22,864  

Lagercrantz Group Class B

     1,482        16,228  

Lifco Class B

     441        14,175  

Lindab International

     2,706        29,518  

Loomis Class B

     2,437        87,359  

†Lundin Petroleum

     917        17,644  

†Medivir Class B

     1,410        12,259  

Mekonomen

     1,414        28,029  

Millicom International Cellular SDR

     1,544        91,195  

Modern Times Group Class B

     2,012        69,258  

†Momentum Group Class B

     1,030        9,964  

Mycronic

     2,215        20,179  

NCC Class B

     1,871        52,701  

†NetEnt

     3,048        26,646  

New Wave Group Class B

     1,826        12,300  

Nibe Industrier Class B

     3,204        30,254  

Nobia

     3,968        40,035  

Nolato Class B

     1,916        71,980  

Nordea Bank

     19,622        249,680  

†Oriflame Holding

     868        32,619  

Peab

     6,554        79,507  

Proact IT Group

     780        18,934  

Ratos Class B

     5,770        27,533  

†RaySearch Laboratories

     882        24,655  

Recipharm Class B

     441        6,439  

Rezidor Hotel Group

     5,074        18,791  

Saab Class B

     1,001        49,428  

Sagax Class B

     1,345        16,125  

Sandvik

     9,776        153,753  

†SAS

     6,329        13,823  

Scandi Standard

     2,058        14,901  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–30


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Sweden (continued)

 

  

†Sectra Class B

     568      $ 11,698  

Securitas Class B

     2,390        40,284  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken Class A

     9,646        116,672  

Skanska Class B

     2,396        56,852  

SKF Class A

     693        14,066  

SKF Class B

     4,536        91,908  

SkiStar

     1,095        25,410  

†SSAB (Aquis Exchange) Class B

     20,728        76,887  

†SSAB (BATS Europe) Class A

     8,412        38,392  

†SSAB (Turquoise) Class B

     7,881        29,200  

Svenska Cellulosa Class B

     4,553        34,453  

Svenska Handelsbanken Class A

     8,986        128,635  

Sweco Class B

     1,012        25,022  

Swedbank Class A

     4,429        107,929  

Swedish Match

     1,220        42,966  

†Swedish Orphan Biovitrum

     1,348        20,801  

Tele2 Class B

     4,586        48,012  

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B

     17,231        123,229  

Telia

     62,638        288,405  

#Thule Group 144A

     2,513        47,160  

Trelleborg Class B

     2,976        67,929  

Victoria Park Class B

     9,142        30,493  

Vitrolife

     148        9,293  

Volvo Class A

     4,893        83,576  

Volvo Class B

     14,738        251,211  

Wallenstam Class B

     3,583        34,513  

Wihlborgs Fastigheter

     1,310        27,678  
     

 

 

 
                5,509,865  
     

 

 

 

Switzerland–5.98%

     

ABB

     23,839        588,703  

†Adecco Group

     2,931        222,828  

†Allreal Holding

     451        81,602  

†Alpiq Holding

     237        20,267  

†ALSO Holding

     129        16,561  

†ams

     2,036        132,173  

APG SGA

     29        14,055  

†Arbonia

     984        18,009  

†Aryzta

     2,457        80,790  

Ascom Holding

     1,103        22,545  

Autoneum Holding

     103        28,196  

Baloise Holding

     1,138        175,880  

Bank Cler Class B

     246        10,826  

Banque Cantonale de Geneve

     72        11,804  

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise

     52        38,530  

†Barry Callebaut

     62        85,218  

Belimo Holding Class R

     16        68,946  

Bell Food Group

     30        14,352  

†Bellevue Group Class BR

     933        17,222  

Berner Kantonalbank

     121        23,143  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Switzerland (continued)

 

  

Bobst Group

     566      $ 54,481  

Bossard Holding Class A

     279        56,562  

Bucher Industries

     208        65,454  

Burckhardt Compression Holding

     82        23,517  

Burkhalter Holding

     128        18,301  

†Calida Holding

     290        11,492  

†Cembra Money Bank

     703        66,495  

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli Class R

     1        69,715  

Cie Financiere Richemont

     3,193        263,059  

Cie Financiere Tradition Class BR

     102        9,914  

†Clariant

     7,901        174,021  

Coltene Holding

     149        15,360  

Conzzeta

     36        35,647  

†Credit Suisse Group

     11,318                163,591  

Credit Suisse Group ADR

     583        8,512  

Daetwyler Holding Class B

     454        77,032  

DKSH Holding

     919        74,611  

†dormakaba Holding Class B

     62        53,860  

†Dufry

     1,140        186,770  

†EFG International

     4,332        28,055  

†Emmi

     84        63,247  

EMS-Chemie Holding

     85        62,671  

†Feintool International Holding

     85        10,557  

Flughafen Zurich

     1,195        293,360  

Forbo Holding

     24        39,320  

†GAM Holding

     4,041        54,153  

Geberit

     234        109,130  

Georg Fischer

     126        122,005  

Givaudan

     48        96,010  

†Gurit Holding Class B

     24        28,783  

Helvetia Holding

     174        99,530  

†HOCHDORF Holding

     35        11,160  

Huber + Suhner

     499        37,312  

†Idorsia

     511        9,646  

Implenia

     591        44,253  

†Inficon Holding

     61        30,058  

Interroll Holding Class R

     40        53,394  

Intershop Holding

     22        11,036  

†Julius Baer Group

     2,514        132,267  

Jungfraubahn Holding

     78        9,232  

†Kardex

     391        44,935  

Komax Holding Class R

     113        33,055  

Kudelski Class B

     1,531        26,105  

Kuehne + Nagel International

     349        58,233  

†LafargeHolcim

     3,839        219,795  

LEM Holding

     12        15,518  

Liechtensteinische Landesbank

     592        30,251  

Logitech International Class R

     1,164        42,790  

Logitech International (New York Shares) Class R

     2,260        82,852  

†Lonza Group

     1,319        285,148  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–31


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Switzerland (continued)

 

  

Luzerner Kantonalbank

     86      $ 39,036  

Metall Zug

     4        17,374  

†Meyer Burger Technology

     4,175        5,225  

Mobilezone Holding

     775        11,396  

†Mobimo Holding

     218        61,155  

Nestle

     18,404                1,601,641  

Novartis

     11,773        979,753  

Novartis ADR

     161        13,439  

†OC Oerlikon

     7,769        102,085  

Orior

     228        18,118  

Panalpina Welttransport Holding

     333        46,847  

Partners Group Holding

     200        123,996  

Phoenix Mecano Class B

     34        20,352  

Plazza Class A

     48        11,578  

PSP Swiss Property

     644        60,176  

†Rieter Holding

     85        19,404  

Roche Holding

     2,007        511,116  

Roche Holding Class B

     103        26,531  

Romande Energie Holding

     5        6,805  

Schindler Holding

     107        22,183  

†Schmolz + Bickenbach

     14,538        13,493  

Schweiter Technologies Class B

     24        31,161  

†SFS Group

     456        51,739  

SGS

     34        82,332  

†Siegfried Holding

     157        44,330  

Sika Bearer Shares

     45        289,081  

Sonova Holding

     924        150,033  

St Galler Kantonalbank

     88        38,819  

Straumann Holding Class R

     160        91,021  

Sulzer

     744        84,339  

#†Sunrise Communications Group 144A

     1,211        95,160  

Swatch Group

     334        123,339  

Swatch Group Bearer Shares

     552        40,325  

†Swiss Life Holding

     384        129,588  

Swiss Re

     1,043        95,337  

Swisscom

     223        107,605  

Tamedia

     63        10,039  

†Temenos Group

     1,071        95,607  

†u-blox Holding

     215        40,314  

†UBS Group

     5,789        98,043  

†UBS Group (New York Shares)

     11,920        202,402  

Valiant Holding

     521        59,929  

Valora Holding

     110        35,160  

Vaudoise Assurances Holding

     22        12,194  

Vetropack Holding Class B

     7        15,148  

Vifor Pharma

     700        77,161  

Vontobel Holding Class R

     782        50,807  

VP Bank

     13        1,609  

VZ Holding

     61        19,577  

†Ypsomed Holding

     55        11,122  

Zehnder Group

     321        11,683  

Zuger Kantonalbank Class B

     3        16,566  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Switzerland (continued)

 

  

Zurich Insurance Group

     1,028      $ 299,212  
     

 

 

 
        11,506,390  
     

 

 

 

United Kingdom–16.18%

     

4imprint Group

     461        10,105  

888 Holdings

     9,831        32,683  

A.G. Barr

     3,587        28,779  

AA

     9,619        28,564  

Aberdeen Asset Management

     21,622        85,048  

Acacia Mining

     5,399        20,948  

Acal

     3,315        13,072  

Admiral Group

     3,375        88,047  

Aggreko

     7,474        89,606  

†Aldermore Group

     3,674        10,398  

Amec Foster Wheeler

     8,863        53,932  

†Anglo American

     21,144        281,999  

Anglo-Eastern Plantations

     1,229        13,030  

Antofagasta

     9,355        97,414  

Arrow Global Group

     5,259        27,758  

Ashmore Group

     11,961        55,024  

Ashtead Group

     10,501        217,328  

Associated British Foods

     1,004        38,393  

AstraZeneca ADR

     11,131        379,456  

#Auto Trader Group 144A

     9,975        49,369  

AVEVA Group

     2,625        66,327  

Aviva

     35,508        243,261  

Avon Rubber

     818        10,867  

B&M European Value Retail

     18,783        82,859  

Babcock International Group

     13,229                151,711  

BAE Systems

     19,577        161,530  

Balfour Beatty

     14,712        51,851  

Barclays

     8,395        22,169  

Barclays ADR

     21,326        225,842  

Barratt Developments

     54,678        401,299  

BBA Aviation

     30,369        121,589  

Beazley

     16,454        104,602  

Bellway

     11,002        426,304  

Berendsen

     7,561        121,128  

Berkeley Group Holdings

     4,039        169,759  

BGEO Group

     973        44,279  

BHP Billiton

     1,342        20,555  

BHP Billiton ADR

     9,149        281,423  

Bodycote

     10,306        101,143  

Booker Group

     46,542        112,872  

Bovis Homes Group

     5,572        69,343  

BP ADR

     21,921        759,563  

Brewin Dolphin Holdings

     11,192        49,955  

British American Tobacco

     2,251        153,451  

British American Tobacco ADR

     3,000        205,620  

Britvic

     7,850        70,752  

BT Group

     27,339        104,954  

BT Group ADR

     2,800        54,348  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–32


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

United Kingdom (continued)

 

  

†BTG

     3,088      $ 28,073  

Bunzl

     1,748        52,091  

Burberry Group

     5,077        109,834  

Cape

     3,019        7,373  

Capita

     2,329        20,976  

Capital & Counties Properties

     14,157        53,970  

Card Factory

     7,755        30,019  

Carillion

     16,572        40,319  

Carnival

     801        52,998  

Carnival ADR

     548        36,234  

Centamin

     43,833        88,376  

Centrica

     46,016        119,987  

Chemring Group

     10,580        25,493  

Chesnara

     3,030        15,272  

Cineworld Group

     5,160        47,179  

Clarkson

     917        30,169  

Close Brothers Group

     5,595                109,964  

Cobham

     71,823        121,236  

†Coca-Cola HBC

     4,056        119,284  

Compass Group

     4,494        94,822  

Computacenter

     4,566        48,230  

Connect Group

     11,057        16,237  

Consort Medical

     1,673        22,771  

Costain Group

     5,650        33,943  

Countrywide

     2,878        6,279  

Cranswick

     1,498        54,708  

Crest Nicholson Holdings

     7,287        49,685  

Croda International

     1,416        71,650  

Daily Mail & General Trust

     6,496        56,433  

Dairy Crest Group

     10,235        79,850  

DCC

     3,323        302,530  

De La Rue

     3,905        33,975  

Debenhams

     32,597        18,362  

Dechra Pharmaceuticals

     2,720        60,225  

Devro

     10,377        27,910  

DFS Furniture

     4,052        10,845  

Diageo

     3,922        115,880  

Diageo ADR

     1,351        161,890  

Dignity

     883        28,591  

Diploma

     4,716        67,873  

Direct Line Insurance Group

     40,870        189,183  

Dixons Carphone

     31,836        117,594  

Domino’s Pizza Group

     9,282        35,531  

Drax Group

     12,781        54,218  

DS Smith

     71,337        440,035  

easyJet

     4,436        78,518  

†EI Group

     18,886        31,609  

Electrocomponents

     9,327        70,094  

Elementis

     15,959        61,131  

†EnQuest

     56,768        23,475  

Entertainment One

     7,687        22,067  

Essentra

     4,006        29,453  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

United Kingdom (continued)

 

  

esure Group

     9,338      $ 36,694  

Euromoney Institutional Investor

     529        7,393  

†Evraz

     13,963        37,627  

Experian

     3,396        69,664  

FDM Group Holdings

     1,557        15,402  

Fenner

     4,323        16,117  

Ferrexpo

     12,597        34,028  

Fidessa Group

     2,138        64,520  

†Firstgroup

     39,397        64,500  

Foxtons Group

     7,206        8,893  

Fresnillo

     2,052        39,715  

Fuller Smith & Turner

     1,225        17,040  

G4S

     42,078        178,882  

Galliford Try

     2,255        34,099  

GAME Digital

     3,172        888  

Games Workshop Group

     1,148        17,943  

†Gem Diamonds

     5,209        6,242  

Genus

     1,882        43,632  

GKN

     38,500        163,471  

GlaxoSmithKline

     10,422                222,005  

GlaxoSmithKline ADR

     7,200        310,464  

†Glencore

     72,957        272,906  

Go-Ahead Group

     1,221        27,973  

†Gocompare.Com Group

     9,338        12,892  

Grafton Group

     4,564        41,908  

Greencore Group

     19,257        61,699  

Greene King

     8,823        77,395  

Greggs

     4,632        65,156  

GVC Holdings

     7,183        70,774  

Halfords Group

     5,506        24,526  

Halma

     12,799        183,371  

Hargreaves Lansdown

     6,159        104,444  

#Hastings Group Holdings 144A

     5,424        22,175  

Hays

     46,958        101,526  

Headlam Group

     2,792        19,564  

Helical

     2,976        11,657  

Hikma Pharmaceuticals

     2,646        50,660  

Hill & Smith Holdings

     2,969        53,364  

Hilton Food Group

     1,426        13,707  

Hiscox

     8,934        147,429  

Hochschild Mining

     6,662        23,792  

HomeServe

     20,431        195,716  

Howden Joinery Group

     9,774        51,824  

HSBC Holdings ADR

     25,664        1,190,553  

†Hunting

     6,303        40,045  

IG Group Holdings

     11,120        82,265  

†Imagination Technologies Group

     4,251        8,485  

IMI

     8,093        125,962  

Imperial Brands

     3,807        170,991  

Inchcape

     19,753        194,112  

Indivior

     16,665        67,873  

Informa

     11,505        100,248  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–33


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

United Kingdom (continued)

 

  

Inmarsat

     17,144      $ 171,823  

InterContinental Hotels Group ADR

     1,334        74,077  

International Consolidated Airlines Group (London Stock Exchange)

     7,151        56,814  

International Personal Finance

     3,182        6,983  

Interserve

     4,306        12,969  

Intertek Group

     3,526        193,663  

Investec

     14,346        107,158  

ITE Group

     10,902        21,867  

ITV

     23,892        56,448  

IWG

     26,664        112,312  

J D Wetherspoon

     4,566        58,013  

J Sainsbury

     60,231        197,453  

†Jackpotjoy

     1,380        12,222  

James Fisher & Sons

     2,703        57,314  

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group

     4,141        64,721  

JD Sports Fashion

     6,260        28,537  

#John Laing Group 144A

     3,522        13,899  

John Menzies

     2,045        18,778  

John Wood Group

     9,726        81,136  

Johnson Matthey

     5,004        187,116  

Jupiter Fund Management

     14,407        94,760  

†Just Eat

     2,120        18,086  

Just Group

     6,051        10,033  

†KAZ Minerals

     17,192        115,877  

KCOM Group

     15,335        17,776  

Keller Group

     2,004        22,917  

Kier Group

     1,594        25,453  

Kingfisher

     32,323                126,592  

Ladbrokes Coral Group

     17,525        26,135  

Laird

     23,956        43,214  

†Lamprell

     12,474        16,572  

Lancashire Holdings

     4,719        42,809  

Laura Ashley Holdings

     18,438        2,732  

Legal & General Group

     62,836        211,395  

†Liberty Global Class A

     1,294        41,563  

†Liberty Global Class C

     3,168        98,778  

†Liberty Global LiLAC Class A

     161        3,505  

†Liberty Global LiLAC Class C

     440        9,420  

Lloyds Banking Group

     289,669        249,570  

Lloyds Banking Group ADR

     62,026        218,952  

London Stock Exchange Group

     899        42,691  

†Lonmin

     4,567        3,911  

Lookers

     14,659        21,909  

LSL Property Services

     3,879        11,127  

Man Group

     38,684        77,994  

Marks & Spencer Group

     47,327        205,450  

Marshalls

     7,159        34,966  

Marston’s

     22,098        35,113  

†McBride

     15,062        36,734  

#McCarthy & Stone 144A

     4,561        9,784  

Mears Group

     4,643        28,755  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

United Kingdom (continued)

 

  

Mediclinic International

     5,443      $ 52,567  

Meggitt

     24,247        150,607  

Melrose Industries

     51,168        161,611  

#Merlin Entertainments 144A

     12,367        77,396  

Micro Focus International

     5,195        153,661  

Millennium & Copthorne Hotels

     5,194        29,928  

Mitchells & Butlers

     9,179        27,569  

Mitie Group

     10,021        36,101  

Mondi

     5,636        147,840  

Moneysupermarket.com Group

     10,970        50,536  

Morgan Advanced Materials

     12,176        44,991  

Morgan Sindall Group

     854        13,792  

†Mothercare

     4,436        6,659  

N Brown Group

     4,375        17,664  

National Express Group

     12,378        59,070  

National Grid

     5,385        66,756  

National Grid ADR

     586        36,813  

NCC Group

     2,225        4,745  

NEX Group

     9,717        79,038  

Next

     569        28,577  

Northgate

     5,722        33,023  

Novae Group

     2,374        17,624  

†Ocado Group

     19,406        73,147  

Old Mutual

     75,414        189,963  

#On The Beach Group 144A

     140        710  

OneSavings Bank

     3,383        16,523  

Oxford Instruments

     679        9,268  

Pagegroup

     7,805        48,368  

PayPoint

     2,476        28,524  

†Paysafe Group

     13,209        87,913  

Pearson ADR

     6,249        56,054  

Pendragon

     38,325        15,474  

Pennon Group

     9,382        100,873  

Persimmon

     14,510                423,705  

†Petra Diamonds

     33,481        47,619  

Petrofac

     4,374        25,180  

†Petropavlovsk

     107,235        9,567  

Pets at Home Group

     11,411        23,943  

Phoenix Group Holdings

     7,137        71,948  

Photo-Me International

     13,399        28,882  

Playtech

     7,387        91,498  

Polypipe Group

     3,459        17,223  

†Premier Foods

     42,105        22,210  

†Premier Oil

     32,723        21,310  

Provident Financial

     3,250        102,988  

Prudential

     2,934        67,295  

Prudential ADR

     2,623        120,684  

PZ Cussons

     5,431        24,206  

QinetiQ Group

     18,814        66,211  

Randgold Resources

     1,638        145,179  

Rank Group

     8,180        25,271  

Rathbone Brothers

     299        9,868  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–34


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

United Kingdom (continued)

 

  

Reckitt Benckiser Group

     1,623      $ 164,544  

Redrow

     8,355        59,524  

RELX

     2,920        63,132  

RELX ADR

     3,200        70,080  

Renewi

     30,109        32,451  

Renishaw

     1,075        50,685  

Rentokil Initial

     33,628        119,702  

Restaurant Group

     6,440        27,470  

Ricardo

     2,769        28,022  

Rightmove

     1,621        89,729  

Rio Tinto

     2,407        101,637  

Rio Tinto ADR

     9,479        401,056  

Robert Walters

     1,758        9,731  

†Rolls-Royce Holdings

     32,336        375,254  

Rotork

     33,011        101,211  

†Royal Bank of Scotland Group ADR

     8,233        53,761  

Royal Dutch Shell Class A

     11,223        297,464  

Royal Dutch Shell ADR Class A

     10,647        566,314  

Royal Dutch Shell ADR Class B

     12,141        660,835  

Royal Mail

     19,599        107,519  

RPC Group

     11,345        111,117  

RPS Group

     7,026        23,976  

RSA Insurance Group

     19,227        154,135  

Saga

     18,154        49,512  

Sage Group

     8,145        72,986  

Savills

     5,233        59,876  

Schroders

     1,157        46,775  

Schroders Non-Voting Shares

     590        16,998  

SDL

     2,560        20,772  

Senior

     18,448        56,369  

†Serco Group

     13,782        20,625  

Severfield

     10,593        10,693  

Severn Trent

     3,032        86,168  

#Shawbrook Group 144A

     4,155        18,346  

Shire

     2,387        131,757  

SIG

     19,607        37,948  

Sky

     5,378        69,626  

Smith & Nephew

     4,107        70,876  

Smith & Nephew ADR

     1,200        41,820  

Smiths Group

     10,203        212,224  

Soco International

     5,696        8,661  

Spectris

     3,662        120,336  

Spirax-Sarco Engineering

     2,357        164,238  

#Spire Healthcare Group 144A

     6,438        27,185  

Spirent Communications

     15,901        24,179  

†Sports Direct International

     7,540        28,597  

SSE

     16,962                320,999  

SSP Group

     11,482        71,155  

St Ives

     1,227        827  

St James’s Place

     12,153        187,095  

St Modwen Properties

     7,644        35,732  

Stagecoach Group

     4,168        10,113  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

United Kingdom (continued)

 

  

†Standard Chartered

     21,364      $ 216,260  

Standard Life

     23,090        120,024  

SThree

     4,068        16,319  

Stock Spirits Group

     4,714        10,438  

SuperGroup

     1,368        26,637  

Synthomer

     12,723        80,883  

TalkTalk Telecom Group

     15,903        37,387  

Tate & Lyle

     17,144        147,819  

Taylor Wimpey

     144,942        332,630  

Ted Baker

     856        26,646  

Telecom Plus

     3,445        51,824  

†Tesco

     78,345        172,244  

Thomas Cook Group

     66,553        77,970  

TP ICAP

     11,761        71,580  

Travis Perkins

     9,776        185,262  

Trinity Mirror

     20,389        26,091  

TT Electronics

     4,717        11,873  

TUI

     8,315        121,186  

†Tullow Oil

     43,876        86,119  

U & I Group

     6,068        14,917  

UBM

     10,165        91,352  

UDG Healthcare

     6,282        70,856  

Ultra Electronics Holdings

     2,968        79,169  

Unilever ADR

     3,600        194,832  

United Utilities Group

     2,845        32,145  

†Vectura Group

     12,867        18,753  

Vedanta Resources

     1,605        13,421  

Vesuvius

     6,715        46,397  

Victrex

     4,154        101,499  

Virgin Money Holdings

     6,914        24,044  

Vitec Group

     1,016        13,511  

Vodafone Group

     204,175        579,058  

Vodafone Group ADR

     2,400        68,952  

Vp

     1,013        11,743  

Weir Group

     1,820        41,033  

WH Smith

     2,162        48,293  

Whitbread

     1,309        67,634  

William Hill

     29,234        96,789  

Wincanton

     4,471        14,558  

Wm Morrison Supermarkets

     58,267        183,046  

Wolseley

     1,855        113,868  

#Worldpay Group 144A

     21,308        87,365  

WPP

     4,681        98,402  

WPP ADR

     400        42,164  

WS Atkins

     3,195        86,597  

Xaar

     3,092        15,223  

XP Power

     694        21,956  

#ZPG 144A

     2,641        12,445  
     

 

 

 
                31,146,063  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

United States–0.01%

 

  

†Janus Henderson Group

     713      $ 23,607  
     

 

 

 
        23,607  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $176,177,777)

 

         190,298,506  
     

 

 

 

DPREFERRED STOCK–0.53%

 

Germany–0.53%

     

Bayerische Motoren Werke 4.77%

     999        82,358  

†Biotest

     765        19,266  

Draegerwerk & Co 0.20%

     221        23,250  

FUCHS PETROLUB 1.83%

     1,072        58,372  

Henkel 1.34%

     164        22,571  

Jungheinrich 1.25%

     1,563        57,135  

Porsche Automobil Holding 1.91%

     1,717        96,465  

Sartorius 0.50%

     1,144        110,383  

Schaeffler 4.08%

     594        8,508  

Sixt 3.89%

     905        44,788  

STO & Co. 2.70%

     44        5,737  

Villeroy & Boch 2.70%

     830        18,386  

Volkswagen 1.49%

     3,110        473,671  
     

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $1,071,449)

 

     1,020,890  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DRIGHTS–0.01%

 

  

Spain–0.01%

 

  

†ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios expiration date 7/11/17

     3,335      $ 2,666  

†Repsol expiration date 7/3/17

     14,691        6,712  

†Sacyr expiration date 7/16/17

     11,977        958  
     

 

 

 

Total Rights
(Cost $9,736)

        10,336  
     

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–0.22%

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     415,790        415,790  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $415,790)

                415,790  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.59% (Cost $177,674,752)

     191,745,522  

«RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.41%

     798,197  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 18,375,017 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 192,543,719  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP DIMENSIONAL INTERNATIONAL CORE EQUITY FUND STANDARD CLASS ($168,317,967 / 16,060,523 Shares)

   $ 10.480  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP DIMENSIONAL INTERNATIONAL CORE EQUITY FUND SERVICE CLASS ($24,225,752 / 2,314,494 Shares)

   $ 10.467  
  

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 203,352,684  

Undistributed net investment income

     2,785,874  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (27,680,203

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

     14,085,364  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 192,543,719  
  

 

 

 

 

#

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At June 30, 2017, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $1,473,793, which represents 0.77% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 6 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

D

Securities have been classified by country of origin. Classification by type of business has been presented on pages 2 and 3.

 

Securities listed and traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. These securities have significant business operations in China.

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

«

Includes $2,350 cash due to custodian, $66,472 payable for fund shares redeemed, $102,297 due to manager and affiliates, $48,460 expense reimbursement receivable from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation, and $124,615 payable for securities purchased as of June 30, 2017.

 

=

The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs and is reported as a Level 3 security in the disclosure table located in Note 3 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

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LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

Securities listed and traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

The following foreign currency exchange contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Receive (Deliver)
       In Exchange For       Settlement Date    Unrealized
Depreciation
BNYM      JPY        4,669,774        USD        (41,642   7/3/17    $(119)

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

ADR–American Depositary Receipt

BNYM–Bank of New York Mellon

CDI–Chess Depository Interest

CVA–Dutch Certificate

FDR–Fiduciary Depositary Receipt

JPY–Japanese Yen

SA–Societe Anonyme

SDR–Special Drawing Right

USD–United States Dollar

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–37


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $ 3,510,413  

Interest

     1,356  

Foreign tax withheld

     (337,420
  

 

 

 
     3,174,349  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     657,112  

Pricing fees

     128,166  

Professional fees

     58,740  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     40,802  

Custodian fees

     30,981  

Accounting and administration expenses

     21,625  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     20,927  

Shareholder servicing fees

     9,265  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     2,223  

Consulting fees

     1,042  

Other

     912  
  

 

 

 
     971,795  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (148,945

Expenses reimbursed

     (206,142
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     616,708  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     2,557,641  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments

     (154,310

Foreign currencies

     29,940  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     8,411  

Futures contracts

     6,426  
  

 

 

 

Net realized loss

     (109,533
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     20,319,038  

Foreign currencies

     27,992  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     133  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     20,347,163  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     20,237,630  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 22,795,271  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 2,557,641     $ 3,342,789  

Net realized loss

     (109,533     (27,175,592

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     20,347,163       17,854,513  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     22,795,271       (5,978,290
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (2,939,532

Service Class

           (198,553
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (3,138,085
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     11,592,530       37,022,980  

Service Class

     14,077,575       8,496,569  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           2,939,532  

Service Class

           198,553  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     25,670,105       48,657,634  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (9,239,831     (130,698,156

Service Class

     (2,803,692     (3,676,633
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (12,043,523     (134,374,789
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     13,626,582       (85,717,155
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

     36,421,853       (94,833,530

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     156,121,866       250,955,396  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 192,543,719     $ 156,121,866  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 2,785,874     $ 228,233  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–38


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund Standard Class
   

Six Months

Ended

6/30/171

(unaudited)

  

Year Ended

12/31/16

  

5/1/152

to

12/31/15

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 9.192      $ 8.985      $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

             

Net investment income3

      0.145        0.198        0.103

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      1.143        0.208        (1.022 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      1.288        0.406        (0.919 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

             

Net investment income

             (0.199 )        (0.096 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.199 )        (0.096 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.480      $ 9.192      $ 8.985
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total return4

      14.01%        4.51%        (9.18% )

Ratios and supplemental data:

             

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 168,318      $ 145,238      $ 245,437

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

      0.68%        0.68%        0.67%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      1.08%        1.10%        1.02%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      2.94%        2.23%        1.63%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      2.54%        1.81%        1.28%

Portfolio turnover

      6%        26%        92%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–39


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund Service Class
   

Six Months

Ended

6/30/171

(unaudited)

  

Year Ended

12/31/16

 

5/1/152

to

12/31/15

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 9.191      $ 8.987     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

            

Net investment income3

      0.133        0.178       0.086

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      1.143        0.203       (1.020 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      1.276        0.381       (0.934 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

            

Net investment income

             (0.177 )       (0.079 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.177 )       (0.079 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.467      $ 9.191     $ 8.987
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

      13.88%        4.24%       (9.33% )

Ratios and supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 24,226      $ 10,884     $ 5,518

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

      0.93%        0.93%       0.92%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      1.33%        1.35%       1.27%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      2.69%        1.98%       1.38%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      2.29%        1.56%       1.03%

Portfolio turnover

      6%        26%       92%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund–40


LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Dimensional International Core Equity Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Equity securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are used when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax return to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or expected to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2015-December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund does not separate that portion of realized gains and losses on foreign equity securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices. These changes are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.75% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.17% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018 and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and the LIAC. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the annual operating expenses exceed 0.68% of average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.93% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018 and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and the LIAC.

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 4,791  

Legal

     1,157  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $1,006 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivables due from and liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 48,460  

Management fees payable to LIAC

     91,948  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     4,746  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     1,006  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     4,597  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

Purchases

   $ 25,969,610  

Sales

     10,546,045  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 177,674,752  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 29,258,310  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (15,187,540
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 14,070,770  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

                        Post-Enactment Losses (No Expiration)     
    Short-Term      Long-Term        Total      
   $22,529,763    $3,419,498     $25,949,261    

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs, including related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. The Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Valuations may also be

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which is received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Investments:

          

Assets:

          

Common Stock

          

Australia

   $ 11,221,630      $ 14,703     $ 2,794      $ 11,239,127  

Austria

     1,293,643                     1,293,643  

Belgium

     2,789,077                     2,789,077  

Canada

     16,448,024                     16,448,024  

China

     10,928                     10,928  

Denmark

     3,567,892                     3,567,892  

Finland

     3,947,357                     3,947,357  

France

     14,942,780                     14,942,780  

Germany

     14,149,898                     14,149,898  

Hong Kong

     5,786,484              20,169        5,806,653  

Ireland

     1,227,547                     1,227,547  

Israel

     1,385,146                     1,385,146  

Italy

     5,238,858        1,705              5,240,563  

Japan

     44,934,613                     44,934,613  

Netherlands

     5,103,850                     5,103,850  

New Zealand

     861,949                     861,949  

Norway

     1,673,367                     1,673,367  

Portugal

     508,416                     508,416  

Singapore

     2,143,238                     2,143,238  

Spain

     4,838,513                     4,838,513  

Sweden

     5,509,865                     5,509,865  

Switzerland

     11,506,390                     11,506,390  

United Kingdom

     31,146,063                     31,146,063  

United States

     23,607                     23,607  

Preferred Stock

     1,020,890                     1,020,890  

Rights

     3,624        6,712              10,336  

Money Market Fund

     415,790                     415,790  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 191,699,439      $ 23,120     $ 22,963      $ 191,745,522  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivatives:

          

Liabilities:

          

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

   $      $ (119   $      $ (119
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. This does not include transfers between Level 1 investments and Level 2 investments that resulted from the Fund’s use of international fair value pricing during the period. In accordance with the fair value procedures described in Note 1, international fair value pricing uses other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to the events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded, causing a change in classification between levels. International fair value pricing was not utilized at June 30, 2017. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year
Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     1,178,271       4,135,203  

Service Class

     1,411,368       956,498  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           318,870  

Service Class

           21,534  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     2,589,639       5,432,105  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (918,848     (15,970,128

Service Class

     (281,076     (407,841
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (1,199,924     (16,377,969
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     1,389,715       (10,945,864
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. This risk is generally mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to control overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default. No futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts as a cash management tool.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

  

Liability Derivatives

    

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value   

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

   Receivables and other assets net of liabilities    $—    Receivables and other assets net of liabilities    $(119)

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operation for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
   Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts      $ 8,411      $ 133

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts        6,426       
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

        $ 14,837      $ 133
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long
Derivative
Volume
   Short
Derivative
Volume

Foreign currency exchange contracts (average cost)

     $ 166,180      $ 27,987

Futures contracts (average notional value)

       68,249       

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights to help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and foreign currency exchange contracts and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting items and netting provisions in the event of a default or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instrument payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of an ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out) netting including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements on the Statement of Net Assets.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had no assets or liabilities that are subject to the offsetting provisions.

6. Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of equity securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

6. Market Risk (continued)

 

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC, the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. Rule 144A securities are identified on the Statement of Net Assets.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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Index

  

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

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Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings

     2  

Statement of Net Assets

     3  

Statement of Operations

     27  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     27  

Financial Highlights

     28  

Notes to Financial Statements

     30  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January

1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,061.40       0.50%       $2.56  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,060.00       0.75%       3.83  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,022.32       0.50%       $2.51  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,021.08       0.75%       3.76  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–1


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Common Stock

     99.71

Aerospace & Defense

     2.08

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.68

Airlines

     1.09

Auto Components

     0.93

Automobiles

     0.75

Banks

     8.79

Beverages

     0.98

Biotechnology

     1.60

Building Products

     0.83

Capital Markets

     3.31

Chemicals

     2.52

Commercial Services & Supplies

     1.15

Communications Equipment

     1.60

Construction & Engineering

     0.61

Construction Materials

     0.29

Consumer Finance

     1.36

Containers & Packaging

     0.89

Distributors

     0.24

Diversified Consumer Services

     0.46

Diversified Financial Services

     0.50

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     2.23

Electric Utilities

     0.84

Electrical Equipment

     0.75

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     1.93

Energy Equipment & Services

     1.02

Food & Staples Retailing

     2.07

Food Products

     1.86

Gas Utilities

     0.24

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     2.50

Health Care Providers & Services

     3.63

Health Care Technology

     0.24

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     2.32

Household Durables

     1.15

Household Products

     0.91

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     0.27

Industrial Conglomerates

     1.07

Insurance

     4.08

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     1.14

Internet Software & Services

     2.34

IT Services

     3.14

Leisure Products

     0.28

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     1.01

Machinery

     3.08

Marine

     0.07

Media

     3.54
Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Metals & Mining

     0.91

Multiline Retail

     0.70

Multi-Utilities

     0.52

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     4.10

Paper & Forest Products

     0.22

Personal Products

     0.30

Pharmaceuticals

     3.31

Professional Services

     0.67

Real Estate Management & Development

     0.45

Road & Rail

     1.29

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     3.85

Software

     2.93

Specialty Retail

     2.45

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     2.52

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     0.78

Thrift & Mortgage Finance

     0.61

Tobacco

     0.58

Trading Companies & Distributors

     0.75

Transportation Infrastructure

     0.03

Water Utilities

     0.14

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     0.23

Rights

     0.00

Money Market Fund

     0.36

Total Value of Securities

     100.07

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.07 %) 

Total Net Assets

     100.00

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage
of Net Assets

Apple

     1.85

AT&T

     1.49

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     1.25

Alphabet Class A & Class C

     1.02

Wells Fargo & Co.

     1.01

Pfizer

     0.99

Microsoft

     0.93

Johnson & Johnson

     0.86

Exxon Mobil

     0.85

Comcast

     0.81

Total

     11.06

IT–Information Technology

 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–2


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK–99.71%

 

Aerospace & Defense–2.08%

 

AAR

     1,552      $ 53,948  

†Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings

     3,366        70,013  

†Aerovironment

     1,567        59,859  

Arconic

     14,035        317,893  

†Astronics

     1,340        40,830  

†Astronics Class B

     755        23,088  

†Axon Enterprise

     1,980        49,777  

Boeing

     3,778        747,099  

BWX Technologies

     2,786        135,817  

Cubic

     1,722        79,729  

Curtiss-Wright

     2,571        235,966  

†DigitalGlobe

     4,137        137,762  

†Ducommun

     1,095        34,580  

†Engility Holdings

     2,146        60,946  

†Esterline Technologies

     1,787        169,408  

General Dynamics

     2,770        548,737  

HEICO

     1,793        128,809  

HEICO Class A

     2,683        166,480  

Hexcel

     6,074        320,646  

Huntington Ingalls Industries

     934        173,873  

†KeyW Holding

     2,189        20,467  

†KLX

     2,983        149,150  

†Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

     3,759        44,619  

L3 Technologies

     1,716        286,709  

Lockheed Martin

     1,667        462,776  

†Mercury Systems

     2,137        89,946  

†Moog Class A

     2,078        149,034  

National Presto Industries

     380        41,990  

Northrop Grumman

     1,151        295,473  

Orbital ATK

     3,528        347,014  

Raytheon

     2,913        470,391  

Rockwell Collins

     4,341        456,152  

†Sparton

     651        14,315  

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Class A

     4,652        269,537  

†Teledyne Technologies

     1,770        225,941  

Textron

     7,851        369,782  

TransDigm Group

     397        106,741  

Triumph Group

     2,844        89,870  

United Technologies

     11,834        1,445,050  

†Vectrus

     700        22,624  

†Wesco Aircraft Holdings

     5,108        55,422  
     

 

 

 
        8,968,263  
     

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics–0.68%

     

†Air Transport Services Group

     5,125        111,623  

†Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings

     1,487        77,547  

CH Robinson Worldwide

     2,235        153,500  

†Echo Global Logistics

     1,585        31,541  

Expeditors International of Washington

     2,494        140,861  

FedEx

     6,029        1,310,283  

Forward Air

     1,503        80,080  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Air Freight & Logistics (continued)

 

†Hub Group Class A

     2,257      $ 86,556  

†Radiant Logistics

     4,220        22,704  

United Parcel Service Class B

     4,366        482,836  

†XPO Logistics

     6,749        436,188  
     

 

 

 
        2,933,719  
     

 

 

 

Airlines–1.09%

     

Alaska Air Group

     5,691        510,824  

Allegiant Travel

     1,038        140,753  

American Airlines Group

     4,187        210,690  

Copa Holdings Class A

     1,782        208,494  

Delta Air Lines

     22,993        1,235,644  

†Hawaiian Holdings

     4,649        218,271  

†JetBlue Airways

     18,591        424,433  

SkyWest

     2,826        99,193  

Southwest Airlines

     9,962        619,039  

†Spirit Airlines

     4,963        256,339  

†United Continental Holdings

     10,021        754,080  
     

 

 

 
        4,677,760  
     

 

 

 

Auto Components–0.93%

     

Adient

     1,943        127,033  

†American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings

     6,021        93,928  

Autoliv

     2,860        314,028  

BorgWarner

     6,550        277,458  

Cooper Tire & Rubber

     3,493        126,097  

†Cooper-Standard Holdings

     1,257        126,794  

Dana

     11,458        255,857  

Delphi Automotive

     1,895        166,097  

†Dorman Products

     2,133        176,548  

†Fox Factory Holding

     2,570        91,492  

Gentex

     17,716        336,073  

†Gentherm

     2,279        88,425  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber

     12,999        454,445  

†Horizon Global

     1,513        21,727  

LCI Industries

     1,956        200,294  

Lear

     3,268        464,317  

†Modine Manufacturing

     3,332        55,145  

†Motorcar Parts of America

     986        27,845  

Standard Motor Products

     2,098        109,558  

†Stoneridge

     2,301        35,458  

Superior Industries International

     1,457        29,941  

Tenneco

     3,279        189,625  

Tower International

     1,402        31,475  

†Visteon

     1,837        187,484  
     

 

 

 
        3,987,144  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles–0.75%

     

Ford Motor

     99,921        1,118,116  

General Motors

     36,321        1,268,693  

Harley-Davidson

     6,692        361,502  

†Tesla

     215        77,746  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–3


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Automobiles (continued)

     

Thor Industries

     3,525      $ 368,433  

Winnebago Industries

     1,195        41,825  
     

 

 

 
        3,236,315  
     

 

 

 

Banks–8.79%

     

1st Source

     1,769        84,806  

Access National

     600        15,912  

†Allegiance Bancshares

     697        26,695  

Ameris Bancorp

     1,895        91,339  

Arrow Financial

     587        18,579  

Associated Banc-Corp

     8,070        203,364  

†Atlantic Capital Bancshares

     1,167        22,173  

Banc of California

     2,993        64,349  

BancFirst

     1,077        104,038  

†Bancorp

     3,933        29,812  

BancorpSouth

     4,978        151,829  

Bank of America

     109,740        2,662,292  

Bank of Hawaii

     2,642        219,207  

Bank of Marin Bancorp

     451        27,759  

Bank of the Ozarks

     6,929        324,762  

BankUnited

     6,585        221,980  

Banner

     2,275        128,560  

BB&T

     13,195        599,185  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp

     2,242        78,806  

Blue Hills Bancorp

     1,301        23,288  

BOK Financial

     2,151        180,964  

Boston Private Financial Holdings

     5,510        84,579  

Bridge Bancorp

     778        25,907  

Brookline Bancorp

     5,712        83,395  

Bryn Mawr Bank

     1,024        43,520  

Camden National

     1,270        54,496  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

     1,279        103,812  

Capital Bank Financial

     2,219        84,544  

Carolina Financial

     545        17,614  

Cathay General Bancorp

     4,152        157,568  

CenterState Banks

     2,710        67,371  

Central Pacific Financial

     1,797        56,552  

Chemical Financial

     3,467        167,837  

CIT Group

     6,204        302,135  

Citigroup

     30,126        2,014,827  

Citizens & Northern

     430        10,002  

Citizens Financial Group

     10,744        383,346  

City Holding

     834        54,936  

CNB Financial

     584        13,998  

CoBiz Financial

     2,929        50,965  

Columbia Banking System

     4,172        166,254  

Comerica

     3,785        277,213  

Commerce Bancshares

     5,425        308,303  

Community Bank System

     2,725        151,973  

Community Trust Bancorp

     1,117        48,869  

ConnectOne Bancorp

     2,112        47,626  

†CU Bancorp

     909        32,860  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Banks (continued)

     

Cullen/Frost Bankers

     2,930      $ 275,156  

†Customers Bancorp

     1,959        55,401  

CVB Financial

     6,174        138,483  

†Eagle Bancorp

     1,871        118,434  

East West Bancorp

     4,363        255,585  

Enterprise Financial Services

     1,930        78,744  

Farmers Capital Bank

     466        17,964  

Farmers National Banc

     405        5,873  

†FCB Financial Holdings Class A

     2,630        125,583  

Fidelity Southern

     1,670        38,176  

Fifth Third Bancorp

     23,991        622,806  

Financial Institutions

     846        25,211  

First Bancorp

     1,423        44,483  

†First BanCorp (Puerto Rico)

     15,480        89,629  

First Busey

     2,523        73,974  

First Business Financial Services

     400        9,232  

First Citizens BancShares Class A

     620        231,074  

First Commonwealth Financial

     5,294        67,128  

First Community Bancshares

     1,227        33,558  

First Connecticut Bancorp

     902        23,136  

First Financial

     910        43,043  

First Financial Bancorp

     3,923        108,667  

First Financial Bankshares

     3,198        141,352  

†First Foundation

     2,148        35,292  

First Horizon National

     13,555        236,128  

First Interstate BancSystem Class A

     2,323        86,417  

First Merchants

     2,572        103,240  

First Midwest Bancorp

     6,282        146,433  

First of Long Island

     1,230        35,178  

First Republic Bank

     3,203        320,620  

Flushing Financial

     1,741        49,079  

FNB

     16,508        233,753  

†Franklin Financial Network

     624        25,740  

Fulton Financial

     9,122        173,318  

German American Bancorp

     1,728        58,908  

Glacier Bancorp

     4,439        162,512  

Great Southern Bancorp

     880        47,080  

Great Western Bancorp

     3,428        139,897  

†Green Bancorp

     2,278        44,193  

Guaranty Bancorp

     1,516        41,235  

Hancock Holding

     4,504        220,696  

Hanmi Financial

     2,236        63,614  

Heartland Financial USA

     1,573        74,088  

Heritage Commerce

     1,727        23,798  

Heritage Financial

     2,083        55,199  

Hilltop Holdings

     4,920        128,953  

Home BancShares

     8,726        217,277  

†HomeTrust Bancshares

     1,279        31,208  

Hope Bancorp

     8,233        153,545  

Horizon Bancorp

     1,191        31,383  

Huntington Bancshares

     34,499        466,426  

IBERIABANK

     2,544        207,336  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–4


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Banks (continued)

     

Independent Bank

     1,685      $ 112,305  

Independent Bank Group

     1,234        73,423  

International Bancshares

     4,142        145,177  

Investors Bancorp

     16,174        216,085  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     58,797        5,374,046  

KeyCorp

     24,375        456,787  

Lakeland Bancorp

     3,567        67,238  

Lakeland Financial

     1,247        57,212  

LegacyTexas Financial Group

     3,057        116,563  

Live Oak Bancshares

     644        15,585  

M&T Bank

     2,226        360,501  

MainSource Financial Group

     2,072        69,433  

MB Financial

     4,103        180,696  

Mercantile Bank

     1,121        35,289  

National Bank Holdings Class A

     1,689        55,923  

NBT Bancorp

     2,905        107,340  

OFG Bancorp

     3,457        34,570  

Old National Bancorp

     8,874        153,077  

Opus Bank

     1,518        36,736  

Pacific Continental

     830        21,207  

†Pacific Premier Bancorp

     2,850        105,165  

PacWest Bancorp

     6,079        283,889  

Park National

     722        74,886  

Park Sterling

     4,529        53,805  

Peapack Gladstone Financial

     901        28,192  

Peoples Bancorp

     1,224        39,327  

People’s United Financial

     16,235        286,710  

Pinnacle Financial Partners

     3,905        245,234  

PNC Financial Services Group

     7,232        903,060  

Popular

     5,265        219,603  

Preferred Bank

     736        39,354  

Prosperity Bancshares

     3,450        221,628  

QCR Holdings

     440        20,856  

Regions Financial

     38,330        561,151  

Renasant

     2,499        109,306  

Republic Bancorp Class A

     900        32,130  

†Republic First Bancorp

     1,391        12,867  

S&T Bancorp

     1,882        67,489  

Sandy Spring Bancorp

     1,367        55,582  

†Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

     2,229        53,719  

ServisFirst Bancshares

     2,538        93,627  

Sierra Bancorp

     878        21,555  

†Signature Bank

     1,182        169,652  

Simmons First National Class A

     2,031        107,440  

South State

     1,660        142,262  

Southside Bancshares

     1,853        64,744  

Southwest Bancorp

     899        22,969  

State Bank Financial

     1,643        44,558  

Sterling Bancorp

     6,011        139,756  

Stock Yards Bancorp

     886        34,465  

Stonegate Bank

     919        42,439  

Sun Bancorp

     1,066        26,277  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Banks (continued)

     

SunTrust Banks

     7,705      $ 437,028  

†SVB Financial Group

     1,455        255,774  

Synovus Financial

     6,754        298,797  

TCF Financial

     10,469        166,876  

†Texas Capital Bancshares

     2,530        195,822  

Tompkins Financial

     757        59,591  

Towne Bank

     3,347        103,088  

TriCo Bancshares

     1,330        46,750  

†TriState Capital Holdings

     1,385        34,902  

†Triumph Bancorp

     490        12,030  

Trustmark

     3,858        124,073  

U.S. Bancorp

     26,080        1,354,074  

UMB Financial

     2,248        168,285  

Umpqua Holdings

     9,892        181,617  

Union Bankshares

     2,283        77,394  

United Bankshares

     4,686        183,691  

United Community Banks

     4,289        119,234  

Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania

     1,016        30,429  

Valley National Bancorp

     12,810        151,286  

†Veritex Holdings

     396        10,427  

Washington Trust Bancorp

     1,005        51,808  

Webster Financial

     5,124        267,575  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     78,534        4,351,569  

WesBanco

     2,273        89,874  

West Bancorporation

     758        17,927  

Westamerica Bancorporation

     989        55,424  

†Western Alliance Bancorp

     5,374        264,401  

Wintrust Financial

     2,899        221,600  

Zions Bancorporation

     3,896        171,073  
     

 

 

 
        37,840,748  
     

 

 

 

Beverages–0.98%

     

†Boston Beer Class A

     651        86,030  

Brown-Forman Class A

     428        21,100  

Brown-Forman Class B

     3,441        167,233  

Coca-Cola

     30,069        1,348,595  

Coca-Cola Bottling Consolidated

     632        144,646  

Constellation Brands Class A

     1,773        343,483  

†Craft Brew Alliance

     613        10,329  

Dr Pepper Snapple Group

     2,705        246,453  

MGP Ingredients

     1,309        66,982  

Molson Coors Brewing Class B

     6,310        544,805  

†Monster Beverage

     1,425        70,794  

National Beverage

     964        90,192  

PepsiCo

     9,218        1,064,587  

†Primo Water

     745        9,462  
     

 

 

 
        4,214,691  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology–1.60%

     

AbbVie

     9,549        692,398  

†Acorda Therapeutics

     2,536        49,959  

†Adamas Pharmaceuticals

     1,097        19,187  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–5


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Biotechnology (continued)

     

†Akebia Therapeutics

     1,002      $ 14,399  

†Alexion Pharmaceuticals

     1,815        220,831  

†Alkermes

     638        36,985  

†Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

     2,140        170,686  

†AMAG Pharmaceuticals

     1,449        26,662  

Amgen

     7,509        1,293,275  

†Aptevo Therapeutics

     1,004        2,078  

†Biogen

     1,629        442,045  

†BioMarin Pharmaceutical

     900        81,738  

†BioSpecifics Technologies

     665        32,924  

†Bioverativ

     2,404        144,649  

†Bluebird Bio

     1,165        122,383  

†Celgene

     5,000        649,350  

†Celldex Therapeutics

     2,682        6,625  

†Chimerix

     1,691        9,216  

†Clovis Oncology

     263        24,625  

†Concert Pharmaceuticals

     1,000        13,950  

†Eagle Pharmaceuticals

     867        68,398  

†Emergent BioSolutions

     2,719        92,201  

†Enanta Pharmaceuticals

     866        31,159  

†Exact Sciences

     631        22,318  

†Exelixis

     6,236        153,593  

†Five Prime Therapeutics

     2,499        75,245  

Gilead Sciences

     13,570        960,485  

†Incyte

     1,361        171,364  

†Insys Therapeutics

     1,480        18,722  

†Ionis Pharmaceuticals

     1,239        63,028  

†Karyopharm Therapeutics

     1,386        12,543  

†Kite Pharma

     706        73,191  

†Ligand Pharmaceuticals Class B

     194        23,552  

†Momenta Pharmaceuticals

     2,972        50,227  

†Myriad Genetics

     3,589        92,740  

†Neurocrine Biosciences

     1,020        46,920  

†NewLink Genetics

     196        1,441  

†OPKO Health

     6,890        45,336  

†Otonomy

     732        13,798  

PDL BioPharma

     8,018        19,804  

†Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

     318        156,183  

†Repligen

     1,034        42,849  

†Retrophin

     2,257        43,763  

†Seattle Genetics

     500        25,870  

†Spectrum Pharmaceuticals

     3,722        27,729  

†TESARO

     300        41,958  

†United Therapeutics

     3,088        400,606  

†Vertex Pharmaceuticals

     408        52,579  

†Xencor

     1,202        25,374  
     

 

 

 
        6,906,941  
     

 

 

 

Building Products–0.83%

     

AAON

     2,821        103,954  

Advanced Drainage Systems

     2,948        59,255  

Allegion

     1,342        108,863  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Building Products (continued)

     

†American Woodmark

     1,320      $ 126,126  

AO Smith

     1,106        62,301  

Apogee Enterprises

     1,890        107,428  

†Armstrong Flooring

     1,730        31,088  

†Armstrong World Industries

     2,482        114,172  

†Builders FirstSource

     7,695        117,887  

†Continental Building Products

     2,885        67,221  

†CSW Industrials

     803        31,036  

Fortune Brands Home & Security

     4,246        277,009  

†Gibraltar Industries

     1,829        65,204  

Griffon

     2,547        55,907  

Insteel Industries

     1,555        51,268  

Johnson Controls International

     13,983        606,303  

Lennox International

     699        128,364  

Masco

     3,737        142,791  

†Masonite International

     1,962        148,131  

†NCI Building Systems

     5,674        94,756  

Owens Corning

     5,085        340,288  

†Patrick Industries

     1,335        97,255  

†PGT

     5,032        64,410  

†Ply Gem Holdings

     2,902        52,091  

Quanex Building Products

     1,644        34,771  

Simpson Manufacturing

     2,054        89,780  

†Trex

     1,337        90,461  

Universal Forest Products

     980        85,564  

†USG

     8,222        238,602  
     

 

 

 
        3,592,286  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–3.31%

     

Affiliated Managers Group

     1,396        231,541  

Ameriprise Financial

     5,144        654,780  

Artisan Partners Asset Management Class A

     2,502        76,811  

Bank of New York Mellon

     16,712        852,646  

BGC Partners Class A

     17,801        225,005  

BlackRock

     1,974        833,837  

CBOE Holdings

     2,552        233,253  

Charles Schwab

     11,701        502,675  

CME Group

     3,509        439,467  

Cohen & Steers

     3,600        145,944  

†Cowen Class A

     1,499        24,359  

Diamond Hill Investment Group

     308        61,415  

†Donnelley Financial Solutions

     1,411        32,397  

†E*TRADE Financial

     8,906        338,695  

Eaton Vance

     5,340        252,689  

Evercore Partners Class A

     2,348        165,534  

FactSet Research Systems

     656        109,014  

Federated Investors Class B

     8,212        231,989  

Financial Engines

     2,884        105,554  

Franklin Resources

     6,758        302,691  

GAIN Capital Holdings

     2,244        13,980  

Goldman Sachs Group

     5,850        1,298,115  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–6


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Capital Markets (continued)

     

Greenhill & Co.

     1,658      $ 33,326  

Houlihan Lokey

     1,286        44,881  

Interactive Brokers Group

     5,300        198,326  

Intercontinental Exchange

     8,887        585,831  

†INTL. FCStone

     1,244        46,973  

Invesco

     13,298        467,957  

Investment Technology Group

     1,487        31,584  

†Janus Henderson Group

     3,865        127,970  

†KCG Holdings Class A

     5,141        102,512  

Legg Mason

     4,809        183,511  

LPL Financial Holdings

     7,523        319,427  

MarketAxess Holdings

     688        138,357  

Moelis & Co. Class A

     1,121        43,551  

Moody’s

     891        108,417  

Morgan Stanley

     21,704        967,130  

Morningstar

     1,911        149,708  

MSCI

     1,329        136,874  

Nasdaq

     4,281        306,049  

Northern Trust

     4,855        471,955  

OM Asset Management

     4,990        74,151  

Oppenheimer Holdings Class A

     765        12,546  

Piper Jaffray

     673        40,346  

Raymond James Financial

     3,602        288,952  

S&P Global

     1,712        249,935  

†Safeguard Scientifics

     1,565        18,624  

SEI Investments

     1,515        81,477  

State Street

     6,052        543,046  

†Stifel Financial

     3,341        153,619  

T. Rowe Price Group

     9,539        707,889  

TD Ameritrade Holding

     5,854        251,663  

Virtu Financial Class A

     1,903        33,588  

Virtus Investment Partners

     382        42,383  

Waddell & Reed Financial Class A

     4,351        82,147  

Westwood Holdings Group

     439        24,887  

WisdomTree Investments

     5,289        53,789  
     

 

 

 
        14,255,772  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals–2.52%

     

A Schulman

     1,598        51,136  

†AdvanSix

     2,033        63,511  

Air Products & Chemicals

     2,542        363,659  

Albemarle

     3,062        323,163  

American Vanguard

     2,114        36,467  

Ashland Global Holdings

     3,222        212,362  

†Axalta Coating Systems

     3,124        100,093  

Balchem

     1,857        144,307  

Cabot

     4,349        232,367  

Calgon Carbon

     3,597        54,315  

Celanese Class A

     4,179        396,754  

CF Industries Holdings

     8,601        240,484  

Chase

     640        68,288  

Chemours

     3,983        151,035  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Chemicals (continued)

     

Dow Chemical

     22,758      $ 1,435,347  

Eastman Chemical

     5,577        468,412  

Ecolab

     1,877        249,172  

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.

     5,227        421,871  

†Ferro

     7,033        128,634  

†Flotek Industries

     3,167        28,313  

FMC

     4,040        295,122  

FutureFuel

     2,591        39,098  

†GCP Applied Technologies

     3,136        95,648  

Hawkins

     885        41,020  

HB Fuller

     3,392        173,365  

Huntsman

     19,266        497,833  

†Ingevity

     1,981        113,709  

Innophos Holdings

     1,429        62,647  

Innospec

     1,358        89,017  

International Flavors & Fragrances

     740        99,900  

KMG Chemicals

     636        30,954  

†Koppers Holdings

     1,060        38,319  

†Kraton

     2,385        82,139  

Kronos Worldwide

     4,968        90,517  

†LSB Industries

     2,413        24,926  

LyondellBasell Industries Class A

     3,486        294,184  

Minerals Technologies

     2,235        163,602  

Monsanto

     1,828        216,362  

Mosaic

     7,084        161,728  

NewMarket

     466        214,584  

Olin

     9,233        279,575  

†OMNOVA Solutions

     3,545        34,564  

†Platform Specialty Products

     18,605        235,911  

PolyOne

     5,724        221,748  

PPG Industries

     1,490        163,840  

Praxair

     1,892        250,785  

Quaker Chemical

     833        120,977  

Rayonier Advanced Materials

     3,769        59,249  

RPM International

     2,332        127,211  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Class A

     2,601        232,685  

Sensient Technologies

     2,225        179,179  

Sherwin-Williams

     394        138,278  

Stepan

     1,260        109,796  

†Trecora Resources

     817        9,191  

Tredegar

     1,894        28,884  

Trinseo

     2,479        170,307  

Tronox

     4,414        66,740  

Valvoline

     6,722        159,453  

Westlake Chemical

     2,177        144,139  

WR Grace & Co.

     1,682        121,121  
     

 

 

 
        10,847,997  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–1.15%

 

  

ABM Industries

     2,328        96,659  

†ACCO Brands

     7,956        92,687  

†ARC Document Solutions

     3,148        13,096  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–7


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)

 

  

Brady Class A

     2,770      $ 93,903  

Brink’s

     3,738        250,446  

†Casella Waste Systems

     2,159        35,429  

CECO Environmental

     1,187        10,897  

Cintas

     1,398        176,204  

†Clean Harbors

     3,676        205,231  

†Copart

     4,256        135,298  

Covanta Holding

     10,499        138,587  

Deluxe

     3,759        260,198  

Ennis

     1,143        21,831  

Essendant

     1,656        24,558  

Healthcare Services Group

     1,609        75,349  

Herman Miller

     4,911        149,294  

HNI

     3,300        131,571  

†Hudson Technologies

     1,167        9,861  

†InnerWorkings

     2,700        31,320  

Interface Class A

     5,000        98,250  

KAR Auction Services

     9,021        378,611  

Kimball International Class B

     3,544        59,149  

Knoll

     4,076        81,724  

LSC Communications

     2,753        58,922  

Matthews International Class A

     2,054        125,808  

McGrath RentCorp

     1,645        56,966  

Mobile Mini

     2,671        79,729  

MSA Safety

     2,418        196,269  

Multi-Color

     1,058        86,333  

†NL Industries

     2,090        14,735  

Pitney Bowes

     4,363        65,881  

Quad

     3,100        71,052  

Republic Services

     6,256        398,695  

Rollins

     2,327        94,732  

†SP Plus

     1,195        36,507  

Steelcase Class A

     4,018        56,252  

†Stericycle

     2,597        198,203  

†Team

     1,744        40,897  

Tetra Tech

     2,976        136,152  

U.S. Ecology

     1,083        54,692  

UniFirst

     728        102,430  

Viad

     1,421        67,142  

VSE

     530        23,839  

Waste Management

     4,643        340,564  

West

     3,298        76,909  
     

 

 

 
        4,952,862  
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment–1.60%

 

ADTRAN

     3,319        68,537  

†Applied Optoelectronics

     1,210        74,766  

†Arista Networks

     691        103,505  

†ARRIS International

     10,551        295,639  

Black Box

     1,723        14,732  

Brocade Communications Systems

     21,104        266,121  

†CalAmp

     1,620        32,935  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Communications Equipment (continued)

 

  

†Calix

     2,250      $ 15,413  

†Ciena

     7,923        198,233  

Cisco Systems

     91,527        2,864,795  

†CommScope Holding

     3,189        121,278  

Comtech Telecommunications

     715        13,564  

†Digi International

     1,498        15,205  

†EchoStar Class A

     3,105        188,473  

†Extreme Networks

     5,103        47,050  

†F5 Networks

     834        105,968  

†Finisar

     5,923        153,880  

†Harmonic

     3,856        20,244  

Harris

     4,850        529,038  

†Infinera

     7,948        84,805  

InterDigital

     2,678        207,009  

Juniper Networks

     8,881        247,602  

†Lumentum Holdings

     2,231        127,279  

Motorola Solutions

     1,654        143,468  

†NETGEAR

     1,744        75,166  

†NetScout Systems

     4,343        149,399  

†Oclaro

     7,443        69,518  

†Palo Alto Networks

     444        59,412  

Plantronics

     2,355        123,190  

†ShoreTel

     1,706        9,895  

†Sonus Networks

     3,105        23,101  

†Ubiquiti Networks

     2,329        121,038  

†ViaSat

     2,849        188,604  

†Viavi Solutions

     10,641        112,050  
     

 

 

 
        6,870,912  
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering–0.61%

 

†AECOM

     9,254        299,182  

†Aegion

     1,719        37,612  

Argan

     1,180        70,800  

Chicago Bridge & Iron

     5,367        105,891  

Comfort Systems USA

     2,598        96,386  

†Dycom Industries

     2,195        196,496  

EMCOR Group

     3,811        249,163  

Fluor

     4,547        208,162  

†Goldfield

     1,529        8,409  

Granite Construction

     2,068        99,760  

†Great Lakes Dredge & Dock

     5,107        21,960  

†IES Holdings

     1,179        21,399  

Jacobs Engineering Group

     2,664        144,895  

KBR

     8,326        126,722  

†MasTec

     5,538        250,041  

†MYR Group

     1,177        36,511  

†Northwest Pipe

     539        8,764  

†NV5 Global

     440        18,700  

Primoris Services

     2,711        67,612  

†Quanta Services

     8,452        278,240  

†Tutor Perini

     2,795        80,356  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–8


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Construction & Engineering (continued)

 

  

Valmont Industries

     1,274      $ 190,590  
     

 

 

 
        2,617,651  
     

 

 

 

Construction Materials–0.29%

 

  

Eagle Materials

     2,584        238,813  

Martin Marietta Materials

     1,469        326,970  

†Summit Materials Class A

     6,417        185,259  

†U.S. Concrete

     1,122        88,133  

United States Lime & Minerals

     277        21,736  

Vulcan Materials

     2,925        370,539  
     

 

 

 
        1,231,450  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–1.36%

     

Ally Financial

     19,868        415,241  

American Express

     18,973        1,598,286  

Capital One Financial

     7,850        648,567  

†Credit Acceptance

     1,148        295,197  

Discover Financial Services

     9,833        611,514  

†Encore Capital Group

     1,119        44,928  

†Enova International

     2,659        39,486  

†EZCORP Class A

     2,772        21,344  

FirstCash

     2,903        169,245  

†Green Dot Class A

     2,915        112,315  

†LendingClub

     16,586        91,389  

Navient

     21,662        360,672  

Nelnet Class A

     1,923        90,400  

†OneMain Holdings

     6,278        154,376  

†PRA Group

     2,993        113,435  

†Regional Management

     129        3,048  

†Santander Consumer USA Holdings

     19,372        247,187  

†SLM

     27,460        315,790  

Synchrony Financial

     17,007        507,149  

†World Acceptance

     395        29,589  
     

 

 

 
        5,869,158  
     

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging–0.89%

 

  

AptarGroup

     4,309        374,280  

Avery Dennison

     1,309        115,676  

Ball

     8,968        378,539  

Bemis

     6,504        300,810  

†Berry Global Group

     3,128        178,327  

†Crown Holdings

     2,329        138,948  

Graphic Packaging Holding

     23,782        327,716  

Greif Class A

     1,982        110,556  

International Paper

     4,000        226,440  

Myers Industries

     3,074        55,178  

†Owens-Illinois

     7,627        182,438  

Packaging Corp. of America

     2,985        332,499  

Sealed Air

     2,558        114,496  

Silgan Holdings

     6,778        215,405  

Sonoco Products

     6,911        355,364  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Containers & Packaging (continued)

 

WestRock

     7,171      $ 406,309  
     

 

 

 
        3,812,981  
     

 

 

 

Distributors–0.24%

     

Core-Mark Holding

     2,242        74,121  

Genuine Parts

     5,733        531,793  

†LKQ

     7,749        255,330  

Pool

     1,302        153,076  

Weyco Group

     507        14,135  
     

 

 

 
        1,028,455  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services–0.46%

 

Adtalem Global Education

     4,089        155,178  

†American Public Education

     1,300        30,745  

†Ascent Capital Group Class A

     345        5,299  

†Bridgepoint Education

     2,198        32,442  

†Bright Horizons Family Solutions

     2,131        164,534  

Capella Education

     988        84,573  

†Career Education

     6,090        58,464  

Carriage Services

     768        20,705  

Graham Holdings

     162        97,143  

†Grand Canyon Education

     3,284        257,498  

H&R Block

     5,890        182,060  

†Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

     5,951        73,197  

†K12

     2,788        49,961  

†Regis

     2,095        21,516  

Service Corp. International

     6,761        226,155  

†ServiceMaster Global Holdings

     5,284        207,080  

†Sotheby’s

     2,959        158,810  

Strayer Education

     800        74,576  

†Weight Watchers International

     1,972        65,904  
     

 

 

 
        1,965,840  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services–0.50%

 

†Berkshire Hathaway Class B

     10,489        1,776,522  

Leucadia National

     7,755        202,871  

Marlin Business Services

     729        18,334  

NewStar Financial

     1,435        15,068  

†On Deck Capital

     2,037        9,492  

Voya Financial

     3,680        135,755  
     

 

 

 
        2,158,042  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–2.23%

 

AT&T

     170,253        6,423,646  

ATN International

     873        59,748  

CenturyLink

     26,010        621,119  

†Cincinnati Bell

     1,239        24,222  

Cogent Communications Holdings

     2,252        90,305  

Consolidated Communications Holdings

     3,804        81,672  

†FairPoint Communications

     1,193        18,670  

Frontier Communications

     25,266        29,309  

†General Communication Class A

     2,677        98,085  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–9


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Diversified Telecommunication Services (continued)

 

†Hawaiian Telcom Holdco

     500      $ 12,495  

IDT Class B

     1,774        25,492  

†Iridium Communications

     4,205        46,465  

†Level 3 Communications

     4,870        288,791  

†Lumos Networks

     1,037        18,531  

†ORBCOMM

     2,840        32,092  

Verizon Communications

     35,101        1,567,611  

†Vonage Holdings

     9,457        61,849  

Windstream Holdings

     2,822        10,949  

†Zayo Group Holdings

     2,542        78,548  
     

 

 

 
        9,589,599  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–0.84%

     

ALLETE

     1,303        93,399  

Alliant Energy

     2,790        112,074  

American Electric Power

     2,844        197,573  

Avangrid

     717        31,656  

Duke Energy

     3,872        323,660  

Edison International

     1,747        136,598  

El Paso Electric

     1,899        98,178  

Entergy

     2,019        154,999  

Eversource Energy

     3,381        205,260  

Exelon

     4,912        177,176  

FirstEnergy

     4,142        120,781  

Great Plains Energy

     2,778        81,340  

Hawaiian Electric Industries

     3,350        108,473  

IDACORP

     1,455        124,184  

MGE Energy

     1,434        92,278  

NextEra Energy

     2,606        365,179  

OGE Energy

     2,074        72,154  

Otter Tail

     1,714        67,874  

PG&E

     2,867        190,283  

Pinnacle West Capital

     1,088        92,654  

PNM Resources

     2,378        90,959  

Portland General Electric

     2,134        97,502  

PPL

     3,451        133,416  

Southern

     5,454        261,138  

Westar Energy

     1,044        55,353  

Xcel Energy

     2,482        113,874  
     

 

 

 
        3,598,015  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–0.75%

     

Acuity Brands

     524        106,519  

Allied Motion Technologies

     758        20,633  

AMETEK

     7,327        443,796  

AZZ

     1,479        82,528  

†Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises

     2,436        28,647  

Eaton

     7,083        551,270  

Emerson Electric

     6,411        382,224  

Encore Wire

     1,573        67,167  

EnerSys

     2,490        180,401  

†Generac Holdings

     4,872        176,025  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Electrical Equipment (continued)

 

General Cable

     3,093      $ 50,571  

Hubbell

     2,390        270,476  

LSI Industries

     457        4,136  

Powell Industries

     509        16,283  

Regal Beloit

     2,707        220,756  

Rockwell Automation

     1,662        269,178  

†Sensata Technologies Holding

     6,943        296,605  

†Thermon Group Holdings

     1,338        25,649  

†Vicor

     1,194        21,373  
     

 

 

 
        3,214,237  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–1.93%

 

Amphenol Class A

     2,484        183,369  

†Anixter International

     2,020        157,964  

†Arrow Electronics

     3,850        301,917  

Avnet

     6,315        245,527  

AVX

     7,956        130,001  

Badger Meter

     1,828        72,846  

Bel Fuse Class B

     100        2,470  

Belden

     2,615        197,249  

†Benchmark Electronics

     3,326        107,430  

CDW

     2,461        153,886  

Cognex

     2,283        193,827  

†Coherent

     1,139        256,264  

†Control4

     614        12,041  

Corning

     15,126        454,536  

CTS

     2,254        48,686  

Daktronics

     2,615        25,182  

Dolby Laboratories Class A

     3,327        162,890  

†Electro Scientific Industries

     460        3,790  

†ePlus

     1,064        78,842  

†Fabrinet

     2,165        92,359  

†FARO Technologies

     954        36,061  

†Fitbit Class A

     1,208        6,414  

†Flex

     20,706        337,715  

FLIR Systems

     8,077        279,949  

†II-VI

     2,715        93,125  

†Insight Enterprises

     3,069        122,729  

†IPG Photonics

     2,284        331,408  

†Itron

     2,303        156,028  

Jabil

     13,360        389,978  

†KEMET

     3,824        48,947  

†Keysight Technologies

     6,402        249,230  

†Kimball Electronics

     1,253        22,617  

†Knowles

     4,393        74,330  

Littelfuse

     903        148,995  

Mesa Laboratories

     195        27,945  

Methode Electronics

     2,434        100,281  

MTS Systems

     843        43,667  

National Instruments

     5,162        207,616  

†Novanta

     1,849        66,564  

†OSI Systems

     916        68,837  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–10


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (continued)

 

Park Electrochemical

     1,422      $ 26,193  

PC Connection

     1,762        47,680  

†PCM

     468        8,775  

†Plexus

     2,055        108,031  

†Rogers

     1,055        114,594  

†Sanmina

     4,462        170,002  

†ScanSource

     1,186        47,796  

SYNNEX

     2,512        301,340  

Systemax

     1,538        28,914  

TE Connectivity

     7,604        598,283  

†Tech Data

     2,372        239,572  

†Trimble

     5,235        186,732  

†TTM Technologies

     7,111        123,447  

Universal Display

     968        105,754  

†VeriFone Systems

     5,436        98,392  

Vishay Intertechnology

     7,503        124,550  

†Zebra Technologies

     2,662        267,584  
     

 

 

 
        8,291,151  
     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services–1.02%

 

Archrock

     6,266        71,432  

†Atwood Oceanics

     5,615        45,762  

Baker Hughes, a GE company

     3,689        201,087  

Bristow Group

     2,547        19,485  

†CARBO Ceramics

     560        3,836  

Core Laboratories

     1,387        140,461  

†Diamond Offshore Drilling

     5,355        57,995  

†Dril-Quip

     2,531        123,513  

Ensco Class A

     16,853        86,961  

†Era Group

     1,340        12,676  

†Exterran

     3,133        83,651  

†Forum Energy Technologies

     6,039        94,208  

Frank’s International

     3,834        31,784  

†Geospace Technologies

     1,182        16,347  

Halliburton

     4,635        197,961  

†Helix Energy Solutions Group

     9,439        53,236  

Helmerich & Payne

     2,373        128,949  

†Hornbeck Offshore Services

     1,588        4,494  

†ION Geophysical

     332        1,444  

†Matrix Service

     1,451        13,567  

†McDermott International

     16,513        118,398  

Nabors Industries

     15,348        124,933  

National Oilwell Varco

     8,228        271,030  

†Natural Gas Services Group

     679        16,873  

†Newpark Resources

     6,448        47,393  

Noble

     14,315        51,820  

Oceaneering International

     5,893        134,596  

†Oil States International

     2,950        80,093  

†Parker Drilling

     2,258        3,048  

Patterson-UTI Energy

     8,986        181,427  

†PHI

     903        8,813  

†Pioneer Energy Services

     5,840        11,972  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Energy Equipment & Services (continued)

 

†Rowan

     7,100      $ 72,704  

RPC

     3,412        68,957  

Schlumberger

     14,597        961,066  

†SEACOR Holdings

     1,038        35,603  

†SEACOR Marine Holdings

     1,043        21,235  

†Superior Energy Services

     6,675        69,620  

†TechnipFMC

     7,143        194,290  

†Tesco

     2,570        11,437  

†TETRA Technologies

     3,841        10,716  

†Transocean

     19,921        163,950  

U.S. Silica Holdings

     3,541        125,670  

†Unit

     3,218        60,273  

†Weatherford International

     46,413        179,618  
     

 

 

 
        4,414,384  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–2.07%

 

  

Andersons

     1,719        58,704  

Casey’s General Stores

     2,657        284,591  

†Chefs’ Warehouse

     1,611        20,943  

Costco Wholesale

     3,709        593,180  

CVS Health

     20,877        1,679,763  

Ingles Markets Class A

     1,007        33,533  

Kroger

     12,343        287,839  

†Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage

     985        8,146  

†Performance Food Group

     3,962        108,559  

PriceSmart

     1,613        141,299  

†Rite Aid

     12,700        37,465  

†Smart & Final Stores

     2,200        20,020  

SpartanNash

     2,365        61,395  

†Sprouts Farmers Market

     7,238        164,085  

†SUPERVALU

     15,733        51,762  

Sysco

     3,283        165,233  

†United Natural Foods

     3,051        111,972  

Village Super Market Class A

     310        8,035  

Walgreens Boots Alliance

     18,510        1,449,518  

Wal-Mart Stores

     40,446        3,060,953  

Weis Markets

     1,415        68,939  

Whole Foods Market

     12,080        508,689  
     

 

 

 
        8,924,623  
     

 

 

 

Food Products–1.86%

     

Alico

     310        9,703  

Archer-Daniels-Midland

     6,427        265,949  

B&G Foods Class A

     4,796        170,738  

†Blue Buffalo Pet Products

     6,135        139,939  

Bunge

     4,968        370,613  

Calavo Growers

     882        60,902  

†Cal-Maine Foods

     2,580        102,168  

Campbell Soup

     4,619        240,881  

Conagra Brands

     12,138        434,055  

†Darling Ingredients

     10,334        162,657  

Dean Foods

     6,682        113,594  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–11


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Food Products (continued)

     

†Farmer Brothers

     1,079      $ 32,640  

Flowers Foods

     13,177        228,094  

Fresh Del Monte Produce

     3,101        157,872  

General Mills

     4,722        261,599  

†Hain Celestial Group

     4,249        164,946  

Hershey

     945        101,465  

Hormel Foods

     13,860        472,765  

†Hostess Brands

     2,178        35,066  

Ingredion

     2,517        300,052  

J&J Snack Foods

     1,165        153,862  

JM Smucker

     2,861        338,542  

John B Sanfilippo & Son

     672        42,410  

Kellogg

     1,742        120,999  

Kraft Heinz

     6,558        561,627  

Lamb Weston Holdings

     1,825        80,373  

Lancaster Colony

     1,006        123,356  

†Landec

     2,083        30,933  

†Lifeway Foods

     699        6,529  

McCormick & Co.

     1,484        144,705  

Mondelez International

     14,441        623,707  

Omega Protein

     1,390        24,881  

†Pilgrim’s Pride

     5,264        115,387  

Pinnacle Foods

     3,750        222,750  

†Post Holdings

     4,397        341,427  

Sanderson Farms

     1,422        164,454  

Seaboard

     59        235,705  

†Seneca Foods Class A

     364        11,302  

Snyder’s-Lance

     4,775        165,311  

Tootsie Roll Industries

     1,420        49,487  

†TreeHouse Foods

     2,845        232,408  

Tyson Foods Class A

     6,506        407,471  
     

 

 

 
        8,023,324  
     

 

 

 

Gas Utilities–0.24%

     

Atmos Energy

     1,323        109,743  

Chesapeake Utilities

     620        46,469  

National Fuel Gas

     2,570        143,509  

New Jersey Resources

     2,264        89,881  

Northwest Natural Gas

     1,438        86,064  

ONE Gas

     1,574        109,881  

South Jersey Industries

     2,141        73,158  

Southwest Gas Holdings

     1,094        79,928  

Spire

     954        66,542  

UGI

     3,296        159,559  

WGL Holdings

     1,065        88,853  
     

 

 

 
        1,053,587  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–2.50%

 

Abaxis

     1,053        55,830  

Abbott Laboratories

     25,087        1,219,501  

†ABIOMED

     714        102,316  

†Accuray

     2,299        10,920  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)

 

†Alere

     3,613      $ 181,336  

†Align Technology

     787        118,144  

Analogic

     568        41,265  

†AngioDynamics

     2,264        36,699  

†Anika Therapeutics

     1,049        51,758  

Atrion

     84        54,037  

Baxter International

     7,371        446,240  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

     1,412        275,495  

†Boston Scientific

     6,822        189,106  

Cantel Medical

     1,223        95,284  

CONMED

     1,227        62,503  

Cooper

     1,149        275,094  

CR Bard

     1,065        336,657  

†CryoLife

     1,100        21,945  

Danaher

     9,745        822,381  

DENTSPLY SIRONA

     4,498        291,650  

†DexCom

     500        36,575  

†Edwards Lifesciences

     716        84,660  

†Exactech

     800        23,840  

†Globus Medical

     5,049        167,374  

†Haemonetics

     2,807        110,848  

†Halyard Health

     2,747        107,902  

Hill-Rom Holdings

     4,464        355,379  

†Hologic

     11,528        523,141  

†ICU Medical

     1,021        176,123  

†IDEXX Laboratories

     1,272        205,326  

†Inogen

     544        51,908  

†Integer Holdings

     2,485        107,476  

†Integra LifeSciences Holdings

     3,098        168,872  

†Intuitive Surgical

     124        115,986  

Invacare

     1,522        20,090  

†Lantheus Holdings

     1,324        23,369  

LeMaitre Vascular

     1,009        31,501  

†LivaNova

     605        37,032  

†Masimo

     1,668        152,088  

Medtronic

     14,615        1,297,081  

Meridian Bioscience

     2,980        46,935  

†Merit Medical Systems

     2,673        101,975  

†Natus Medical

     1,650        61,545  

†Neogen

     1,118        77,265  

†NuVasive

     2,105        161,917  

†Nuvectra

     338        4,489  

†OraSure Technologies

     3,072        53,023  

†Orthofix International

     627        29,143  

†Quidel

     1,563        42,420  

ResMed

     1,486        115,715  

†RTI Surgical

     2,100        12,285  

†SeaSpine Holdings

     660        7,603  

STERIS

     4,099        334,069  

Stryker

     1,836        254,800  

†Surmodics

     576        16,214  

Teleflex

     866        179,920  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–12


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)

 

†Varex Imaging

     2,170      $ 73,346  

†Varian Medical Systems

     2,072        213,810  

West Pharmaceutical Services

     873        82,516  

†Wright Medical Group

     442        12,151  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings

     3,063        393,289  
     

 

 

 
        10,759,162  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–3.63%

 

  

†Acadia Healthcare

     5,585        275,787  

Aceto

     1,439        22,233  

†Addus HomeCare

     433        16,108  

Aetna

     7,561        1,147,987  

†Almost Family

     856        52,772  

†Amedisys

     1,799        112,995  

AmerisourceBergen

     3,169        299,566  

†AMN Healthcare Services

     3,740        146,047  

Anthem

     4,347        817,801  

†BioScrip

     3,413        9,266  

†BioTelemetry

     1,656        55,393  

†Brookdale Senior Living

     8,359        122,961  

†Capital Senior Living

     1,634        24,853  

Cardinal Health

     4,025        313,628  

†Centene

     4,553        363,694  

Chemed

     949        194,099  

Cigna

     4,709        788,240  

†Civitas Solutions

     2,257        39,497  

†Community Health Systems

     5,888        58,644  

†CorVel

     1,234        58,553  

†Cross Country Healthcare

     2,183        28,183  

†DaVita

     8,004        518,339  

†Diplomat Pharmacy

     2,267        33,552  

Ensign Group

     2,803        61,021  

†Envision Healthcare

     4,912        307,835  

†Express Scripts Holding

     15,729        1,004,139  

†Five Star Senior Living

     461        691  

†Hanger

     1,874        22,301  

†HCA Healthcare

     1,747        152,338  

†HealthEquity

     1,480        73,748  

HealthSouth

     4,250        205,700  

†Henry Schein

     1,975        361,465  

Humana

     3,299        793,805  

Kindred Healthcare

     6,921        80,630  

†Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings 

     3,195        492,477  

Landauer

     434        22,698  

†LHC Group

     1,107        75,154  

†LifePoint Health

     2,947        197,891  

†Magellan Health

     1,562        113,870  

McKesson

     2,823        464,496  

†MEDNAX

     3,444        207,914  

†Molina Healthcare

     3,472        240,193  

National HealthCare

     926        64,950  

National Research Class A

     927        24,936  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Health Care Providers & Services (continued)

 

Owens & Minor

     4,089      $ 131,625  

Patterson

     6,302        295,879  

†PharMerica

     2,450        64,313  

†Premier Class A

     3,076        110,736  

†Providence Service

     766        38,767  

Quest Diagnostics

     4,224        469,540  

†Quorum Health

     1,472        6,109  

†RadNet

     3,391        26,280  

†Select Medical Holdings

     8,192        125,747  

†Surgery Partners

     1,621        36,878  

†Tenet Healthcare

     7,697        148,860  

†Tivity Health

     3,037        121,024  

†Triple-S Management Class B

     1,017        17,197  

U.S. Physical Therapy

     459        27,724  

UnitedHealth Group

     12,832        2,379,309  

Universal Health Services Class B

     3,346        408,480  

†VCA

     3,726        343,947  

†WellCare Health Plans

     2,253        404,549  
     

 

 

 
        15,625,414  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Technology–0.24%

 

†Allscripts Healthcare Solutions

     12,779        163,060  

†athenahealth

     1,156        162,476  

†Cerner

     5,503        365,784  

Computer Programs & Systems

     313        10,266  

†Evolent Health Class A

     100        2,535  

†HealthStream

     1,113        29,294  

†HMS Holdings

     3,921        72,539  

†Medidata Solutions

     448        35,034  

†Omnicell

     2,195        94,605  

†Quality Systems

     2,697        46,415  

†Veeva Systems Class A

     886        54,321  
     

 

 

 
        1,036,329  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–2.32%

 

Aramark

     11,545        473,114  

†Belmond Class A

     6,085        80,931  

†Biglari Holdings

     51        20,387  

†BJ’s Restaurants

     1,462        54,459  

Bloomin’ Brands

     6,385        135,554  

Bob Evans Farms

     1,324        95,103  

†Bojangles’

     3,222        52,357  

Boyd Gaming

     3,072        76,216  

†Bravo Brio Restaurant Group

     1,400        6,440  

Brinker International

     2,294        87,401  

†Buffalo Wild Wings

     1,127        142,791  

Carnival

     5,447        357,160  

†Carrols Restaurant Group

     3,714        45,497  

Cheesecake Factory

     2,784        140,035  

†Chipotle Mexican Grill

     288        119,837  

Choice Hotels International

     1,757        112,887  

Churchill Downs

     487        89,267  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–13


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)

 

  

†Chuy’s Holdings

     1,208      $ 28,267  

ClubCorp Holdings

     5,242        68,670  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

     1,206        201,703  

Darden Restaurants

     1,986        179,614  

†Dave & Buster’s Entertainment

     3,378        224,671  

†Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group

     884        14,232  

†Del Taco Restaurants

     1,259        17,311  

†Denny’s

     3,309        38,947  

DineEquity

     1,438        63,344  

Domino’s Pizza

     603        127,553  

Dunkin’ Brands Group

     2,451        135,099  

†El Pollo Loco Holdings

     2,025        28,046  

†Eldorado Resorts

     1,215        24,300  

†Fiesta Restaurant Group

     1,638        33,825  

†Habit Restaurants Class A

     628        9,922  

†Hilton Grand Vacations

     2,717        97,975  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings

     3,736        231,072  

†Hyatt Hotels Class A

     1,582        88,924  

ILG

     7,286        200,292  

International Game Technology

     8,417        154,031  

†Intrawest Resorts Holdings

     3,884        92,206  

Jack in the Box

     968        95,348  

†La Quinta Holdings

     6,452        95,296  

Las Vegas Sands

     3,696        236,137  

Marcus

     1,216        36,723  

Marriott International Class A

     2,572        257,997  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide

     1,828        215,247  

McDonald’s

     4,575        700,707  

MGM Resorts International

     17,547        549,046  

†Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings

     7,010        380,573  

†Panera Bread Class A

     664        208,921  

Papa John’s International

     1,135        81,448  

†Papa Murphy’s Holdings

     207        905  

†Penn National Gaming

     2,255        48,257  

†Pinnacle Entertainment

     1,797        35,509  

Planet Fitness Class A

     3,422        79,869  

†Potbelly

     1,460        16,790  

†Red Robin Gourmet Burgers

     617        40,259  

Red Rock Resorts Class A

     478        11,257  

Royal Caribbean Cruises

     5,753        628,400  

†Ruby Tuesday

     2,748        5,523  

Ruth’s Hospitality Group

     3,110        67,643  

†Scientific Games Class A

     3,331        86,939  

SeaWorld Entertainment

     6,946        113,011  

†Shake Shack Class A

     500        17,440  

Six Flags Entertainment

     2,634        157,013  

Sonic

     1,631        43,205  

Speedway Motorsports

     3,631        66,338  

Starbucks

     9,184        535,519  

Texas Roadhouse

     3,405        173,485  

Vail Resorts

     651        132,042  

Wendy’s

     13,624        211,308  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)

 

Wingstop

     900      $ 27,810  

Wyndham Worldwide

     2,178        218,693  

Wynn Resorts

     948        127,146  

Yum Brands

     2,149        158,510  
     

 

 

 
        10,009,754  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables–1.15%

     

†AV Homes

     1,200        24,060  

Bassett Furniture Industries

     722        27,400  

CalAtlantic Group

     6,777        239,567  

†Cavco Industries

     502        65,084  

†Century Communities

     1,715        42,532  

CSS Industries

     543        14,205  

DR Horton

     9,540        329,798  

Ethan Allen Interiors

     1,870        60,401  

Flexsteel Industries

     419        22,672  

Garmin

     4,366        222,797  

†GoPro

     2,100        17,073  

†Green Brick Partners

     3,200        36,640  

†Helen of Troy

     1,362        128,164  

Hooker Furniture

     602        24,772  

†Hovnanian Enterprises Class A

     5,034        14,095  

†Installed Building Products

     1,531        81,066  

†iRobot

     1,320        111,065  

KB Home

     4,086        97,941  

La-Z-Boy

     3,341        108,583  

Leggett & Platt

     2,057        108,054  

Lennar

     6,297        335,756  

Lennar Class B

     300        13,491  

Libbey

     1,451        11,695  

Lifetime Brands

     785        14,248  

†M/I Homes

     1,091        31,148  

MDC Holdings

     3,075        108,640  

†Meritage Homes

     2,325        98,115  

†Mohawk Industries

     2,313        559,029  

NACCO Industries Class A

     326        23,097  

Newell Brands

     4,058        217,590  

†NVR

     36        86,782  

†PICO Holdings

     1,481        25,918  

PulteGroup

     10,201        250,231  

†Taylor Morrison Home Class A

     2,165        51,982  

†Tempur Sealy International

     2,133        113,881  

Toll Brothers

     7,489        295,890  

†TopBuild

     2,248        119,301  

†TRI Pointe Group

     8,843        116,639  

Tupperware Brands

     1,115        78,306  

†Universal Electronics

     767        51,274  

Whirlpool

     2,778        532,320  

†William Lyon Homes Class A

     1,617        39,034  

†ZAGG

     980        8,477  
     

 

 

 
        4,958,813  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–14


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Household Products–0.91%

     

†Central Garden & Pet

     894      $ 28,420  

†Central Garden & Pet Class A

     2,897        86,968  

Church & Dwight

     3,166        164,252  

Clorox

     1,891        251,957  

Colgate-Palmolive

     4,673        346,409  

Energizer Holdings

     1,824        87,588  

†HRG Group

     9,517        168,546  

Kimberly-Clark

     2,042        263,643  

Oil-Dri Corp. of America

     282        11,847  

Orchids Paper Products

     536        6,941  

Procter & Gamble

     26,064        2,271,478  

Spectrum Brands Holdings

     1,217        152,174  

WD-40

     641        70,734  
     

 

 

 
        3,910,957  
     

 

 

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity
Producers–0.27%

 

AES

     8,502        94,457  

Atlantica Yield

     3,409        72,816  

†Calpine

     22,028        298,039  

†Dynegy

     7,740        64,010  

NRG Energy

     22,037        379,477  

NRG Yield Class A

     911        15,542  

NRG Yield Class C

     1,315        23,144  

Ormat Technologies

     2,822        165,595  

Pattern Energy Group

     2,827        67,396  
     

 

 

 
        1,180,476  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–1.07%

 

3M

     3,853        802,156  

Carlisle

     1,683        160,558  

General Electric

     89,717        2,423,256  

Honeywell International

     6,453        860,120  

Raven Industries

     1,213        40,393  

Roper Technologies

     1,343        310,945  
     

 

 

 
        4,597,428  
     

 

 

 

Insurance–4.08%

     

Aflac

     6,300        489,384  

†Alleghany

     332        197,474  

Allied World Assurance Holdings

     3,620        191,498  

Allstate

     5,966        527,633  

†Ambac Financial Group

     2,234        38,760  

American Equity Investment Life Holding

     5,666        148,902  

American Financial Group

     2,684        266,709  

American International Group

     10,777        673,778  

American National Insurance

     950        110,665  

AMERISAFE

     1,181        67,258  

AmTrust Financial Services

     11,446        173,292  

Aon

     1,931        256,726  

†Arch Capital Group

     3,794        353,942  

Argo Group International Holdings

     1,633        98,960  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

     4,018        230,031
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Insurance (continued)

     

Aspen Insurance Holdings

     3,477      $ 173,328  

Assurant

     3,432        355,864  

Assured Guaranty

     7,548        315,054  

Axis Capital Holdings

     4,046        261,614  

Baldwin & Lyons Class B

     771        18,889  

Brown & Brown

     6,313        271,901  

Chubb

     4,853        705,529  

Cincinnati Financial

     3,498        253,430  

CNA Financial

     800        39,000  

CNO Financial Group

     6,176        128,955  

Donegal Group Class A

     996        15,836  

EMC Insurance Group

     1,480        41,114  

Employers Holdings

     2,070        87,561  

†Enstar Group

     875        173,819  

Erie Indemnity Class A

     810        101,307  

Everest Re Group

     1,159        295,070  

FBL Financial Group Class A

     1,968        121,032  

Federated National Holding

     630        10,080  

Fidelity & Guaranty Life

     1,767        54,865  

First American Financial

     6,407        286,329  

FNF Group

     3,821        171,295  

†Genworth Financial

     22,919        86,405  

†Global Indemnity

     541        20,975  

†Greenlight Capital Re Class A

     1,907        39,856  

†Hallmark Financial Services

     1,100        12,397  

Hanover Insurance Group

     2,039        180,717  

Hartford Financial Services Group

     11,882        624,637  

HCI Group

     887        41,671  

Heritage Insurance Holdings

     1,522        19,816  

Horace Mann Educators

     2,504        94,651  

Infinity Property & Casualty

     768        72,192  

James River Group Holdings

     1,709        67,899  

Kemper

     3,094        119,428  

Loews

     7,240        338,904  

Maiden Holdings

     5,121        56,843  

†Markel

     259        252,748  

Marsh & McLennan

     4,021        313,477  

†MBIA

     8,307        78,335  

Mercury General

     2,761        149,094  

MetLife

     10,102        555,004  

National General Holdings

     6,472        136,559  

National Western Life Group Class A

     202        64,563  

Navigators Group

     2,245        123,251  

Old Republic International

     15,592        304,512  

OneBeacon Insurance Group Class A

     1,009        18,394  

Primerica

     3,375        255,656  

Principal Financial Group

     9,145        585,920  

ProAssurance

     2,516        152,973  

Progressive

     9,293        409,728  

Prudential Financial

     4,695        507,717  

Reinsurance Group of America

     1,996        256,266  

RenaissanceRe Holdings

     2,240        311,472  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–15


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Insurance (continued)

     

RLI

     2,013      $ 109,950  

Safety Insurance Group

     893        60,992  

Selective Insurance Group

     3,458        173,073  

State Auto Financial

     2,262        58,201  

State National

     2,067        37,991  

Stewart Information Services

     1,222        55,454  

†Third Point Reinsurance

     4,097        56,948  

Torchmark

     3,599        275,324  

Travelers

     7,508        949,987  

United Fire Group

     1,596        70,320  

United Insurance Holdings

     739        11,624  

Universal Insurance Holdings

     1,971        49,669  

Unum Group

     7,016        327,156  

Validus Holdings

     4,136        214,948  

White Mountains Insurance Group

     255        221,501  

Willis Towers Watson

     2,952        429,398  

†WMIH

     7,240        9,050  

WR Berkley

     3,767        260,563  

XL Group

     5,561        243,572  
     

 

 

 
        17,574,665  
     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–1.14%

 

†1-800-Flowers.com Class A

     2,100        20,475  

†Amazon.com

     2,827        2,736,536  

†Duluth Holdings Class B

     753        13,712  

Expedia

     2,455        365,672  

†FTD

     1,699        33,980  

HSN

     2,294        73,179  

†Liberty Expedia Holdings Class A

     200        10,826  

†Liberty Interactive Corp. QVC Group Class A

     16,175        396,935  

†Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Class A

     3,875        44,950  

†Liberty Ventures Class A

     4,378        228,926  

†Netflix

     1,027        153,444  

Nutrisystem

     1,262        65,687  

†Overstock.com

     1,526        24,874  

PetMed Express

     1,442        58,545  

†Priceline Group

     276        516,264  

†Shutterfly

     1,832        87,020  

†TripAdvisor

     970        37,054  

†Wayfair Class A

     460        35,365  
     

 

 

 
        4,903,444  
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–2.34%

 

†Actua

     2,754        38,694  

†Akamai Technologies

     5,089        253,483  

†Alphabet Class A

     2,455        2,230,932  

†Alphabet Class C

     2,304        2,141,983  

†Angie’s List

     1,639        20,963  

†Bankrate

     2,961        38,049  

†Bazaarvoice

     2,600        12,870  

†Blucora

     3,219        68,243  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Internet Software & Services (continued)

 

†Carbonite

     1,257      $ 27,403  

†Cars.com

     5,057        134,668  

†Cimpress

     694        65,604  

†CommerceHub Class A

     50        871  

†CommerceHub Class C

     100        1,744  

†comScore

     172        4,515  

†CoStar Group

     508        133,909  

†DHI Group

     3,155        8,992  

†eBay

     14,091        492,058  

†Endurance International Group Holdings

     1,400        11,690  

†Envestnet

     932        36,907  

†Facebook Class A

     14,097        2,128,365  

†GoDaddy Class A

     1,139        48,316  

†GrubHub

     3,321        144,796  

†GTT Communications

     2,765        87,512  

†InterActiveCorp

     3,707        382,711  

†Internap

     5,106        18,739  

j2 Global

     3,193        271,692  

†Limelight Networks

     3,333        9,632  

†Liquidity Services

     1,758        11,163  

LogMeIn

     2,666        278,597  

†Match Group

     1,211        21,047  

†Meet Group

     1,889        9,539  

NIC

     3,826        72,503  

†QuinStreet

     4,100        17,097  

Reis

     689        14,641  

†Shutterstock

     791        34,867  

†Stamps.com

     437        67,680  

†TechTarget

     112        1,161  

†Twitter

     10,043        179,468  

†VeriSign

     951        88,405  

†Web.com Group

     4,370        110,561  

†WebMD Health

     2,389        140,115  

†XO Group

     950        16,739  

†Yelp

     1,016        30,500  

†Zillow Group

     1,031        50,354  

†Zillow Group Class C

     2,736        134,091  
     

 

 

 
        10,093,869  
     

 

 

 

IT Services–3.14%

     

Accenture Class A

     4,051        501,028  

†Acxiom

     3,387        87,994  

Alliance Data Systems

     877        225,117  

Amdocs

     3,215        207,239  

Automatic Data Processing

     2,954        302,667  

†Black Knight Financial Services Class A

     843        34,521  

†Blackhawk Network Holdings Class A

     2,741        119,508  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding

     4,772        155,281  

Broadridge Financial Solutions

     1,674        126,487  

†CACI International Class A

     1,559        194,953  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–16


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

IT Services (continued)

     

†Cardtronics Class A

     4,145      $ 136,205  

Cass Information Systems

     511        33,542  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Class A

     11,277        748,793  

†Conduent

     8,881        141,563  

Convergys

     5,654        134,452  

†CoreLogic

     5,633        244,360  

CSG Systems International

     2,367        96,053  

CSRA

     5,233        166,148  

DST Systems

     3,752        231,498  

DXC Technology

     8,109        622,122  

†EPAM Systems

     1,438        120,921  

†Euronet Worldwide

     2,534        221,396  

†Everi Holdings

     5,686        41,394  

†ExlService Holdings

     1,522        84,593  

Fidelity National Information Services 

     6,324        540,070  

†First Data

     5,778        105,160  

†Fiserv

     1,384        169,319  

†FleetCor Technologies

     2,663        384,031  

Forrester Research

     1,302        50,973  

†Gartner

     1,093        134,996  

Genpact

     11,702        325,667  

Global Payments

     3,687        333,010  

Hackett Group

     2,748        42,594  

International Business Machines

     7,809        1,201,258  

Jack Henry & Associates

     1,095        113,738  

Leidos Holdings

     4,371        225,937  

†Luxoft Holding

     954        58,051  

ManTech International Class A

     2,055        85,036  

Mastercard Class A

     6,121        743,395  

MAXIMUS

     2,553        159,894  

†MoneyGram International

     2,316        39,951  

Paychex

     1,970        112,172  

†PayPal Holdings

     12,967        695,939  

†Perficient

     2,585        48,184  

†PFSweb

     867        7,161  

†Planet Payment

     2,351        7,758  

Sabre

     2,707        58,931  

Science Applications International

     2,057        142,797  

†Sykes Enterprises

     2,744        92,006  

Syntel

     2,786        47,251  

TeleTech Holdings

     3,257        132,886  

†Teradata

     8,098        238,810  

Total System Services

     6,864        399,828  

Travelport Worldwide

     4,753        65,401  

†Unisys

     1,659        21,235  

†Vantiv Class A

     2,171        137,511  

†Virtusa

     1,810        53,214  

Visa Class A

     12,957        1,215,107  

Western Union

     6,598        125,692  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

IT Services (continued)

     

†WEX

     2,248      $ 234,399  
     

 

 

 
        13,527,197  
     

 

 

 

Leisure Products–0.28%

     

†American Outdoor Brands

     3,929        87,067  

Brunswick

     4,960        311,141  

Callaway Golf

     5,764        73,664  

Hasbro

     1,500        167,265  

Johnson Outdoors Class A

     435        20,971  

†Malibu Boats Class A

     533        13,789  

Mattel

     4,612        99,296  

†Nautilus

     3,253        62,295  

Polaris Industries

     2,948        271,894  

Sturm Ruger & Co.

     863        53,635  

†Vista Outdoor

     2,470        55,600  
     

 

 

 
        1,216,617  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–1.01%

 

Agilent Technologies

     7,384        437,945  

†Albany Molecular Research

     1,179        25,584  

†Bio-Rad Laboratories Class A

     638        144,386  

Bio-Techne

     1,431        168,143  

Bruker

     5,417        156,226  

†Cambrex

     2,850        170,287  

†Charles River Laboratories

     

International

     1,968        199,063  

†Enzo Biochem

     4,048        44,690  

†Illumina

     736        127,711  

†INC Research Holdings Class A

     3,875        226,687  

Luminex

     1,878        39,663  

†Mettler-Toledo International

     504        296,624  

†NeoGenomics

     2,833        25,384  

†PAREXEL International

     2,122        184,423  

PerkinElmer

     2,771        188,816  

†PRA Health Sciences

     2,024        151,820  

†Quintiles IMS Holdings

     2,911        260,535  

Thermo Fisher Scientific

     6,135        1,070,373  

†VWR

     8,350        275,634  

†Waters

     738        135,674  
     

 

 

 
        4,329,668  
     

 

 

 

Machinery–3.08%

     

Actuant Class A

     2,361        58,081  

AGCO

     4,610        310,668  

Alamo Group

     601        54,577  

Albany International

     1,561        83,357  

Allison Transmission Holdings

     6,946        260,544  

Altra Industrial Motion

     1,931        76,854  

American Railcar Industries

     879        33,666  

Astec Industries

     1,382        76,715  

Barnes Group

     3,140        183,784  

Briggs & Stratton

     1,714        41,307  

Caterpillar

     7,041        756,626  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–17


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Machinery (continued)

     

†Chart Industries

     1,938      $ 67,307  

CIRCOR International

     730        43,347  

†Colfax

     6,044        237,952  

Columbus McKinnon

     1,631        41,460  

†Commercial Vehicle Group

     2,148        18,151  

Crane

     3,007        238,696  

Cummins

     2,644        428,910  

Deere & Co.

     2,726        336,906  

Donaldson

     3,672        167,223  

Douglas Dynamics

     2,086        68,629  

Dover

     4,722        378,799  

EnPro Industries

     1,230        87,785  

ESCO Technologies

     1,266        75,517  

Federal Signal

     3,041        52,792  

Flowserve

     3,617        167,937  

Fortive

     1,508        95,532  

Franklin Electric

     2,303        95,344  

Global Brass & Copper Holdings

     1,960        59,878  

Gorman-Rupp

     1,446        36,830  

Graco

     2,000        218,560  

Greenbrier

     1,266        58,553  

†Harsco

     8,374        134,821  

Hillenbrand

     4,858        175,374  

Hurco

     300        10,425  

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling

     834        58,589  

IDEX

     2,318        261,957  

Illinois Tool Works

     2,173        311,282  

Ingersoll-Rand

     6,040        551,996  

ITT

     5,656        227,258  

John Bean Technologies

     1,239        121,422  

Kadant

     799        60,085  

Kennametal

     4,558        170,560  

LB Foster Class A

     762        16,345  

Lincoln Electric Holdings

     2,702        248,827  

Lindsay

     431        38,467  

†Lydall

     1,558        80,549  

†Manitowoc

     9,983        59,998  

†Meritor

     4,351        72,270  

†Middleby

     712        86,515  

†Milacron Holdings

     4,151        73,016  

Miller Industries

     637        15,829  

Mueller Industries

     4,023        122,500  

Mueller Water Products Class A

     10,139        118,424  

†Navistar International

     3,715        97,444  

NN

     1,515        41,587  

Nordson

     977        118,530  

Omega Flex

     460        29,624  

Oshkosh

     4,312        297,011  

PACCAR

     8,001        528,386  

Parker-Hannifin

     2,142        342,334  

Park-Ohio Holdings

     841        32,042  

Pentair.

     3,906        259,905  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Machinery (continued)

     

†Proto Labs

     1,289      $ 86,685  

†RBC Bearings

     1,262        128,421  

†Rexnord

     6,889        160,169  

Snap-on

     1,689        266,862  

†SPX

     2,348        59,076  

†SPX FLOW

     2,588        95,445  

Standex International

     693        62,855  

Stanley Black & Decker

     4,222        594,162  

Sun Hydraulics

     1,373        58,586  

Supreme Industries Class A

     541        8,899  

Tennant

     1,073        79,187  

Terex

     4,799        179,963  

Timken

     4,140        191,475  

Titan International

     2,511        30,157  

Toro

     2,244        155,487  

†TriMas

     2,338        48,747  

Trinity Industries

     9,556        267,855  

Wabash National

     3,313        72,820  

†WABCO Holdings

     640        81,606  

Wabtec

     3,262        298,473  

Watts Water Technologies Class A

     1,597        100,930  

†Welbilt

     5,383        101,470  

Woodward

     3,381        228,488  

Xylem

     4,173        231,309  
     

 

 

 
        13,264,786  
     

 

 

 

Marine–0.07%

     

†Kirby

     2,999        200,483  

Matson

     3,187        95,737  
     

 

 

 
        296,220  
     

 

 

 

Media–3.54%

     

AMC Entertainment Holdings

     3,569        81,195  

†AMC Networks Class A

     1,731        92,453  

Cable One

     299        212,559  

CBS Class B

     3,643        232,351  

†Charter Communications Class A

     4,462        1,503,025  

Cinemark Holdings

     8,197        318,453  

Comcast Class A

     89,302        3,475,634  

†Discovery Communications Class A

     5,913        152,733  

†Discovery Communications Class C

     8,901        224,394  

†DISH Network Class A

     2,000        125,520  

Entercom Communications Class A

     1,617        16,736  

Entravision Communications Class A

     4,034        26,624  

Gannett

     4,323        37,697  

†Global Eagle Entertainment

     248        883  

†Gray Television

     4,357        59,691  

†IMAX

     3,030        66,660  

Interpublic Group

     15,055        370,353  

John Wiley & Sons Class A

     2,920        154,030  

†Liberty Broadband Class A

     589        50,530  

†Liberty Broadband Class C

     3,273        283,933  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–18


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Media (continued)

     

†Liberty Media-Liberty Braves Class A

     161      $ 3,846  

†Liberty Media-Liberty Braves Class C

     328        7,862  

†Liberty Media-Liberty Formula One Class A

     404        14,152  

†Liberty Media-Liberty Formula One Class C

     820        30,028  

†Liberty Media-Liberty SiriusXM

     1,616        67,840  

†Liberty Media-Liberty SiriusXM Class C

     3,281        136,818  

Lions Gate Entertainment Class A

     4,584        129,360  

†Lions Gate Entertainment Class B

     5,657        148,666  

†Live Nation Entertainment

     4,799        167,245  

†Madison Square Garden Class A

     1,022        201,232  

Meredith

     2,605        154,867  

†MSG Networks

     2,905        65,217  

National CineMedia

     3,142        23,314  

New Media Investment Group

     3,310        44,619  

New York Times Class A

     8,928        158,026  

News Class A

     8,728        119,574  

News Class B

     4,704        66,562  

Nexstar Media Group Class A

     3,381        202,184  

Omnicom Group

     2,463        204,183  

†Reading International Class A

     1,404        22,647  

Regal Entertainment Group Class A

     3,876        79,303  

Saga Communications Class A

     635        29,051  

Scholastic

     2,212        96,421  

†Scripps (E.W.) Class A

     3,871        68,943  

Scripps Networks Interactive Class A

     3,030        206,979  

Sinclair Broadcast Group Class A

     6,006        197,597  

Sirius XM Holdings

     11,685        63,917  

TEGNA

     15,172        218,629  

Time

     5,270        75,625  

Time Warner

     13,201        1,325,512  

Tribune Media Class A

     2,049        83,538  

†tronc

     3,161        40,745  

Twenty-First Century Fox Class A

     13,507        382,788  

Twenty-First Century Fox Class B

     9,172        255,624  

†Urban One

     4,509        10,145  

Viacom Class A

     672        25,570  

Viacom Class B

     15,924        534,569  

Walt Disney

     19,331        2,053,919  

World Wrestling Entertainment Class A

     1,212        24,688  
     

 

 

 
        15,227,259  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–0.91%

     

†AK Steel Holding

     14,640        96,185  

Alcoa

     2,466        80,515  

Allegheny Technologies

     5,267        89,592  

Carpenter Technology

     3,350        125,391  

†Century Aluminum

     5,866        91,392  

†Cliffs Natural Resources

     13,819        95,627  

†Coeur Mining

     4,866        41,750  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Metals & Mining (continued)

     

Commercial Metals

     7,019      $ 136,379  

Compass Minerals International

     2,097        136,934  

Ferroglobe

     7,907        94,489  

†Freeport-McMoRan

     45,044        540,978  

Gold Resource

     2,205        8,996  

Haynes International

     793        28,794  

Hecla Mining

     21,793        111,144  

Kaiser Aluminum

     589        52,138  

Materion

     1,779        66,535  

Newmont Mining

     9,572        310,037  

Nucor

     8,625        499,129  

†Real Industry

     1,000        2,900  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum

     3,940        286,871  

Royal Gold

     2,859        223,488  

†Ryerson Holding

     977        9,672  

Schnitzer Steel Industries Class A

     1,849        46,595  

Southern Copper

     1,057        36,604  

Steel Dynamics

     8,761        313,731  

†SunCoke Energy

     2,834        30,891  

†TimkenSteel

     2,590        39,808  

United States Steel

     7,509        166,249  

Worthington Industries

     3,081        154,728  
     

 

 

 
        3,917,542  
     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–0.70%

     

Big Lots

     4,298        207,593  

Dillard’s Class A

     1,631        94,092  

Dollar General

     9,917        714,917  

†Dollar Tree

     8,478        592,782  

Fred’s Class A

     1,654        15,266  

†JC Penney

     20,415        94,930  

Kohl’s

     9,455        365,625  

Macy’s

     12,404        288,269  

Nordstrom

     2,520        120,532  

†Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings

     3,343        142,412  

Target

     7,036        367,912  

†Tuesday Morning

     170        323  
     

 

 

 
        3,004,653  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–0.52%

     

Ameren

     2,381        130,169  

Avista

     2,686        114,048  

Black Hills

     1,611        108,694  

CenterPoint Energy

     4,094        112,094  

CMS Energy

     3,042        140,693  

Consolidated Edison

     1,868        150,972  

Dominion Energy

     3,561        272,879  

DTE Energy

     1,911        202,165  

MDU Resources Group

     5,199        136,214  

NiSource

     4,110        104,230  

NorthWestern

     1,427        87,076  

Public Service Enterprise Group

     2,496        107,353  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–19


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Multi-Utilities (continued)

     

SCANA

     1,325      $ 88,788  

Sempra Energy

     1,205        135,864  

Unitil

     413        19,952  

Vectren

     2,100        122,724  

WEC Energy Group

     3,050        187,209  
     

 

 

 
        2,221,124  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–4.10%

 

Alon USA Energy

     5,367        71,488  

Anadarko Petroleum

     6,053        274,443  

†Antero Resources

     4,574        98,844  

Apache

     3,694        177,053  

†Bill Barrett

     2,976        9,136  

Cabot Oil & Gas

     6,886        172,701  

†Callon Petroleum

     3,597        38,164  

†Cheniere Energy

     2,688        130,932  

Cheniere Energy Partners Holdings

     1,154        31,020  

†Chesapeake Energy

     25,824        128,345  

Chevron

     21,458        2,238,713  

Cimarex Energy

     847        79,626  

†Clean Energy Fuels

     6,062        15,397  

†Cloud Peak Energy

     4,877        17,216  

†Cobalt International Energy

     1,365        3,372  

†Concho Resources

     2,246        272,956  

ConocoPhillips

     13,425        590,163  

†CONSOL Energy

     12,588        188,065  

†Contango Oil & Gas

     934        6,202  

†Continental Resources

     4,192        135,527  

CVR Energy

     1,979        43,063  

Delek U.S. Holdings

     4,114        108,774  

†Denbury Resources

     22,775        34,846  

Devon Energy

     2,300        73,531  

DHT Holdings

     4,056        16,832  

†Diamondback Energy

     1,537        136,501  

†Dorian LPG

     2,800        22,904  

†Eclipse Resources

     12,076        34,537  

†Energen

     2,683        132,460  

EnLink Midstream

     6,510        114,576  

EOG Resources

     4,584        414,944  

†EP Energy Class A

     5,898        21,587  

EQT

     1,600        93,744  

Exxon Mobil

     45,215        3,650,207  

GasLog

     4,669        71,202  

Green Plains

     2,499        51,354  

†Gulfport Energy

     4,653        68,632  

Hallador Energy

     143        1,111  

Hess

     6,711        294,412  

HollyFrontier

     9,133        250,884  

Kinder Morgan

     25,523        489,021  

†Kosmos Energy

     17,649        113,130  

†Laredo Petroleum

     8,666        91,166  

Marathon Oil

     17,781        210,705  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

  

Marathon Petroleum

     11,253      $ 588,869  

Murphy Oil

     9,158        234,720  

†Newfield Exploration

     899        25,586  

Noble Energy

     11,784        333,487  

†Northern Oil and Gas

     4,490        6,286  

†Oasis Petroleum

     13,316        107,194  

Occidental Petroleum

     6,777        405,739  

ONEOK

     3,218        167,851  

†Overseas Shipholding Group Class A

     5,002        13,305  

†Pacific Ethanol

     1,059        6,619  

Panhandle Oil & Gas Class A

     655        15,131  

†Par Pacific Holdings

     2,297        41,438  

†Parsley Energy Class A

     4,190        116,273  

PBF Energy Class A

     6,711        149,387  

†PDC Energy

     3,200        137,952  

Phillips 66

     5,073        419,486  

Pioneer Natural Resources

     1,757        280,382  

†QEP Resources

     10,395        104,990  

Range Resources

     4,892        113,348  

†Renewable Energy Group

     2,053        26,586  

†REX American Resources

     304        29,354  

†Rice Energy

     9,255        246,461  

†Ring Energy

     1,091        14,183  

†RSP Permian

     4,523        145,957  

Scorpio Tankers

     10,278        40,804  

SemGroup Class A

     4,194        113,238  

Ship Finance International

     3,968        53,965  

SM Energy

     4,130        68,269  

†SRC Energy

     12,672        85,283  

Targa Resources

     4,366        197,343  

Teekay

     3,211        21,417  

Teekay Tankers Class A

     3,937        7,402  

Tesoro

     8,115        759,564  

Valero Energy

     9,585        646,604  

†Whiting Petroleum

     16,040        88,380  

Williams

     9,701        293,746  

World Fuel Services

     3,337        128,308  

†WPX Energy

     19,382        187,230  
     

 

 

 
        17,641,623  
     

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products–0.22%

 

†Boise Cascade

     2,520        76,608  

†Clearwater Paper

     1,000        46,750  

Deltic Timber

     400        29,864  

Domtar

     4,124        158,444  

KapStone Paper and Packaging

     6,227        128,463  

†Louisiana-Pacific

     9,795        236,157  

Mercer International

     3,828        44,022  

Neenah Paper

     1,233        98,948  

PH Glatfelter

     2,899        56,646  

†Resolute Forest Products

     4,585        20,174  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–20


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Paper & Forest Products (continued)

 

Schweitzer-Mauduit International

     1,582      $ 58,898  
     

 

 

 
        954,974  
     

 

 

 

Personal Products–0.30%

     

†Avon Products

     19,264        73,203  

Coty Class A

     11,827        221,875  

†Edgewell Personal Care

     3,412        259,380  

Estee Lauder Class A

     1,109        106,442  

†Herbalife

     1,198        85,453  

Inter Parfums

     2,061        75,536  

Medifast

     651        26,997  

Natural Health Trends

     462        12,867  

Nu Skin Enterprises Class A

     3,728        234,268  

Nutraceutical International

     800        33,320  

†Revlon Class A

     2,272        53,846  

†USANA Health Sciences

     1,676        107,432  
     

 

 

 
        1,290,619  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–3.31%

     

†Akorn

     6,787        227,636  

Allergan

     3,741        909,400  

†Amphastar Pharmaceuticals

     2,961        52,883  

†ANI Pharmaceuticals

     691        32,339  

†Assembly Biosciences

     746        15,405  

Bristol-Myers Squibb

     11,707        652,314  

†Catalent

     6,034        211,793  

†Corcept Therapeutics

     2,795        32,981  

†Depomed

     2,277        24,455  

Eli Lilly & Co.

     5,872        483,266  

†Endo International

     9,138        102,071  

†Heska

     416        42,461  

†Horizon Pharma

     7,374        87,529  

†Impax Laboratories

     2,344        37,738  

†Innoviva

     2,545        32,576  

†Jazz Pharmaceuticals

     1,742        270,881  

Johnson & Johnson

     27,896        3,690,362  

†Lannett

     1,820        37,128  

†Lipocine

     800        3,216  

†Mallinckrodt

     2,737        122,645  

†Medicines

     1,266        48,121  

Merck & Co.

     28,005        1,794,840  

†Mylan

     7,414        287,811  

Perrigo

     1,373        103,689  

Pfizer

     126,745        4,257,365  

Phibro Animal Health Class A

     888        32,900  

†Prestige Brands Holdings

     2,829        149,399  

†SciClone Pharmaceuticals

     2,470        27,170  

†Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Class A

     2,493        26,177  

†Supernus Pharmaceuticals

     1,662        71,632  

†Taro Pharmaceutical Industries

     1,701        190,614  

†Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals

     1,930        13,761  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Pharmaceuticals (continued)

     

Zoetis

     2,916      $ 181,900  
     

 

 

 
        14,254,458  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services–0.67%

     

†Advisory Board

     2,208        113,712  

Barrett Business Services

     764        43,770  

†CBIZ

     3,969        59,535  

†CDI

     963        5,634  

CRA International

     465        16,889  

Dun & Bradstreet

     1,190        128,699  

Equifax

     1,374        188,815  

Exponent

     1,516        88,383  

†Franklin Covey

     769        14,842  

†FTI Consulting

     2,547        89,043  

†GP Strategies

     1,061        28,010  

Heidrick & Struggles International

     849        18,466  

†Huron Consulting Group

     1,078        46,570  

†ICF International

     1,623        76,443  

Insperity

     1,129        80,159  

Kelly Services Class A

     2,630        59,043  

Kforce

     2,861        56,076  

Korn/Ferry International

     3,509        121,166  

ManpowerGroup

     2,283        254,897  

†Mistras Group

     1,671        36,712  

†Navigant Consulting

     2,640        52,166  

Nielsen Holdings

     8,900        344,074  

†On Assignment

     3,282        177,720  

Resources Connection

     1,629        22,317  

Robert Half International

     5,591        267,977  

†RPX

     2,409        33,606  

†TransUnion

     2,826        122,394  

†TriNet Group

     3,099        101,461  

†TrueBlue

     2,288        60,632  

†Verisk Analytics Class A

     2,206        186,120  

†Volt Information Sciences

     1,104        4,361  
     

 

 

 
        2,899,692  
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development–0.45%

 

Alexander & Baldwin

     3,201        132,457  

†Altisource Portfolio Solutions

     1,304        28,453  

†CBRE Group Class A

     10,533        383,401  

Consolidated-Tomoka Land

     242        13,782  

†Forestar Group

     2,419        41,486  

†FRP Holdings

     425        19,614  

HFF Class A

     3,142        109,247  

†Howard Hughes

     1,966        241,503  

Jones Lang LaSalle

     2,550        318,750  

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings

     5,467        104,146  

†Marcus & Millichap

     3,035        80,003  

RE/MAX Holdings

     783        43,887  

Realogy Holdings

     9,116        295,814  

RMR Group Class A

     1,199        58,331  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–21


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Real Estate Management & Development (continued)

 

†St. Joe

     3,458      $ 64,838  

†Tejon Ranch

     1,057        21,816  
     

 

 

 
        1,957,528  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail–1.29%

     

AMERCO

     572        209,386  

ArcBest

     1,859        38,295  

†Avis Budget Group

     5,061        138,013  

Celadon Group

     1,233        3,884  

†Covenant Transportation Group Class A

     696        12,201  

CSX

     15,537        847,699  

†Genesee & Wyoming

     3,508        239,912  

Heartland Express

     6,842        142,450  

†Hertz Global Holdings

     4,919        56,569  

JB Hunt Transport Services

     1,708        156,077  

Kansas City Southern

     2,675        279,939  

Knight Transportation

     5,155        190,993  

Landstar System

     1,631        139,614  

Marten Transport

     1,652        45,265  

Norfolk Southern

     6,331        770,483  

Old Dominion Freight Line

     3,641        346,769  

†PAM Transportation Services

     682        12,924  

†Roadrunner Transportation Systems

     1,695        12,323  

Ryder System

     4,401        316,784  

†Saia

     1,797        92,186  

†Swift Transportation

     6,007        159,186  

Union Pacific

     10,656        1,160,545  

Universal Logistics Holdings

     1,605        24,075  

†USA Truck

     643        5,568  

Werner Enterprises

     4,299        126,176  

†YRC Worldwide

     1,800        20,016  
     

 

 

 
        5,547,332  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–3.85%

 

†Advanced Energy Industries

     2,277        147,299  

†Advanced Micro Devices

     19,495        243,298  

†Alpha & Omega Semiconductor

     978        16,303  

†Amkor Technology

     18,058        176,427  

Analog Devices

     3,923        305,209  

Applied Materials

     13,871        573,011  

†Axcelis Technologies

     1,771        37,102  

Broadcom

     3,229        752,518  

Brooks Automation

     3,851        83,528  

Cabot Microelectronics

     1,233        91,032  

†Cavium

     1,040        64,615  

†CEVA

     1,455        66,130  

†Cirrus Logic

     4,130        259,034  

Cohu

     1,543        24,287  

†Cree

     6,029        148,615  

Cypress Semiconductor

     16,813        229,497  

†Diodes

     3,180        76,415  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)

 

†DSP Group

     1,135      $ 13,166  

†Entegris

     8,055        176,807  

†First Solar

     5,492        219,021  

†FormFactor

     5,162        64,009  

†Inphi

     1,028        35,260  

†Integrated Device Technology

     5,470        141,071  

Intel

     100,782        3,400,385  

IXYS

     2,247        36,963  

KLA-Tencor

     2,498        228,592  

†Kulicke & Soffa Industries

     4,748        90,307  

Lam Research

     3,645        515,512  

†Lattice Semiconductor

     3,916        26,081  

†MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings

     1,455        81,145  

Marvell Technology Group

     11,419        188,642  

Maxim Integrated Products

     6,113        274,474  

†MaxLinear Class A

     3,252        90,698  

Microchip Technology

     1,920        148,186  

†Micron Technology

     33,849        1,010,731  

†Microsemi

     6,205        290,394  

MKS Instruments

     2,984        200,823  

Monolithic Power Systems

     626        60,346  

†Nanometrics

     1,404        35,507  

†NeoPhotonics

     1,612        12,445  

NVE

     106        8,162  

NVIDIA

     8,978        1,297,860  

†ON Semiconductor

     22,039        309,428  

†PDF Solutions

     980        16,121  

†Photronics

     4,937        46,408  

Power Integrations

     1,502        109,496  

†Qorvo

     2,418        153,108  

QUALCOMM

     27,793        1,534,729  

†Rambus

     5,518        63,071  

†Rudolph Technologies

     2,362        53,972  

†Semtech

     2,818        100,744  

†Sigma Designs

     1,840        10,764  

†Silicon Laboratories

     1,141        77,987  

Skyworks Solutions

     6,234        598,152  

†SunPower

     4,083        38,135  

†Synaptics

     1,672        86,459  

Teradyne

     7,963        239,129  

Texas Instruments

     8,826        678,984  

†Ultra Clean Holdings

     1,666        31,238  

†Veeco Instruments

     2,504        69,736  

Versum Materials

     2,470        80,275  

†Xcerra

     3,827        37,390  

Xilinx

     3,359        216,051  

Xperi

     2,825        84,185  
     

 

 

 
        16,576,469  
     

 

 

 

Software–2.93%

     

†ACI Worldwide

     7,858        175,783  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–22


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Software (continued)

     

Activision Blizzard

     6,308      $ 363,152  

†Adobe Systems

     2,544        359,823  

American Software Class A

     1,038        10,681  

†ANSYS

     1,920        233,626  

†Aspen Technology

     2,177        120,301  

†Autodesk

     1,227        123,706  

†Barracuda Networks

     3,077        70,956  

Blackbaud

     1,140        97,755  

CA

     13,300        458,451  

†Cadence Design Systems

     3,771        126,291  

CDK Global

     2,286        141,869  

†Citrix Systems

     4,174        332,167  

†Dell Technologies Class V

     4,518        276,095  

Ebix

     1,122        60,476  

†Electronic Arts

     1,842        194,736  

†Ellie Mae

     441        48,470  

†EnerNOC

     2,209        17,120  

Fair Isaac

     869        121,147  

†FireEye

     1,388        21,111  

†Fortinet

     636        23,812  

†Globant

     900        39,096  

†Glu Mobile

     4,125        10,313  

†Guidewire Software

     1,320        90,697  

Intuit

     1,582        210,105  

†Manhattan Associates

     1,618        77,761  

Microsoft

     58,108        4,005,384  

†MicroStrategy

     568        108,869  

Monotype Imaging Holdings

     2,693        49,282  

†Nuance Communications

     14,994        261,046  

Oracle

     31,480        1,578,407  

†Paycom Software

     2,017        137,983  

Pegasystems

     2,820        164,547  

Progress Software

     3,296        101,813  

†PTC

     1,498        82,570  

QAD Class A

     624        19,999  

†Qualys

     1,772        72,298  

†RealPage

     1,817        65,321  

†Red Hat

     1,608        153,966  

†Rubicon Project

     543        2,791  

†salesforce.com

     1,838        159,171  

†ServiceNow

     808        85,648  

†Silver Spring Networks

     2,022        22,808  

†Splunk

     369        20,992  

SS&C Technologies Holdings

     4,747        182,332  

Symantec

     12,357        349,085  

†Synchronoss Technologies

     2,306        37,934  

†Synopsys

     3,432        250,296  

†Tableau Software Class A

     608        37,252  

†Take-Two Interactive Software

     2,433        178,534  

†Telenav

     2,040        16,524  

TiVo

     6,495        121,132  

†Tyler Technologies

     532        93,456  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Software (continued)

     

†Ultimate Software Group

     367      $ 77,092  

†VASCO Data Security International

     611        8,768  

†Verint Systems

     2,558        104,111  

†VMware Class A

     307        26,841  

†Workday Class A

     554        53,738  

†Zedge Class B

     591        1,306  

†Zynga Class A

     44,336        161,383  
     

 

 

 
        12,598,179  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–2.45%

     

Aaron’s

     3,699        143,891  

Abercrombie & Fitch

     2,976        37,021  

Advance Auto Parts

     2,658        309,896  

American Eagle Outfitters

     11,096        133,707  

†America’s Car-Mart

     623        24,235  

†Asbury Automotive Group

     1,930        109,141  

†Ascena Retail Group

     6,778        14,573  

†AutoNation

     7,273        306,630  

†AutoZone

     117        66,744  

Barnes & Noble

     3,386        25,734  

†Barnes & Noble Education

     2,352        25,002  

Bed Bath & Beyond

     11,792        358,477  

Best Buy

     14,267        817,927  

Big 5 Sporting Goods

     952        12,424  

Buckle

     1,237        22,019  

†Build-A-Bear Workshop

     1,134        11,850  

†Burlington Stores

     1,087        99,993  

†Cabela’s

     3,742        222,350  

Caleres

     2,926        81,284  

†CarMax

     7,318        461,473  

Cato Class A

     1,385        24,362  

Chico’s FAS

     9,593        90,366  

Children’s Place

     1,567        159,991  

Citi Trends

     672        14,260  

†Conn’s

     1,428        27,275  

†Destination XL Group

     2,180        5,123  

Dick’s Sporting Goods

     4,988        198,672  

DSW Class A

     4,665        82,571  

†Express

     5,117        34,540  

Finish Line Class A

     1,965        27,844  

†Five Below

     2,010        99,234  

Foot Locker

     5,190        255,763  

†Francesca’s Holdings

     3,674        40,194  

GameStop Class A

     5,865        126,743  

Gap

     17,010        374,050  

†Genesco

     1,278        43,324  

Group 1 Automotive

     1,049        66,423  

Guess

     4,809        61,459  

Haverty Furniture

     1,170        29,367  

†Hibbett Sports

     1,445        29,984  

Home Depot

     7,738        1,187,009  

†Kirkland’s

     1,522        15,646  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–23


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Specialty Retail (continued)

     

L Brands

     954      $ 51,411  

Lithia Motors Class A

     1,598        150,580  

Lowe’s

     4,559        353,459  

†MarineMax

     1,717        33,567  

†Michaels

     3,812        70,598  

Monro Muffler Brake

     2,026        84,586  

†Murphy USA

     3,221        238,708  

Office Depot

     30,011        169,262  

†O’Reilly Automotive

     662        144,806  

†Party City Holdco

     3,179        49,751  

Penske Automotive Group

     5,799        254,634  

Pier 1 Imports

     5,916        30,704  

Rent-A-Center

     3,348        39,239  

†RH

     1,494        96,393  

Ross Stores

     2,793        161,240  

†Sally Beauty Holdings

     2,786        56,417  

†Select Comfort

     2,804        99,514  

Shoe Carnival

     1,009        21,068  

Signet Jewelers

     2,462        155,697  

Sonic Automotive Class A

     1,673        32,540  

†Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings

     1,747        9,434  

Stage Stores

     1,354        2,816  

Staples

     30,924        311,405  

Stein Mart

     2,840        4,800  

Tailored Brands

     801        8,939  

Tiffany & Co.

     3,739        350,980  

Tile Shop Holdings

     2,800        57,820  

TJX

     4,109        296,547  

Tractor Supply

     1,796        97,361  

†Ulta Beauty

     944        271,249  

†Urban Outfitters

     7,015        130,058  

†Vitamin Shoppe

     1,290        15,029  

West Marine

     1,342        17,245  

Williams-Sonoma

     7,058        342,313  

Winmark

     403        51,967  

†Zumiez

     2,034        25,120  
     

 

 

 
        10,565,828  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–2.52%

 

Apple

     55,416        7,981,012  

†Avid Technology

     1,312        6,901  

†Cray

     1,700        31,280  

Diebold Nixdorf

     3,240        90,720  

†Eastman Kodak

     1,542        14,032  

†Electronics For Imaging

     2,085        98,787  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

     39,407        653,762  

HP

     8,950        156,446  

†NCR

     5,626        229,766  

NetApp

     8,593        344,150  

Seagate Technology

     4,182        162,053  

†Stratasys

     3,145        73,310  

†Super Micro Computer

     2,271        55,980  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (continued)

 

Western Digital

     7,354      $ 651,564  

Xerox

     10,184        292,586  
     

 

 

 
        10,842,349  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–0.78%

 

  

Carter’s

     2,028        180,391  

Coach

     8,864        419,622  

Columbia Sportswear

     3,442        199,843  

†Crocs

     2,540        19,583  

Culp

     857        27,853  

†Deckers Outdoor

     1,764        120,411  

†Fossil Group

     2,664        27,572  

†G-III Apparel Group

     2,017        50,324  

Hanesbrands

     5,101        118,139  

†Iconix Brand Group

     4,220        29,160  

†Kate Spade & Co.

     4,402        81,393  

†Lululemon Athletica

     1,527        91,116  

†Michael Kors Holdings

     2,900        105,125  

Movado Group

     888        22,422  

NIKE Class B

     9,868        582,212  

Oxford Industries

     1,193        74,551  

†Perry Ellis International

     696        13,544  

PVH

     2,239        256,366  

Ralph Lauren

     1,302        96,088  

†Sequential Brands Group

     1,209        4,824  

†Skechers U.S.A. Class A

     8,639        254,851  

†Steven Madden

     3,897        155,685  

†Under Armour Class A

     1,470        31,987  

†Under Armour Class C

     602        12,136  

†Unifi

     789        24,301  

†Vera Bradley

     1,584        15,492  

VF

     3,835        220,896  

Wolverine World Wide

     4,658        130,471  
     

 

 

 
        3,366,358  
     

 

 

 

Thrift & Mortgage Finance–0.61%

 

Astoria Financial

     7,927        159,729  

Bank Mutual

     3,078        28,164  

BankFinancial

     1,093        16,308  

Beneficial Bancorp

     4,972        74,580  

†BofI Holding

     2,791        66,203  

Capitol Federal Financial

     10,191        144,814  

Charter Financial

     652        11,736  

Clifton Bancorp

     1,283        21,208  

Dime Community Bancshares

     2,608        51,117  

†Essent Group

     5,333        198,068  

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Class C

     554        35,844  

First Defiance Financial

     850        44,778  

†Flagstar Bancorp

     3,909        120,475  

†HomeStreet

     1,845        51,060  

Kearny Financial

     5,674        84,259  

†LendingTree

     618        106,420  
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–24


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Thrift & Mortgage Finance (continued)

 

Meridian Bancorp

     3,189      $ 53,894  

Meta Financial Group

     500        44,500  

†MGIC Investment

     3,265        36,568  

New York Community Bancorp

     10,582        138,942  

†NMI Holdings Class A

     3,651        41,804  

Northfield Bancorp

     3,246        55,669  

Northwest Bancshares

     6,875        107,319  

OceanFirst Financial

     2,797        75,855  

†Ocwen Financial

     7,897        21,243  

Oritani Financial

     3,138        53,503  

†PennyMac Financial Services Class A

     2,294        38,310  

†PHH

     3,946        54,336  

Provident Financial Services

     4,489        113,931  

Radian Group

     2,073        33,894  

Territorial Bancorp

     299        9,326  

TFS Financial

     6,896        106,681  

TrustCo Bank

     5,644        43,741  

United Community Financial

     2,433        20,218  

United Financial Bancorp

     2,907        48,518  

†Walker & Dunlop

     1,799        87,845  

Washington Federal

     4,358        144,686  

Waterstone Financial

     984        18,548  

WSFS Financial

     1,365        61,903  
     

 

 

 
        2,625,997  
     

 

 

 

Tobacco–0.58%

     

†Alliance One International

     554        7,978  

Altria Group

     12,276        914,194  

Philip Morris International

     8,201        963,207  

Reynolds American

     6,693        435,313  

Universal

     1,607        103,973  

Vector Group

     3,878        82,679  
     

 

 

 
        2,507,344  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–0.75%

 

  

Air Lease

     6,688        249,864  

Applied Industrial Technologies

     2,129        125,717  

†Beacon Roofing Supply

     3,948        193,452  

†BMC Stock Holdings

     2,911        63,605  

†CAI International

     1,223        28,863  

†DXP Enterprises

     1,012        34,914  

Fastenal

     3,457        150,483  

GATX

     1,878        120,699  

H&E Equipment Services

     3,129        63,863  

†HD Supply Holdings

     3,179        97,373  

†Herc Holdings

     2,623        103,136  

Kaman

     1,597        79,642  

†MRC Global

     5,251        86,747  

MSC Industrial Direct

     3,057        262,780  

†NOW

     6,473        104,086  

†Rush Enterprises Class A

     2,013        74,843  

†Rush Enterprises Class B

     547        19,916  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Trading Companies & Distributors (continued)

 

Textainer Group Holdings

     1,155      $ 16,748  

Triton International

     3,138        104,935  

†United Rentals

     4,629        521,735  

†Univar

     5,583        163,024  

†Veritiv

     960        43,200  

Watsco

     1,117        172,241  

†WESCO International

     2,703        154,882  

†Willis Lease Finance

     616        16,466  

WW Grainger

     895        161,574  
     

 

 

 
        3,214,788  
     

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure–0.03%

 

Macquarie Infrastructure

     1,943        152,331  
     

 

 

 
        152,331  
     

 

 

 

Water Utilities–0.14%

     

American States Water

     1,932        91,596  

American Water Works

     1,905        148,495  

Aqua America

     4,903        163,270  

California Water Service Group

     2,214        81,475  

Connecticut Water Service

     380        21,094  

Middlesex Water

     539        21,344  

SJW Group

     1,042        51,246  

York Water

     500        17,425  
     

 

 

 
        595,945  
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.23%

 

†Boingo Wireless

     3,554        53,168  

Shenandoah Telecommunications

     3,887        119,331  

Spok Holdings

     803        14,213  

†Sprint

     22,111        181,531  

Telephone & Data Systems

     5,193        144,106  

†T-Mobile U.S

     7,475        453,135  

†United States Cellular

     894        34,258  
     

 

 

 
        999,742  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock (Cost $384,809,320)

        429,324,840  
     

 

 

 

RIGHTS–0.00%

     

†=Dyax CVR

     1,518        1,685  

†=Media General CVR

     5,975        11,353  
     

 

 

 

Total Rights
(Cost $1,685)

        13,038  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–25


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

MONEY MARKET FUND–0.36%

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     1,556,870      $ 1,556,870  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund (Cost $1,556,870)

              1,556,870  
     

 

 

 

    

 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.07% (Cost $386,367,875)

   $ 430,894,748  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.07%)

     (307,670
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 37,562,046 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

     $430,587,078  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP DIMENSIONAL U.S. CORE EQUITY 2 FUND STANDARD CLASS ($403,347,006 / 35,183,262 Shares)

     $11.464  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP DIMENSIONAL U.S. CORE EQUITY 2 FUND SERVICE CLASS ($27,240,072 / 2,378,784 Shares)

     $11.451  
  

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $   407,627,890  

Undistributed net investment income

     2,762,624  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (24,330,333

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and foreign currencies

     44,526,897  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

     $430,587,078  
  

 

 

 

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

Includes $46,503 payable for fund shares redeemed, $585,368 payable for securities purchased and $168,212 due to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

 

=

The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs and is reported as a Level 3 security in the disclosure table located in Note 3 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

CVR–Contingent Value Rights

IT–Information Technology

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–26


 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $ 3,605,332  

Foreign tax withheld

     (828
  

 

 

 
     3,604,504  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     1,422,034  

Accounting and administration expenses

     48,915  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     25,963  

Professional fees

     24,728  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     22,373  

Shareholder servicing fees

     20,508  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     5,131  

Custodian fees

     4,377  

Pricing fees

     3,361  

Consulting fees

     1,271  

Other

     1,549  
  

 

 

 
     1,580,210  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (572,764
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     1,007,446  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     2,597,058  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN:

  

Net realized gain from investments

     541,357  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     19,812,966  

Foreign currencies

     24  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     19,812,990  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     20,354,347  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 22,951,405  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year
Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income

  $ 2,597,058     $ 4,221,940  

Net realized gain (loss)

    541,357       (24,732,953

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    19,812,990       51,648,186  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    22,951,405       31,137,173  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net investment income:

   

Standard Class

          (3,981,544

Service Class

          (139,257
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (4,120,801
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

   

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    54,759,195       61,052,874  

Service Class

    17,065,439       14,538,143  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          3,981,544  

Service Class

          139,257  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    71,824,634       79,711,818  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (5,791,416     (178,624,085

Service Class

    (6,542,099     (4,004,004
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (12,333,515     (182,628,089
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    59,491,119       (102,916,271
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    82,442,524       (75,899,899

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    348,144,554       424,044,453  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 430,587,078     $ 348,144,554  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

  $ 2,762,624     $ 165,566  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–27


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund Standard Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   Year Ended
12/31/16
  5/1/152
to
12/31/15
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.801      $ 9.362     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

             

Net investment income3

       0.074        0.135       0.092

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.589        1.435       (0.611 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.663        1.570       (0.519 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

             

Net investment income

              (0.131 )       (0.088 )

Net realized gain

                    (0.031 )

Return of capital

                    4
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.131 )       (0.119 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 11.464      $ 10.801     $ 9.362
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

       6.14%        16.75%       (5.21% )

Ratios and supplemental data:

             

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

           $ 403,347      $ 332,641     $ 420,357

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.50%        0.49%       0.47%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.79%        0.78%       0.76%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.33%        1.39%       1.41%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.04%        1.10%       1.12%

Portfolio turnover

       3%        28%       103%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4

Return of capital distributions of $52,974 were made by the Fund’s Standard Class, which calculated to be de minimis amount of $0.000 per share.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–28


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
      (unaudited)      
   Year Ended
12/31/16
  5/1/152
to
12/31/15
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

       $10.803        $9.364       $10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

             

Net investment income3

       0.060        0.114       0.075

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.588        1.430       (0.609 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.648        1.544       (0.534 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

             

Net investment income

              (0.105 )       (0.071 )

Net realized gain

                    (0.031 )

Return of capital

                    4
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.105 )       (0.102 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

       $11.451        $10.803       $9.364
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

       6.00%        16.47%       (5.36% )

Ratios and supplemental data:

             

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

       $27,240        $15,504       $3,687

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.75%        0.74%       0.72%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.04%        1.03%       1.01%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.08%        1.14%       1.16%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.79%        0.85%       0.87%

Portfolio turnover

       3%        28%       103%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Return of capital distributions of $46 were made by the Fund’s Service Class, which calculated to be de minimis amount of $0.000 per share.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund–29


LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees(the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2015 - December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income that is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund does not separate that portion of realized gains and losses on foreign equity securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices. These changes are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of such distributions by the issuer or management estimate. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.72% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.29% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and the LIAC.

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the sub-adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 10,939  

Legal

     2,642  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $1,318 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class shares. The two classes are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 151,206  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     5,490  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     1,318  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     10,198  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 71,772,966  

Sales

     10,171,984  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 386,367,875  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 67,762,628  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (23,235,755
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 44,526,873  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act) was enacted on December 22,2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

     Post-Enactment Losses (No Expiration)     
  

Short-Term

  

Long-Term

  

Total

  
   $20,134,537      $2,301,092     $22,435,629    

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs, including related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. The Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Valuations may also be based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which is received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

          Level 1               Level 2               Level 3                Total      

Investments:

                

Assets:

                

Common Stock

                

Aerospace & Defense

    $ 8,968,263     $       $—        $ 8,968,263

Air Freight & Logistics

      2,933,719                    2,933,719

Airlines

      4,677,760                    4,677,760

Auto Components

      3,987,144                    3,987,144

Automobiles

      3,236,315                    3,236,315

Banks

      37,840,748                    37,840,748

Beverages

      4,214,691                    4,214,691

Biotechnology

      6,906,941                    6,906,941

Building Products

      3,592,286                    3,592,286

Capital Markets

      14,255,772                    14,255,772

Chemicals

      10,847,997                    10,847,997

Commercial Services & Supplies

      4,952,862                    4,952,862

Communications Equipment

      6,870,912                    6,870,912

Construction & Engineering

      2,617,651                    2,617,651

Construction Materials

      1,231,450                    1,231,450

Consumer Finance

      5,869,158                    5,869,158

Containers & Packaging

      3,812,981                    3,812,981

Distributors

      1,028,455                    1,028,455

Diversified Consumer Services

      1,965,840                    1,965,840

Diversified Financial Services

      2,158,042                    2,158,042

Diversified Telecommunication Services

      9,589,599                    9,589,599

Electric Utilities

      3,598,015                    3,598,015

Electrical Equipment

      3,214,237                    3,214,237

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

      8,291,151                    8,291,151

Energy Equipment & Services

      4,414,384                    4,414,384

Food & Staples Retailing

      8,924,623                    8,924,623

Food Products

      8,023,324                    8,023,324

Gas Utilities

      1,053,587                    1,053,587

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

      10,759,162                    10,759,162

Health Care Providers & Services

      15,625,414                    15,625,414

Health Care Technology

      1,036,329                    1,036,329

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

      10,009,754                    10,009,754

Household Durables

      4,958,813                    4,958,813

Household Products

      3,910,957                    3,910,957

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

      1,180,476                    1,180,476

Industrial Conglomerates

      4,597,428                    4,597,428

Insurance

      17,535,905       38,760              17,574,665

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

      4,903,444                    4,903,444

Internet Software & Services

      10,093,869                    10,093,869

IT Services

      13,527,197                    13,527,197

Leisure Products

      1,216,617                    1,216,617

Life Sciences Tools & Services

      4,329,668                    4,329,668

Machinery

      13,264,786                    13,264,786

Marine

      296,220                    296,220

Media

      15,227,259                    15,227,259

Metals & Mining

      3,917,542                    3,917,542

Multiline Retail

      3,004,653                    3,004,653

Multi-Utilities

      2,221,124                    2,221,124

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

      17,641,623                    17,641,623

Paper & Forest Products

      954,974                    954,974

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

           Level 1                Level 2                Level 3                Total      

Investments:

                   

Assets:

                   

Personal Products

     $ 1,290,619        $      —          $      —        $ 1,290,619

Pharmaceuticals

       14,254,458                      14,254,458

Professional Services

       2,899,692                      2,899,692

Real Estate Management & Development

       1,957,528                      1,957,528

Road & Rail

       5,547,332                      5,547,332

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

       16,576,469                      16,576,469

Software

       12,598,179                      12,598,179

Specialty Retail

       10,565,828                      10,565,828

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

       10,842,349                      10,842,349

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

       3,366,358                      3,366,358

Thrift & Mortgage Finance

       2,625,997                      2,625,997

Tobacco

       2,507,344                      2,507,344

Trading Companies & Distributors

       3,214,788                      3,214,788

Transportation Infrastructure

       152,331                      152,331

Water Utilities

       595,945                      595,945

Wireless Telecommunication Services

       999,742                      999,742

Money Market Fund

       1,556,870                      1,556,870

Rights

                     13,038        13,038
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Investments

     $ 430,842,950        $38,760          $13,038        $ 430,894,748
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, transfers out of Level 2 investments into Level 1 investments were made in the amount of $4,665,942 for the Fund. The transfers resulted from the Fund’s periodic liquidity review. This does not include transfers between Level 1 investments and Level 2 investments that resulted from the Fund’s use of international fair value pricing during the period. In accordance with the fair value procedures described in Note 1, international fair value pricing uses other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to the events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded, causing a change in classification between levels. International fair value pricing was not utilized at June 30, 2017. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
     Year
Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

     

Standard Class

     4,901,886        6,223,729  

Service Class

     1,525,767        1,426,438  

Shares reinvested:

     

Standard Class

            363,412  

Service Class

            12,707  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     6,427,653        8,026,286  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

     

Standard Class

     (514,650      (20,689,669

Service Class

     (582,193      (397,737
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (1,096,843      (21,087,406
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     5,330,810        (13,061,120
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

5. Market Risk

The Fund invests in REITs and is subject to the risks associated with that industry. If the Fund acquires a direct interest in real estate as a result of defaults or receives rental income directly from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company could be jeopardized. The Fund had no direct real estate holdings during the six months ended June 30, 2017. The Fund’s REIT holdings are also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs it holds use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Market Risk (continued)

 

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. As of June 30, 2017, there were no Rule 144A securities.

6. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

7. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

8. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

 

Index

  

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Country and Sector Allocations and Top 10 Equity Holdings

     2  

Statement of Net Assets

     4  

Statement of Operations

     11  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     11  

Financial Highlights

     12  

Notes to Financial Statements

     14  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transactional fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,110.30       0.72%       $3.77  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,109.00       0.97%       5.07  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,021.22       0.72%       $3.61  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,019.98       0.97%       4.86  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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Security Type/Country and Sector Allocations and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Country    Percentage
of Net Assets

Common Stock

     90.04

Argentina

     0.08

Belgium

     0.02

Canada

     1.27

China

     0.55

Finland

     0.12

France

     4.37

Germany

     3.73

Hong Kong

     2.27

Ireland

     0.34

Israel

     0.97

Italy

     0.78

Japan

     4.42

Netherlands

     1.98

Norway

     0.74

Portugal

     0.39

Republic of Korea

     2.06

Singapore

     0.62

South Africa

     0.06

Spain

     0.02

Sweden

     0.18

Switzerland

     2.24

Taiwan

     0.52

Thailand

     0.43

United Kingdom

     6.98

United States

     54.90

Corporate Bonds

     0.10

Loan Agreement

     0.02

Preferred Stock

     0.10

Money Market Fund

     8.22

Short-Term Investments

     1.04

Total Value of Securities

     99.52

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.48

Total Net Assets

     100.00

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Sector*    Percentage
of Net Assets

Aerospace & Defense

     2.98

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.46

Airlines

     0.30

Auto Components

     0.57

Automobiles

     0.47

Banks

     7.26

Beverages

     1.18

Biotechnology

     2.81

Building Products

     1.02
Sector*    Percentage
of Net Assets

Capital Markets

     1.08

Chemicals

     4.42

Commercial Services & Supplies

     0.55

Communications Equipment

     0.46

Construction Materials

     0.67

Consumer Finance

     0.67

Containers & Packaging

     0.09

Diversified Financial Services

     0.51

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     1.53

Electric Utilities

     0.11

Electrical Equipment

     0.02

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     1.02

Energy Equipment & Services

     0.67

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     0.48

Food & Staples Retailing

     1.73

Food Products

     1.02

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     5.05

Health Care Providers & Services

     0.57

Health Care Technology

     0.11

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     0.89

Household Durables

     0.80

Household Products

     0.80

Industrial Conglomerates

     3.40

Insurance

     3.57

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     1.02

Internet Software & Services

     3.00

IT Services

     1.90

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     0.50

Machinery

     2.36

Media

     3.21

Metals & Mining

     1.54

Multiline Retail

     0.48

Multi-Utilities

     0.29

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     6.48

Personal Products

     0.06

Pharmaceuticals

     6.86

Professional Services

     0.09

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     3.20

Software

     5.25

Specialty Retail

     1.36

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     2.83

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     0.42

Tobacco

     0.35

Trading Companies & Distributors

     0.17

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     1.62

Total

     90.26

*Allocation includes all investments except for short-term investments and money market fund.

IT - Information Technology

 

 

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Security Type/Country and Sector Allocations and Top 10 Equity

Holdings (unaudited) (continued)

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage
of Net Assets

Microsoft

     2.38

Alphabet Class A & Class C

     1.46

Samsung Electronics

     1.30

Medtronic

     1.23

Roper Technologies

     1.21

Apple

     1.11

Albemarle

     1.09

Oracle

     1.08

Stryker

     1.07

Comcast Class A

     1.05

Total

     12.98

    

 

 

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK–90.04%

   

Argentina–0.08%

   

MercadoLibre

    2,800     $ 702,464  
   

 

 

 
      702,464  
   

 

 

 

Belgium–0.02%

   

Ion Beam Applications

    2,900       159,832  
   

 

 

 
      159,832  
   

 

 

 

Canada–1.27%

   

Alamos Gold (New York Shares)

    424,990       3,051,428  

Crescent Point Energy

    58,700       449,031  

†Husky Energy

    270,300       3,068,180  

†Kinaxis

    500       31,130  

†Shopify Class A

    800       69,463  

Tahoe Resources

    251,500       2,168,237  

Wheaton Precious Metals

    149,200       2,963,751  
   

 

 

 
      11,801,220  
   

 

 

 

China–0.55%

   

†Alibaba Group Holding ADR

    5,000       704,500  

†Baidu ADR

    22,800       4,078,008  

#†Guotai Junan Securities Class H 144A

    147,400       308,112  
   

 

 

 
      5,090,620  
   

 

 

 

Finland–0.12%

   

Nokia

    95,800       585,933  

Nokia ADR

    85,700       527,912  
   

 

 

 
      1,113,845  
   

 

 

 

France–4.37%

   

Accor

    26,964       1,264,060  

AXA

    203,686       5,571,727  

BNP Paribas

    105,813       7,621,073  

Cie de Saint-Gobain

    80,900       4,322,469  

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin

    24,820       3,299,726  

Credit Agricole

    210,438       3,385,355  

Sanofi

    47,546       4,548,559  

SES FDR

    140,130       3,285,016  

Societe Generale

    12,400       667,203  

TOTAL

    85,560       4,229,912  

Zodiac Aerospace

    85,480       2,318,736  
   

 

 

 
      40,513,836  
   

 

 

 

Germany–3.73%

   

Bayer

    43,560       5,631,932  

#†Delivery Hero 144A

    1,900       60,328  

Deutsche Lufthansa

    120,650       2,745,673  

Deutsche Telekom

    28,600       513,501  

HeidelbergCement

    22,620       2,186,969  

Infineon Technologies ADR

    160,316       3,414,731  

#Innogy 144A

    67,656       2,663,224  

KUKA

    2,500       305,525  

LANXESS

    75,160       5,690,598  

Merck

    39,030       4,714,136  
    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

   

Germany (continued)

   

METRO

    10,607     $ 358,052  

†QIAGEN

    85,659       2,849,457  

Siemens ADR

    42,192       2,917,577  

thyssenkrupp

    20,400       579,584  
   

 

 

 
      34,631,287  
   

 

 

 

Hong Kong–2.27%

   

AIA Group

    294,800       2,154,140  

China Life Insurance

    896,000       2,737,078  

China Pacific Insurance Group

    144,400       589,995  

China Shenhua Energy

    77,790       173,167  

China Telecom

    10,447,800       4,964,660  

CK Hutchison Holdings

    264,000       3,313,758  

Jardine Strategic Holdings

    1,166       48,611  

Kunlun Energy

    1,416,000       1,200,638  

NetEase ADR

    2,700       811,701  

Sands China

    73,700       337,469  

Sinopharm Group

    529,600       2,394,492  

Tencent Holdings

    66,000       2,360,207  
   

 

 

 
      21,085,916  
   

 

 

 

Ireland–0.34%

   

CRH

    89,009       3,148,969  
   

 

 

 
      3,148,969  
   

 

 

 

Israel–0.97%

   

†Check Point Software Technologies

    12,798       1,396,006  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ADR

    229,834       7,635,085  
   

 

 

 
      9,031,091  
   

 

 

 

Italy–0.78%

   

CNH Industrial

    42,400       480,155  

Enel

    196,199       1,051,872  

Eni

    346,503       5,208,181  

†Telecom Italia

    532,232       491,174  
   

 

 

 
      7,231,382  
   

 

 

 

Japan–4.42%

   

†IHI

    774,000       2,628,744  

Inpex

    245,500       2,359,507  

JXTG Holdings

    46,159       201,380  

Keyence

    1,200       526,410  

Konica Minolta

    402,700       3,336,887  

Nissan Motor

    227,700       2,263,335  

Omron

    103,200       4,472,994  

Panasonic

    459,500       6,226,077  

Ryohin Keikaku

    9,600       2,395,839  

SoftBank Group

    94,300       7,627,002  

Start Today

    25,000       614,581  

Sumitomo Metal Mining

    160,000       2,134,519  

Suntory Beverage & Food

    126,400       5,866,264  

T&D Holdings

    23,142       351,734  
   

 

 

 
      41,005,273  
   

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund–4


LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

   

Netherlands–1.98%

   

Akzo Nobel

    25,705     $ 2,233,924  

ASML Holding (New York Shares)

    5,200       677,612  

ING Groep

    198,406       3,421,802  

Koninklijke KPN

    337,760       1,080,549  

Koninklijke Philips

    37,920       1,346,735  

NN Group

    92,160       3,275,708  

Royal Dutch Shell Class B

    236,790       6,360,897  
   

 

 

 
      18,397,227  
   

 

 

 

Norway–0.74%

   

Telenor

    288,550       4,786,845  

Yara International

    54,820       2,059,177  
   

 

 

 
      6,846,022  
   

 

 

 

Portugal–0.39%

   

Galp Energia

    238,290       3,607,520  
   

 

 

 
      3,607,520  
   

 

 

 

Republic of Korea–2.06%

   

Hana Financial Group

    98,564       3,898,109  

Hyundai Mobis

    9,061       1,979,854  

Hyundai Motor

    1,761       245,492  

KB Financial Group

    17,683       891,762  

Samsung Electronics

    5,817       12,084,962  
   

 

 

 
      19,100,179  
   

 

 

 

Singapore–0.62%

   

Broadcom

    7,900       1,841,095  

DBS Group Holdings

    134,605       2,027,752  

Singapore Telecommunications

    671,160       1,896,359  
   

 

 

 
      5,765,206  
   

 

 

 

South Africa–0.06%

   

Naspers Class N

    2,700       525,244  
   

 

 

 
      525,244  
   

 

 

 

Spain–0.02%

   

#†Unicaja Banco 144A

    134,812       180,151  
   

 

 

 
      180,151  
   

 

 

 

Sweden–0.18%

   

Getinge Class B

    87,360       1,709,932  
   

 

 

 
      1,709,932  
   

 

 

 

Switzerland–2.24%

   

Chubb

    24,076       3,500,169  

†LafargeHolcim

    15,000       858,797  

Novartis

    29,960       2,493,282  

Novartis ADR

    23,040       1,923,149  

Roche Holding

    21,670       5,518,630  

Roche Holding ADR

    32,000       1,017,600  

†UBS Group

    323,690       5,482,037  
   

 

 

 
      20,793,664  
   

 

 

 
    Number
of Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

   

Taiwan–0.52%

   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ADR

    137,400     $ 4,803,504  
   

 

 

 
      4,803,504  
   

 

 

 

Thailand–0.43%

   

Bangkok Bank NVDR

    740,300       4,031,660  
   

 

 

 
      4,031,660  
   

 

 

 

United Kingdom–6.98%

   

†Atlassian

    8,500       299,030  

Aviva

    330,650       2,265,246  

BAE Systems

    511,820       4,223,037  

Barclays

    1,851,100       4,888,232  

BP

    107,730       621,306  

BP ADR

    269,015       9,321,370  

British American Tobacco

    18,540       1,263,876  

GlaxoSmithKline

    141,250       3,008,847  

HSBC Holdings

    828,050       7,705,183  

HSBC Holdings (London Shares)

    51,440       476,825  

Imperial Brands

    6,573       295,226  

Kingfisher

    699,591       2,739,925  

†LivaNova

    56,400       3,452,244  

RELX

    37,425       809,154  

†Rolls-Royce Holdings

    215,370       2,499,332  

Royal Dutch Shell Class A

    52,762       1,400,190  

Royal Dutch Shell (London Shares) Class A

    19,560       518,435  

RSA Insurance Group

    58,500       468,970  

Sky

    419,752       5,434,258  

†Standard Chartered

    557,666       5,645,053  

Vodafone Group

    309,760       878,506  

Vodafone Group ADR

    227,372       6,532,398  
   

 

 

 
      64,746,643  
   

 

 

 

United States–54.90%

   

†2U

    9,400       441,048  

Abbott Laboratories

    84,040       4,085,184  

AbbVie

    27,900       2,023,029  

Accenture Class A

    52,000       6,431,360  

Activision Blizzard

    4,000       230,280  

†Adobe Systems

    13,600       1,923,584  

Aflac

    33,400       2,594,512  

Air Products & Chemicals

    47,000       6,723,820  

†Alarm.com Holdings

    5,600       210,728  

Albemarle

    95,990       10,130,785  

†Align Technology

    1,200       180,144  

†Alleghany

    300       178,440  

Allegheny Technologies

    98,770       1,680,078  

Allergan

    26,710       6,492,934  

Ally Financial

    15,200       317,680  

†Alphabet Class A

    12,960       12,048,653  

†Alphabet Class C

    1,600       1,453,968  

†Altice USA Class A

    13,000       419,900  
 

 

LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund–5


LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

   

United States (continued)

   

Altria Group

    9,540     $ 710,444  

†Amazon.com

    5,900       5,711,200  

American International Group

    90,510       5,658,685  

American Tower

    7,900       1,045,328  

Amgen

    40,070       6,901,256  

Amphenol Class A

    13,000       959,660  

Analog Devices

    64,818       5,042,840  

†ANSYS

    5,200       632,736  

Apache

    57,954       2,777,735  

Apple

    71,840       10,346,397  

Applied Materials

    55,900       2,309,229  

Archer-Daniels-Midland

    73,700       3,049,706  

†Arista Networks

    200       29,958  

†Aspen Technology

    13,600       751,536  

†Autodesk

    6,000       604,920  

Baker Hughes, a GE company

    49,180       2,680,802  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    39,410       7,689,285  

Bemis

    7,920       366,300  

†Biogen

    2,000       542,720  

†Bioverativ

    1,400       84,238  

†BlackLine

    3,200       114,368  

†Bluebird Bio

    1,200       126,060  

Boeing

    4,900       968,975  

Bunge

    54,800       4,088,080  

†Cadence Design Systems

    5,000       167,450  

Capital Bank Financial

    12,100       461,010  

Capital One Financial

    71,115       5,875,521  

Carlisle

    42,030       4,009,662  

Caterpillar

    8,625       926,843  

†Celgene

    54,730       7,107,785  

Charles Schwab

    6,400       274,944  

†Charter Communications Class A

    2,941       990,676  

Chevron

    42,940       4,479,930  

Cintas

    23,200       2,924,128  

Cisco Systems

    26,340       824,442  

CIT Group

    12,978       632,029  

Citigroup

    141,670       9,474,890  

Citizens Financial Group

    39,510       1,409,717  

†Clovis Oncology

    1,100       102,993  

Cognex

    3,500       297,150  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Class A

    15,100       1,002,640  

†Coherent

    1,900       427,481  

Colgate-Palmolive

    46,600       3,454,458  

Comcast Class A

    249,210       9,699,253  

†CommerceHub Class A

    8,020       139,708  

†CommerceHub Class C

    3,040       53,018  

†CommScope Holding

    59,400       2,258,982  

ConocoPhillips

    108,750       4,780,650  

†CONSOL Energy

    20,300       303,282  

†CoStar Group

    600       158,160  

Coty Class A

    28,900       542,164  
    Number of
Shares
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

   

United States (continued)

   

CVS Health

    41,511     $ 3,339,975  

Danaher

    2,200       185,658  

†Dell Technologies Class V

    3,589       219,324  

DENTSPLY SIRONA

    17,300       1,121,732  

Devon Energy

    54,450       1,740,767  

†DISH Network Class A

    15,343       962,927  

Donaldson

    46,900       2,135,826  

Dover

    66,000       5,294,520  

DXC Technology

    37,967       2,912,828  

Eastman Chemical

    34,820       2,924,532  

Ecolab

    23,800       3,159,450  

†Edwards Lifesciences

    10,200       1,206,048  

†Electronic Arts

    11,800       1,247,496  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    79,271       6,524,003  

†Ellie Mae

    2,500       274,775  

EOG Resources

    15,000       1,357,800  

Equinix

    5,500       2,360,380  

Erie Indemnity Class A

    10,700       1,338,249  

Exxon Mobil

    25,700       2,074,761  

†Facebook Class A

    29,400       4,438,812  

FedEx

    4,400       956,252  

†Fiserv

    8,100       990,954  

Fortive

    4,500       285,075  

†Freeport-McMoRan

    20,510       246,325  

Gap

    81,020       1,781,630  

General Dynamics

    29,300       5,804,330  

General Electric

    44,300       1,196,543  

General Motors

    19,910       695,456  

Gilead Sciences

    70,450       4,986,451  

Goldman Sachs Group

    800       177,520  

Hartford Financial Services Group

    8,004       420,770  

†Henry Schein

    5,400       988,308  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

    31,750       526,733  

Honeywell International

    56,200       7,490,898  

†HubSpot

    6,700       440,525  

†IDEXX Laboratories

    10,000       1,614,200  

†Illumina

    2,100       364,392  

†Incyte

    7,700       969,507  

Intel

    21,000       708,540  

Intercontinental Exchange

    20,000       1,318,400  

International Paper

    9,090       514,585  

Intuit

    6,600       876,546  

†Intuitive Surgical

    280       261,904  

†Ionis Pharmaceuticals

    18,820       957,373  

†iRhythm Technologies

    1,000       42,490  

John Wiley & Sons Class A

    43,700       2,305,175  

Johnson & Johnson

    49,900       6,601,271  

Johnson Controls International

    117,582       5,098,356  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    91,750       8,385,950  

Kinder Morgan

    47,390       907,992  

KLA-Tencor

    3,000       274,530  

†KLX

    3,200       160,000  
 

 

LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund–6


LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

   

United States (continued)

   

†Knowles

    163,530     $ 2,766,928  

Lam Research

    9,300       1,315,299  

Leggett & Platt

    22,520       1,182,976  

†Liberty Broadband Class A

    8,300       712,057  

†Liberty Broadband Class C

    3,400       294,950  

†Liberty Expedia Holdings Class A

    6,080       328,442  

†Liberty Ventures Class A

    9,120       476,885  

†MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings

    6,600       368,082  

Marathon Oil

    42,903       508,401  

MarketAxess Holdings

    5,000       1,005,500  

Mastercard Class A

    26,500       3,218,425  

Matthews International Class A

    34,000       2,082,500  

McCormick & Co Non-Voting Shares

    23,900       2,330,489  

McDonald’s

    25,300       3,874,948  

Medtronic

    129,120       11,459,400  

Merck & Co.

    26,060       1,670,185  

MetLife

    14,210       780,697  

Microsoft

    320,437       22,087,722  

Monolithic Power Systems

    5,300       510,920  

Monsanto

    7,470       884,149  

Moody’s

    8,000       973,440  

MSCI

    5,000       514,950  

†MuleSoft Class A

    1,900       47,386  

†Netflix

    5,300       791,873  

†Neurocrine Biosciences

    2,700       124,200  

†Nevro

    3,400       253,062  

NIKE Class B

    65,400       3,858,600  

Nucor

    25,300       1,464,111  

NVIDIA

    9,000       1,301,040  

Occidental Petroleum

    30,600       1,832,022  

†Okta

    600       13,680  

Oracle

    199,610       10,008,445  

Pentair

    79,300       5,276,622  

PepsiCo

    43,960       5,076,940  

Perrigo

    28,900       2,182,528  

Pfizer

    108,840       3,655,936  

PNC Financial Services Group

    5,976       746,223  

Praxair

    54,100       7,170,955  

†Priceline Group

    850       1,589,942  

Procter & Gamble

    45,700       3,982,755  

†Q2 Holdings

    4,000       147,800  

Raytheon

    6,700       1,081,916  

†Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

    2,800       1,375,192  

Reynolds American

    15,030       977,551  

†Rite Aid

    42,585       125,626  

Rockwell Automation

    1,400       226,744  

Rockwell Collins

    30,917       3,248,758  

Roper Technologies

    48,300       11,182,899  

Ross Stores

    63,500       3,665,855  

†salesforce.com

    23,000       1,991,800  

†SBA Communications

    8,000       1,079,200  
    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

   

United States (continued)

   

Schlumberger

    54,400     $ 3,581,696  

†ServiceNow

    13,800       1,462,800  

†Splunk

    3,000       170,670  

†Square Class A

    3,000       70,380  

Stanley Black & Decker

    32,150       4,524,469  

Stryker

    71,608       9,937,758  

Symantec

    43,687       1,234,158  

Target

    39,900       2,086,371  

†TESARO

    5,500       769,230  

†Tesla

    600       216,966  

Texas Instruments

    78,250       6,019,773  

Thermo Fisher Scientific

    5,500       959,585  

Tiffany & Co.

    47,600       4,468,212  

Time Warner

    16,990       1,705,966  

Twenty-First Century Fox Class A

    123,030       3,486,670  

†Tyler Technologies

    2,500       439,175  

†Ultimate Software Group

    4,400       924,264  

United Parcel Service Class B

    29,800       3,295,582  

United Technologies

    60,400       7,375,444  

UnitedHealth Group

    9,400       1,742,948  

†Veeva Systems Class A

    16,000       980,960  

Versum Materials

    23,500       763,750  

Visa Class A

    32,110       3,011,276  

Voya Financial

    128,940       4,756,597  

Walgreens Boots Alliance

    117,310       9,186,546  

Wal-Mart Stores

    39,700       3,004,496  

†Waters

    2,700       496,368  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    25,110       1,391,345  

West Pharmaceutical Services

    36,600       3,459,432  

Williams

    22,838       691,535  

†Workday Class A

    5,500       533,500  

WW Grainger

    8,900       1,606,717  

Xilinx

    6,100       392,352  

XL Group

    28,600       1,252,680  

Yum Brands

    37,330       2,753,461  

†Zendesk

    8,200       227,796  
   

 

 

 
      509,514,329  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $651,589,979)

      835,537,016  
   

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund–7


LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

    Principal
Amount°
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS–0.10%

   

Diversified Telecommunication Services–0.05%

 

 

Frontier Communications

   

10.50% 9/15/22

    52,000     $ 49,855  

11.00% 9/15/25

    476,000       443,870  
   

 

 

 
      493,725  
   

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–0.02%

 

 

Community Health Systems
6.875% 2/1/22

    142,000       124,605  
   

 

 

 
      124,605  
   

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–0.01%

   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International

   

#144A 6.75% 8/15/21

    41,000       39,155  

#144A 7.25% 7/15/22

    27,000       25,515  

#144A 7.50% 7/15/21

    23,000       22,362  
   

 

 

 
      87,032  
   

 

 

 

Software–0.02%

   

#Veritas US 144A 7.50% 2/1/23

    200,000       215,500  
   

 

 

 
      215,500  
   

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $862,024)

      920,862  
   

 

 

 

«LOAN AGREEMENT–0.02%

   

Veritas US Tranche B1, 1st Lien
5.796% 1/27/23

    218,790       219,474  
   

 

 

 

Total Loan Agreement
(Cost $189,544)

      219,474  
   

 

 

 

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

PREFERRED STOCK–0.10%

   

Volkswagen 1.36%

    6,300     $ 959,526  
   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $691,703)

      959,526  
   

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–8.22%

 

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

    76,288,310       76,288,310  
   

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $76,288,310)

      76,288,310  
   

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount°
       

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS–1.04%

 

 

Discount Note–0.93%

   

Federal Home Loan Bank
0.746% 7/3/17

    8,635,000       8,635,000  
   

 

 

 
      8,635,000  
   

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Obligation–0.11%

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bill 0.617% 8/10/17

    1,000,000       999,085  
   

 

 

 
      999,085  
   

 

 

 

Total Short Term Investments
(Cost $9,633,956)

      9,634,085  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.52% (Cost $739,255,516)

     923,559,273  

«RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.48%

     4,422,229  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 27,865,338 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 927,981,502  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP FRANKLIN TEMPLETON GLOBAL EQUITY MANAGED VOLATILITY FUND STANDARD CLASS ($87,509,385 / 2,625,364 Shares)

   $ 33.332  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP FRANKLIN TEMPLETON GLOBAL EQUITY MANAGED VOLATILITY FUND SERVICE CLASS ($840,472,117 / 25,239,974 Shares)

   $ 33.299  
  

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 839,872,247  

Undistributed net investment income

     8,191,610  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (103,281,365

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

     183,199,010  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 927,981,502  
  

 

 

 

 

 

#

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At June 30, 2017, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $3,514,347, which represents 0.38% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 6 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

D

Securities have been classified by country of origin. Classification by type of business has been presented on page 2.

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund–8


LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

«

Includes $104,918 cash and $3,670,936 foreign currencies held at broker for futures contracts, $717,065 payable for securities purchased, $607,974 payable for fund shares redeemed, $207,257 due to custodian and $732,962 due to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

 

The rate shown is the effective yield at the time of purchase.

 

«

Loan agreements generally pay interest at rates which are periodically redetermined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. These base lending rates are generally: (i) the prime rate offered by one or more United States banks, (ii) the lending rate offered by one or more European banks such as the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR), or (iii) the certificate of deposit rate. Loan agreements may be subject to restrictions on resale. Stated rate in effect at June 30, 2017.

 

°

Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.

The following foreign currency exchange contracts and futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Counterparty

  

Contracts to

Receive (Deliver)

     In Exchange For     Settlement Date      Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

BAML

  

EUR

     7,356      USD      (8,388       7/3/17            $ 14      $  

BAML

  

GBP

     (20,249    USD      26,293         7/3/17                     (83

BAML

  

GBP

     (10,000    USD      12,987         7/5/17                     (39

BAML

  

GBP

     80,058      USD      (102,717     7/13/17              1,600         

BNYM

  

EUR

     24,246      USD      (27,691     7/3/17              5         

BNYM

  

HKD

     (104,784    USD      13,421       7/5/17                     (1

DB

  

EUR

     94,427      USD      (107,741     7/3/17              125         

HSBC

  

EUR

     7,086      USD      (8,076     7/3/17              19         

HSBC

  

EUR

     (6,064,988    USD      6,786,248       8/18/17                     (159,148

HSBC

  

GBP

     (11,231    USD      14,643       7/13/17              10         

HSBC

  

KRW

     (1,156,137,782    USD      1,022,704       7/14/17              12,836         

SHB

  

EUR

     43,275      USD      (49,371     7/3/17              63         

SSB

  

EUR

     7,086      USD      (8,084     7/3/17              10         

SSB

  

EUR

     (6,064,991    USD      6,784,451       8/18/17                     (160,949

SSB

  

GBP

     (6,175,253    USD      8,052,345       7/13/17              5,828         

UBS

  

EUR

     7,086      USD      (8,083     7/3/17              11         

UBS

  

GBP

     3,631      USD      (4,704     7/13/17              27         

UBS

  

JPY

     (85,620,137    USD      763,541       7/3/17              2,206         

UBS

  

JPY

     (38,164,132    USD      343,998       8/28/17              3,819         

UBS

  

KRW

     (375,059,218    USD      330,243       7/14/17              2,636         
                

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

                 $ 29,209      $ (320,220
                

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

   Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
     Notional
Value
     Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Currency Contracts:

              

78

   British Pound    $ 6,254,859      $ 6,359,438        9/19/17      $ 104,579      $  

72

   Euro      10,204,861        10,320,300        9/19/17        115,439         

59

   Japanese Yen      6,790,340        6,571,125        9/19/17               (219,215
              

 

 

    

 

 

 
                 220,018        (219,215
              

 

 

    

 

 

 

Equity Contracts:

              

237

   E-mini S&P 500 Index      28,753,847        28,687,665        9/18/17               (66,182

36

   E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index      6,355,732        6,285,960        9/18/17               (69,772

296

   Euro STOXX 50 Index      12,041,132        11,599,401        9/18/17               (441,731

70

   FTSE 100 Index      6,779,841        6,603,096        9/18/17               (176,745

43

   Nikkei 225 Index (OSE)      7,690,147        7,653,790        9/8/17               (36,357
              

 

 

    

 

 

 
                        (790,787
              

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

               $ 220,018      $ (1,010,002
              

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund–9


LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts and futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amount disclosed in the financial statements. The foreign currency exchange contracts and notional values presented above represents the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

Summary of Abbreviations:

ADR–American Depositary Receipt

BAML–Bank of America Merrill Lynch

BNYM–BNY Mellon

DB–Deutsche Bank

EUR–Euro

FDR–Fiduciary Depositary Receipt

FTSE–Financial Times Stock Exchange

GBP–British Pound Sterling

HKD–Hong Kong Dollar

HSBC–Hong Kong Shanghai Bank

JPY–Japanese Yen

KRW–South Korean Won

NVDR–Non-Voting Depository Receipt

OSE–Osaka Securities Exchange

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

SHB–Svenska Handelsbanken

SSB–State Street Bank

USD–United States Dollar

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund–10


LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $ 11,437,063  

Interest

     104,697  

Foreign tax withheld

     (700,281
  

 

 

 
     10,841,479  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     2,914,971  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     1,014,789  

Accounting and administration expenses

     111,846  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     50,130  

Shareholder servicing fees

     44,917  

Custodian fees

     40,755  

Professional fees

     25,951  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     12,067  

Pricing fees

     9,702  

Consulting fees

     2,783  

Other

     3,766  
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     4,231,677  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     6,609,802  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments

     14,760,952  

Foreign currencies

     149,450  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     (1,066,918

Futures contracts

     6,339,464  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     20,182,948  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     67,700,490  

Foreign currencies

     64,171  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     (366,177

Futures contracts

     (1,120,302
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     66,278,182  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     86,461,130  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 93,070,932  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income

  $ 6,609,802     $ 10,643,264  

Net realized gain (loss)

    20,182,948       (70,282,503

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    66,278,182       80,547,433  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    93,070,932       20,908,194  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net investment income:

   

Standard Class

          (1,263,834

Service Class

          (10,149,921
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (11,413,755
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

   

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    1,988,361       7,505,541  

Service Class

    37,202,038       126,465,675  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          1,263,834  

Service Class

          10,149,921  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    39,190,399       145,384,971  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (6,350,245     (12,596,988

Service Class

    (69,310,696     (105,664,175
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (75,660,941     (118,261,163
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (36,470,542     27,123,808  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

    56,600,390       36,618,247  

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    871,381,112       834,762,865  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 927,981,502     $ 871,381,112  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

  $ 8,191,610     $ 1,581,808  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund–11


LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund Standard Class
   

Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)1

  12/31/162,3   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12
   

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 30.020     $ 29.762     $ 32.846     $ 34.021     $ 28.735     $ 24.161

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                       

Net investment income4

      0.270       0.433       0.466       0.650       0.449       0.526

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      3.042       0.289       (3.100 )       (1.322 )       5.270       4.582
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      3.312       0.722       (2.634 )       (0.672 )       5.719       5.108
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                       

Net investment income

            (0.464 )       (0.450 )       (0.503 )       (0.433 )       (0.534 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.464 )       (0.450 )       (0.503 )       (0.433 )       (0.534 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 33.332     $ 30.020     $ 29.762     $ 32.846     $ 34.021     $ 28.735
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

      11.03%       2.42%       (8.02% )       (1.99% )       19.93%       21.21%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                       

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 87,510     $ 82,911     $ 86,144     $ 99,743     $ 107,183     $ 94,499

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

      0.72%       0.73%       0.74%       0.75%       0.79%       0.83%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      1.70%       1.49%       1.43%       1.89%       1.43%       1.99%

Portfolio turnover

      9%       58%       11%       11%       14%       15%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to -day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3

Effective February 8, 2016, Franklin Advisers, Inc., Franklin Advisory Services, LLC, and Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC are responsible for the day-to-day management of a portion of the Fund’s investment portfolio.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/162,3   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 30.027      $ 29.773     $ 32.853     $ 34.024     $ 28.742     $ 24.171

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income4

       0.230        0.360       0.383       0.563       0.374       0.461

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       3.042        0.285       (3.093 )       (1.319 )       5.261       4.578
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       3.272        0.645       (2.710 )       (0.756 )       5.635       5.039
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.391 )       (0.370 )       (0.415 )       (0.353 )       (0.468 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.391 )       (0.370 )       (0.415 )       (0.353 )       (0.468 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 33.299      $ 30.027     $ 29.773     $ 32.853     $ 34.024     $ 28.742
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

       10.90%        2.16%       (8.25% )       (2.23% )       19.63%       20.91%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 840,472      $ 788,470     $ 748,619     $ 651,816     $ 421,681     $ 179,169

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.97%        0.98%       0.99%       1.00%       1.04%       1.08%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.45%        1.24%       1.18%       1.64%       1.18%       1.74%

Portfolio turnover

       9%        58%       11%       11%       14%       15%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Effective February 8, 2016, Franklin Advisers, Inc., Franklin Advisory Services, LLC, and Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC are responsible for the day-to-day management of a portion of the Fund’s investment portfolio.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust, The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to provide long-term capital growth, which it seeks to achieve through a flexible policy of investing primarily in stocks of companies organized in the United States or in any foreign nation. A portion of the Fund may also be invested in debt obligations of companies and governments of any nation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between their bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are used when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under the policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund does not separate that portion of realized gains and losses on foreign equity securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices. These changes are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. Such commission rebates are included in “Net realized gain (loss) from investments” on the Statement of Operations and totaled $813 for the six months ended June 30, 2017. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-advisers, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.75% of the first $200 million of the average daily net assets of the Fund; 0.65% of the next $300 million; and 0.60% of average daily net assets in excess of $500 million. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC, Franklin Advisers, Inc., Franklin Advisory Services, LLC, and Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC (the “Sub-Advisers”) are each responsible for the day-to-day management of a portion of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Advisers a fee based on their respective managed portion of the Fund’s average daily net assets. SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSGA”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s volatility management overlay. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays SSGA a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administrative expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 25,444  

Legal

     6,142  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $40,505 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average

 

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

 

daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 496,757  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     173,478  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     40,505  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     22,222  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 69,213,945  

Sales

     98,712,879  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 739,255,516  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 213,602,748  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (29,298,991
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 184,303,757  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses; however there may be a greater likelihood that all or a portion of the Fund’s pre-enactment capital loss carryovers, if any, may expire without being utilized, due to the fact that post-enactment capital losses must be utilized before pre-enactment capital loss carryovers. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss, whereas before the Act, capital losses carried forward were treated as short-term.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

Pre-Enactment Short-Term Capital  Losses Expiring In

  

Post-Enactment Losses (No  Expiration)*

    

2017

   Short-Term    Long-Term    Total
    $13,508,734        $ 53,403,235      $ 52,397,761      $ 119,309,730
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

*Capital loss carryovers with no expiration must be utilized first.

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

 

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

Level 3–

 

inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1     Level 2     Total  

Investments:

      

Assets:

      

Common Stock

   $ 835,537,016     $     $ 835,537,016  

Corporate Bonds

           920,862       920,862  

Loan Agreement

           219,474       219,474  

Preferred Stock

     959,526             959,526  

Money Market Fund

     76,288,310             76,288,310  

Short-Term Investments

           9,634,085       9,634,085  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 912,784,852     $ 10,774,421     $ 923,559,273  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives:

      

Assets:

      

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

   $     $ 29,209     $ 29,209  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

   $ 220,018     $     $ 220,018  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

      

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

   $     $ (320,220   $ (320,220
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

   $ (1,010,002   $     $ (1,010,002
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. This does not include transfers between Level 1 investments and Level 2 investments that resulted from the Fund’s use of international fair value pricing during the period. In accordance with the fair value procedures described in Note 1, international fair value pricing uses other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to the events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded, causing a change in classification between levels. International fair value pricing was not utilized at June 30, 2017. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     61,941       258,606  

Service Class

     1,159,106       4,389,510  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           42,053  

Service Class

           337,707  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     1,221,047       5,027,876  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (198,443     (433,212

Service Class

     (2,177,440     (3,613,241
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (2,375,883     (4,046,453
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (1,154,836     981,423  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

 

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result, should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency exchange contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security between trade date and settlement date and to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuation in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value     

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value  

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

   Receivables and other assets net of liabilities    $ 29,209      Receivables and other assets net of liabilities    $ (320,220

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Receivables and other assets net of liabilities           Receivables and other assets net of liabilities      (790,787

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

   Receivables and other assets net of liabilities      220,018      Receivables and other assets net of liabilities      (219,215
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

      $ 249,227         $ (1,330,222
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

  Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized  in
Income

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts      

$(1,066,918)

     

$(366,177)

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts       5,457,355       (1,424,180 )

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts       882,109       303,878
      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

       $ 5,272,546     $ (1,486,479 )
      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative Volume    Short Derivative Volume

Foreign currency exchange contracts (average cost)

     $ 489,977      $ 22,456,374

Futures contracts (average notional value)

     $ 81,828,814      $

6. Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of equity securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act), as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Fund’s Board has delegated to LIAC, the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. Rule 144A securities have been identified on the Statement of Net Assets.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

 

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund

 

Index

  

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Sector Allocations

     2  

Statement of Net Assets

     3  

Statement of Operations

     4  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     4  

Financial Highlights

     5  

Notes to Financial Statements

     7  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,053.00       0.42%       $2.14  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,051.80       0.67%       3.41  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,022.71       0.42%       $2.11  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,021.47       0.67%       3.36  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment

companies, including exchange-traded funds (collectively, the Underlying Funds). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial Statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund–1


LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocations (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Investment Companies

     99.09

Equity Funds

     38.27

Fixed Income Funds

     39.74

International Equity Fund

     20.93

Money Market Fund

     0.15

Total Value of Securities

     99.09

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.91

Total Net Assets

     100.00

    

 

 

LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund–2


LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES–99.09%

 

 

Equity Funds–38.27%

 

 

²Franklin Growth Fund

    19,322     $     1,685,494  

²Franklin Strategic Series–Franklin

   

Growth Opportunities Fund

    23,945       913,269  

✢Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products
Trust–

 

 

Franklin Rising Dividends VIP Fund

    65,067       1,703,459  

Franklin Small Cap Value VIP Fund

    87,656       1,619,886  
   

 

 

 
      5,922,108  
   

 

 

 

Fixed Income Funds–39.74%

 

 

²Franklin Total Return Fund

    234,631       2,308,773  

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

    35,080       3,841,611  
   

 

 

 
      6,150,384  
   

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES (continued)

 

 

International Equity Fund–20.93%

 

 

²Franklin Mutual Global Discovery Fund

    97,441     $ 3,238,947  
   

 

 

 
      3,238,947  
   

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–0.15%

 

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

    22,859       22,859  
   

 

 

 
      22,859  
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(Cost $14,945,843)

      15,334,298  
   

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.09% (Cost $14,945,843)

     15,334,298  

«RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.91%

     140,772  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 1,551,378 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $     15,475,070  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP FRANKLIN TEMPLETON MULTI-ASSET OPPORTUNITIES FUND STANDARD CLASS ($1,071,919 / 107,338 Shares)

   $ 9.986  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP FRANKLIN TEMPLETON MULTI-ASSET OPPORTUNITIES FUND SERVICE CLASS ($14,403,151 / 1,444,040 Shares)

   $ 9.974  
  

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 15,440,781  

Undistributed net investment income

     49,895  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (404,027

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and foreign currencies

     388,421  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $     15,475,070  
  

 

 

 

 

² 

Class R-6 shares.

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

Class 1 shares.

 

«

Includes $153 payable for fund shares redeemed, $7,122 expense reimbursement receivable from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation and $7,997 due to manager and affiliates at June 30, 2017.

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund–3


LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $ 111,590  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     50,349  

Professional fees

     16,668  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     15,465  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     5,970  

Custodian fees

     3,404  

Accounting and administration expenses

     1,645  

Consulting fees

     864  

Shareholder servicing fees

     725  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     173  

Pricing fees

     15  

Other

     453  
  

 

 

 
     95,731  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (28,867

Expenses reimbursed

     (23,203
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     43,661  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     67,929  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN:

  

Net realized gain from:

  

Distributions from investment companies

     170,787  

Investments

     27,130  

Foreign currencies

     20  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     197,937  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     406,767  

Foreign currencies

     105  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     406,872  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     604,809  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 672,738  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income

  $ 67,929     $ 141,350  

Net realized gain (loss)

    197,937       (665,476

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    406,872       648,165  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    672,738       124,039  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net investment income:

   

Standard Class

          (10,955

Service Class

          (90,859

Net realized gain:

   

Standard Class

          (2,601

Service Class

          (28,321
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (132,736
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

   

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    1,400       27,461  

Service Class

    3,160,087       720,880  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          13,556  

Service Class

          119,180  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    3,161,487       881,077  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (24,187     (15,985

Service Class

    (578,499     (541,292
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (602,686     (557,277
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    2,558,801       323,800  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

    3,231,539       315,103  

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    12,243,531       11,928,428  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 15,475,070     $ 12,243,531  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

  $ 49,895     $ (18,034
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund–4


LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund

Financial Highlights

Select data for each share of the Fund outstanding through each period were as follows:

 

   

LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund Standard  Class

 

   

Six Months

 

Year Ended

   
    Ended     5/1/142
    6/30/171     to
    (unaudited)  

12/31/16

  12/31/15   12/31/14
   

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $   9.483     $   9.487     $   9.938     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

               

Net investment income3

      0.060       0.133       0.161       0.165

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.443       (0.012 )       (0.429 )       (0.053 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.503       0.121       (0.268 )       0.112
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

               

Net investment income

            (0.101 )       (0.120 )       (0.174 )

Net realized gain

            (0.024 )       (0.063 )      
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.125 )       (0.183 )       (0.174 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $   9.986     $   9.483     $   9.487     $   9.938
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

      5.30%       1.34%       (2.76% )       1.11%

Ratios and supplemental data:

               

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $   1,072     $   1,040     $   1,015     $   1,054

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

      0.42%       0.57%       0.57%       0.57%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed5

      1.19%       1.46%       1.46%       1.33%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      1.24%       1.42%       1.61%       2.43%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      0.47%       0.53%       0.72%       1.68%

Portfolio turnover

      53%       98%       55%       25%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund–5


LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Select data for each share of the Fund outstanding through each period were as follows:

 

   

LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund Service  Class

 

   

Six Months
Ended

6/30/171

  

Year Ended

 

5/1/142

to

    (unaudited)    12/31/16   12/31/15   12/31/14
   

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 9.483      $ 9.488     $ 9.938     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                

Net investment income3

      0.048        0.109       0.136       0.148

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.443        (0.012 )       (0.428 )       (0.053 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.491        0.097       (0.292 )       0.095
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                

Net investment income

             (0.078 )       (0.095 )       (0.157 )

Net realized gain

             (0.024 )       (0.063 )      
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.102 )       (0.158 )       (0.157 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 9.974      $ 9.483     $ 9.488     $ 9.938
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

      5.18%        1.09%       (3.00% )       0.94%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 14,403      $ 11,204     $ 10,913     $ 9,676

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

      0.67%        0.82%       0.82%       0.82%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed5

      1.44%        1.71%       1.71%       1.58%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      0.99%        1.17%       1.36%       2.18%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      0.22%        0.28%       0.47%       1.43%

Portfolio turnover

      53%        98%       55%       25%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund–6


LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in open-end investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and mutual funds that are advised by unaffiliated managers (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Underlying Funds invest in U.S. and foreign stocks, bonds and money market instruments. In addition to investment company investments, the Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term growth of capital.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–ETFs, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on the valuation date. ETFs traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an ETF does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Investments in money market funds have a stable NAV.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2014–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction. There were no commission rebates for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.75% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. This fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.43% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC.

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses (excluding Underlying Fund fees and expenses) exceed 0.42% of the average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.67% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly.

Franklin Advisers, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For its services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, fees for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 358  

Legal

     87  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $695 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares; the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fees is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivables due from and liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 7,122  

Management fees payable to LIAC

     4,019  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     2,919  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     695  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     364  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

At June 30, 2017, Lincoln Life directly owned 67.32% of the Fund.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 11,078,965  

Sales

     6,946,797  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 14,945,843  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 508,177  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (119,722
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 388,455  
  

 

 

 

Qualified late year ordinary and capital losses (including currency and specified gain/loss items) represent losses realized from November 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016, that, in accordance with federal income tax regulations, the Fund has elected to defer and treat as having arisen on the first day of the following fiscal year. At December 31, 2016, the Fund deferred $49,178 of qualified late year ordinary losses.

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (“Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

Post-Enactment Losses (No  Expiration)

 

Short-Term

   

Long-Term

   

  Total  

 
$ 130,097     $ 383,591     $ 513,688  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

Level 1–

 

inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–

 

other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–

 

inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments)

 

(e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

 

Assets:

  

Investment Companies

   $ 15,334,298  
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     145       2,902  

Service Class

     322,648       76,868  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           1,428  

Service Class

           12,562  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     322,793       93,760  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (2,478     (1,694

Service Class

     (60,062     (58,183
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (62,540     (59,877
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     260,253       33,883  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Market Risk

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

6. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

7. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

8. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

   LOGO
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund

 

Index

  

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Sector Allocation

     2  

Schedule of Investments

     3  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     4  

Statement of Operations

     5  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     5  

Financial Highlights

     6  

Notes to Financial Statements

     8  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,055.20       0.05%       $0.25  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,053.40       0.40%       2.04  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,024.55       0.05%       $0.25  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.81       0.40%       2.01  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies (Underlying Funds). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Sector   

Percentage

of Net Assets

Affiliated Investment

     9.28

Equity Fund

     9.28

Unaffiliated Investments

     90.59

Equity Funds

     83.75

Money Market Fund

     6.84

Total Value of Securities

     99.87

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.13

Total Net Assets

     100.00

    

 

 

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

 

    

Number of

Shares

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENT–9.28%

 

  

Equity Fund–9.28%

     

✢Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

  

Franklin Growth & Income VIP Fund

     2,001,191      $ 29,697,673  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment
(Cost $29,854,391)

        29,697,673  
     

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–90.59%

 

  

Equity Funds–83.75%

 

  

✢Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

  

Franklin Income VIP Fund

     5,621,428        89,155,843  

Franklin Rising Dividends VIP Fund

     1,129,496        29,570,215  

Mutual Shares VIP Fund

     6,936,192        149,336,204  
     

 

 

 
        268,062,262  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

  

Money Market Fund–6.84%

 

  

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     21,910,384      $ 21,910,384  
     

 

 

 
        21,910,384  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments (Cost $268,857,783)

        289,972,646  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.87% (Cost $298,712,174)

     319,670,319  

RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.13%

     414,811  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 30,615,323 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $     320,085,130  
  

 

 

 

 

 

✢Class

1 shares.

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

   Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
       Notional
Value
       Expiration
Date
       Unrealized
Appreciation
       Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Currency Contracts:

                      

10

 

British Pound

   $ 801,905        $ 815,313          9/19/17        $ 13,408        $  

10

 

Euro

     1,417,342          1,433,375          9/19/17          16,033           

9

 

Japanese Yen

     1,035,815          1,002,375          9/19/17                   (33,440
                   

 

 

      

 

 

 
                      29,441          (33,440
                   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Equity Contracts:

                      

100

 

E-mini S&P 500 Index

     12,132,425          12,104,500          9/18/17                   (27,925

7

 

E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index

     1,235,731          1,222,270          9/18/17                   (13,461

40

 

Euro STOXX 50 Index

     1,623,688          1,567,486          9/18/17                   (56,202

9

 

FTSE 100 Index

     871,694          848,970          9/18/17                   (22,724

6

 

Nikkei 225 Index (OSE)

     1,073,044          1,067,971          9/8/17                   (5,073
                   

 

 

      

 

 

 
                               (125,385
                   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

                  $ 29,441        $ (158,825 ) 
                   

 

 

      

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

FTSE–Financial Times Stock Exchange

OSE–Osaka Securities Exchange

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

 

ASSETS:

  

Unaffiliated investments, at value

   $ 289,972,646  

Affiliated investment, at value

     29,697,673  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

     319,670,319  

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at value

     445,988  

Cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts

     403,707  

Receivable for fund shares sold

     46,257  

Foreign currencies, at value

     29,761  

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

     29,441  

Expense reimbursement from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation

     18,049  

Dividends receivable from investments

     14,841  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     320,658,363  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

  

Cash due to custodian

     248,970  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

     158,825  

Due to manager and affiliates

     118,657  

Other accrued expenses payable

     22,381  

Payable for investments purchased

     13,651  

Payable for fund shares redeemed

     10,749  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     573,233  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 320,085,130  
  

 

 

 

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

   $ 268,857,783  

Affiliated investment, at cost

     29,854,391  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

   $ 298,712,174  
  

 

 

 

Foreign currencies, at cost

   $ 29,802  
  

 

 

 

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at cost

   $ 445,988  
  

 

 

 

Standard Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 36,382  

Shares Outstanding

     3,474  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 10.473

Service Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 320,048,748  

Shares Outstanding

     30,611,849  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 10.455  

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 306,663,681  

Undistributed net investment income

     5,716,061  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (13,123,331

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and derivatives

     20,828,719  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 320,085,130  
  

 

 

 

 

* Net Asset Value Per Share does not recalculate exactly, due to rounding.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends from unaffiliated investments

   $ 4,384,561  

Dividends from affiliated investment

     1,819,503  
  

 

 

 
     6,204,064  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     993,137  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     534,704  

Accounting and administration expenses

     25,770  

Professional fees

     17,440  

Shareholder servicing fees

     15,483  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     13,988  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     4,073  

Custodian fees

     2,284  

Consulting fees

     2,126  

Pricing fees

     126  

Other

     1,392  
  

 

 

 
     1,610,523  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (947,300

Expenses reimbursed

     (52,124
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     611,099  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     5,592,965  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Distributions from unaffiliated investments

     1,083,594  

Distributions from affiliated investment

     1,777,982  

Sale of unaffiliated investments

     (247,155

Sale of affiliated investment

     (31,898

Foreign currencies

     13,906  

Futures contracts

     1,480,330  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     4,076,759  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Unaffiliated investments

     8,181,904  

Affiliated investment

     (2,024,588

Foreign currencies

     6  

Futures contracts

     (137,373
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     6,019,949  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     10,096,708  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 15,689,673  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 5,592,965     $ 5,708,578  

Net realized gain (loss)

     4,076,759       (16,375,919

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     6,019,949       36,774,408  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     15,689,673       26,107,067  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (853

Service Class

           (5,969,338

Net realized gain:

    

Standard Class

           (300

Service Class

           (3,199,874
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (9,170,365
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     69       10,216  

Service Class

     42,817,795       98,331,083  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           1,153  

Service Class

           9,169,212  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     42,817,864       107,511,664  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (52     (10,773

Service Class

     (18,471,572     (24,563,750
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (18,471,624     (24,574,523
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     24,346,240       82,937,141  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     40,035,913       99,873,843  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     280,049,217       180,175,374  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 320,085,130     $ 280,049,217  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 5,716,061     $ 123,096  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility

Fund Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund Standard Class
    

Six Months

Ended

6/30/171
(unaudited)

   Year Ended  

1/2/143
to

      12/31/162   12/31/15   12/31/14

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 9.923      $ 9.258     $ 10.315     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                 

Net investment income4

       0.205        0.273       0.356       0.292

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.345        0.769       (1.151 )       0.179
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.550        1.042       (0.795 )       0.471
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                 

Net investment income

              (0.249 )       (0.262 )       (0.156 )

Net realized gain

              (0.128 )            
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.377 )       (0.262 )       (0.156 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.473      $ 9.923     $ 9.258     $ 10.315
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

       5.52%        11.35%       (7.72% )       4.70%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 36      $ 34     $ 31     $ 30

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

       0.05%        0.05%       0.05%       0.05%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

       0.70%        0.72%       0.74%       0.81%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       4.01%        2.88%       3.49%       2.84%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       3.36%        2.21%       2.79%       2.08%

Portfolio turnover

       3%        45%       11%       15%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund Service Class
    

Six Months
Ended 6/30/171
(unaudited)

   Year Ended  

1/2/143
to

      12/31/162   12/31/15   12/31/14

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 9.925      $ 9.262     $ 10.316     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                 

Net investment income4

       0.187        0.241       0.318       0.261

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.343        0.766       (1.146 )       0.173
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.530        1.007       (0.828 )       0.434
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                 

Net investment income

              (0.216 )       (0.226 )       (0.118 )

Net realized gain

              (0.128 )            
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.344 )       (0.226 )       (0.118 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.455      $ 9.925     $ 9.262     $ 10.316
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

       5.34%        10.95%       (8.03% )       4.34%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 320,049      $ 280,015     $ 180,144     $ 93,679

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

       0.40%        0.40%       0.40%       0.40%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

       1.05%        1.07%       1.09%       1.16%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       3.66%        2.53%       3.14%       2.49%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       3.01%        1.86%       2.44%       1.73%

Portfolio turnover

       3%        45%       11%       15%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund–7


LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in other open-end investment companies, primarily series of The Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Fund is advised by Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”). The Underlying Funds, which are advised by an unaffiliated adviser, invest primarily in U.S. and foreign stocks and bonds. In addition to investment company investments, the Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments, and employs an actively managed risk-management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2014-December 31, 2016) and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund–8


LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

LIAC is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser(s), and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.65% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.62% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses (excluding Underlying Fund fees and expenses) exceed 0.05% of average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.40% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s volatility management overlay. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 8,585  

Legal

     2,073  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $10,713 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and Service Class shares. The two classes are identical except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivables due from and liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 18,049  

Management fees payable to LIAC

     7,918  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     92,371  

Shareholder servicing fees payable

     7,655  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     10,713  

 

LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund–9


LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

Affiliated investment, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers whereby a Fund held 5% or more of the issuers’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds). Affiliated investments of the Funds and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

    Value
12/31/16
  Purchases   Sales   Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
  Value
6/30/17
  Dividends   Capital Gain
Distributions

Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust - Franklin Growth and Income VIP Fund - Class 1

    $ 26,030,554     $ 6,669,213     $ 945,608     $ (31,898 )     $ (2,024,588 )     $ 29,697,673     $ 1,819,503     $ 1,777,982
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 40,882,421  

Sales

     9,639,417  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 298,712,174  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 21,114,863  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (156,718
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 20,958,145  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

Post-Enactment Losses (No  Expiration)

Short-Term

 

Long-Term

 

  Total  

$10,361,487   $2,060,663   $12,422,150

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

Level 1–

 

inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–

 

other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

 

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LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

Level 3–

 

inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

 

Assets:

  

Affiliated Investment

   $ 29,697,673  

Unaffiliated Investments

     289,972,646  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 319,670,319  
  

 

 

 

Derivatives:

  

Assets:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ 29,441  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ (158,825
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     6       1,057  

Service Class

     4,189,470       10,405,412  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           117  

Service Class

           933,766  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     4,189,476     11,340,352  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (5     (1,095

Service Class

     (1,790,899     (2,576,268
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (1,790,904     (2,577,363
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     2,398,572       8,762,989  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in

 

LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund–11


LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value     

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

  

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

   $     

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

   $ (125,385

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

  

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

     29,441     

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

     (33,440
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

      $ 29,441         $ (158,825
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
   Change in Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation)
on Derivatives

Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts      $ 1,359,539      $ (172,125 )

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts        120,791        34,752
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

        $ 1,480,330      $ (137,373 )
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
     Short Derivative
Volume
 

Futures contracts (average notional value)

     $19,114,715        $—      

6. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

7. Market Risk

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

 

LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund–12


LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

LVIP Franklin Templeton Value Managed Volatility Fund–13


 

 

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LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

 

LVIP Global Conservative Allocation Managed Risk Fund

LVIP Global Moderate Allocation Managed Risk Fund

LVIP Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

 

each a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

   LOGO
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

 

Index

  

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Sector Allocations

     2  

Schedules of Investments

     3  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     9  

Statements of Operations

     10  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     11  

Financial Highlights

     12  

Notes to Financial Statements

     18  

 

 

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Funds’ proxy voting procedures and information regarding how a Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

Each Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold each Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of a Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis tables. The Expense Analysis tables do not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. These Expense Analyses are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analyses are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the tables, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the tables, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the tables, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in a Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Funds do not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of each table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

LVIP Global Conservative Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,053.20       0.28%       $1.43  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,051.90       0.53%       2.70  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,023.41       0.28%       $1.40  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.17       0.53%       2.66  

LVIP Global Moderate Allocation Managed

Risk Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,071.20       0.28%       $1.44  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,069.90       0.53%       2.72  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,023.41       0.28%       $1.40  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.17       0.53%       2.66  

LVIP Global Growth Allocation Managed

Risk Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,076.50       0.28%       $1.44  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,075.20       0.53%       2.73  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,023.41       0.28%       $1.40  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.17       0.53%       2.66  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to each Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

Each Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. Each Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). In addition to the Funds’ expenses reflected above, the Funds also indirectly bear their portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in each table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–1


LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Security Type/Sector Allocations (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

LVIP Global Conservative Allocation Managed Risk Fund

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Affiliated Investments

     90.46

Equity Funds

     24.88

Fixed Income Funds

     53.74

International Equity Funds

     9.93

International Fixed Income Fund

     1.91

Unaffiliated Investments

     9.55

Commodity Fund

     1.03

Equity Fund

     2.00

Fixed Income Fund

     1.54

International Equity Fund

     2.01

Money Market Fund

     2.97

Total Value of Securities

     100.01

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.01 %) 

Total Net Assets

     100.00

LVIP Global Moderate Allocation Managed Risk Fund

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Affiliated Investments

     88.76

Equity Funds

     35.89

Fixed Income Funds

     34.09

International Equity Funds

     16.96

International Fixed Income Fund

     1.82

Unaffiliated Investments

     11.32

Commodity Fund

     1.03

Equity Fund

     2.00

Fixed Income Fund

     0.26

International Equity Fund

     4.02

Money Market Fund

     4.01

Total Value of Securities

     100.08

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.08 %) 

Total Net Assets

     100.00

LVIP Global Growth Allocation Managed

Risk Fund

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Affiliated Investments

     90.80

Equity Funds

     39.90

Fixed Income Funds

     24.21

International Equity Funds

     24.94

International Fixed Income Fund

     1.75

Unaffiliated Investments

     9.21

Commodity Fund

     1.03

Equity Fund

     0.99

Fixed Income Fund

     0.19

International Equity Fund

     3.00

Money Market Fund

     4.00

Total Value of Securities

     100.01

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.01 %) 

Total Net Assets

     100.00
 

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–2


LVIP Global Conservative Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–90.46%

 

  

Equity Funds–24.88%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

     2,805,779      $ 41,814,529  

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

     3,426,216        41,655,935  

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

     11,421,588        194,132,725  

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

     928,641        27,986,453  

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

     1,047,736        41,573,110  
     

 

 

 
        347,162,752  
     

 

 

 

Fixed Income Funds–53.74%

 

  

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

     3,913,583        39,938,113  

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

     19,366,477        266,986,247  

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

     5,933,695        66,475,182  

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

     6,581,944        66,767,244  

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

     5,833,808        66,452,905  

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

     24,728,884        243,431,136  
     

 

 

 
        750,050,827  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–9.93%

 

  

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

     2,549,583        41,560,753  

LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

     1,589,408        27,409,349  

LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

     1,564,139        13,970,887  

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

     5,982,981        55,677,621  
     

 

 

 
        138,618,610  
     

 

 

 

International Fixed Income Fund–1.91%

 

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

†LVIP Global Income Fund

     2,357,159        26,640,607  
     

 

 

 
        26,640,607  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $1,090,465,949)

 

     1,262,472,796  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–9.55%

 

Commodity Fund–1.03%

     

**PIMCO Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

PIMCO CommodityRealReturn Strategy Portfolio

     2,201,788      $ 14,355,656  
     

 

 

 
        14,355,656  
     

 

 

 

Equity Fund–2.00%

     

XFidelity® Variable Life Insurance Products–

     

Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Portfolio

     784,923        27,888,314  
     

 

 

 
        27,888,314  
     

 

 

 

Fixed Income Fund–1.54%

     

²American Funds®

     

American Funds Mortgage Fund

     2,118,759        21,463,031  
     

 

 

 
        21,463,031  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Fund–2.01%

 

  

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     676,790        28,012,338  
     

 

 

 
        28,012,338  
     

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–2.97%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     41,531,154        41,531,154  
     

 

 

 
        41,531,154  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $127,884,614)

 

     133,250,493  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.01% (Cost $1,218,350,563)

     1,395,723,289  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.01%)

     (72,814
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 99,562,899 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 1,395,650,475  
  

 

 

 

 

 

² 

Class R-6 shares.

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

*

Standard Class shares.

 

**

Institutional Class shares.

 

X

Initial Class.

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–3


LVIP Global Conservative Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

Summary of Abbreviations:

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

MSCI–Morgan Stanley Capital International

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–4


LVIP Global Moderate Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–88.76%

 

  

Equity Funds–35.89%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

     19,431,088      $ 289,581,510  

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

     17,738,506        215,664,755  

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

     84,475,152        1,435,824,157  

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

     7,236,382        218,082,853  

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

     7,250,681        287,699,786  

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

     5,932,800        143,906,005  
     

 

 

 
        2,590,759,066  
     

 

 

 

Fixed Income Funds–34.09%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

     19,179,590        195,727,717  

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

     57,054,090        786,547,680  

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

     17,455,164        195,550,197  

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

     25,824,106        261,959,729  

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

     34,371,247        391,522,874  

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

     63,921,066        629,238,977  
     

 

 

 
        2,460,547,174  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–16.96%

 

  

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

     26,418,181        430,642,769  

LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

     12,464,329        214,947,347  

LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

     24,375,825        217,724,872  

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

     7,644,122        72,840,840  

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

     30,982,929        288,327,138  
     

 

 

 
        1,224,482,966  
     

 

 

 

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

International Fixed Income Fund–1.82%

 

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

   

†LVIP Global Income Fund

    11,592,348     $ 131,016,717  
   

 

 

 
      131,016,717  
   

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $5,322,470,232)

 

    6,406,805,923  
   

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–11.32%

 

Commodity Fund–1.03%

   

**PIMCO Variable Insurance Products Trust–

   

PIMCO CommodityRealReturn Strategy Portfolio

    11,400,370       74,330,416  
   

 

 

 
      74,330,416  
   

 

 

 

Equity Fund–2.00%

   

XFidelity® Variable Life Insurance Products–

   

Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Portfolio

    4,064,291       144,404,262  
   

 

 

 
      144,404,262  
   

 

 

 

Fixed Income Fund–0.26%

 

 

²American Funds®

   

American Funds Mortgage Fund

    1,864,063       18,882,955  
   

 

 

 
      18,882,955  
   

 

 

 

International Equity Fund–4.02%

 

 

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

    7,006,095       289,982,272  
   

 

 

 
      289,982,272  
   

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–4.01%

 

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

    289,278,640       289,278,640  
   

 

 

 
      289,278,640  
   

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $806,233,729)

 

    816,878,545  
   

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.08% (Cost $6,128,703,961)

     7,223,684,468  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.08%)

     (5,974,509
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 499,324,850 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 7,217,709,959  
  

 

 

 

 

 

² 

Class R-6 shares.

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

*

Standard Class shares.

 

**

Institutional Class shares.

 

X

Initial Class.

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–5


LVIP Global Moderate Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

Summary of Abbreviations:

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

MSCI–Morgan Stanley Capital International

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–6


LVIP Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–90.80%

 

Equity Funds–39.90%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

     24,184,740      $ 360,425,187  

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

     44,235,279        537,812,519  

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

     115,675,082        1,966,129,364  

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

     8,977,658        270,559,689  

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

     9,036,339        358,552,914  

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

     3,692,106        89,555,725  
     

 

 

 
        3,583,035,398  
     

 

 

 

Fixed Income Funds–24.21%

 

  

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

     15,376,250        156,914,630  

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

     56,974,222        785,446,619  

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

     20,949,791        234,700,510  

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

     23,225,669        235,601,184  

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

     20,593,129        234,576,335  

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

     53,545,615        527,103,030  
     

 

 

 
        2,174,342,308  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–24.94%

 

  

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

     18,858,688        177,686,554  

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

     32,944,462        537,027,680  

LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

     15,463,598        266,669,755  

LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

     30,241,425        270,116,407  

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

     19,028,245        181,320,147  

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

     86,742,497        807,225,673  
     

 

 

 
        2,240,046,216  
     

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

International Fixed Income Fund–1.75%

 

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

   

†LVIP Global Income Fund

    13,890,088     $ 156,985,779  
   

 

 

 
      156,985,779  
   

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $6,752,269,164)

 

    8,154,409,701  
   

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–9.21%

 

Commodity Fund–1.03%

   

**PIMCO Variable Insurance Products Trust–

   

PIMCO CommodityRealReturn Strategy Portfolio

    14,189,352       92,514,572  
   

 

 

 
      92,514,572  
   

 

 

 

Equity Fund–0.99%

   

XFidelity® Variable Life Insurance Products–

   

Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Portfolio

    2,508,038       89,110,575  
   

 

 

 
      89,110,575  
   

 

 

 

Fixed Income Fund–0.19%

 

 

²American Funds®

   

American Funds Mortgage Fund

    1,730,995       17,534,977  
   

 

 

 
      17,534,977  
   

 

 

 

International Equity Fund–3.00%

 

 

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

    6,505,753       269,273,117  
   

 

 

 
      269,273,117  
   

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–4.00%

 

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

    359,113,507       359,113,507  
   

 

 

 
      359,113,507  
   

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $811,538,935)

 

    827,546,748  
   

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.01% (Cost $7,563,808,099)

     8,981,956,449  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.01%)

     (849,040
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 639,637,537 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 8,981,107,409  
  

 

 

 

 

 

² 

Class R-6 shares.

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

*

Standard Class shares.

 

**

Institutional Class shares.

 

X

Initial Class.

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–7


LVIP Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

Summary of Abbreviations:

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

MSCI–Morgan Stanley Capital International

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–8


LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

 

     LVIP
Global Conservative
Allocation Managed
Risk Fund
    LVIP
Global Moderate
Allocation Managed
Risk Fund
    LVIP
Global Growth
Allocation Managed
Risk Fund
 

ASSETS:

      

Affiliated investments, at value

   $ 1,262,472,796     $ 6,406,805,923     $ 8,154,409,701  

Unaffiliated investments, at value

     133,250,493       816,878,545       827,546,748  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

     1,395,723,289       7,223,684,468       8,981,956,449  

Cash

           1,890,009       1,813,875  

Receivables for investments sold

     598,185       411,519       1,971,491  

Receivables for fund shares sold

     452,240       119,899       1,784,606  

Dividends receivable from investments

     58,846       207,758       249,125  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     1,396,832,560       7,226,313,653       8,987,775,546  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

      

Due to manager and affiliates

     614,743       3,219,630       3,977,911  

Payables for fund shares redeemed

     487,255       5,211,130       2,478,381  

Other accrued expenses payable

     47,210       144,009       184,984  

Payables for investments purchased

     32,877       28,925       26,861  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     1,182,085       8,603,694       6,668,137  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 1,395,650,475     $ 7,217,709,959     $ 8,981,107,409  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

   $ 1,090,465,949     $ 5,322,470,232     $ 6,752,269,164  

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

     127,884,614       806,233,729       811,538,935  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

   $ 1,218,350,563     $ 6,128,703,961     $ 7,563,808,099  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Standard Class:

      

Net Assets

   $ 75,404,317     $ 222,669,218     $ 210,249,063  

Shares Outstanding

     5,371,174       15,383,190       14,956,925  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 14.039     $ 14.475     $ 14.057  

Service Class:

      

Net Assets

   $ 1,320,246,158     $ 6,995,040,741     $ 8,770,858,346  

Shares Outstanding

     94,191,725       483,941,660       624,680,612  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 14.017     $ 14.454     $ 14.041  

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

      

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 1,239,197,531     $ 6,439,886,469     $ 8,087,741,294  

Accumulated net investments loss

     (2,786,298     (13,008,762     (16,825,557

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (18,133,484     (304,148,255     (507,956,678

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     177,372,726       1,094,980,507       1,418,148,350  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 1,395,650,475     $ 7,217,709,959     $ 8,981,107,409  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–9


LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Statements of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     LVIP
Global Conservative
Allocation Managed
Risk Fund
    LVIP
Global Moderate
Allocation Managed
Risk Fund
    LVIP
Global Growth
Allocation Managed
Risk Fund
 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

      

Dividends from unaffiliated investments

   $ 865,757     $ 4,378,351     $ 5,502,829  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

      

Management fees

     1,756,510       8,939,364       11,093,454  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     1,664,222       8,670,613       10,838,812  

Shareholder servicing fees

     68,121       351,276       436,390  

Accounting and administration expenses

     65,888       271,877       333,274  

Professional fees

     31,011       84,730       104,723  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     25,008       125,841       119,146  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     19,291       97,186       122,639  

Custodian fees

     12,748       46,759       60,661  

Consulting fees

     3,355       9,630       11,501  

Pricing fees

     79       377       463  

Other

     5,822       25,631       25,796  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     3,652,055       18,623,284       23,146,859  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT LOSS

     (2,786,298     (14,244,933     (17,644,030
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

      

Net realized gain (loss) from:

      

Distributions from unaffiliated investments

     1,090,444       2,700,155       6,687,573  

Sale of affiliated investments

     4,773,753       45,293,652       40,144,442  

Sale of unaffiliated investments

     259,265       (6,349,317     260,296  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     6,123,462       41,644,490       47,092,311  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

      

Affiliated investments

     66,251,134       417,348,099       574,798,306  

Unaffiliated investments

     2,398,977       42,301,247       43,744,724  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     68,650,111       459,649,346       618,543,030  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     74,773,573       501,293,836       665,635,341  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 71,987,275     $ 487,048,903     $ 647,991,311  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–10


LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    LVIP
Global Conservative Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
    LVIP
Global Moderate Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
    LVIP
Global Growth Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
 
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (2,786,298   $ 23,669,510     $ (14,244,933   $ 102,058,191     $ (17,644,030   $ 136,558,331  

Net realized gain (loss)

    6,123,462       415,976       41,644,490       (151,282,051     47,092,311       (197,928,209

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    68,650,111       44,877,964       459,649,346       340,822,104       618,543,030       455,179,531  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    71,987,275       68,963,450       487,048,903       291,598,244       647,991,311       393,809,653  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

           

Net investment income:

           

Standard Class

          (1,640,751           (3,862,169           (3,854,871

Service Class

          (27,366,286           (111,135,539           (147,315,860

Net realized gain:

           

Standard Class

          (1,145,461           (2,366,172            

Service Class

          (21,982,058           (78,960,435            
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (52,134,556           (196,324,315           (151,170,731
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

           

Proceeds from shares sold:

           

Standard Class

    4,928,205       11,819,840       17,771,823       36,985,268       13,373,115       31,385,381  

Service Class

    37,020,239       190,336,131       100,433,177       372,668,632       100,754,818       351,071,662  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

           

Standard Class

          2,786,212             6,228,341             3,854,871  

Service Class

          49,348,344             190,095,974             147,315,860  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    41,948,444       254,290,527       118,205,000       605,978,215       114,127,933       533,627,774  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

           

Standard Class

    (6,988,846     (15,686,603     (20,917,978     (53,584,811     (17,200,506     (38,783,660

Service Class

    (159,582,173     (238,868,182     (537,127,918     (780,184,284     (622,207,987     (953,293,497
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (166,571,019     (254,554,785     (558,045,896     (833,769,095     (639,408,493     (992,077,157
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (124,622,575     (264,258     (439,840,896     (227,790,880     (525,280,560     (458,449,383
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    (52,635,300     16,564,636       47,208,007       (132,516,951     122,710,751       (215,810,461

NET ASSETS:

           

Beginning of period

    1,448,285,775       1,431,721,139       7,170,501,952       7,303,018,903       8,858,396,658       9,074,207,119  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 1,395,650,475     $ 1,448,285,775     $ 7,217,709,959     $ 7,170,501,952     $ 8,981,107,409     $ 8,858,396,658  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (Accumulated) net investment income (loss)

  $ (2,786,298   $     $ (13,008,762   $ 1,236,171     $ (16,825,557   $ 818,473  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–11


LVIP Global Conservative Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Global Conservative Allocation Managed Risk Fund Standard Class
    

Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)

         

Year Ended

12/31/14

       
     12/31/162   12/31/15     12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 13.330     $ 13.188     $ 13.944     $ 13.623     $ 12.850     $ 12.226

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income (loss)3

       (0.011 )       0.249       0.267       0.234       0.200       0.243

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.720       0.412       (0.545 )       0.542       1.049       0.946
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.709       0.661       (0.278 )       0.776       1.249       1.189
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.304 )       (0.294 )       (0.282 )       (0.266 )       (0.503 )

Net realized gain

             (0.215 )       (0.184 )       (0.173 )       (0.210 )       (0.062 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.519 )       (0.478 )       (0.455 )       (0.476 )       (0.565 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 14.039     $ 13.330     $ 13.188     $ 13.944     $ 13.623     $ 12.850
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       5.32%       5.02%       (2.00% )       5.70%       9.75%       9.78%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 75,404     $ 73,615     $ 73,945     $ 80,856     $ 67,666     $ 58,577

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

       0.28%       0.27%       0.27%       0.27%       0.28%       0.29%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.16% )       1.86%       1.91%       1.67%       1.49%       1.90%

Portfolio turnover

       14%       34%       23%       18%       24%       14%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–12


LVIP Global Conservative Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Global Conservative Allocation Managed Risk Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/162   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 13.325     $ 13.185     $ 13.939     $ 13.620     $ 12.849     $ 12.225

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income (loss)3

       (0.028 )       0.215       0.232       0.199       0.166       0.211

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.720       0.410       (0.543 )       0.540       1.047       0.945
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.692       0.625       (0.311 )       0.739       1.213       1.156
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.270 )       (0.259 )       (0.247 )       (0.232 )       (0.470 )

Net realized gain

             (0.215 )       (0.184 )       (0.173 )       (0.210 )       (0.062 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.485 )       (0.443 )       (0.420 )       (0.442 )       (0.532 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 14.017     $ 13.325     $ 13.185     $ 13.939     $ 13.620     $ 12.849
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       5.19%       4.75%       (2.23% )       5.43%       9.47%       9.51%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 1,320,246     $ 1,374,671     $ 1,357,776     $ 1,344,553     $ 1,189,830     $ 867,245

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

       0.53%       0.52%       0.52%       0.52%       0.53%       0.54%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.41% )       1.61%       1.66%       1.42%       1.24%       1.65%

Portfolio turnover

       14%       34%       23%       18%       24%       14%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–13


LVIP Global Moderate Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Global Moderate Allocation Managed Risk Fund Standard Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/162   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 13.513     $ 13.341     $ 14.109     $ 13.815     $ 12.562     $ 11.844

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income (loss)3

       (0.011 )       0.222       0.254       0.243       0.209       0.229

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.973       0.356       (0.729 )       0.331       1.279       0.900
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.962       0.578       (0.475 )       0.574       1.488       1.129
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.253 )       (0.284 )       (0.280 )       (0.235 )       (0.411 )

Net realized gain

             (0.153 )       (0.009 )                  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.406 )       (0.293 )       (0.280 )       (0.235 )       (0.411 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 14.475     $ 13.513     $ 13.341     $ 14.109     $ 13.815     $ 12.562
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       7.12%       4.34%       (3.37% )       4.15%       11.86%       9.59%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 222,669     $ 210,980     $ 218,424     $ 217,898     $ 194,034     $ 161,420

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

       0.28%       0.27%       0.27%       0.27%       0.27%       0.27%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.16% )       1.65%       1.79%       1.71%       1.58%       1.85%

Portfolio turnover

       9%       23%       20%       19%       15%       18%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

 

5

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–14


LVIP Global Moderate Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Global Moderate Allocation Managed Risk Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/162   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 13.510     $ 13.340     $ 14.107     $ 13.814     $ 12.562     $ 11.843

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income (loss)3

       (0.028 )       0.188       0.218       0.207       0.176       0.198

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.972       0.354       (0.728 )       0.331       1.278       0.900
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.944       0.542       (0.510 )       0.538       1.454       1.098
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.219 )       (0.248 )       (0.245 )       (0.202 )       (0.379 )

Net realized gain

             (0.153 )       (0.009 )                  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.372 )       (0.257 )       (0.245 )       (0.202 )       (0.379 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 14.454     $ 13.510     $ 13.340     $ 14.107     $ 13.814     $ 12.562
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       6.99%       4.08%       (3.62% )       3.88%       11.58%       9.32%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 6,995,041     $ 6,959,522     $ 7,084,595     $ 6,972,807     $ 5,519,293     $ 2,854,360

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

       0.53%       0.52%       0.52%       0.52%       0.52%       0.52%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.41% )       1.40%       1.54%       1.46%       1.33%       1.60%

Portfolio turnover

       9%       23%       20%       19%       15%       18%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

 

5

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–15


LVIP Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund Standard Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/162   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 13.058     $ 12.711     $ 13.474     $ 13.290     $ 11.902     $ 11.190

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income (loss)3

       (0.010 )       0.228       0.246       0.243       0.226       0.234

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.009       0.377       (0.743 )       0.220       1.384       0.784
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.999       0.605       (0.497 )       0.463       1.610       1.018
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.258 )       (0.266 )       (0.279 )       (0.222 )       (0.306 )

Return of capital

                               4      
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.258 )       (0.266 )       (0.279 )       (0.222 )       (0.306 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 14.057     $ 13.058     $ 12.711     $ 13.474     $ 13.290     $ 11.902
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

       7.65%       4.75%       (3.69% )       3.47%       13.55%       9.15%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 210,249     $ 199,014     $ 197,206     $ 195,440     $ 175,175     $ 139,866

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

       0.28%       0.27%       0.27%       0.26%       0.27%       0.27%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.15% )       1.77%       1.82%       1.79%       1.78%       2.00%

Portfolio turnover

       9%       21%       22%       15%       15%       21%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4

Amount rounds to less than $0.001 per share.

 

5

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–16


LVIP Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/162   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 13.059     $ 12.713     $ 13.475     $ 13.292     $ 11.905     $ 11.191

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income (loss)3

       (0.027 )       0.195       0.212       0.209       0.195       0.205

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.009       0.377       (0.742 )       0.219       1.383       0.784
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.982       0.572       (0.530 )       0.428       1.578       0.989
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.226 )       (0.232 )       (0.245 )       (0.191 )       (0.275 )

Return of capital

                               4      
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.226 )       (0.232 )       (0.245 )       (0.191 )       (0.275 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 14.041     $ 13.059     $ 12.713     $ 13.475     $ 13.292     $ 11.905
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

       7.52%       4.49%       (3.93% )       3.21%       13.26%       8.88%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 8,770,858     $ 8,659,383     $ 8,877,001     $ 8,704,565     $ 6,467,673     $ 2,518,033

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

       0.53%       0.52%       0.52%       0.51%       0.52%       0.52%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.40% )       1.52%       1.57%       1.54%       1.53%       1.75%

Portfolio turnover

       9%       21%       22%       15%       15%       21%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4

Amount rounds to less than $0.001 per share.

 

5

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–17


LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Global Conservative Allocation Managed Risk Fund, LVIP Global Moderate Allocation Managed Risk Fund and LVIP Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund (each, a “Fund”, and collectively, the “Funds”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Funds are a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. Each Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold each Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

Each Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in open-end investment companies, including in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), that are advised by Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) or unaffiliated managers (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Underlying Funds invest in U.S. and foreign stocks, bonds and money market instruments. A significant portion of the Underlying Funds employ a passive investment style (i.e. index funds). In addition to investment company investments, the Funds may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments, and employ an actively managed risk-management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The investment objective of LVIP Global Conservative Allocation Managed Risk Fund is to seek a high level of current income with some consideration given to growth of capital.

The investment objective of LVIP Global Moderate Allocation Managed Risk Fund is to seek a balance between a high level of current income and growth of capital, with an emphasis on growth of capital.

The investment objective of LVIP Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund is to seek a balance between a high level of current income and growth of capital, with a greater emphasis on growth of capital.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

Each Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, each Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Funds.

Security Valuation– ETFs, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on the valuation date. ETFs traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an ETF does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because each Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Funds evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing each Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on each Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. If applicable, each Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statements of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Funds did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Funds on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–18


LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Funds declare and distribute dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Funds may receive earnings credits from their custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

LIAC is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of each Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Funds’ investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to each Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each Fund. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds (including LIAC).

Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for managing the Funds’ managed risk strategy. For these services, LIAC, not the Funds, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on each Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Funds. For these services, each Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statements of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

    LVIP
Global Conservative Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
  LVIP
Global Moderate Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
  LVIP
Global Growth Allocation
Managed Risk Fund

Administrative

    $ 40,514     $ 204,541     $ 253,438

Legal

      9,777       49,366       61,167

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, each Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of each Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statements of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Funds. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statements of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Funds reimburse Lincoln Life for the cost of these services. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, these fees were as follows:

 

    LVIP
Global Conservative Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
  LVIP
Global Moderate Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
  LVIP
Global Growth Allocation
Managed Risk Fund

Printing and mailing

    $ 19,231     $ 104,480     $ 92,425

The Funds currently offer two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to their distribution and service plan, the Funds are authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statements of Operations, the Funds indirectly bear the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which they invest. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Funds may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–19


LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

At June 30, 2017, each Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

    LVIP
Global Conservative Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
  LVIP
Global Moderate Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
  LVIP
Global Growth Allocation
Managed Risk Fund

Management fees payable to LIAC

      $288,802       $1,493,878       $1,856,700

Distribution fees payable to LFD

      273,209       1,447,983       1,813,409

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

      33,501       173,290       215,377

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

      19,231       104,479       92,425

The Funds are permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain affiliated funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by a Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under these procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Funds engaged in securities purchases and securities sales as follows:

 

    LVIP
Global Conservative Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
  LVIP
Global Moderate Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
  LVIP
Global Growth Allocation
Managed Risk Fund

Purchases

      $516,280       $2,561,125       $ 49,283

Sales

      20,168       228,465       2,470,084

Certain officers and trustees of the Funds are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Funds. The Funds pay compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

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LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated investments, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers whereby the Fund held 5% or more of the issuers’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds or ETFs).

Affiliated investments of the LVIP Global Conservative Allocation Managed Risk Fund and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

    Value
12/31/16
  Purchases   Sales   Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
  Value
6/30/17
  Dividends   Capital Gain
Distributions

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

    $ 42,319,915     $ 1,279,182     $ 3,860,063     $ (26,541 )     $ 225,620     $ 39,938,113     $     $

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

      393,504,262             134,792,508       (3,887,210 )       12,161,703       266,986,247            

LVIP Global Income Fund

      28,144,559       370,615       2,950,037       (92,558 )       1,168,028       26,640,607            

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

      85,089,466       285,626       22,325,613       (370,992 )       3,796,695       66,475,182            

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

      28,347,149       11,794,178       3,483,082       221,728       4,680,780       41,560,753            

LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

      42,509,488       139,646       20,136,655       1,093,329       3,803,541       27,409,349            

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

      70,538,394       1,813,294       6,433,439       11,843       837,152       66,767,244            

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

      70,336,467       1,756,306       7,082,797       (109,535 )       1,552,464       66,452,905            

LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

      13,809,331       54,302       1,569,944       110,749       1,566,449       13,970,887            

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

      42,151,919       12,685,109       4,793,818       354,312       5,280,099       55,677,621            

LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

      55,411,390       188,982       18,011,742       1,326,624       2,899,275       41,814,529            

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

      41,879,798       1,461,444       4,033,883       589,859       1,758,717       41,655,935            

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

      197,112,518       5,593,071       25,790,123       5,848,677       11,368,582       194,132,725            

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

      28,082,058       1,180,639       2,578,090       424,498       877,348       27,986,453            

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

      41,923,118       148,011       8,096,703       870,815       6,727,869       41,573,110            

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

      148,211,006       140,731,731       51,466,568       (1,591,845 )       7,546,812       243,431,136            
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

    $ 1,329,370,838     $ 179,482,136     $ 317,405,065     $ 4,773,753     $ 66,251,134     $ 1,262,472,796     $     $
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–21


LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated investments of the LVIP Global Moderate Allocation Managed Risk Fund and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

    Value
12/31/16
  Purchases   Sales   Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
  Value
6/30/17
  Dividends   Capital Gain
Distributions

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

    $ 207,604,826     $ 6,304,853     $ 19,189,254     $ (570,451 )     $ 1,577,743     $ 195,727,717     $     $

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

      1,027,072,959             265,272,095       (6,685,345 )       31,432,161       786,547,680            

LVIP Global Income Fund

      138,064,417       3,040,905       15,493,856       (419,923 )       5,825,174       131,016,717            

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

      208,703,183       850,190       22,569,867       (879,400 )       9,446,091       195,550,197            

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

      347,659,626       51,807,492       31,020,838       1,974,825       60,221,664       430,642,769            

LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

      208,532,310       850,191       18,650,923       (1,952,998 )       26,168,767       214,947,347            

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

      346,029,728       8,724,051       96,897,633       631,535       3,472,048       261,959,729            

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

      414,059,489       14,075,413       45,410,148       (814,624 )       9,612,744       391,522,874            

LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

      203,228,217       3,113,908       13,835,712       (1,312,346 )       26,530,805       217,724,872            

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

      67,447,570       3,621,156       8,434,789       391,779       9,815,124       72,840,840            

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

      275,985,377       1,133,588       26,382,893       1,317,340       36,273,726       288,327,138            

LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

      339,763,066       1,416,985       78,040,363       7,931,240       18,510,582       289,581,510            

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

      273,898,903       2,343,188       76,115,825       12,717,638       2,820,851       215,664,755            

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

      1,312,242,434       136,673,982       128,997,011       31,571,246       84,333,506       1,435,824,157            

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

      206,623,957       15,430,112       13,835,712       1,217,401       8,647,095       218,082,853            

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

      274,206,203       1,133,588       38,178,492       3,124,464       47,414,023       287,699,786            

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

      135,945,182       3,063,492       11,811,442       234,744       16,474,029       143,906,005            

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

      542,077,272       174,753,943       103,180,730       (3,183,474 )       18,771,966       629,238,977            
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

    $ 6,529,144,719     $ 428,337,037     $ 1,013,317,583     $ 45,293,651     $ 417,348,099     $ 6,406,805,923     $     $
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–22


LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated investments of the LVIP Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

    Value
12/31/16
  Purchases   Sales   Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
  Value
6/30/17
  Dividends   Capital Gain
Distributions

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

    $ 171,069,884     $ 5,561,484     $ 20,560,437     $ (393,336 )     $ 1,237,035     $ 156,914,630     $     $

LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

      171,874,787       9,287,225       11,009,435       24,190       7,509,787       177,686,554            

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

      1,010,456,991             251,240,755       (4,561,743 )       30,792,126       785,446,619            

LVIP Global Income Fund

      170,650,674       4,121,802       24,490,822       (580,535 )       7,284,660       156,985,779            

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

      257,960,741       1,500,154       35,373,901       (1,109,852 )       11,723,368       234,700,510            

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

      257,463,723       256,680,748       21,738,827       1,410,315       43,211,721       537,027,680            

LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

      257,753,024       708,532       21,798,187       (2,381,634 )       32,388,020       266,669,755            

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

      342,160,408       9,357,310       119,936,581       820,356       3,199,691       235,601,184            

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

      255,896,301       9,244,864       36,073,397       (381,667 )       5,890,234       234,576,335            

LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

      251,196,128       4,181,835       16,514,152       434,776       30,817,820       270,116,407            

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

      166,127,911       9,166,770       19,206,561       (397,716 )       25,629,743       181,320,147            

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

      852,841,433       2,161,630       156,344,288       (5,176,435 )       113,743,333       807,225,673            

LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

      335,956,251       84,034,095       87,805,842       1,836,978       26,403,705       360,425,187            

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

      507,792,448       34,022,278       33,030,769       4,168,634       24,859,928       537,812,519            

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

      1,963,412,109       9,162,604       181,142,485       44,660,604       130,036,532       1,966,129,364            

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

      255,371,064       19,472,600       16,514,152       1,254,114       10,976,063       270,559,689            

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

      254,194,161       89,566,228       31,628,246       2,856,377       43,564,394       358,552,914            

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

      84,014,113       2,002,665       6,809,595       506,310       9,842,232       89,555,725            

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

      422,807,289       184,459,032       93,005,911       (2,845,294 )       15,687,914       527,103,030            
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

    $ 7,988,999,440     $ 734,691,856     $ 1,184,224,343     $ 40,144,442     $ 574,798,306     $ 8,154,409,701     $     $
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

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LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, each Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

    LVIP
Global Conservative Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
  LVIP
Global Moderate Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
  LVIP
Global Growth Allocation
Managed Risk Fund

Purchases

      $197,852,556       $  593,371,724       $  762,505,086

Sales

      323,325,171       1,042,806,237       1,309,594,112

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for each Fund were as follows:

 

    LVIP
Global Conservative Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
  LVIP
Global Moderate Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
  LVIP
Global Growth Allocation
Managed Risk Fund

Cost of investments

      $1,218,350,563       $6,128,703,961       $7,563,808,099
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

      $   177,372,726       $1,115,903,071       $1,445,059,060

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

            (20,922,564 )       (26,910,710 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

      $   177,372,726       $1,094,980,507       $1,418,148,350
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses; however, there may be a greater likelihood that all or a portion of each Fund’s pre-enactment capital loss carryovers, if any, may expire without being utilized, due to the fact that post-enactment capital losses must be utilized before pre-enactment capital loss carryovers. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss, whereas before the Act, capital losses carried forward were treated as short-term.

As of December 31, 2016, the LVIP Global Moderate Allocation Managed Risk Fund and the LVIP Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

     Pre-Enactment Short-Term
Capital Losses Expiring
     Post-Enactment Losses
(No Expiration)*
        

Fund

   2017      2018      Short-Term      Long-Term      Total  

LVIP Global Moderate Allocation Managed Risk Fund

   $      $      $ 32,340,466      $ 12,271,301      $ 44,611,767  

LVIP Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

     75,754,365        20,846,885        58,569,436        6,090,397        161,261,083  

*Capital Loss Carryforwards with no expiration must be utilized first.

As of December 31, 2016, the LVIP Global Conservative Allocation Managed Risk Fund had no capital losses carryforwards.

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that each Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including each Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–24


LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following tables summarize the valuation of each Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

Investments:    LVIP
Global Conservative Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
   LVIP
Global Moderate Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
   LVIP
Global Growth Allocation
Managed Risk Fund

Assets:

              

Level 1

              

Affiliated Investments

     $ 1,262,472,796      $ 6,406,805,923      $ 8,154,409,701

Unaffiliated Investments

       133,250,493        816,878,545        827,546,748
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Investments

     $ 1,395,723,289      $ 7,223,684,468      $ 8,981,956,449
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Funds’ policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     LVIP
Global Conservative Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
    LVIP
Global Moderate Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
    LVIP
Global Growth Allocation
Managed Risk Fund
 
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

            

Standard Class

     358,380       883,029       1,259,780       2,758,729       978,302       2,441,210  

Service Class

     2,697,077       14,315,330       7,139,002       27,920,713       7,367,808       27,529,574  

Shares reinvested:

            

Standard Class

           207,782             460,061             295,008  

Service Class

           3,682,341             14,051,892             11,273,156  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     3,055,457       19,088,482       8,398,782       45,191,395       8,346,110       41,538,948  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

            

Standard Class

     (509,703     (1,175,203     (1,490,045     (3,977,654     (1,262,061     (3,009,788

Service Class

     (11,666,788     (17,815,962     (38,326,797     (57,934,175     (45,785,671     (73,948,053
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (12,176,491     (18,991,165     (39,816,842     (61,911,829     (47,047,732     (76,957,841
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (9,121,034     97,317       (31,418,060     (16,720,434     (38,701,622     (35,418,893
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds–25


LVIP Global Allocation Managed Risk Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

5. Contractual Obligations

The Funds enter into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Funds’ existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

6. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Funds’ current financial statement presentation and expects that the Funds will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

7. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.

 

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LVIP Global Income Fund

 

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Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

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Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Country Allocations and Credit Quality Breakdown

     2  

Statement of Net Assets

     4  

Statement of Operations

     21  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     21  

Financial Highlights

     22  

Notes to Financial Statements

     24  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Global Income Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY each hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts (variable accounts) that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,040.10       0.66%       $3.34  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,038.90       0.91%       4.60  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,021.52       0.66%       $3.31  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,020.28       0.91%       4.56  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

LVIP Global Income Fund–1


LVIP Global Income Fund

Security Type/Country Allocations and Credit Quality Breakdown (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type    Percentage
of Net Assets

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     0.57

Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

     0.55

Corporate Bonds

     5.48

Municipal Bonds

     0.06

Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities

     1.40

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     0.89

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     0.37

Loan Agreements

     0.92

Sovereign Bonds

     50.44

Supranational Banks

     2.14

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     31.19

Common Stock

     0.01

Exchange-Traded Fund

     0.06

Money Market Fund

     2.11

Short-Term Investment

     1.01

Total Investments

     97.20

Security Sold Short

     (0.13 %) 

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     2.93

Total Net Assets

     100.00
Country*    Percentage
of Net Assets

Australia

     3.69

Brazil

     1.18

Canada

     0.13

Cayman Islands

     0.78

China

     0.12

France

     5.19

Germany

     0.12

Ghana

     0.25

India

     1.35

Indonesia

     1.64

Italy

     0.19

Japan

     10.67

Luxembourg

     1.12

Malaysia

     0.74

Mexico

     4.94

Monaco

     0.01

Netherlands

     0.05

New Zealand

     5.90

Peru

     0.01

Philippines

     0.38

Poland

     3.70

Republic of Korea

     0.72

Serbia

     0.02

Singapore

     3.96

South Africa

     0.14

Spain

     5.37

Supranational

     1.08

Thailand

     0.67

Ukraine

     0.40

United Kingdom

     0.27

United States

     39.16

Total

     93.95

*Allocation includes all investments except for short - term investments.

 

 

LVIP Global Income Fund–2


LVIP Global Income Fund

Security Type/Country Allocations and Credit Quality Breakdown (unaudited) (continued)

 

Credit Quality Breakdown

(as a % of fixed income investments)*

U.S. Government

     33.93

AAA

     17.73

AA

     9.32

A

     22.37

BBB

     12.40

BB

     0.86

B

     1.26

CCC

     0.09

Below CCC

     0.01

Not Rated

     0.97

Short-Term Investment

     1.06

Total

     100.00

*For financial reporting purposes, credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either Standard & Poor’s Rating Services (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or Fitch Inc. (“Fitch”). U.S. Treasury Obligation, Agency mortgage-backed, and Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligation securities appear under “U.S. Government”. Discount notes, appear under “Short-Term Investment”. “Not Rated” is used to classify securities for which a rating is not available and does not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

    

 

 

LVIP Global Income Fund–3


LVIP Global Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE

OBLIGATIONS–0.57%

 

Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes

     

•Series 2014-DN1 M2
3.416% 2/25/24

     247,318      $ 254,249  

•Series 2014-DN3 M3
5.216% 8/25/24

     250,000        272,858  

•Series 2015-DN1 M3
5.366% 1/25/25

     600,000        650,850  

•Series 2015-DNA2 M3
5.116% 12/25/27

     500,000        552,085  

•Series 2015-DNA3 M2
4.066% 4/25/28

     782,792        810,777  

•Series 2015-HQ1 M3
5.016% 3/25/25

     610,000        663,300  

•Series 2015-HQA1 M2
3.866% 3/25/28

     1,005,690        1,031,096  

•Series 2015-HQA2 M2
4.016% 5/25/28

     782,927        810,604  

•Series 2016-HQA1 M2
3.966% 9/25/28

     500,000        518,821  

•Series 2016-HQA2 M2
3.466% 11/25/28

     275,000        282,594  
     

 

 

 

Total Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost $5,727,287)

 

     5,847,234  
     

 

 

 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES–0.55%

Fannie Mae ARM

 

  

•2.551% 9/1/34

     118,409        125,210  

•2.625% 10/1/32

     60,779        64,073  

•2.705% 9/1/33

     102,318        108,344  

•2.747% 6/1/35

     655,688        690,839  

•2.78% 7/1/34

     35,272        37,073  

•2.79% 11/1/37

     46,882        49,245  

•2.805% 10/1/35

     286,255        297,436  

•2.834% 9/1/33

     155,712        163,510  

•2.876% 4/1/38

     17,796        18,972  

•2.903% 11/1/34

     33,972        35,278  

•3.021% 10/1/37

     27,175        28,387  

•3.031% 4/1/34

     149,675        157,369  

•3.149% 8/1/36

     43,152        46,107  

•3.151% 6/1/36

     38,349        40,730  

•3.185% 4/1/38

     125,627        131,205  

•3.274% 2/1/35

     16,827        17,750  

•3.382% 1/1/37

     6,844        7,252  

•3.468% 1/1/37

     114,275        120,901  

•3.494% 3/1/35

     52,787        55,671  

•3.59% 5/1/36

     9,783        10,384  

•3.674% 5/1/38

     108,888        116,198  

Freddie Mac ARM

 

  

•2.75% 10/1/34

     20,808        21,817  

•2.823% 1/1/35

     140,633        148,203  

•2.908% 1/1/36

     23,827        24,756  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

(continued)

 

 

Freddie Mac ARM (continued)

     

•2.923% 1/1/35

     131,759      $ 138,845  

•2.946% 11/1/33

     15,846        16,740  

•2.95% 7/1/36

     68,499        70,991  

•3.011% 8/1/31

     24,853        26,160  

•3.051% 3/1/34

     15,754        16,575  

•3.223% 4/1/30

     42,969        44,907  

•3.494% 4/1/38

     105,560        112,181  

•3.588% 11/1/36

     16,493        17,722  

•3.623% 5/1/38

     56,686        59,877  

•3.674% 5/1/38

     306,061        324,459  

GNMA II S.F. 30 yr TBA 4.00% 7/20/47

     2,170,000        2,283,416  
     

 

 

 

Total Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $5,580,504)

 

     5,628,583  
     

 

 

 

DCORPORATE BONDS–5.48%

     

Australia–0.28%

     

#BlueScope Steel Finance 144A 6.50% 5/15/21

     200,000        211,500  

#FMG Resources August 2006 Pty 144A 4.75% 5/15/22

     100,000        100,625  

National Australia Bank 1.875% 7/23/18

     600,000        602,045  

Westpac Banking

     

#144A 2.10% 2/25/21

     1,500,000        1,493,251  

#144A 2.25% 11/9/20

     500,000        501,445  
     

 

 

 
        2,908,866  
     

 

 

 

Canada–0.12%

     

Canadian Natural Resources 1.75% 1/15/18

     500,000        500,024  

Royal Bank of Canada 2.10% 10/14/20

     500,000        499,381  

#Valeant Pharmaceuticals International 144A 5.375% 3/15/20

     250,000        242,500  
     

 

 

 
        1,241,905  
     

 

 

 

Cayman Islands–0.14%

     

Alibaba Group Holding 2.50% 11/28/19

     600,000        604,999  

#Hutchison Whampoa International 14 144A 1.625% 10/31/17

     500,000        499,105  

#Park Aerospace Holdings 144A 5.25% 8/15/22

     200,000        209,814  

#•Seven & Seven 144A 2.43% 9/11/19

     150,000        149,110  
     

 

 

 
        1,463,028  
     

 

 

 

China–0.12%

     

#Export-Import Bank of China 144A 2.50% 7/31/19

     600,000        604,641  
 

 

LVIP Global Income Fund–4


LVIP Global Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

            Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

DCORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

China (continued)

 

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China 3.231% 11/13/19

        600,000      $ 610,669  
        

 

 

 
           1,215,310  
        

 

 

 

France–0.10%

        

#Electricite de France 144A
2.15% 1/22/19

        1,000,000        1,003,457  
        

 

 

 
           1,003,457  
        

 

 

 

Germany–0.12%

        

•Deutsche Bank
2.482% 8/20/20

        600,000        602,635  

#Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale 144A 2.00% 2/5/19

        600,000        601,953  
        

 

 

 
           1,204,588  
        

 

 

 

Italy–0.19%

        

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena 2.875% 4/16/21

     EUR        600,000        733,254  

Intesa Sanpaolo

        

3.875% 1/16/18

        700,000        706,566  

3.875% 1/15/19

        500,000        512,525  
        

 

 

 
           1,952,345  
        

 

 

 

Luxembourg–0.06%

        

Allergan Funding
2.35% 3/12/18 

        600,000        602,607  
        

 

 

 
           602,607  
        

 

 

 

Mexico–0.04%

        

Coca-Cola Femsa 2.375% 11/26/18

        400,000        402,266  
        

 

 

 
           402,266  
        

 

 

 

Netherlands–0.05%

        

#•ING Bank 144A 1.989% 10/1/19

        500,000        502,733  
        

 

 

 
           502,733  
        

 

 

 

Republic of Korea–0.04%

        

#Woori Bank 144A
4.75% 4/30/24

        350,000        367,248  
        

 

 

 
           367,248  
        

 

 

 

South Africa–0.00%

        

#*K2016470219 South Africa 144A PIK 3.00% 12/31/22

        92,050        5,293  
        

 

 

 
           5,293  
        

 

 

 

Spain–0.01%

        

Banco Popular Espanol 1.00% 3/3/22

     EUR        100,000        117,812  
        

 

 

 
           117,812  
        

 

 

 

United Kingdom–0.27%

        

Delphi Automotive 3.15% 11/19/20

        800,000        817,866  

HSBC Holdings 3.40% 3/8/21

        200,000        205,666  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

DCORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

United Kingdom (continued)

     

#Imperial Brands Finance 144A 2.95% 7/21/20

     400,000      $ 407,053  

#Petrofac 144A 3.40% 10/10/18

     200,000        188,086  

#Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2015 144A 2.50% 4/28/20

     500,000        502,694  

#Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2017 144A 2.375% 4/12/20

     300,000        300,272  

#State Grid Overseas Investment 2014 144A 2.75% 5/7/19

     300,000        302,949  
     

 

 

 
        2,724,586  
     

 

 

 

United States–3.94%

     

AbbVie 1.80% 5/14/18

     800,000        801,179  

American Tower

     

3.30% 2/15/21

     500,000        513,488  

3.40% 2/15/19

     300,000        306,388  

•Amgen 1.772% 5/22/19

     1,000,000        1,008,424  

Anadarko Petroleum 4.85% 3/15/21

     200,000        213,645  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance 2.65% 2/1/21

     600,000        608,549  

•Apple 2.006% 2/22/19

     400,000        405,144  

AT&T 2.45% 6/30/20

     700,000        704,085  

Bank of America

     

•2.198% 1/15/19

     1,000,000        1,012,779  

2.65% 4/1/19

     700,000        708,730  

•Bank of New York Mellon 2.049% 8/17/20

     500,000        509,443  

Beazer Homes USA 5.75% 6/15/19

     3,000,000        3,155,625  

#California Resources 144A 8.00% 12/15/22

     73,000        46,445  

Calpine 5.375% 1/15/23

     775,000        758,531  

Capital One Bank USA 2.30% 6/5/19

     800,000        801,088  

Capital One Financial 2.50% 5/12/20

     300,000        301,499  

CIT Group 5.00% 8/15/22

     100,000        108,000  

Citigroup

     

•2.073% 4/8/19

     200,000        201,349  

2.40% 2/18/20

     800,000        804,810  

CNH Industrial Capital 3.875% 10/15/21

     400,000        411,500  

#Dell International 144A 3.48% 6/1/19

     400,000        409,538  

Dollar General 1.875% 4/15/18

     500,000        500,459  

Dominion Energy 2.50% 12/1/19

     500,000        504,177  

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co. 2.20% 5/1/20

     100,000        100,584  
 

 

LVIP Global Income Fund–5


LVIP Global Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

DCORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

United States (continued)

     

Enable Midstream Partners 2.40% 5/15/19

     400,000      $ 398,612  

Energy Transfer 4.15% 10/1/20

     100,000        103,935  

EnLink Midstream Partners 2.70% 4/1/19

     100,000        99,823  

Enterprise Products Operating 2.55% 10/15/19

     200,000        201,834  

Fiserv 2.70% 6/1/20

     600,000        607,480  

Ford Motor Credit 3.157% 8/4/20

     300,000        305,946  

•Goldman Sachs Group 2.446% 9/15/20

     1,600,000        1,628,208  

HCA 5.875% 5/1/23

     100,000        109,125  

•Hewlett Packard Enterprise 3.231% 10/5/18

     600,000        611,540  

HSBC USA 2.00% 8/7/18

     600,000        601,789  

#Jackson National Life Global Funding 144A 2.25% 4/29/21

     500,000        494,926  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

1.85% 3/22/19

     500,000        499,600  

2.20% 10/22/19

     1,000,000        1,003,532  

2.40% 6/7/21

     200,000        199,732  

Juniper Networks 3.125% 2/26/19

     500,000        508,665  

Kinder Morgan 3.05% 12/1/19

     200,000        203,588  

#Kinder Morgan Finance 144A 6.00% 1/15/18

     300,000        306,269  

Kraft Heinz Foods 2.00% 7/2/18

     500,000        501,388  

Kroger 2.60% 2/1/21

     500,000        500,442  

Lockheed Martin 1.85% 11/23/18

     300,000        300,600  

Marriott International 2.875% 3/1/21

     800,000        812,488  

Maxim Integrated Products 2.50% 11/15/18

     1,000,000        1,008,472  

#Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 144A 3.875% 4/11/22

     300,000        317,766  

Morgan Stanley

     

•2.003% 1/24/19

     500,000        503,696  

•2.31% 1/27/20

     800,000        812,407  

Navient

     

5.50% 1/15/19

     200,000        208,750  

6.625% 7/26/21

     100,000        107,875  

#NBCUniversal Enterprise 144A 1.974% 4/15/19

     600,000        602,250  

#New York Life Global Funding 144A 2.10% 1/2/19

     1,000,000        1,005,051  

#NUVEEN FINANCE 144A 2.95% 11/1/19

     300,000        304,457  

Procter & Gamble 1.70% 11/3/21

     200,000        197,508  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

DCORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

United States (continued)

     

Protective Life Global Funding

     

#144A 1.722% 4/15/19

     300,000      $ 298,012  

#144A 2.262% 4/8/20

     400,000        399,868  

•Prudential Financial 1.962% 8/15/18

     600,000        604,037  

PSEG Power 3.00% 6/15/21

     500,000        508,144  

Regions Financial 2.00% 5/15/18

     500,000        500,503  

Reynolds American 2.30% 6/12/18

     500,000        502,293  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction 5.625% 2/1/21

     300,000        326,851  

Sanchez Energy 7.75% 6/15/21

     150,000        136,500  

Sempra Energy 2.85% 11/15/20

     700,000        711,019  

Southern 2.35% 7/1/21

     400,000        397,461  

#Sprint Communications 144A 9.00% 11/15/18

     37,000        40,203  

#Sprint Spectrum 144A 3.36% 9/20/21

     200,000        202,250  

#Talen Energy Supply 144A 9.50% 7/15/22

     200,000        172,500  

Tenet Healthcare

     

5.50% 3/1/19

     160,000        166,400  

#144A 7.50% 1/1/22

     100,000        108,730  

Time Warner 2.10% 6/1/19

     500,000        500,438  

Toys R Us 7.375% 10/15/18

     350,000        316,750  

TransDigm 6.00% 7/15/22

     400,000        413,000  

United Technologies 4.50% 4/15/20

     500,000        534,847  

Verizon Communications 2.625% 2/21/20

     1,000,000        1,013,941  

Viacom 2.75% 12/15/19

     257,000        260,054  

Walgreens Boots Alliance 1.75% 11/17/17

     300,000        300,215  

Wells Fargo

     

•2.033% 7/22/20

     1,100,000        1,117,001  

2.50% 3/4/21

     200,000        200,797  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings 2.70% 4/1/20

     700,000        706,832  
     

 

 

 
        40,401,859  
     

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $55,737,443)

 

     56,113,903  
     

 

 

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS–0.06%

     

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Series 5.00% 1/15/20

     400,000        436,124  
 

 

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LVIP Global Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value (U.S.
$)
 

MUNICIPAL BONDS (continued)

     

State of Texas
Series A 5.00% 4/1/21

     180,000      $     204,419  
     

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds
(Cost $634,795)

 

     640,543  
     

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES–1.40%

•American Express Credit Account Master Trust
Series 2008-2 A
2.419% 9/15/20

     300,000        302,278  

#•Atrium X 144A 3.036% 7/16/25

     150,000        150,229  

#•Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO Series 2014-4A A1R 144A
2.358% 10/15/26

     820,000        821,699  

Carlyle US CLO

     

#•Series 2017-1A A1A 144A
2.461% 4/20/31

     800,000        802,898  

#•Series 2017-2A B 144A
3.731% 7/20/31

     250,000        250,000  

#•Catamaran CLO
Series 2014-2A BR 144A
4.108% 10/18/26

     606,600        609,224  

#•Cent CDO 15
Series 2007-15A A2B 144A
1.568% 3/11/21

     1,000,000        971,650  

#•Centerline REIT Series 2004-RR3 A2 144A 4.76% 9/21/45

     127,427        127,948  

•Chase Issuance Trust
Series 2014-A5 A5
1.529% 4/15/21

     750,000        752,783  

Colony American Homes

     

#•Series 2014-1A A 144A
2.359% 5/17/31

     257,516        258,926  

#•Series 2014-1A C 144A
3.059% 5/17/31

     100,000        100,837  

•Conseco Financial
Series 1997-3 A7
7.64% 3/15/28

     64,211        65,506  

Discover Card Execution Note Trust

     

•Series 2013-A6 A6
1.609% 4/15/21

     580,000        582,646  

•Series 2014-A1 A1
1.589% 7/15/21

     800,000        803,661  

#•Dryden 34 Senior Loan Fund
Series 2014-34A AR 144A
2.318% 10/15/26

     800,000        801,617  

#•Dryden 38 Senior Loan Fund
Series 2015-38A A 144A
2.588% 7/15/27

     542,857        544,089  

#•Dryden 49 Senior Loan Fund
Series 2017-49A C 144A
0.00% 7/18/30

     100,000        100,000  

Invitation Homes Trust

     

#•Series 2014-SFR2 A 144A
2.309% 9/17/31

     391,365        392,099  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

Invitation Homes Trust (continued)

 

#•Series 2014-SFR2 B 144A
2.809% 9/17/31

     740,000      $ 739,999  

#•Series 2015-SFR1 A 144A
2.659% 3/17/32

     209,031        210,899  

#•Series 2015-SFR2 A 144A
2.559% 6/17/32

     321,000        323,932  

•Madison Avenue Manufactured Housing Contract Trust
Series 2002-A B1
4.466% 3/25/32

     125,262        128,017  

#•Madison Park Funding XXIII
Series 2017-23A C 144A
7.00% 7/27/30

     400,000        400,000  

#•Octagon Investment Partners
24 Series 2015-1A A1 144A
2.622% 5/21/27

     170,000        170,049  

#•Octagon Investment Partners
31 Series 2017-1A C 144A
3.61% 7/20/30

     65,415        65,284  

Park Place Securities Asset-Backed Pass Through Certificates
Series 2004-WHQ2 M2
2.161% 2/25/35

     12,120        12,129  

•RAAC Trust Series 2004-SP1 AII 1.916% 3/25/34

     220,006        209,494  

#•SWAY Residential Trust
Series 2014-1 A 144A
2.509% 1/17/32

     12,497        12,497  

Towd Point Mortgage Trust

     

#•Series 2015-3 A1B 144A 3.00% 3/25/54

     157,687        159,545  

#•Series 2016-1 A1 144A 3.50% 2/25/55

     594,254        608,292  

#•Series 2016-5 A1 144A 2.50% 10/25/56

     409,442        409,859  

#•Series 2017-1 A1 144A 2.75% 10/25/56

     378,562        381,480  

#•Series 2017-2 A1 144A 2.75% 4/25/57

     255,839        258,278  

#•Tricon American Homes Trust
Series 2015-SFR1 A 144A
2.422% 5/17/32

     649,542        653,172  

West CLO

     

#•Series 2014-1A A2 144A 3.258% 7/18/26

     310,000        310,014  

#•Series 2014-1A B 144A 4.008% 7/18/26

     830,000        830,186  
     

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $14,276,125)

        14,321,216  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Global Income Fund–7


LVIP Global Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 
NON-AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS–0.89%

•Bear Stearns Alternative A Trust Series 2004-10 1A3
2.216% 9/25/34

     85,155      $ 85,036  

CHL Mortgage Pass Through Trust

     

•◆Series 2004-6 1A1 3.608% 5/25/34

     256,882        255,030  

•◆Series 2004-11 2A1 3.156% 7/25/34

     88,859        89,158  

#•CSMC Trust Series 2014-IVR3
A1 144A 3.50% 7/25/44

     146,202        147,510  

Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities

     

•Series 2014-C02 2M1
2.166% 5/25/24

     18,158        18,192  

•Series 2014-C03 1M2
4.216% 7/25/24

     761,000        811,444  

•Series 2014-C04 1M2
6.116% 11/25/24

     48,949        55,939  

•Series 2014-C04 2M2
6.216% 11/25/24

     232,771        262,398  

•Series 2015-C01 1M2
5.516% 2/25/25

     163,709        178,095  

•Series 2015-C01 2M2
5.766% 2/25/25

     653,525        705,953  

•Series 2015-C02 1M2
5.216% 5/25/25

     186,997        201,968  

•Series 2015-C02 2M2
5.216% 5/25/25

     335,697        359,454  

•Series 2015-C03 2M2
6.216% 7/25/25

     400,000        443,640  

•Series 2017-C01 1M2
4.766% 7/25/29

     465,000        491,063  

•First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust
Series 2004-AA5 2A1
2.848% 12/25/34

     208,748        203,419  

•HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2004-1 3A
2.875% 4/19/34

     230,703        237,805  

•Impac Secured Assets CMN Owner Trust Series 2004-4 M1
1.981% 2/25/35

     100,000        98,500  

•IndyMac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2005-AR1 1A1
3.306% 3/25/35

     343,231        337,013  

•JPMorgan Mortgage Trust Series 2004-A1 5A1
3.423% 2/25/34

     306,081        305,194  

•Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series 2003-A 1A
1.956% 3/25/28

     51,769        49,310  

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust

     

•Series 2004-8AR 4A2
3.237% 10/25/34

     282,207        281,887  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 
NON-AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (continued)  

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust (continued)

 

•Series 2004-10AR 2A2 3.353% 11/25/34

     244,635      $ 247,968  

•New York Mortgage Trust Series 2005-3 M1 1.891% 2/25/36

     30,558        27,124  

•Sequoia Mortgage Trust Series 2004-10 A2 1.852% 11/20/34

     373,048        346,891  

•Structured ARM Loan Trust Series 2004-12 3A1
3.366% 9/25/34

     293,186        291,631  

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Trust

     

•Series 2003-AR1 A1 1.949% 10/19/33

     368,516        345,242  

•Series 2003-AR2 A1 1.949% 12/19/33

     83,832        80,700  

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Trust

     

•Series 2003-AR4 A1 1.909% 1/19/34

     290,098        280,976  

•Series 2004-AR6 A1A 1.909% 2/19/35

     320,430        298,652  

•Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2003-4 A1
1.856% 9/25/43

     261,945        252,955  

WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates Trust

     

•◆Series 2005-AR8 2AB2 1.636% 7/25/45

     133,868        130,515  

•◆Series 2005-AR19 A1A1 1.486% 12/25/45

     352,026        340,086  

Wells Fargo Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust

     

•Series 2003-L 1A2
2.885% 11/25/33

     281,650        283,316  

•Series 2003-O 1A2
2.883% 1/25/34

     89,673        91,733  

•Series 2004-X 1A1
3.047% 11/25/34

     126,025        126,556  

•Series 2005-AR9 2A2
3.132% 10/25/33

     346,720        343,857  
     

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost $8,979,966)

 

     9,106,210  
     

 

 

 
NON-AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES–0.37%

Bank of America Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

•Series 2006-1 D
5.842% 9/10/45

     170,000        169,620  
 

 

LVIP Global Income Fund–8


LVIP Global Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 
NON-AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)  

Bank of America Commercial Mortgage Trust (continued)

 

•Series 2006-4 AJ
5.695% 7/10/46

     44,623      $ 44,551  

•Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust
Series 2006-PW13 AJ
5.611% 9/11/41

     3,620        3,637  

•CD Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2005-CD1 E
5.434% 7/15/44

     92,912        92,781  

•Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2015-GC27 XA
1.571% 2/10/48

     1,962,072        159,079  

Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

•Series 2006-GG7 AJ
5.951% 7/10/38

     351,000        330,839  

•Series 2006-GG7 AM
5.951% 7/10/38

     108,652        108,608  

•Csail Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2015-C2 XA
1.008% 6/15/57

     6,830,430        331,417  

•GE Commercial Mortgage
Series 2007-C1 AM
5.606% 12/10/49

     150,000        151,316  

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

     

Series 2004-LN2 A2
5.115% 7/15/41

     5,760        5,761  

•Series 2005-LDP5 F
5.824% 12/15/44

     349,558        348,717  

•Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust Series 2005-CKI1 D
5.54% 11/12/37

     47,105        47,053  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust

     

•Series 2007-IQ16 AM
6.33% 12/12/49

     500,000        506,125  

•Series 2007-IQ16 AMA
6.326% 12/12/49

     700,000        708,590  

Multi Security Asset Trust Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Pass-Through

     

#•◆Series 2005-RR4A J 144A
5.88% 11/28/35

     420,000        418,400  

#•◆Series 2005-RR4A K 144A 5.88% 11/28/35

     260,000        264,961  

Resource Capital

     

#•Series 2014-CRE2 A 144A
2.222% 4/15/32

     39,855        39,850  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 
NON-AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)  

Resource Capital (continued)

 

#•Series 2015-CRE4 A 144A 2.572% 8/15/32

     36,935      $ 36,833  
     

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $3,955,607)

 

     3,768,138  
     

 

 

 

«LOAN AGREEMENTS–0.92% 

     

Air Canada Tranche B 1st Lien 3.46% 10/6/23

     6,423        6,459  

Allison Transmission Tranche B 1st Lien 3.22% 9/23/22

     115,070        115,759  

AMC Entertainment Holdings Tranche B 1st Lien

     

3.285% 12/15/23

     9,695        9,728  

3.466% 12/15/22

     15,129        15,182  

Appvion Tranche B 1st Lien 7.79% 6/28/19

     149,211        145,171  

Aramark Services Tranche A 1st Lien 2.795% 3/28/22

     20,686        20,789  

Aristocrat Leisure Tranche B2 1st Lien 3.406% 10/20/21

     16,621        16,710  

Ascena Retail Group 1st Lien 5.625% 8/21/22

     340,921        287,865  

Avis Budget Car Rental Tranche B 1st Lien 3.30% 3/15/22

     206,471        206,277  

Bowie Resource Holdings Tranche B 1st Lien 6.976% 8/12/20

     154,969        149,932  

Cablevision Holdings Tranche B 1st Lien 3.459% 7/17/25

     83,040        82,573  

Caesars Entertainment Tranche B 1st Lien 2.50% 4/4/24

     15,167        15,138  

Calpine Construction Finance 3.48% 5/3/20

     198,964        198,405  

Caraustar Industries 1st Lien 6.50% 3/9/22

     35,969        36,037  

Chemours Tranche B1 1st Lien 3.57% 5/12/22

     85,733        86,151  

Ciena Tranche B 1st Lien 3.712% 1/30/22

     24,784        24,908  

Commscope Tranche B 1st Lien 3.25% 12/29/22

     59,693        60,004  

Consolidated Communications Tranche B 1st Lien 4.23% 10/5/23

     24,102        24,216  

Cyanco Intermediate 1st Lien 5.726% 4/29/20

     56,023        56,350  

Dell International Tranche A3 1st Lien 3.23% 12/31/18

     104,098        104,384  

Dollar Tree Tranche A 1st Lien 2.938% 7/6/20

     69,599        69,772  

EFS Cogen Holdings I Tranche B 1st Lien 4.80% 6/28/23

     15,569        15,658  
 

 

LVIP Global Income Fund–9


LVIP Global Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

«LOAN AGREEMENTS (continued)

     

Endo Pharmaceutical Tranche B 1st Lien
5.00% 4/27/24

     219,659      $     222,062  

Energy Transfer Equity 1st Lien
3.826% 2/2/24

     200,000        199,351  

Evergreen Acqco 1 Tranche C 1st Lien
5.00% 10/3/19

     184,041        174,379  

FGI Operating Tranche B 1st Lien
5.50% 4/19/19

     909,208        860,338  

Fieldwood Energy 1st Lien
4.171% 9/28/18

     604,108        581,831  

Global Payments Tranche A2 1st Lien
2.942% 5/2/22

     78,223        78,125  

Global Telecommunciations Link Tranche B 1st Lien
5.046% 5/21/20

     26,394        26,454  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber 2nd Lien
3.12% 4/30/19

     17,839        17,945  

Gray Television Tranche B 1st Lien
3.551% 2/7/24

     180,909        182,059  

Greektown Holdings Tranche B 1st Lien
4.226% 4/25/24

     225,935        226,076  

Harsco 1st Lien
6.25% 11/2/23

     29,013        29,484  

Helix Gen Funding Tranche B 1st Lien
4.96% 6/2/24

     500,000        503,663  

Hertz Tranche B 1st Lien
3.50% 6/30/23

     299,244        298,528  

Huntsman International Tranche B-Ext 1st Lien
4.226% 4/19/19

     33,022        33,151  

JBS USA LUX Tranche B 1st Lien
5.75% 10/30/22

     220,747        215,890  

Kar Auction Services Tranche B5 1st Lien
3.813% 3/9/23

     47,796        48,200  

Leidos Innovations Tranche B 1st Lien
3.50% 8/16/23

     22,635        22,788  

Lightstone Holdco Tranche B 1st Lien
5.726% 1/30/24

     394,603        385,366  

Lightstone Holdco Tranche C 1st Lien
5.726% 1/30/24

     24,405        23,834  

Lions Gate Entertainment 1st Lien
3.051% 12/8/21

     65,585        65,749  

Live Nation Entertainment 1st Lien
3.50% 10/27/23

     9,647        9,677  

MKS Instruments Tranche B 1st Lien
3.976% 4/29/23

     40,729        40,932  

Navios Maritime Midstream Partners Tranche B 1st Lien
5.78% 6/18/20

     132,640        132,640  

Navistar Tranche B 1st Lien
5.09% 8/7/20

     133,860        135,576  

NRG Energy Tranche B 1st Lien
3.546% 6/30/23

     118,800        118,785  

OCI Beaumont Tranche B3 1st Lien
7.929% 8/20/19

     355,852        360,300  
        Principal
Amount°
 

Value

(U.S. $)

 

«LOAN AGREEMENTS (continued)

 

ON Semiconductor Tranche B 1st Lien
3.476% 3/31/23

    220,174   $ 220,686  

Onsite Rental Group Operations Pty Tranche B 1st Lien
5.716% 7/31/21

    247,294     181,452  

OSG Bulk Ships Tranche B - Exit 1st Lien
5.43% 8/5/19

    107,601     102,490  

Oxbox Carbon & Minerals Tranche B 1st Lien
4.726% 1/19/20

    74,960     75,710  

PetSmart 1st Lien
4.22% 3/10/22

    305,953     285,640  

Rackspace Hosting Tranche B 1st Lien
4.50% 11/3/23

    48,476     48,570  

Russell Investments US Institutional Holdco Tranche B 1st Lien
6.795% 6/1/23

    26,118     26,542  

Smart & Final Stores Tranche B 1st Lien
4.796% 11/15/22

    99,791     96,215  

Spectrum Brands Tranche B 1st Lien
3.179% 6/23/22

    194,513     195,475  

Suddenlink (Altice US Finance I) Tranche B 1st Lien
3.466% 7/14/25

    24,928     24,752  

Sungard Availability Services Capital Tranche B 1st Lien
6.226% 3/31/19

    356,523     355,038  

TI Group Automotive Systems Tranche B 1st Lien
3.976% 6/30/22

    124,982     125,061  

United Airlines Tranche B 1st Lien
3.422% 4/1/24

    27,000     27,145  

UPC Financing Partnership Tranche AP 1st Lien
3.909% 4/15/25

    30,254     30,342  

US Renal Care 1st Lien
5.546% 12/31/22

    199,494     193,446  

UTEX Industries Tranche B 1st Lien
5.226% 5/22/21

    359,098     322,328  

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Tranche B-F1 1st Lien
5.83% 4/1/22

    128,271     130,162  

Western Digital 1st Lien
3.976% 4/29/23

    66,823     67,220  

XPO Logistics Tranche B 1st Lien
3.405% 10/30/21

    187,979     188,983  

Zebra Technologies 1st Lien
3.723% 10/27/21

    36,120     36,310  
     

 

 

 

Total Loan Agreements
(Cost $9,696,933)

    9,474,218  
     

 

 

 

DSOVEREIGN BONDS–50.44%

 

Australia–3.39%

     

Australia Government Bonds
3.25% 4/21/25

  AUD   15,000,000     12,146,954  
 

 

LVIP Global Income Fund–10


LVIP Global Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

           

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DSOVEREIGN BONDS (continued)

 

Australia (continued)

 

     

Australia Government Bonds (continued)

 

  

4.75% 4/21/27

     AUD        15,500,000      $ 14,119,929  

5.25% 3/15/19

     AUD        10,400,000        8,462,367  
        

 

 

 
           34,729,250  
        

 

 

 

Brazil–1.19%

        

≠Brazil Letras Do Tesouro Nacional 10.89% 7/1/20

     BRL        3,040,000        693,192  

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Series B 6.00% 8/15/18

     BRL        100,000        93,636  

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Series F

 

10.00% 1/1/21

     BRL        4,810,000        1,455,105  

10.00% 1/1/23

     BRL        15,614,000        4,667,697  

10.00% 1/1/25

     BRL        13,825,000        4,083,762  

10.00% 1/1/27

     BRL        3,889,000        1,142,254  
        

 

 

 
           12,135,646  
        

 

 

 

France–5.09%

        

French Republic Government Bond O.A.T.

 

0.00% 5/25/20

     EUR        14,450,000        16,678,961  

0.50% 5/25/25

     EUR        16,500,000        18,891,024  

#144A 1.25% 5/25/36

     EUR        10,550,000        11,596,518  

3.00% 4/25/22

     EUR        3,800,000        4,986,578  
        

 

 

 
           52,153,081  
        

 

 

 

Ghana–0.25%

        

Ghana Government Bonds

 

18.75% 1/24/22

     GHS        1,280,000        298,332  

19.00% 11/2/26

     GHS        3,850,000        929,465  

19.75% 3/25/24

     GHS        1,280,000        311,409  

19.75% 3/15/32

     GHS        3,850,000        932,600  

21.50% 3/9/20

     GHS        50,000        12,164  

24.50% 6/21/21

     GHS        50,000        13,258  

24.75% 3/1/21

     GHS        50,000        13,222  

24.75% 7/19/21

     GHS        50,000        13,415  
        

 

 

 
           2,523,865  
        

 

 

 

India–1.35%

        

India Government Bond 8.13% 9/21/22

     INR        840,000,000        13,778,911  
        

 

 

 
           13,778,911  
        

 

 

 

Indonesia–1.64%

        

Indonesia Treasury Bonds

 

7.00% 5/15/27

     IDR        155,044,000,000        11,778,807  

8.25% 7/15/21

     IDR        2,600,000,000        205,669  

8.375% 3/15/34

     IDR        29,440,000,000        2,382,370  

8.75% 5/15/31

     IDR        14,332,000,000        1,214,632  

9.00% 3/15/29

     IDR        5,142,000,000        440,151  

10.00% 2/15/28

     IDR        7,040,000,000        640,398  

10.50% 8/15/30

     IDR        1,160,000,000        110,478  
        

 

 

 
           16,772,505  
        

 

 

 
            Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DSOVEREIGN BONDS (continued)

 

  

Japan–10.67%

        

Japan Bank for International Cooperation 2.125% 6/1/20

        200,000      $ 200,061  

Japan Government 5 yr Bonds 0.10% 6/20/26

     JPY        2,910,000,000        25,990,084  

Japan Government 10 yr Bonds

 

  

0.10% 6/20/21

     JPY        2,850,000,000        25,521,379  

1.30% 3/20/19

     JPY        650,000,000        5,918,436  

Japan Government 20 yr Bonds

 

  

0.20% 6/20/36

     JPY        900,000,000        7,512,389  

1.50% 3/20/34

     JPY        970,000,000        10,127,757  

1.60% 6/20/30

     JPY        350,000,000        3,657,666  

1.90% 3/22/21

     JPY        809,000,000        7,722,553  

1.90% 6/20/25

     JPY        653,000,000        6,675,660  

Japan Government 30 yr Bonds

 

  

0.30% 6/20/46

     JPY        950,000,000        7,324,760  

1.70% 9/20/44

     JPY        795,000,000        8,647,147  
        

 

 

 
           109,297,892  
        

 

 

 

Malaysia–0.74%

        

Malaysia Government Bonds

 

  

3.314% 10/31/17

     MYR        4,230,000        985,977  

3.654% 10/31/19

     MYR        4,000,000        936,765  

3.90% 11/30/26

     MYR        11,000,000        2,549,748  

4.181% 7/15/24

     MYR        13,023,000        3,078,748  
        

 

 

 
           7,551,238  
        

 

 

 

Mexico–4.90%

        

Mexican Bonos

        

4.75% 6/14/18

     MXN        94,340,000        5,099,441  

5.00% 12/11/19

     MXN        384,880,000        20,457,516  

6.50% 6/10/21

     MXN        85,000,000        4,669,983  

7.50% 6/3/27

     MXN        77,500,000        4,497,487  

7.75% 12/14/17

     MXN        3,000,000        166,011  

7.75% 11/23/34

     MXN        75,000,000        4,442,372  

8.50% 12/13/18

     MXN        174,350,000        9,835,266  

Mexican Udibonos

        

2.50% 12/10/20

     MXN        4,308,241        232,989  

3.50% 12/14/17

     MXN        7,885,978        436,807  

4.00% 6/13/19

     MXN        5,470,142        306,490  
        

 

 

 
           50,144,362  
        

 

 

 

New Zealand–5.90%

 

  

New Zealand Government Bonds

 

4.50% 4/15/27

     NZD        22,000,000        18,194,210  

5.50% 4/15/23

     NZD        26,000,000        21,928,401  

6.00% 12/15/17

     NZD        4,330,000        3,233,565  

6.00% 5/15/21

     NZD        20,500,000        17,021,025  
        

 

 

 
           60,377,201  
        

 

 

 

Peru–0.01%

        

Peru Government Bond 7.84% 8/12/20

     PEN        427,000        146,423  
        

 

 

 
           146,423  
        

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Global Income Fund–11


LVIP Global Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

            Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DSOVEREIGN BONDS (continued)

 

  

Philippines–0.38%

  

Philippine Government Bonds

 

  

2.125% 5/23/18

     PHP        82,264,000      $ 1,618,822  

3.375% 8/20/20

     PHP        6,330,000        123,311  

3.875% 11/22/19

     PHP        88,610,000        1,760,210  

5.00% 8/18/18

     PHP        6,960,000        140,466  

5.875% 1/31/18

     PHP        9,410,000        189,424  

≠Philippine Treasury Bill 1.33% 9/27/17

     PHP        3,610,000        71,080  
        

 

 

 
           3,903,313  
        

 

 

 

Poland–3.70%

        

Republic of Poland Government Bonds

 

1.50% 4/25/20

     PLN        20,000,000        5,316,206  

1.75% 7/25/21

     PLN        25,000,000        6,572,396  

2.50% 7/25/26

     PLN        29,000,000        7,407,594  

5.25% 10/25/20

     PLN        15,500,000        4,587,279  

5.75% 10/25/21

     PLN        15,050,000        4,608,432  

5.75% 4/25/29

     PLN        28,000,000        9,399,247  
        

 

 

 
           37,891,154  
        

 

 

 

Republic of Korea–0.68%

  

Korea Treasury Bond 1.375% 9/10/21

     KRW        8,178,000,000        7,008,835  
        

 

 

 
           7,008,835  
        

 

 

 

Serbia–0.02%

        

#Serbia International Bond 144A 5.25% 11/21/17

        200,000        202,534  
        

 

 

 
           202,534  
        

 

 

 

Singapore–3.96%

        

Singapore Government Bonds

 

  

2.00% 7/1/20

     SGD        26,300,000        19,477,378  

2.375% 6/1/25

     SGD        10,000,000        7,485,019  

2.875% 9/1/30

     SGD        17,500,000        13,600,427  
        

 

 

 
           40,562,824  
        

 

 

 

South Africa–0.14%

     

Republic of South Africa Government Bonds

 

6.25% 3/31/36

     ZAR        60,000        3,246  

7.00% 2/28/31

     ZAR        930,000        58,270  

8.00% 1/31/30

     ZAR        4,530,000        313,691  

8.25% 3/31/32

     ZAR        3,230,000        223,091  

8.50% 1/31/37

     ZAR        70,000        4,764  

8.875% 2/28/35

     ZAR        3,030,000        215,379  

10.50% 12/21/26

     ZAR        7,005,000        594,455  
        

 

 

 
           1,412,896  
        

 

 

 

Spain–5.36%

        

Spain Government Bonds

        

1.40% 1/31/20

     EUR        19,200,000        22,854,783  
            Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DSOVEREIGN BONDS (continued)

 

  

Spain (continued)

 

  

Spain Government Bonds (continued)

 

  

#144A 1.60% 4/30/25

     EUR        19,050,000      $ 22,551,274  

#144A 4.20% 1/31/37

     EUR        6,498,000        9,483,696  
        

 

 

 
           54,889,753  
        

 

 

 

Thailand–0.67%

        

Thailand Government Bond 3.875% 6/13/19

     THB        224,000,000        6,886,948  
        

 

 

 
           6,886,948  
        

 

 

 

Ukraine–0.40%

        

#Ukraine Government International Bonds 144A 7.75% 9/1/27

        2,040,000        1,980,452  

#•Ukraine Government International Bonds GDP Linked 144A 3.03% 5/31/40

        5,516,000        2,160,507  
        

 

 

 
           4,140,959  
        

 

 

 

Total Sovereign Bonds
(Cost $499,913,195)

 

     516,509,590  
        

 

 

 

SUPRANATIONAL BANKS–2.14%

  

Asian Development Bank 2.35% 6/21/27

     JPY        1,000,000,000        11,033,616  

European Investment Bank 2.15% 1/18/27

     JPY        1,000,000,000        10,840,525  
        

 

 

 

Total Supranational Banks
(Cost $20,941,992)

 

     21,874,141  
        

 

 

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS–31.19%

U.S. Treasury Bonds

        

2.50% 2/15/46

        3,830,000        3,565,791  

3.125% 8/15/44

        11,000,000        11,624,547  

3.625% 8/15/43

        6,143,000        7,068,289  

4.50% 5/15/38

        11,500,000        14,893,845  

5.375% 2/15/31

        6,202,000        8,337,814  

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index Notes

 

  

0.125% 4/15/21

        773,790        772,891  

0.125% 1/15/22

        2,484,828        2,482,420  

0.125% 7/15/22

        1,063,320        1,062,531  

0.125% 1/15/23

        1,424,839        1,412,601  

0.125% 7/15/24

        669,377        657,899  

0.625% 1/15/24

        523,985        531,749  

1.375% 1/15/20

        1,243,847        1,289,718  

1.875% 7/15/19

        1,574,664        1,641,888  

U.S. Treasury Notes

        

0.625% 4/30/18

        23,200,000        23,078,571  

0.875% 6/15/19

        2,700,000        2,674,056  

1.00% 8/15/18

        3,000,000        2,990,097  

1.00% 8/31/19

        26,000,000        25,776,556  

1.125% 4/30/20

        50,000,000        49,458,000  
 

 

LVIP Global Income Fund–12


LVIP Global Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS (continued)

 

U.S. Treasury Notes (continued)

 

  

1.375% 2/28/19

     4,500,000      $ 4,501,053  

1.50% 12/31/18

     3,300,000        3,307,735  

1.50% 2/28/19

     4,000,000        4,008,908  

1.625% 3/31/19

     1,000,000        1,004,648  

1.625% 6/30/19

     25,000,000        25,115,225  

1.625% 8/15/22

     36,440,000        35,954,619  

1.625% 2/15/26

     30,200,000        28,707,094  

1.75% 9/30/19

     26,596,000        26,791,321  

2.50% 5/15/24

     20,000,000        20,494,920  

¥3.125% 5/15/19

     4,000,000        4,129,608  

3.375% 11/15/19

     2,900,000        3,030,442  

3.625% 8/15/19

     2,900,000        3,034,238  
     

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(Cost $317,108,254)

 

     319,399,074  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
        

COMMON STOCK–0.01%

     

†=Holdco Class A

     1,232,692        942  

†Energy XXI Gulf Coast

     3,847        71,439  

†Halcon Resources

     4,396        19,958  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $166,465)

 

     92,339  
     

 

 

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND–0.06%

 

  

PowerShares Senior Loan Portfolio

     26,000      $ 601,640  
     

 

 

 

Total Exchange-Traded Fund
(Cost $603,655)

 

     601,640  
     

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–2.11%

 

  

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     21,563,897        21,563,897  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $21,563,897)

        21,563,897  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
        

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT–1.01%

 

  

Discount Note–1.01%

     

Federal Home Loan Bank 0.562% 7/3/17

     10,330,000        10,330,000  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investment
(Cost $10,329,677)

        10,330,000  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS–97.20% (Cost $975,215,795)

     995,270,726  
  

 

 

 

 

SECURITY SOLD SHORT–(0.13%)

    

Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr TBA 4.00% 7/1/47

     (1,240,000     (1,303,502
    

 

 

 

Total Security Sold Short
(Proceeds $1,307,086)

       (1,303,502
    

 

 

 

«RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–2.93%

       30,011,148  
    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 90,903,860 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

     $ 1,023,978,372  
    

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP GLOBAL INCOME FUND STANDARD CLASS ($350,148,595 / 30,980,583 Shares)

   $ 11.302  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP GLOBAL INCOME FUND SERVICE CLASS ($673,829,777 / 59,923,277 Shares)

   $ 11.245  
  

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 1,022,249,108  

Accumulated net investment loss

     (10,912,974

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (1,188,372

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

     13,830,610  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 1,023,978,372  
  

 

 

 

 

#

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At June 30, 2017, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $73,249,166, which represents 7.15% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 6 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

D

Securities have been classified by country of origin.

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

LVIP Global Income Fund–13


LVIP Global Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate as of June 30, 2017. Interest rates reset periodically.

 

Includes $7,206,588 cash collateral held at broker for certain open derivatives, $4,502,398 payable for securities purchased, $207,562 payable for fund shares redeemed, and $710,599 due to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

 

*

PIK. 100% of the income received was in the form of additional par.

 

Pass Through Agreement. Security represents the contractual right to receive a proportionate amount of underlying payments due to the counterparty pursuant to various agreements related to the rescheduling of obligations and the exchange of certain notes.

 

=

The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs and is reported as a Level 3 security in the disclosure table located in Note 3 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

The rate shown is the effective yield at the time of purchase.

 

«

Loan agreements generally pay interest at rates which are periodically redetermined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. These base lending rates are generally: (i) the prime rate offered by one or more United States banks, (ii) the lending rate offered by one or more European banks such as the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR), or (iii) the certificate of deposit rate. Loan agreements may be subject to restrictions on resale. Stated rate in effect at June 30, 2017.

 

°

Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.

 

¥

Fully or partially pledged as collateral for derivatives.

The following foreign currency exchange contracts, futures contracts and swap contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Counterparty

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

BAML

   EUR      (1,236,123      USD      1,322,998          7/10/17          $        $ (89,592

BAML

   EUR      (112,716      USD      124,198          8/17/17                     (4,873

BAML

   EUR      (251,705      USD      282,991          8/31/17                     (5,441

BAML

   EUR      (1,236,123      USD      1,398,488          9/8/17                     (18,640

BAML

   JPY      (122,220,000      USD      1,125,652          4/18/18            22,996           

BAML

   JPY      (34,125,000      USD      312,500          5/25/18            3,988           

BCLY

   EUR      (705,000      USD      796,470          8/24/17                     (11,111

BCLY

   EUR      (762,446      USD      857,523          8/30/17                     (16,129

BCLY

   EUR      (11,112,782      USD      12,696,186          9/29/17                     (58,794

BCLY

   JPY      (288,100,000      USD      2,625,870          7/13/17            62,917           

BCLY

   JPY      (49,760,000      USD      479,085          7/31/17            36,048           

BCLY

   JPY      (13,360,000      USD      134,319          8/15/17            15,297           

BCLY

   JPY      (11,394,000      USD      115,357          8/24/17            13,812           

BCLY

   JPY      (81,840,000      USD      731,859          8/28/17            2,372           

BCLY

   JPY      (24,430,094      USD      218,352          9/21/17            340           

BCLY

   JPY      (192,553,560      USD      1,747,127          9/25/17            28,456           

BCLY

   JPY      (108,530,000      USD      1,003,708          10/24/17            33,560           

BCLY

   JPY      (79,441,000      USD      721,151          6/29/18            1,520           

BNYM

   AUD      (45,685,000      USD      34,369,773          7/28/17                     (729,713

BNYM

   EUR      (6,670,500      USD      7,406,198          7/28/17                     (224,504

BNYM

   GBP      42,559,500        USD      (54,648,100        7/28/17            837,476           

BNYM

   JPY      (5,763,041,500      USD      52,398,648          7/28/17            1,094,381           

BNYM

   MXN      193,920,000        USD      (10,176,589        7/28/17            456,433           

BNYM

   NZD      (83,224,000      USD      57,709,331          7/28/17                     (3,244,721

BNYM

   PLN      (100,458,500      USD      25,815,351          7/28/17                     (1,290,180

BNYM

   SEK      197,548,500        USD      (22,523,173        7/28/17            965,576           

BNYM

   SGD      (55,643,500      USD      40,005,392          7/28/17                     (429,927

CITI

   AUD      (1,703,000      USD      1,257,886          2/22/18                     (47,217

CITI

   EUR      (1,774,000      USD      1,944,676          8/3/17                     (85,325

CITI

   EUR      (146,969      USD      161,555          8/8/17                     (6,664

CITI

   EUR      (1,630,646      USD      1,842,263          8/24/17                     (25,650

CITI

   EUR      (162,300      USD      182,272          9/13/17                     (3,845

CITI

   INR      47,593,000        USD      (724,840        12/19/17                     (2,490

CITI

   JPY      (15,350,000      USD      133,250          7/13/17                     (3,305

 

LVIP Global Income Fund–14


LVIP Global Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (continued)

 

Counterparty

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

CITI

   JPY      (24,520,467      USD        242,554          9/19/17          $ 23,757           

CITI

   JPY      (18,273,000      USD        172,515          11/16/17            8,979           

CITI

   JPY      (170,648,500      USD        1,550,602          12/1/17            22,172           

CITI

   JPY      (230,500,000      USD        2,124,942          12/8/17            59,697           

CITI

   JPY      (11,693,000      USD        106,734          12/13/17            1,939           

CITI

   JPY      (336,389,300      USD        3,052,950          2/8/18            29,228           

CITI

   JPY      (36,124,000      USD        329,080          2/13/18            4,286           

CITI

   JPY      (294,831,000      USD        2,667,007          3/23/18            10,900           

CITI

   JPY      (25,100,000      USD        231,091          4/13/18            4,705           

CITI

   JPY      (105,000,000      USD        977,958          4/24/18            30,341           

CITI

   KRW      (7,770,000,000      USD        6,758,872          9/15/17                     (33,580

CITI

   MXN      (19,169,383      USD        1,062,676          7/5/17            7,281           

DB

   AUD      (459,687      USD        338,251          10/26/17                     (14,532

DB

   CLP      19,226,000        USD        (29,078        7/18/17                     (131

DB

   EUR      (683,600      USD        768,147          7/12/17                     (13,132

DB

   EUR      (2,196,300      USD        2,370,400          7/24/17                     (141,471

DB

   EUR      (1,141,261      USD        1,254,359          8/8/17                     (51,919

DB

   EUR      (1,796,751      USD        1,960,679          8/15/17                     (96,585

DB

   EUR      (946,717      USD        1,038,881          8/16/17                     (45,155

DB

   EUR      (22,847      USD        25,523          8/22/17                     (645

DB

   EUR      (564,000      USD        634,409          8/30/17                     (11,852

DB

   EUR      (590,000      USD        664,540          9/15/17                     (12,117

DB

   EUR      (2,128,907      USD        2,333,495          10/26/17                     (113,793

DB

   GBP      (210,000      USD        273,136          10/26/17                     (1,385

DB

   INR      13,590,000        USD        (206,809        10/26/17            702           

DB

   JPY      (25,363,000      USD        256,814          8/18/17            30,831           

DB

   JPY      (11,260,000      USD        114,166          8/24/17            13,816           

DB

   JPY      (23,347,000      USD        236,925          8/30/17            28,802           

DB

   JPY      (54,738,000      USD        492,292          9/1/17            4,290           

DB

   JPY      (97,000,000      USD        853,015          9/13/17                     (12,269

DB

   JPY      (284,100,000      USD        2,616,769          4/13/18            54,365           

GSC

   CLP      42,500,000        USD        (64,345        7/11/17                     (342

GSC

   EUR      (210,000      USD        223,643          7/18/17                     (16,447

GSC

   EUR      (970,000      USD        1,061,606          7/27/17                     (47,958

GSC

   EUR      (2,319,000      USD        2,534,667          8/2/17                     (118,851

GSC

   EUR      (663,556      USD        730,243          8/10/17                     (29,333

GSC

   EUR      (268,384      USD        294,326          8/16/17                     (12,987

GSC

   EUR      (456,438      USD        502,880          8/17/17                     (19,789

GSC

   EUR      (305,000      USD        342,865          8/28/17                     (6,583

GSC

   EUR      (311,000      USD        356,421          10/3/17                     (618

GSC

   JPY      (43,530,000      USD        387,262          7/27/17                     (237

GSC

   JPY      (24,447,000      USD        216,064          11/15/17                     (2,717

GSC

   KRW      (7,965,000,000      USD        7,035,908          9/7/17            73,800           

HSBC

   EUR      (5,579,250      USD        5,972,029          7/10/17                     (403,704

HSBC

   EUR      (520,000      USD        568,240          8/2/17                     (26,770

HSBC

   EUR      (799,545      USD        893,239          8/22/17                     (22,552

HSBC

   EUR      (461,000      USD        519,014          9/15/17                     (9,696

HSBC

   JPY      (50,970,000      USD        442,663          7/13/17                     (10,769

HSBC

   JPY      (51,004,000      USD        517,281          8/22/17            62,764           

HSBC

   JPY      (39,672,000      USD        393,962          9/1/17            40,277           

HSBC

   JPY      (7,824,000      USD        70,998          11/27/17            936           

HSBC

   JPY      (59,187,000      USD        535,386          2/27/18            2,843           

HSBC

   JPY      (53,500,000      USD        476,699          3/6/18                     (4,851

HSBC

   JPY      (19,870,000      USD        177,648          5/15/18                     (1,888

HSBC

   KRW      (2,146,000,000      USD        1,905,353          8/2/17            30,545           

 

LVIP Global Income Fund–15


LVIP Global Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (continued)

 

Counterparty

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

HSBC

     KRW        (7,310,000,000        USD          6,536,707          9/5/17          $ 147,313           

HSBC

     KRW        (880,000,000        USD          767,754          9/20/17                     (1,589

JPMC

     AUD        (730,000        USD          537,670          10/26/17                     (22,562

JPMC

     AUD        (2,896,648        USD          2,184,130          10/31/17                     (38,741

JPMC

     AUD        (12,840,000        USD          9,464,749          11/15/17                     (386,755

JPMC

     BRL        23,272,629          USD          (6,820,817        12/29/17                     (24,028

JPMC

     CAD        (280,000        USD          211,040          10/26/17                     (5,247

JPMC

     EUR        (90,000        USD          95,828          7/12/17                     (7,031

JPMC

     EUR        (21,083        USD          22,480          7/13/17                     (1,617

JPMC

     EUR        (110,916        USD          120,672          7/17/17                     (6,129

JPMC

     EUR        (1,774,000        USD          1,936,345          8/2/17                     (93,555

JPMC

     EUR        (486,582        USD          543,222          8/21/17                     (14,076

JPMC

     EUR        (446,000        USD          502,740          9/15/17                     (8,767

JPMC

     EUR        (343,382        USD          388,227          9/18/17                     (5,655

JPMC

     EUR        (486,580        USD          545,388          9/19/17                     (12,784

JPMC

     EUR        (662,624        USD          726,412          10/26/17                     (35,309

JPMC

     INR        80,150,000          USD          (1,227,599        7/17/17            10,068           

JPMC

     INR        998,000          USD          (15,439        8/18/17                     (84

JPMC

     INR        6,000,000          USD          (91,185        10/26/17            431           

JPMC

     JPY        (5,819,000        USD          52,812          9/29/17            863           

JPMC

     JPY        (286,000,000        USD          2,825,388          10/10/17            270,687           

JPMC

     JPY        (98,749,400        USD          872,173          10/26/17                     (10,637

JPMC

     JPY        (274,457,000        USD          2,680,204          11/14/17            224,167           

JPMC

     JPY        (271,440,000        USD          2,405,935          12/13/17                     (26,758

JPMC

     JPY        (114,500,000        USD          1,050,299          12/18/17            23,864           

JPMC

     JPY        (176,475,000        USD          1,586,563          1/22/18            1,674           

JPMC

     JPY        (720,006,000        USD          6,453,690          2/16/18                     (20,964

JPMC

     JPY        (11,285,000        USD          102,377          2/28/18            834           

JPMC

     JPY        (113,300,000        USD          1,015,701          3/5/18                     (4,051

JPMC

     JPY        (24,468,902        USD          224,389          3/26/18            3,917           

JPMC

     JPY        (26,934,000        USD          246,834          5/22/18            3,375           

JPMC

     MXN        18,800,000          USD          (961,996        10/26/17            54,686           

JPMC

     PHP        4,600,000          USD          (91,035        10/26/17                     (734

JPMC

     SEK        40,458          USD          (4,527        10/26/17            308           

MSC

     EUR        (463,000        USD          521,963          9/14/17                     (9,011

MSC

     JPY        (48,880,000        USD          438,165          9/25/17            1,878           

MSC

     JPY        (9,000,000        USD          82,934          12/18/17            2,254           

SCB

     EUR        (107,800        USD          115,422          7/10/17                     (7,767

SCB

     EUR        (3,645,000        USD          3,969,149          7/17/17                     (197,888

SCB

     JPY        (63,360,000        USD          563,149          7/20/17                     (688

SCB

     JPY        (46,050,000        USD          417,282          10/12/17            5,897           

SCB

     JPY        (5,370,800        USD          47,754          11/16/17                     (313

SCB

     JPY        (31,894,000        USD          292,753          11/27/17            7,151           

SCB

     JPY        (18,274,000        USD          163,191          5/15/18                     (1,925

UBS

     EUR        (120,300        USD          128,183          7/18/17                     (9,354

UBS

     EUR        (136,016        USD          153,198          9/6/17                     (2,717

UBS

     EUR        (136,016        USD          153,661          9/7/17                     (2,263

UBS

     EUR        (984,000        USD          1,103,772          9/19/17                     (25,007
                           

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

                            $ 4,881,795        $ (8,566,785
                           

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

LVIP Global Income Fund–16


LVIP Global Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

   Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
    Notional
Value
    Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Interest Rate Contracts:

            

106 

  U.S. Treasury 2 yr Notes    $ 22,940,302     $ 22,907,594       10/2/17      $    —      $ (32,708

(6)

  U.S. Treasury 5 yr Notes      (708,735     (707,016     10/2/17        1,719         

(32)

  U.S. Treasury 10 yr Notes      (4,034,170     (4,017,000     9/21/17        17,170         
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

          $ 18,889      $ (32,708
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Swap Contracts

CDS Contracts

 

Counterparty

  

Swap Referenced

Obligation

   Notional
Amount2
   Annual
Protection
Payments
  Termination
Date
   Upfront
Payments
Paid
(Received)
   Unrealized
Appreciation
   Unrealized
(Depreciation)
  

Protection Purchased/Moody’s Rating:

                            

BCLY

  

Tenet Healthcare
6.875% 11/15/31/Caa1

       160,000        5.00 %       3/20/19      $ (6,219 )      $      $ (4,312 )

CITI

  

Beazer Homes USA
9.125% 5/15/19/WR

       3,000,000        5.00 %       6/20/19        (62,100 )               (195,484 )

CITI

  

Best Buy
5.50% 3/15/21/Baa1

       90,000        5.00 %       6/20/22        (14,073 )               (1,754 )

ICE

  

CITI–CDX.NA.HY.283

       640,000        5.00 %       6/20/22        (44,999 )        1,200        (263 )

ICE

  

CITI–ITRX.EUR.274

       1,000,000        1.00 %       6/20/22        (20,024 )               (4,643 )

ICE

  

JPMC - Olin
5.50% 8/15/22/Ba1

       500,000        1.00 %       12/20/21        11,800               (1,950 )

JPMC

  

AES
4.209% 6/01/19/Ba2

       900,000        5.00 %       6/20/22        (119,752 )               (13,120 )

JPMC

  

Best Buy
5.50% 3/15/21/Baa1

       90,000        5.00 %       6/20/22        (15,827 )              

JPMC

  

Toys R Us
7.375% 10/15/18/Caa2

       350,000        5.00 %       12/20/18        34,961               (2,853 )
                     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
                        (236,233 )        1,200        (224,379 )
                     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
  

Protection Sold/Moody’s Rating:

                            

BCLY

  

Brazil Republic
4.25% 1/7/25/Ba2

       500,000        1.00 %       6/20/22        (32,649 )        1,239       

CITI

  

Bespoke 58 HY/42 IG EQ Tranche 0-3%

       90,000        0.00 %       6/20/19        (21,000 )        5,001       

CITI

  

Bespoke Hong Kong 3-5% Tranche 1%

       470,000        0.00 %       12/20/18        (14,927 )        12,295       

CITI

  

Simon Property
4.375% 3/01/21/A2

       270,000        1.00 %       6/20/22        749        1,183       

CITI

  

United Mexican States
5.95% 3/19/19/A3

       200,000        1.00 %       6/20/20        (1,422 )        3,665       

ICE

  

CITI–CDX.NA.IG.285

       1,100,000        1.00 %       6/20/22        19,637        675       

 

LVIP Global Income Fund–17


LVIP Global Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

Swap Contracts

CDS Contracts (continued)

 

Counterparty

  

Swap Referenced

Obligation

   Notional
Amount2
   Annual
Protection
Payments
  Termination
Date
   Upfront
Payments
Paid
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation
   Unrealized
(Depreciation)

JPMC

  

Calpine
5.375% 1/15/23/B2

       125,000        5.00 %       6/20/22        9,275              (4,706 )

JPMC

  

General Electric
5.625% 9/15/17/A1

       1,500,000        1.00 %       3/20/19        7,744       15,315       
                     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

 
                        (32,593 )       39,373        (4,706 )
                     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

                        $(268,826 )       $40,573        $(229,085 )
                     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

 

Interest Rate Swap Contracts

 

Counterparty &

Swap Referenced Obligation

   Notional Amount2    Fixed
Interest
Rate Paid
(Received)
   Floating
Interest
Rate Paid
(Received)
  Termination
Date
   Upfront
Payments
Paid
(Received)
   Unrealized
Appreciation
   Unrealized
Depreciation

LCH–HSBC IRS 3-Month
USD-ICE-LIBOR

       4,530,000        2.730%        (1.150% )       7/7/24      $      $      $ (186,681 )

LCH–JPMC IRS 3-Month

USD-ICE-LIBOR

                                 

LCH–JPMC IRS 3-Month
USD-ICE-LIBOR

       1,410,000        1.937%        (1.172% )       1/29/25               20,364       

LCH–JPMC IRS 3-Month
USD-ICE-LIBOR

       1,190,000        1.942%        (1.172% )       1/30/25               16,860       

LCH–JPMC IRS 3-Month
USD-ICE-LIBOR

       1,880,000        1.817%        (1.172% )       2/3/25               43,489       

LCH–JPMC IRS 3-Month
USD-ICE-LIBOR

       1,450,000        1.978%        (1.152% )       3/27/25               18,147       

LCH–JPMC IRS 3-Month
USD-ICE-LIBOR

       1,450,000        1.985%        (1.152% )       3/27/25               17,383       

LCH–JPMC IRS 3-Month
USD-ICE-LIBOR

       8,500,000        3.848%        (1.171% )       8/22/43                      (2,236,632 )

LCH–JPMC IRS 3-Month
USD-ICE-LIBOR

       7,550,000        2.384%        (1.221% )       6/9/47               247,178       
                       

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

                        $      $ 363,421      $ (2,423,313 )
                       

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Return Swap Contracts

 

Notional

Amount2

   Expiration
Date
  

Description

   Unrealized
Appreciation

320,000

       3/20/18    Agreement with Citibank to receive the notional amount based on the iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index6 fixed rate and to pay the notional amount multiplied by the floating rate of 1.152% 3-month ICE LIBOR.        $2,356

320,000

       6/20/18    Agreement with Citibank to receive the notional amount based on the iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index6 fixed rate and to pay the notional amount multiplied by the floating rate of 1.274% 3-month ICE LIBOR.        4,395
            

 

 

 

Total

               $6,751
            

 

 

 

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts, futures contracts, and swap contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values and notional amounts presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

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LVIP Global Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

2Notional amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars unless noted that the swap is denominated in another currency.

3Markit’s CDX.NA.HY Index, is composed of 100 of the most liquid North American entities with high yield credit ratings that trade in the CDS market.

4The European Markit iTraxx indices trade 3, 5, 7 and 10-year maturities, and a new series is determined on the basis of liquidity every six months. The benchmark Markit iTraxx Europe index comprises 125 equally-weighted European names. The Markit iTraxx Crossover index comprises the 75 most liquid sub-investment grade entities. Total Return indices are calculated and published hourly for Markit iTraxx Europe, Asia and Crossover. These indices measure the performance of the respective on-the-run Markit iTraxx CDS contracts.

5Markit’s North America Investment Grade Index, or CDX.NA.IG Index, is composed of 125 of the most liquid North American entities with investment grade credit ratings that trade in the CDS market.

6The Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index consists of liquid USD high yield bonds, selected to provide a balanced representation of the broad USD high yield corporate bond universe. The index is used as a basis for tradable products, including ETFs. Multi-contributor pricing and support for the index from leading financial institutions ensure that the index is a tradable reflection of the corporate high yield bond market.

 

Summary of Abbreviations:

ARM–Adjustable Rate Mortgage

AUD–Australian Dollar

BAML–Bank of America Merrill Lynch

BCLY–Barclays Bank

BNYM–Bank of New York Mellon

BRL–Brazilian Real

CAD–Canadian Dollar

CITI–Citigroup Global Markets

CDS–Credit Default Swap

CDX.NA.HY–Credit Default Swap Index North America High Yield

CDX.NA.IG–Credit Default Swap Index North America Investment Grade

CLO–Collateralized Loan Obligation

CLP–Chilean Peso

DB–Deutsche Bank

EUR–Euro

GBP–British Pound Sterling

GDP–Gross Domestic Product

GHS–Ghanaian Cedi

GNMA–Government National Mortgage Association

GSC–Goldman Sachs Capital

HSBC–Hong Kong Shanghai Bank

ICE–IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.

IDR–Indonesia Rupiah

INR–Indian Rupee

IRS–Interest Rate Swap

ITRX.EUR–Markit iTraxx Europe Index

JPMC–JPMorgan Chase Bank

JPY–Japanese Yen

KRW–South Korean Won

LCH–London Clearing House

MSC–Morgan Stanley Capital

MXN–Mexican Peso

MYR–Malaysian Ringgit

NZD–New Zealand Dollar

O.A.T.–Obligations Assimilables du Trésor (French Treasury Bond)

PEN–Peruvian Nuevo Sol

PHP–Philippine Peso

PIK–Payment-in-kind

    

 

 

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LVIP Global Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

Summary of Abbreviations: (continued)

 

PLN–Polish Zloty

REIT–Real Estate Investment Trust

SCB–Standard Chartered Bank

SEK–Swedish Krona

S.F.–Single Family

SGD–Singapore Dollar

TBA–To be announced

THB–Thailand Baht

UBS–Union Bank of Switzerland

USD–U.S. Dollar

yr–Year

ZAR–South African Rand

    

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Global Income Fund–20


LVIP Global Income Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Interest

   $ 12,361,827  

Dividends

     145,720  

Foreign tax withheld

     (92,389
  

 

 

 
     12,415,158  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     3,303,830  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     812,773  

Accounting and administration expenses

     126,821  

Custodian fees

     90,709  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     60,641  

Shareholder servicing fees

     50,255  

Pricing fees

     37,793  

Professional fees

     34,608  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     13,723  

Consulting fees

     1,963  

Other

     4,496  
  

 

 

 
     4,537,612  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (355,797
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     4,181,815  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     8,233,343  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments*

     1,400,041  

Foreign currencies

     (15,927,812

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     10,569,518  

Futures contracts

     (19,051

Swap contracts

     (1,611,946
  

 

 

 

Net realized loss

     (5,589,250
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments**

     60,146,188  

Security sold short

     3,584  

Foreign currencies

     201,125  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     (24,365,151

Futures contracts

     (33,933

Swap contracts

     1,050,819  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     37,002,632  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     31,413,382  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 39,646,725  
  

 

 

 

*Includes $109,746 capital gain taxes paid.

**Includes $196,353 capital gain taxes accrued.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Global Income Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income

  $ 8,233,343     $ 15,686,265  

Net realized loss

    (5,589,250     (37,590,484

Net change in unrealized appreciation

    37,002,632       25,242,240  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    39,646,725       3,338,021  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net realized gain:

   

Standard Class

          (1,605,780

Service Class

          (2,752,518
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (4,358,298
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

   

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    11,901,387       43,869,716  

Service Class

    48,020,923       73,903,981  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          1,605,780  

Service Class

          2,752,518  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    59,922,310       122,131,995  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (51,135,999     (50,542,787

Service Class

    (29,326,099     (78,623,688
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (80,462,098     (129,166,475
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (20,539,788     (7,034,480
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    19,106,937       (8,054,757

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    1,004,871,435       1,012,926,192  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 1,023,978,372     $ 1,004,871,435  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated net investment loss

  $ (10,912,974   $ (19,146,317
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP Global Income Fund–21


LVIP Global Income Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

          LVIP Global Income Fund Standard Class    
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
           Year Ended        
     (unaudited)    12/31/16   12/31/15   12/31/14   12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.866      $ 10.858     $ 11.556     $ 11.427     $ 11.804     $ 11.193

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.098        0.189       0.193       0.195       0.187       0.216

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.338        (0.133 )       (0.427 )       0.021       (0.513 )       0.646
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.436        0.056       (0.234 )       0.216       (0.326 )       0.862
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

                    (0.362 )       (0.070 )       (0.030 )       (0.229 )

Net realized gain

              (0.048 )       (0.102 )       (0.017 )       (0.021 )       (0.022 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.048 )       (0.464 )       (0.087 )       (0.051 )       (0.251 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 11.302      $ 10.866     $ 10.858     $ 11.556     $ 11.427     $ 11.804
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       4.01%        0.51%       (2.02% )       1.88%       (2.76% )       7.69%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 350,148      $ 374,814     $ 379,407     $ 819,163     $ 781,803     $ 412,853

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.66%        0.65%       0.65%       0.64%       0.69%       0.71%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.73%        0.72%       0.72%       0.71%       0.74%       0.76%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.78%        1.71%       1.69%       1.68%       1.63%       1.84%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.71%        1.64%       1.62%       1.61%       1.58%       1.79%

Portfolio turnover

       37%        49%       54%       81%       51%       31%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Global Income Fund–22


LVIP Global Income Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

          LVIP Global Income Fund Service Class    
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
  

Year Ended

     (unaudited)    12/31/16   12/31/15   12/31/14   12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.824      $ 10.843     $ 11.540     $ 11.412     $ 11.818     $ 11.207

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.084        0.161       0.163       0.166       0.158       0.186

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.337        (0.132 )       (0.425 )       0.020       (0.513 )       0.647
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.421        0.029       (0.262 )       0.186       (0.355 )       0.833
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

                    (0.333 )       (0.041 )       (0.030 )       (0.200 )

Net realized gain

              (0.048 )       (0.102 )       (0.017 )       (0.021 )       (0.022 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.048 )       (0.435 )       (0.058 )       (0.051 )       (0.222 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 11.245      $ 10.824     $ 10.843     $ 11.540     $ 11.412     $ 11.818
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       3.89%        0.26%       (2.27% )       1.62%       (3.01% )       7.43%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 673,830      $ 630,057     $ 633,519     $ 619,992     $ 531,413     $ 504,516

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.91%        0.90%       0.90%       0.89%       0.94%       0.96%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.98%        0.97%       0.97%       0.96%       0.99%       1.01%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.53%        1.46%       1.44%       1.43%       1.38%       1.59%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.46%        1.39%       1.37%       1.36%       1.33%       1.54%

Portfolio turnover

       37%        49%       54%       81%       51%       31%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Global Income Fund–23


LVIP Global Income Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017(unaudited)

 

 

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Global Income Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek current income consistent with the preservation of capital.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities and ETFs traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security or ETF does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. U.S. government and agency securities are valued at their mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Other debt securities, credit default swap (“CDS”) contracts, index swap contracts and interest rate swap contracts are valued based upon valuations provided by an independent pricing service or broker/counterparty and reviewed by management. To the extent current market prices are not available, the pricing service may take into account developments related to the specific security, as well as transactions in comparable securities. Valuations for fixed income securities, including short-term debt securities, utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Swap prices are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between their bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are used when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

To Be Announced Securities (TBA)–The Fund may contract to purchase securities for a fixed price at a transaction date beyond the customary settlement period (e.g., “when issued”, “delayed delivery”, “forward commitment”, or “TBA transactions”) consistent with the Fund’s ability to manage its investment portfolio and meet redemption requests. These transactions involve a commitment by the Fund to purchase securities for a predetermined price or yield with payment and delivery taking place more than three days in the future, or after a period longer than the customary settlement period for that type of security. No interest will be earned by the Fund on such purchases until the securities are delivered; however, the market value may change prior to delivery.

Short Sales–The Fund may make short sales in an attempt to protect against declines in an individual security or the overall market, to manage duration, or for such other purposes consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and strategies. Typically, short sales are transactions in which the Fund sells a security it does not own and, at the time a short sale is effected, the Fund incurs an obligation to replace the security

 

LVIP Global Income Fund–24


LVIP Global Income Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

borrowed at whatever its price may be at the time the Fund purchases it for delivery to the lender. The price at such time may be more or less than the price at which the security was sold by the Fund. When a short sale transaction is closed out by delivery of the security, any gain or loss on the transaction generally is taxable as short-term capital gain or loss. Until the security is replaced, the Fund is required to pay the lender amounts equal to any dividends or interest that accrue during the period of the loan. To borrow the security, the Fund also may be required to pay a premium, which would increase the cost of the security sold. The proceeds of the short sale, and potentially additional margin, will be retained by the broker from whom the security is borrowed, to the extent necessary to meet margin requirements, until the short position is closed out.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund generally separates the portion of realized gains and losses on investments in debt securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of debt securities. Gains or losses attributable to changes in foreign exchange rates are included in the Statement of Operations under “Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currencies.” The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Realized gains (losses) on paydowns of asset- and mortgage-backed securities are classified as interest income. Withholding taxes on foreign interest are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-advisers, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.65% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.07% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd. (“Mondrian”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of a portion of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays Mondrian a fee based on Mondrian’s managed portion of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Franklin Advisers, Inc. (“Franklin”) is also responsible for the day-to-day management of a portion of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays Franklin a fee based on Franklin’s managed portion of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

 

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2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 28,919  

Legal

     6,981  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $53,001 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 494,570  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     138,299  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     53,001  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     24,729  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases other than U.S. government securities

   $ 285,765,861  

Purchases of U.S. government securities

     138,108,683  

Sales other than U.S. government securities

     301,226,781  

Sales of U.S. government securities

     35,810,360  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 973,908,709  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 31,558,940  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (11,500,425
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 20,058,515  
  

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

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3. Investments (continued)

 

Level 1– inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2– other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3– inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs, including related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. The Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Valuations may also be based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which is received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1   Level 2         Level 3          Total

Investments:

                 

 

Assets:

                 

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     $     $ 5,847,234     $        5,847,234

Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

             5,628,583              5,628,583

Corporate Bonds

             56,113,903              56,113,903

Municipal Bonds

             640,543              640,543

Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities

             14,321,216              14,321,216

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

             9,106,210              9,106,210

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

             3,768,138              3,768,138

Loan Agreements

             9,474,218              9,474,219

Sovereign Bonds

             516,509,590              516,509,590

Supranational Banks

             21,874,141              21,874,141

U.S. Treasury Obligations

             319,399,074              319,399,074

Common Stock

       91,397             942        92,339

Exchange-Traded Fund

       601,640                    601,640

Money Market Fund

       21,563,897                    21,563,897

Short-Term Investment

             10,330,000              10,330,000
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Investments

     $ 22,256,934     $ 973,012,850     $ 942      $ 995,270,726
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

                 

Security Sold Short

     $     $ (1,303,502 )     $      $ (1,303,502 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivatives:

                 

Assets:

                 

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

     $     $ 4,881,795     $      $ 4,881,795
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

     $ 18,889     $     $      $ 18,889
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

 

Swap Contracts

     $     $ 410,745     $      $ 410,745
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

 

Liabilities:

                 

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

     $     $ (8,566,785 )     $      $ (8,566,785 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

     $ (32,708 )     $     $      $ (32,708 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

 

Swap Contracts

     $     $ (2,652,398 )     $      $ (2,652,398 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning of the period.

 

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During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     1,077,884       3,989,264  

Service Class

     4,371,282       6,713,194  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           145,162  

Service Class

           249,616  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     5,449,166       11,097,236  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (4,592,762     (4,583,167

Service Class

     (2,657,610     (7,179,095
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (7,250,372     (11,762,262
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (1,801,206     (665,026
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. This risk is generally mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in

 

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5. Derivatives (continued)

 

futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions and to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments.

Swap Contracts–The Fund enters into CDS contracts, index swap (total return swap) contracts and interest rate swap contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may enter into CDS contracts in order to hedge against a credit event (including single name, baskets, and systemic), to enhance total return or to gain exposure to certain securities or markets. The Fund may also use index swaps as a substitute for futures or options contracts if such contracts are not directly available to the Fund on favorable terms and to gain exposure to markets the Fund invests in. The Fund may use interest rate swaps to manage the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or hedge against changes in interest rates.

Credit Default Swaps–A CDS contract is a risk-transfer instrument through which one party (a purchaser of protection) transfers to another party (a seller of protection) the financial risk of a credit event (as defined in the CDS agreement), as it relates to a particular reference security or basket of securities, (such as an index). In exchange for the protection offered by the seller of protection, the purchaser of protection agrees to pay the seller of protection a periodic amount at a stated rate that is applied to the notional amount of the CDS contract. In addition, an upfront payment may be made or received by the Fund in connection with an unwinding or assignment of a CDS contract. Upon the occurrence of a credit event, the seller of protection would pay the counterparty the agreed-upon value for the reference security or basket of securities. Credit events generally include, among others, bankruptcy, failure to pay, and obligation default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund entered into CDS contracts as a purchaser and seller of protection. Periodic payments (receipts) on CDS contracts are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized losses (gains) on swap contracts. Upon payment (receipt), such amounts are recorded as realized losses (gains) on swap contracts. Upfront payments made or received in connection with CDS contracts are amortized over the expected life of the CDS contracts as unrealized losses (gains) on swap contracts. The change in value of CDS contracts is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation daily. A realized gain or loss is recorded upon a credit event (as defined in the CDS agreement) or the maturity or termination of a CDS contract. Initial margin and variation margin is posted to a central counterparty for centrally cleared CDS basket trades, as determined by an applicable central counterparty.

As disclosed in the footnotes to the Statement of Net Assets, at June 30, 2017, the notional value of the protection sold was USD 4,255,000, which reflects the maximum potential amount the Fund would have been required to make as a seller of credit protection if a credit event had occurred. In addition to serving as the source of the current value of the securities, the quoted market prices and resulting market values for credit default swap agreements on securities and credit indices serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood of an expected liability (or profit) for the credit derivative if the swap agreement had been closed/sold as of the period end. Increasing market values, in absolute terms when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the reference entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood of risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement. At June 30, 2017, net unrealized appreciation of the protection sold was $34,667.

CDS contracts may involve greater risks than if the Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly. CDS contracts are subject to general market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk, either as the seller of protection or the buyer of protection, is the fair value of the contract. This risk is mitigated by (1) for bilateral swap contracts, having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty, and (2) for cleared swaps, trading these instruments through a central counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used CDS contracts to hedge against credit events (including single name, baskets, and systemic), to enhance total return, and to gain exposure to certain securities or markets.

Index Swaps. Index swaps involve commitments to pay interest in exchange for a market linked return based on a notional amount. To the extent the total return of the security, instrument or basket of instruments underlying the transaction exceeds the offsetting interest obligation, the Fund will receive a payment from the counterparty. To the extent the total return of the security, instrument or basket of instruments underlying the transaction falls short of the offsetting interest obligation, the Fund will make a payment to the counterparty. The change in value of swap contracts outstanding, if any, is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation daily. A realized gain or loss is recorded on maturity or termination of the swap contract.

The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from/paid to the counterparty over the index swap contract’s remaining life, to the extent that the amount is positive. This risk is mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used index swap contracts to gain exposure to markets the Fund invests in.

Interest Rate Swaps–An interest rate swap contract is an exchange of interest rates between counterparties. An interest rate swap generally involves one party making payments based on a fixed interest rate in return for payments from a counterparty based on a variable or floating interest rate. The Fund may enter into either side of such a swap contract. Interest rate swaps may be used to manage the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates. Periodic payments on such contracts are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap contracts. Upon periodic payment (receipt) or termination of the contract, such amounts are recorded as realized gains or losses on swap contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from (paid to) the counterparty over the interest rate swap contract’s remaining life, to the extent that the amount is positive. This risk is mitigated by (1) for bilateral swap contracts, having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty, and (2) for cleared swaps, trading these instruments through a central counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used interest rate swap contracts to manage the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates.

Swaps Generally–The value of open swaps may differ from that which would be realized in the event the Fund terminated its position in the agreement. Risks of entering into these contracts include the potential inability of the counterparty to meet the terms of the contracts. This type of risk is generally limited to the amount of favorable movement in the value of the underlying security, instrument or basket of instruments, if any, at the day of default. Risks also arise from potential losses from adverse market movements and such losses could exceed the unrealized amounts shown on the Statement of Net Assets.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

   

Asset Derivatives

   

Liability Derivatives

 
   

Statement of Net Assets Location

  Fair Value    

Statement of Net Assets Location

  Fair Value  

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

  Receivables and other assets net of liabilities   $ 4,881,795     Receivables and other assets net of liabilities   $ (8,566,785

Futures contracts (Interest rate contracts)

  Receivables and other assets net of liabilities     18,889     Receivables and other assets net of liabilities     (32,708

Swap contracts (Credit contracts)

  Receivables and other assets net of liabilities     40,573     Receivables and other assets net of liabilities     (229,085

Swap contracts (Interest rate contracts)

  Receivables and other assets net of liabilities     370,172     Receivables and other assets net of liabilities     (2,423,313
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

    $ 5,311,429       $ (11,251,891
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts      $ 10,569,518     $ (24,365,151 )

Futures contracts (Interest rate contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts        (19,051 )       (33,933 )

Swap contracts (Credit contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from swap contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of swap contracts        (14,917 )       130,034

Swap contracts (Interest rate contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from swap contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of swap contracts        (1,597,029 )       920,785
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

        $ 8,938,521     $ (23,348,265 )
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

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5. Derivatives (continued)

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
   
   Short Derivative
Volume
 

Foreign currency exchange contracts (average cost)

   USD      94,282,805        USD      382,802,515  

Futures contracts (average notional value)

   USD      24,061,803        USD      4,114,274  

CDS contracts (average notional value)*

   EUR      296,000        EUR       

CDS contracts (average notional value)*

   USD      6,480,040        USD      2,660,600  

Interest rate swap contracts (average notional value)**

   USD             USD      61,415,360  

Total return swap contracts (average notional value)**

   USD      46,080        USD       

*Long represents buying protection and short represents selling protection.

**Long represent paying floating interest payments and short represent receiving floating interest payments.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund pledged $7,206,588 cash collateral and securities collateral (comprised of U.S. treasury securities) valued at $93,949 for certain open derivatives.

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights to help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and foreign currency exchange contracts and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting items and netting provisions in the event of a default or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instrument payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of an ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out) netting including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Net Assets.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had the following assets and liabilities subject to offsetting provisions:

Offsetting of Financial Assets and Liabilities and Derivative Assets and Liabilities

 

Counterparty

   Gross Value of
Derivative Assets
     Gross Value
of Derivative
Liability
    Net Exposure  

Barclays Bank

   $ 195,561      $ (90,346   $ 105,215  

Citigroup Global Market

     234,055        (410,220     (176,165

Deutsche Bank

     132,806        (514,986     (382,180

JPMorgan Chase Bank

     992,499        (3,017,453     (2,024,954

Standard Charted Bank

     13,048              13,048  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

    Total

   $ 1,567,969      $ (4,033,005   $ (2,465,036
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Counterparty

   Net
Position
  Fair Value of
Non Cash
Collateral
Received
   Cash Collateral
Received
   Fair Value of
Non Cash
Collateral
Pledged
   Cash
Collateral
Pledged
   Net
Exposure(a)

Barclays Bank

     $ 105,215     $      $      $      $      $ 105,215

Citigroup Global Market

       (176,165 )                            176,165       

Deutsche Bank

       (382,180 )                                   (382,180 )

JPMorgan Chase Bank

       (2,024,954 )                            2,024,954       

Standard Charted Bank

       13,048                                   13,048
    

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

    Total

     $ (2,465,036 )     $      $      $      $ 2,201,119      $ (263,917 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

(a)Net exposure represents the receivable (payable) that would be due from (to) the counterparty in an event of default.

6. Credit and Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund invests require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

 

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LVIP Global Income Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

6. Credit and Market Risk (continued)

 

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund invests a portion of its assets in high yield fixed income securities, which are securities rated BB or lower by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC or Ba or lower by Moody’s Investors Service Inc., or similarly rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Investments in these higher yielding securities are generally accompanied by a greater degree of credit risk than higher rated securities. Additionally, lower rated securities may be more susceptible to adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than investment-grade securities.

The Fund invests in fixed income securities whose values are derived from an underlying pool of mortgages or consumer loans. The values of these securities are sensitive to changes in economic conditions, including delinquencies or defaults, and may be adversely affected by changes in interest rates and shifts in the market’s perception of issuers. Investors receive principal and interest payments as the underlying mortgages and consumer loans are paid back. Some of these securities are collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”). CMOs are debt securities issued by U.S. government agencies or by financial institutions and other mortgage lenders, which are collateralized by a pool of mortgages held under an indenture. Prepayment of mortgages may shorten the stated maturity of the obligations and can result in a loss of premium, if any has been paid. Certain of these securities may be stripped (securities which provide only the principal or interest feature of the underlying security). The yield to maturity on an interest-only CMO is extremely sensitive not only to changes in prevailing interest rates, but also to the rate of principal payments (including prepayments) on the related underlying mortgage assets. A rapid rate of principal payments may have a material adverse effect on a CMO’s yield to maturity. If the underlying mortgage assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may fail to fully recoup its initial investment in these securities even if the securities are rated in the highest rating categories.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC, the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investment in illiquid securities. Rule 144A securities are identified on the Statement of Net Assets.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

 

Index

  

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Sector Allocations, Top 10 Equity Holdings and Geography Allocations

     2  

Statement Of Net Assets

     4  

Statement of Operations

     11  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     11  

Financial Highlights

     12  

Notes to Financial Statements

     14  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee reimbursements in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,042.60       0.75%       $3.80  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,041.40       1.00%       5.06  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,021.08       0.75%       $3.76  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,019.84       1.00%       5.01  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocations, Top 10 Equity Holdings and Geography Allocations (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

Sector and geographical designations may be different than those presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Common Stock

     32.78

U.S. Markets

     27.52

Aerospace & Defense

     0.26

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.33

Banks

     5.06

Biotechnology

     0.46

Capital Markets

     0.21

Chemicals

     0.73

Communications Equipment

     0.72

Consumer Finance

     0.27

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     0.75

Electric Utilities

     2.08

Electrical Equipment

     0.82

Energy Equipment & Services

     0.42

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     1.96

Food & Staples Retailing

     0.42

Food Products

     0.21

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     1.01

Health Care Providers & Services

     0.37

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     0.24

Household Products

     0.87

Industrial Conglomerates

     0.76

Insurance

     1.06

Media

     0.74

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     2.18

Pharmaceuticals

     2.99

Road & Rail

     0.27

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     0.58

Software

     0.96

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.14

Tobacco

     0.65

Developed Markets

     5.08

Beverages

     0.35

Communications Equipment

     0.21

Construction & Engineering

     0.50

Electric Utilities

     0.50

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     0.25

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     1.27

Personal Products

     0.52

Tobacco

     0.28

Transportation Infrastructure

     0.56

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     0.64

Emerging Markets

     0.18

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     0.18

Convertible Preferred Stock

     0.83

Preferred Stock

     1.80

Master Limited Partnerships

     0.84

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Corporate Bonds

     41.02

Automobiles

     0.19

Banks

     3.67

Beverages

     1.42

Capital Markets

     0.65

Chemicals

     0.83

Commercial Services & Supplies

     0.64

Communications Equipment

     0.43

Consumer Finance

     0.33

Diversified Financial Services

     0.16

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     2.94

Electric Utilities

     0.64

Energy Equipment & Services

     0.52

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     1.79

Food & Staples Retailing

     1.92

Food Products

     0.93

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     0.31

Health Care Providers & Services

     2.16

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity

  

Producers

     0.38

Insurance

     1.30

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     1.17

Internet Software & Services

     0.50

IT Services

     0.16

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     0.64

Media

     2.86

Metals & Mining

     0.17

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts

     0.32

Multiline Retail

     0.24

Multi-Utilities

     0.48

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     6.49

Pharmaceuticals

     2.45

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     0.67

Software

     0.76

Specialty Retail

     0.15

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.39

Thrift & Mortgage Finance

     0.32

Tobacco

     1.15

Trading Companies & Distributors

     0.17

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     0.72

Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities

     7.28

Loan Agreements

     3.77

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     4.85

Money Market Fund

     6.05

Total Value of Securities

     99.22

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.78

Total Net Assets

     100.00
 

 

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LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocations, Top 10 Equity Holdings and Geography Allocations (unaudited) (continued)

 

Holdings are for informational purpose only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage
of Net Assets

Wells Fargo & Co.

     1.56

Pfizer

     1.53

M&T Bank

     1.07

Duke Energy

     1.04

BB&T

     0.96

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     0.89

Exxon Mobil

     0.83

Abbott Laboratories

     0.82

MetLife

     0.80

General Electric

     0.76

Total

     10.26
Geography*    Percentage
of Net Assets

Belgium

     0.35

Canada

     1.55

Cayman Islands

     7.11

Czech Republic

     0.15

Finland

     0.28

France

     0.75

Ireland

     0.81

Italy

     0.56

Japan

     0.28

Luxembourg

     0.95

Netherlands

     2.12

Spain

     0.41

Taiwan

     0.18

United Kingdom

     1.67

United States

     76.00

Total

     93.17

*Allocation includes all investments except for money market fund.

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LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

   

Number of

Shares

    Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK–32.78%

   

U.S. MARKETS–27.52%

   

Aerospace & Defense–0.26%

   

United Technologies

    340     $ 41,517  
   

 

 

 
      41,517  
   

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics–0.33%

   

United Parcel Service Class B

    483       53,415  
   

 

 

 
      53,415  
   

 

 

 

Banks–5.06%

   

BB&T

    3,384       153,667  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    1,560       142,584  

M&T Bank

    1,061       171,829  

SunTrust Banks

    1,642       93,134  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    4,529       250,952  
   

 

 

 
      812,166  
   

 

 

 

Biotechnology–0.46%

   

Gilead Sciences

    1,050       74,319  
   

 

 

 
      74,319  
   

 

 

 

Capital Markets–0.21%

   

Invesco

    965       33,958  
   

 

 

 
      33,958  
   

 

 

 

Chemicals–0.73%

   

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.

    348       28,087  

Praxair

    677       89,736  
   

 

 

 
      117,823  
   

 

 

 

Communications Equipment–0.72%

   

Cisco Systems

    3,719       116,405  
   

 

 

 
      116,405  
   

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–0.27%

   

American Express

    516       43,468  
   

 

 

 
      43,468  
   

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–0.75%

 

CenturyLink

    2,147       51,270  

Verizon Communications

    1,554       69,402  
   

 

 

 
      120,672  
   

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–2.08%

   

Duke Energy

    1,995       166,762  

FirstEnergy

    3,867       112,762  

PG&E

    832       55,220  
   

 

 

 
      334,744  
   

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–0.82%

   

Eaton

    773       60,163  

Emerson Electric

    1,209       72,081  
   

 

 

 
      132,244  
   

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

   

U.S. MARKETS (continued)

   

Energy Equipment & Services–0.42%

 

Schlumberger

    1,025     $ 67,486  
   

 

 

 
      67,486  
   

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–1.96%

 

AvalonBay Communities

    273       52,462  

Crown Castle International

    679       68,022  

DDR

    9,415       85,394  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    221       27,932  

HCP

    1,083       34,613  

Mid-America Apartment Communities

    443       46,683  
   

 

 

 
      315,106  
   

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–0.42%

   

CVS Health

    833       67,023  
   

 

 

 
      67,023  
   

 

 

 

Food Products–0.21%

   

Campbell Soup

    634       33,063  
   

 

 

 
      33,063  
   

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–1.01%

   

Abbott Laboratories

    2,723       132,365  

Medtronic

    338       29,998  
   

 

 

 
      162,363  
   

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–0.37%

 

 

Aetna.

    391       59,366  
   

 

 

 
      59,366  
   

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–0.24%

 

 

McDonald’s

    250       38,290  
   

 

 

 
      38,290  
   

 

 

 

Household Products–0.87%

   

Kimberly-Clark

    410       52,935  

Procter & Gamble

    999       87,063  
   

 

 

 
      139,998  
   

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–0.76%

   

General Electric

    4,524       122,193  
   

 

 

 
      122,193  
   

 

 

 

Insurance–1.06%

   

American International Group

    685       42,826  

MetLife

    2,332       128,120  
   

 

 

 
      170,946  
   

 

 

 

Media–0.74%

   

Comcast Class A

    1,696       66,008  

Viacom Class B

    1,573       52,806  
   

 

 

 
      118,814  
   

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–2.18%

 

 

Chevron

    970       101,200  
 

 

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LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

 

U.S. MARKETS (continued)

   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

ConocoPhillips

    722     $ 31,739  

Exxon Mobil

    1,659       133,931  

Williams

    2,733       82,755  
   

 

 

 
      349,625  
   

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–2.99%

   

Bristol-Myers Squibb

    1,364       76,002  

Johnson & Johnson

    639       84,533  

Merck & Co.

    1,143       73,255  

Pfizer

    7,333       246,315  
   

 

 

 
      480,105  
   

 

 

 

Road & Rail–0.27%

   

Union Pacific

    399       43,455  
   

 

 

 
      43,455  
   

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–0.58%

 

Analog Devices

    365       28,397  

Maxim Integrated Products

    579       25,997  

Texas Instruments

    510       39,234  
   

 

 

 
      93,628  
   

 

 

 

Software–0.96%

   

Microsoft

    822       56,660  

Oracle

    1,937       97,121  
   

 

 

 
      153,781  
   

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.14%

 

Apple

    152       21,891  
   

 

 

 
      21,891  
   

 

 

 

Tobacco–0.65%

   

Altria Group

    628       46,767  

Reynolds American

    887       57,690  
   

 

 

 
      104,457  
   

 

 

 

Total U.S. Markets
(Cost $4,060,479)

      4,422,321  
   

 

 

 

§DEVELOPED MARKETS–5.08%

 

 

Beverages–0.35%

   

Anheuser-Busch InBev ADR

    505       55,732  
      55,732  
   

 

 

 

Communications Equipment–0.21%

 

 

Nokia OYJ ADR

    5,607       34,539  
   

 

 

 
      34,539  
   

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering–0.50%

 

 

Vinci ADR

    3,734       79,982  
   

 

 

 
      79,982  
   

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

 

§DEVELOPED MARKETS (continued)

 

 

Electric Utilities–0.50%

   

Fortis

    2,275     $ 79,966  
   

 

 

 
      79,966  
   

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–0.25%

 

 

Klepierre

    1,001       41,027  
   

 

 

 
      41,027  
   

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–1.27%

 

 

BP ADR

    2,399       83,125  

Royal Dutch Shell Class A ADR

    2,284       121,486  
   

 

 

 
      204,611  
   

 

 

 

Personal Products–0.52%

   

Unilever (New York Shares)

    1,506       83,237  
   

 

 

 
      83,237  
   

 

 

 

Tobacco–0.28%

   

Japan Tobacco ADR

    2,577       45,278  
   

 

 

 
      45,278  
   

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure–0.56%

 

 

Atlantia ADR

    6,330       89,316  
   

 

 

 
      89,316  
   

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.64%

 

Vodafone Group ADR

    3,558       102,221  
   

 

 

 
      102,221  
   

 

 

 

Total Developed Markets
(Cost $763,099)

      815,909  
   

 

 

 

×EMERGING MARKETS–0.18%

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–0.18%

 

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ADR

    817       28,562  
   

 

 

 
      28,562  
   

 

 

 

Total Emerging Markets
(Cost $26,976)

      28,562  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stock

(Cost $4,850,554)

      5,266,792  
   

 

 

 

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK–0.83%

 

Allergan 5.50%, exercise price $352.80, expiration date 3/1/18

    38       32,987  

American Tower 5.50%, exercise price $115.11, expiration date 2/15/18

    286       34,672  

Wells Fargo & Co. 7.50%, exercise price $156.71, expiration date 12/31/49

    50       65,556  
   

 

 

 

Total Convertible Preferred Stock
(Cost $124,926)

 

    133,215  
   

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund–5


LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Number of
Shares
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

PREFERRED STOCK–1.80%

   

•Bank of America 6.10%

    50,000     $ 54,380  

•Delphi Financial Group 4.372%

    974       21,002  

•Morgan Stanley 6.375%

    837       23,888  

Public Storage 5.75%

    1,315       33,125  

Qwest 6.50%

    248       6,195  

•SCE Trust III 5.75%

    4,000       112,320  

Verizon Communications 5.90%

    1,433       38,576  
   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $268,085)

      289,486  
   

 

 

 

MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS–0.84%

 

AllianceBernstein Holding

    2,468       58,368  

Energy Transfer Partners

    2,079       42,391  

Plains All American Pipeline

    1,280       33,626  
   

 

 

 

Total Master Limited Partnerships
(Cost $144,184)

      134,385  
   

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount°
       

CORPORATE BONDS–41.02%

   

Automobiles–0.19%

   

General Motors 6.75% 4/1/46

    25,000       29,753  
   

 

 

 
      29,753  
   

 

 

 

Banks–3.67%

   

Bank of America 3.248% 10/21/27

    100,000       96,842  

Citigroup 4.45% 9/29/27

    150,000       156,195  

•CoBank 6.25% 12/29/49

    50,000       55,126  

JPMorgan Chase

   

3.625% 12/1/27

    100,000       99,189  

•6.10% 10/29/49

    25,000       27,156  

•6.125% 12/29/49

    50,000       54,125  

Wells Fargo & Co. 3.90% 5/1/45

    100,000       100,292  
   

 

 

 
      588,925  
   

 

 

 

Beverages–1.42%

   

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance

   

4.70% 2/1/36

    125,000       138,009  

4.90% 2/1/46

    80,000       90,652  
   

 

 

 
      228,661  
   

 

 

 

Capital Markets–0.65%

   

Morgan Stanley 4.00% 7/23/25

    100,000       104,481  
   

 

 

 
      104,481  
   

 

 

 

Chemicals–0.83%

   

Ashland 6.875% 5/15/43

    50,000       54,500  

Sherwin-Williams 4.50% 6/1/47

    75,000       78,913  
   

 

 

 
      133,413  
   

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

     

Commercial Services & Supplies–0.64%

 

  

#Penske Truck Leasing 144A
3.375% 2/1/22

     100,000      $ 102,543  
     

 

 

 
        102,543  
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment–0.43%

     

Alcatel-Lucent USA 6.45% 3/15/29

     50,000        58,625  

Nokia 4.375% 6/12/27

     10,000        10,206  
     

 

 

 
        68,831  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–0.33%

     

Navient 5.875% 3/25/21

     50,000        53,000  
     

 

 

 
        53,000  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services–0.16%

 

  

#Neuberger Berman Group 144A
4.50% 3/15/27

     25,000        26,218  
     

 

 

 
        26,218  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–2.94%

 

AT&T 4.75% 5/15/46

     180,000        177,194  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings

     

7.25% 10/15/20

     50,000        47,500  

#144A 8.00% 2/15/24

     50,000        54,000  

Telefonica Emisiones 7.045% 6/20/36

     50,000        65,873  

Verizon Communications
4.522% 9/15/48

     135,000        128,242  
     

 

 

 
        472,809  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–0.64%

     

Southern 4.40% 7/1/46

     100,000        102,232  
     

 

 

 
        102,232  
     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services–0.52%

 

  

Noble Holding International
7.75% 1/15/24

     50,000        39,813  

Weatherford International
6.80% 6/15/37

     50,000        43,000  
     

 

 

 
        82,813  
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–1.79%

 

American Tower

     

3.375% 10/15/26

     75,000        73,524  

5.00% 2/15/24

     75,000        82,987  

DuPont Fabros Technology
5.625% 6/15/23

     50,000        53,500  

Equinix 5.375% 5/15/27

     25,000        26,719  

#SBA Communications 144A
4.875% 9/1/24

     50,000        51,000  
     

 

 

 
        287,730  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund–6


LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Principal
Amount°
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Food & Staples Retailing–1.92%

CVS Health 5.125% 7/20/45

    125,000     $ 143,858  

Sysco

   

3.75% 10/1/25

    100,000       103,846  

4.85% 10/1/45

    55,000       61,187  
   

 

 

 
      308,891  
   

 

 

 

Food Products–0.93%

   

Kraft Heinz Foods 4.375% 6/1/46

    100,000       98,331  

#Post Holdings 144A 5.50% 3/1/25

    50,000       51,688  
   

 

 

 
      150,019  
   

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–0.31%

 

Becton Dickinson 3.70% 6/6/27

    50,000       50,259  
   

 

 

 
      50,259  
   

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–2.16%

 

Community Health Systems
6.875% 2/1/22

    50,000       43,875  

DaVita 5.00% 5/1/25

    100,000       100,500  

HCA

   

4.75% 5/1/23

    50,000       53,000  

5.875% 2/15/26

    25,000       27,064  

Tenet Healthcare

   

•4.746% 6/15/20

    50,000       50,505  

#144A 7.50% 1/1/22

    20,000       21,746  

THC Escrow III 5.125% 5/1/25

    50,000       50,313  
   

 

 

 
      347,003  
   

 

 

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers–0.38%

Dynegy 6.75% 11/1/19

    45,000       46,631  

NRG Energy 7.875% 5/15/21

    13,000       13,488  
   

 

 

 
      60,119  
   

 

 

 

Insurance–1.30%

   

American International Group
4.50% 7/16/44

    130,000       132,708  

Hartford Financial Services Group
4.30% 4/15/43

    75,000       76,563  
   

 

 

 
      209,271  
   

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–1.17%

 

Amazon.com 4.95% 12/5/44

    50,000       59,158  

Priceline Group 3.65% 3/15/25

    125,000       128,479  
   

 

 

 
      187,637  
   

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–0.50%

VeriSign 5.25% 4/1/25

    75,000       80,438  
   

 

 

 
      80,438  
   

 

 

 

IT Services–0.16%

   

#WEX 144A 4.75% 2/1/23

    25,000       25,250  
   

 

 

 
      25,250  
   

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount°
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

   

Life Sciences Tools & Services–0.64%

   

Thermo Fisher Scientific
3.65% 12/15/25

    100,000     $ 103,060  
   

 

 

 
      103,060  
   

 

 

 

Media–2.86%

   

21st Century Fox America
6.15% 2/15/41

    50,000       63,324  

Charter Communications Operating
6.484% 10/23/45

    50,000       60,222  

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings
6.50% 11/15/22

    25,000       25,625  

Comcast 4.60% 8/15/45

    25,000       27,328  

DISH DBS

   

5.875% 11/15/24

    60,000       64,243  

7.75% 7/1/26

    10,000       11,875  

#Sirius XM Radio 144A 4.625% 5/15/23

    75,000       77,344  

#Univision Communications 144A
5.125% 5/15/23

    50,000       50,609  

#Videotron 144A 5.375% 6/15/24

    75,000       79,500  
   

 

 

 
      460,070  
   

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–0.17%

   

#Glencore Finance Canada 144A
5.55% 10/25/42

    25,000       26,718  
   

 

 

 
      26,718  
   

 

 

 

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts–0.32%

 

#Ladder Capital Finance Holdings 144A
5.25% 3/15/22

    50,000       51,500  
   

 

 

 
      51,500  
   

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–0.24%

   

JC Penney 7.40% 4/1/37

    50,000       38,125  
   

 

 

 
      38,125  
   

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–0.48%

   

NiSource Finance 4.375% 5/15/47

    75,000       77,654  
   

 

 

 
      77,654  
   

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–6.49%

   

Apache 4.75% 4/15/43

    50,000       50,330  

#Chesapeake Energy 144A 8.00% 1/15/25

    20,000       19,875  

#DCP Midstream Operating 144A
6.75% 9/15/37

    50,000       54,000  

Enterprise Products Operating

   

•4.877% 8/1/66

    25,000       25,125  

5.10% 2/15/45

    100,000       110,230  

Genesis Energy 6.00% 5/15/23

    50,000       49,250  

#Halcon Resources 144A 6.75% 2/15/25

    50,000       45,250  

Kinder Morgan 5.55% 6/1/45

    55,000       58,495  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners
7.30% 8/15/33

    50,000       60,334  
 

 

LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund–7


LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Principal
Amount°
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

Laredo Petroleum 5.625% 1/15/22

    25,000     $ 24,375  

#MEG Energy 144A 6.375% 1/30/23

    50,000       38,875  

Plains All American Pipeline

   

3.60% 11/1/24

    25,000       24,337  

4.70% 6/15/44

    135,000       123,509  

#Range Resources 144A
5.875% 7/1/22

    50,000       51,000  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction
5.625% 3/1/25

    125,000       138,093  

Williams 7.50% 1/15/31

    50,000       59,500  

Williams Partners 6.30% 4/15/40

    95,000       110,450  
   

 

 

 
      1,043,028  
   

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–2.45%

   

Mylan

   

3.95% 6/15/26

    75,000       76,132  

5.25% 6/15/46

    130,000       142,752  

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland
3.20% 9/23/26

    100,000       97,979  

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International

   

#144A 6.375% 10/15/20

    25,000       24,344  

#144A 7.00% 3/15/24

    50,000       52,688  
   

 

 

 
      393,895  
   

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–0.67%

#Broadcom 144A 3.875% 1/15/27

    50,000       51,445  

Micron Technology 7.50% 9/15/23

    50,000       56,025  
   

 

 

 
      107,470  
   

 

 

 

Software–0.76%

   

#BMC Software Finance 144A
8.125% 7/15/21

    50,000       52,016  

Microsoft 3.75% 2/12/45

    50,000       49,821  

Symantec 5.00% 4/15/25

    20,000       20,922  
   

 

 

 
      122,759  
   

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–0.15%

   

L Brands 6.875% 11/1/35

    25,000       24,250  
   

 

 

 
      24,250  
   

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.39%

#Dell International 144A 8.10% 7/15/36

    50,000       63,010  
   

 

 

 
      63,010  
   

 

 

 

Thrift & Mortgage Finance–0.32%

   

Nationstar Mortgage 6.50% 7/1/21

    50,000       51,375  
   

 

 

 
      51,375  
   

 

 

 

Tobacco–1.15%

   

Reynolds American 5.85% 8/15/45

    150,000       184,409  
   

 

 

 
      184,409  
   

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–0.17%

 

#International Lease Finance 144A
7.125% 9/1/18

    25,000       26,466  
   

 

 

 
      26,466  
   

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount°
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

   

Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.72%

Sprint 7.875% 9/15/23

    100,000     $ 115,250  
   

 

 

 
      115,250  
   

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $6,367,966)

      6,589,335  
   

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES–7.28%

#•Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO
Series 2014-4A A1R 144A
2.358% 10/15/26

    350,000       350,725  

  •Chase Education Loan Trust
Series 2007-A A3 1.365% 12/28/23

    67,814       67,602  

#•Limerock CLO II Series 2014-2A AR 144A
2.458% 4/18/26

    250,000       250,469  

#•Madison Park Funding XII
Series 2014-12A AR 144A
2.416% 7/20/26

    250,000       251,108  

#•Staniford Street CLO Series 2014-1A
AR 144A 2.426% 6/15/25

    250,000       249,873  
   

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $1,166,882)

      1,169,777  
   

 

 

 

«LOAN AGREEMENTS–3.77% 

   

Avast Software Tranche B 1st Lien
4.546% 9/30/23

    24,688       24,971  

Axalta Coating Systems US Holdings 1st Lien
3.039% 6/1/24

    18,863       18,943  

Builders Firstsource Tranche B 1st Lien
4.069% 2/29/24

    24,812       24,828  

EnergySolutions Tranche B 1st Lien
6.98% 5/29/20

    21,192       21,377  

Equinix Tranche B 1st Lien 3.545% 1/9/23

    49,624       49,935  

First Data 1st Lien 3.716% 4/26/24

    22,346       22,370  

First Data Tranche B 1st Lien 3.466% 7/10/22

    22,905       22,892  

Getty Images Tranche B 1st Lien
4.75% 10/18/19

    24,425       22,578  

Global Payments Tranche B 1st Lien
3.226% 4/22/23

    12,911       12,975  

Infor US Tranche B 1st Lien 4.046% 2/1/22

    24,687       24,561  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings Tranche B2 1st Lien
4.00% 6/30/19

    50,000       49,649  

MEG Energy Tranche B 1st Lien
4.68% 12/31/23

    24,349       23,809  

Micron Technology Tranche B 1st Lien
3.80% 4/26/22

    24,750       24,985  

Murray Energy Tranche B2 1st Lien
8.25% 4/17/20

    24,934       24,445  
 

 

LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund–8


LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Principal
Amount°
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

«LOAN AGREEMENTS (continued)

   

Neiman Marcus Group 1st Lien
4.339% 10/25/20

    24,494     $ 18,493  

Sabre GLBL Tranche B 1st Lien
3.976% 2/22/24

    12,253       12,348  

Shearer’s Foods 1st Lien 5.546% 7/30/21

    24,625       24,625  

SIG Combibloc US Acquisition Tranche B 1st Lien
4.226% 3/13/22

    24,026       24,226  

SS&C European Holdings Tranche B2 1st Lien 3.476% 7/8/22

    1,150       1,156  

SS&C Technologies Tranche B1 1st Lien 3.476% 7/8/22

    16,547       16,635  

TransDigm Tranche C 1st Lien
4.296% 2/28/20

    49,230       49,296  

U.S. Renal Care 1st Lien 5.546% 12/31/22

    24,625       23,878  

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Tranche B-F1 1st Lien
5.83% 4/1/22

    36,985       37,530  

Victory Capital Operating 1st Lien
8.796% 10/31/21

    29,155       29,629  
   

 

 

 

Total Loan Agreements
(Cost $605,821)

      606,134  
   

 

 

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS–4.85%

U.S. Treasury Bond 3.00% 11/15/45

    370,000       381,172  

U.S. Treasury Note 1.375% 9/30/20

    400,000       397,086  
   

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(Cost $771,318)

      778,258  
   

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

MONEY MARKET FUND–6.05%

   

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

    971,975     $   971,975  
   

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $971,975)

      971,975  
   

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.22% (Cost $15,271,711)

     15,939,357  

«RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.78% 

     125,657  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 1,602,869 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 16,065,014  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP GOLDMAN SACHS INCOME BUILDER FUND STANDARD CLASS ($951,399 / 94,813 Shares)

   $ 10.034  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP GOLDMAN SACHS INCOME BUILDER FUND SERVICE CLASS ($15,113,615 / 1,508,056 Shares)

   $ 10.022  
  

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 15,773,573  

Undistributed net investment income

     204,815  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (559,268 ) 

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

     645,894  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 16,065,014  
  

 

 

 

 

 

#

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At June 30, 2017, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $2,199,260, which represents 13.69% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 6 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate as of June 30, 2017. Interest rates reset periodically.

 

LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund–9


LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

«

Includes $60,157 cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts, $79,981 payable for securities purchased, $309 payable for fund shares redeemed, $12,559 due to manager and affiliates and $7,277 expense reimbursement receivable from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation as of June 30, 2017.

 

«

Loan agreements generally pay interest at rates which are periodically redetermined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. These base lending rates are generally: (i) the prime rate offered by one or more United States banks, (ii) the lending rate offered by one or more European banks such as the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR), or (iii) the certificate of deposit rate. Loan agreements may be subject to restrictions on resale. Stated rate in effect at June 30, 2017.

 

×

Emerging Markets – developing countries with relatively low per capita income, often with above-average economic growth potential but with more risk.

 

§

Developed Markets – countries that are thought to be most developed and therefore less risky than emerging markets.

 

°

Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

   Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
    Notional
Value
    Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Interest Rate Contracts:

            

(1)

  U.S. Treasury 2 yr Notes    $ (216,440   $ (216,109     10/2/17      $ 331      $  

  U.S. Treasury 5 yr Notes      1,064,284       1,060,523       10/2/17               (3,761

(3)

  U.S. Treasury Long Bonds      (457,153     (461,063     9/21/17               (3,910

(7)

  U.S. Treasury Ultra Bonds      (1,146,711     (1,161,125     9/21/17               (14,414
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

            $ 331      $ (22,085
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

ADR–American Depositary Receipt

CLO–Collateralized Loan Obligation

IT–Information Technology

yr–Year

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Interest

   $ 173,988  

Dividends

     98,961  

Foreign tax withheld

     (1,326
  

 

 

 
     271,623  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     45,074  

Professional fees

     24,190  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     16,195  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     5,541  

Pricing fees

     5,465  

Accounting and administration expenses

     1,785  

Custodian fees

     1,511  

Consulting fees

     864  

Shareholder servicing fees

     741  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     188  

Other

     478  
  

 

 

 
     102,032  

Less:

  

Expenses reimbursed

     (33,829
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     68,203  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     203,420  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments

     280,388  

Foreign currencies

     5,021  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     (323

Futures contracts

     (31,481
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     253,605  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     125,617  

Foreign currencies

     2  

Futures contracts

     (23,726
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     101,893  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     355,498  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 558,918  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income

  $ 203,420     $ 368,779  

Net realized gain (loss)

    253,605       (597,304

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    101,893       1,200,226  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    558,918       971,701  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net investment income:

   

Standard Class

          (28,668

Service Class

          (340,072
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (368,740
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

   

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    21,667       41,283  

Service Class

    3,389,988       2,741,909  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          28,668  

Service Class

          340,072  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    3,411,655       3,151,932  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (8,883     (7,971

Service Class

    (310,568     (1,543,604
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (319,451     (1,551,575
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    3,092,204       1,600,357  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

    3,651,122       2,203,318  

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    12,413,892       10,210,574  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 16,065,014     $ 12,413,892  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

  $ 204,815     $ 1,395  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

Financial Highlights

Select data for each share of the Fund outstanding through each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund Standard Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
   Year Ended  

5/1/142
to

   (unaudited)    12/31/16   12/31/15   12/31/14

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 9.626      $ 9.125     $ 9.824     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                 

Net investment income3

       0.154        0.332       0.371       0.237

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.254        0.486       (0.748 )       (0.156 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.408        0.818       (0.377 )       0.081
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                 

Net investment income

              (0.317 )       (0.322 )       (0.251 )

Return of capital

                          (0.006 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.317 )       (0.322 )       (0.257 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.034      $ 9.626     $ 9.125     $ 9.824
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       4.26%        8.94%       (3.85% )       0.80%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 951      $ 900     $ 795     $ 826

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.75%        0.75%       0.75%       0.75%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.24%        1.34%       1.29%       1.52%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       3.16%        3.52%       3.77%       3.48%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       2.67%        2.93%       3.23%       2.71%

Portfolio turnover

       49%        81%       61%       21%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects expenses reimbursed by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the expenses reimbursed not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Select data for each share of the Fund outstanding through each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
   Year Ended  

5/1/142
to

   (unaudited)    12/31/16   12/31/15   12/31/14

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 9.626      $ 9.126     $ 9.824     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                 

Net investment income3

       0.142        0.308       0.346       0.220

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.254        0.485       (0.747 )       (0.156 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.396        0.793       (0.401 )       0.064
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                 

Net investment income

              (0.293 )       (0.297 )       (0.234 )

Return of capital

                          (0.006 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.293 )       (0.297 )       (0.240 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.022      $ 9.626     $ 9.126     $ 9.824
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       4.14%        8.67%       (4.09% )       0.63%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 15,114      $ 11,514     $ 9,416     $ 7,835

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       1.00%        1.00%       1.00%       1.00%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.49%        1.59%       1.54%       1.77%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       2.91%        3.27%       3.52%       3.23%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       2.42%        2.68%       2.98%       2.46%

Portfolio turnover

       49%        81%       61%       21%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects expenses reimbursed by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the expenses reimbursed not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek a balance of current income and capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Other debt securities are valued based upon valuations provided by an independent pricing service or broker and reviewed by management. To the extent current market prices are not available, the pricing service may take into account developments related to the specific security, as well as transactions in comparable securities. Valuations for fixed income securities, including short-term debt securities, utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Open-end investment companies are valued at published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are derived when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under the policies adopted by Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax return to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013 - December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund generally separates the portion of realized gains and losses on investments in debt securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of debt securities. Gains or losses attributable to changes in foreign exchange rates are included in the Statement of Operations under “Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currencies.” For foreign equity securities, these changes are

 

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LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

included in net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends and interest are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of such distributions by the issuer or management estimate. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Realized gains (losses) on paydowns of asset-and mortgage-backed securities are classified as interest income. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund invests in master limited partnerships (“MLPs”) which make distributions that are primarily attributable to return of capital. The Fund records investment income and return of capital in the Statement of Operations using management’s estimate of the percentage of income included in the distributions received from each MLP based on historical information from the MLPs and other industry sources. These estimates may be adjusted based on information received from the MLPs after the tax and fiscal year ends.

The return of capital portion of the MLP distributions is a reduction in the cost basis of each investment which increases net realized gain (loss) and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation). If the return of capital distributions exceed its cost basis, the distributions are treated as realized gains. The actual amounts of income and return of capital are only determined by each MLP after its fiscal year-end and may differ from the estimated amounts. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund estimated that 100% of the MLP distributions received would be treated as a return of capital.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. Commission rebates are included in “Net realized gain (loss) on investments” on the Statement of Operations and totaled $6 for the six months ended June 30, 2017. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.65% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses exceed 0.75% of the average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 1.00% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For its services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

 

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LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

 

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 439  

Legal

     106  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $798 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivables due from or liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 7,277  

Management fees payable to LIAC

     8,365  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     3,023  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     798  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     373  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

At June 30, 2017, Lincoln Life directly owned 54.42% of the Fund.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases other than U.S. government securities

   $ 8,938,991  

Purchases of U.S. government securities

     368,816  

Sales other than U.S. government securities

     6,558,700  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for federal income tax purposes for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 15,271,711  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 825,996  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (158,350
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 667,646  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

 

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LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

Post-Enactment Losses
(No Expiration)

Short-Term

   Long-Term      Total  

$89,809

   $701,808    $791,617

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1– inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2– other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3– inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs, including related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. The Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Valuations may also be based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which is received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1   Level 2    Total

Investments:

             

 

Assets:

             

Common Stock

     $ 5,225,765     $ 41,027      $ 5,266,792

Convertible Preferred Stock

       133,215              133,215

Preferred Stock

       235,106       54,380        289,486

Master Limited Partnerships

       134,385              134,385

Corporate Bonds

             6,589,335        6,589,335

Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities

             1,169,777        1,169,777

Loan Agreements

             606,134        606,134

U.S. Treasury Obligations

             778,258        778,258

Money Market Fund

       971,975              971,975
    

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Investments

     $ 6,700,446     $ 9,238,911      $ 15,939,357
    

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivatives:

             

Assets:

             

Futures Contracts

     $ 331     $      $ 331
    

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

 

Liabilities:

             

Futures Contracts

     $ (22,085 )     $      $ (22,085 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. This does not include transfers between Level 1 investments and Level 2 investments that resulted from

 

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LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

the Fund’s use of international fair value pricing. In accordance with the fair value procedures described in Note 1, international fair value pricing uses other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to the events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded, causing a change in classification between levels. International fair value pricing was not utilized at June 30, 2017. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     2,190       4,320  

Service Class

     343,550       291,700  

Shares issued upon reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           2,977  

Service Class

           35,318  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     345,740       334,315  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (921     (823

Service Class

     (31,606     (162,727
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (32,527     (163,550
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     313,213       170,765  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: (1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; (2) how they are accounted for; and (3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. The change in value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities, but does establish a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future. Although foreign currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to risks if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. No foreign currency exchange contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to control overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it

 

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LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund entered into futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce transaction costs.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

   

Asset Derivatives

   

Liability Derivatives

 
   

Statement of Net Assets Location

  Fair Value    

Statement of Net Assets Location

  Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Interest rate contracts)

  Receivables and other assets net of liabilities     $331     Receivables and other assets net of liabilities     $(22,085

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in

Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

   Realized gain (loss) on foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts      $ (323 )     $

Futures contracts (Interest rate contracts)

   Realized gain (loss) on futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts        (31,481 )       (23,726 )
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

        $ (31,804 )     $ (23,726 )
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
     Short Derivative
Volume
 

Foreign currency exchange contracts (average cost)

     $       4,120        $     10,463  

Futures contracts (average notional value)

     1,014,738        1,458,617  

6. Credit and Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund invests in high yield fixed income securities, which are securities rated BB or lower by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services, LLC or Ba or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or similarly rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Investments in these higher yielding securities are generally accompanied by a greater degree of credit risk than higher rated securities. Additionally, lower rated securities may be more susceptible to adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than investment-grade securities.

The Fund invests in REITs and is subject to the risks associated with that industry. If the Fund acquires a direct interest in real estate as a result of defaults or receives rental income directly from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company could be jeopardized. The

 

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LVIP Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

6. Credit and Market Risk (continued)

 

Fund had no direct real estate holdings during the six months ended June 30, 2017. The Fund’s REIT holdings are also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs it holds use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Fund’s Board has delegated to LIAC the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. Rule 144A securities are identified on the Statement of Net Assets.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no additional material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP Government Money Market Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP Government Money Market Fund

 

Index

  

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Sector Allocation

     2  

Statement of Net Assets

     3  

Statement of Operations

     6  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     6  

Financial Highlights

     7  

Notes to Financial Statements

     9  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Government Money Market Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses in the table reflect fee waivers and recoupments in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,001.50       0.45%       $2.23  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,000.40       0.66%       3.27  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,022.56       0.45%       $2.26  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,021.52       0.66%       3.31  

* “Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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LVIP Government Money Market Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Agency Obligations

     52.23

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     3.91

Repurchase Agreements

     44.30

Money Market Fund

     0.02

Total Value of Securities

     100.46

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.46 %) 

Total Net Assets

     100.00

    

 

 

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LVIP Government Money Market Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    Principal
Amount°
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

AGENCY OBLIGATIONS–52.23%

 

 

Federal Farm Credit Banks

   

1.00% 8/15/17

    5,000,000     $ 5,000,491  

1.00% 11/6/17

    1,000,000       999,927  

•1.122% 12/28/17

    2,445,000       2,444,890  

1.125% 9/22/17

    4,000,000       4,000,757  

•1.169% 7/14/17

    3,750,000       3,749,947  

•1.267% 9/5/17

    3,555,000       3,554,934  

•1.267% 1/2/18

    3,750,000       3,749,237  

•1.279% 8/8/18

    1,000,000       1,003,567  

•1.324% 9/21/17

    5,000,000       5,000,000  

Federal Farm Credit Discount Notes

   

≠1.01% 7/11/17

    4,620,000       4,619,230  

≠1.05% 9/29/17

    3,565,000       3,558,850  

≠1.15% 1/11/18

    4,680,000       4,658,311  

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes

 

 

≠1.01% 7/14/17

    5,670,000       5,668,270  

≠1.01% 7/21/17

    4,500,000       4,497,865  

≠1.01% 7/26/17

    2,620,000       2,618,275  

≠1.01% 7/28/17

    4,425,000       4,421,774  

≠1.04% 8/1/17

    8,060,000       8,055,558  

≠1.04% 8/9/17

    11,500,000       11,488,302  

≠1.04% 8/11/17

    6,780,000       6,775,027  

≠1.04% 8/23/17

    3,500,000       3,496,419  

≠1.04% 8/25/17

    4,240,000       4,235,627  

≠1.04% 8/28/17

    4,620,000       4,613,338  

≠1.04% 8/30/17

    9,000,000       8,989,575  

≠1.05% 9/13/17

    6,285,000       6,272,081  

≠1.05% 9/20/17

    14,845,000       14,811,968  

≠1.05% 9/21/17

    1,000,000       997,813  

≠1.05% 9/22/17

    3,000,000       2,993,706  

≠1.05% 9/25/17

    9,500,000       9,476,171  

≠1.05% 9/27/17

    8,500,000       8,478,412  

≠1.08% 10/12/17

    13,605,000       13,562,961  

≠1.08% 10/18/17

    5,375,000       5,362,794  

≠1.09% 11/8/17

    3,500,000       3,486,868  

≠1.14% 12/4/17

    1,500,000       1,493,500  

≠1.14% 12/5/17

    9,000,000       8,960,750  

≠1.14% 12/29/17

    5,000,000       4,971,342  

Federal Home Loan Banks

   

0.75% 9/8/17

    1,250,000       1,249,349  

•0.83% 5/9/18

    3,500,000       3,500,000  

0.875% 3/19/18

    5,500,000       5,491,110  

•0.906% 3/13/18

    6,635,000       6,635,000  

•0.949% 8/25/17

    4,200,000       4,200,000  

•0.987% 4/13/18

    14,350,000       14,350,000  

•1.056% 7/9/18

    7,000,000       7,000,000  

•1.064% 4/17/18

    6,205,000       6,205,000  

•1.067% 5/18/18

    2,000,000       2,000,000  

•1.089% 6/5/18

    4,500,000       4,500,000  

•1.09% 10/27/17

    10,660,000       10,659,920  

•1.112% 10/3/18

    10,500,000       10,500,000  

•1.114% 6/20/19

    10,145,000       10,145,000  
    Principal
Amount°
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (continued)

 

 

Federal Home Loan Banks (continued)

 

 

•1.139% 7/7/17

    9,000,000     $ 9,000,000  

•1.141% 7/6/17

    3,630,000       3,630,000  

•1.151% 8/22/17

    3,800,000       3,799,985  

•1.219% 3/8/18

    2,825,000       2,825,195  

•1.257% 10/16/17

    5,600,000       5,600,000  

1.375% 3/9/18

    5,000,000       5,009,245  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage

   

0.75% 7/14/17

    2,500,000       2,500,104  

1.00% 9/29/17

    4,900,000       4,903,271  

•1.125% 1/8/18

    3,395,000       3,395,000  

•1.126% 1/12/18

    3,395,000       3,395,000  

•1.167% 11/13/17

    1,920,000       1,920,513  

Federal National Mortgage Association

 

 

0.875% 10/26/17

    9,270,000       9,274,028  

0.875% 3/28/18

    6,000,000       5,989,994  

1.00% 9/27/17

    1,500,000       1,500,100  

•1.182% 8/16/17

    4,180,000       4,179,892  

Freddie Mac Discount Notes

   

≠1.04% 8/2/17

    5,530,000       5,526,068  

≠1.04% 8/3/17

    10,485,000       10,477,023  

≠1.05% 9/18/17

    5,000,000       4,988,644  

≠1.08% 10/16/17

    11,380,000       11,355,309  
   

 

 

 

Total Agency Obligations
(Cost $373,773,287)

      373,773,287  
   

 

 

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS–3.91%

 

 

•U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Note 1.238% 4/30/18

    20,000,000       19,999,078  

U.S. Treasury Note
0.75% 2/28/18

    8,040,000       8,031,513  
   

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(Cost $28,030,591)

      28,030,591  
   

 

 

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS–44.30%

 

 

Bank of Montreal

1.07%, dated 6/30/17, to be repurchased on 7/3/17, repurchase price $30,002,675 (collateralized by U.S. government and U.S. agency obligations 1.625%–5.50% 2/28/18–5/1/47; market value $30,689,255)

    30,000,000       30,000,000  
 

 

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LVIP Government Money Market Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Principal
Amount°
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS (continued)

 

Bank of Nova Scotia

1.10%, dated 6/30/17, to be repurchased on 7/3/17, repurchase price $30,002,750 (collateralized by U.S. government obligations
0.00%–2.25% 8/3/17–2/15/27; market value $30,602,867)

    30,000,000     $   30,000,000  

BNP Paribas

1.10%, dated 6/30/17, to be repurchased on 7/3/17, repurchase price $30,002,750 (collateralized by U.S. government obligations
0.00%–2.00% 7/20/17–5/15/45; market value $30,600,086)

    30,000,000       30,000,000  

Citigroup Global Markets

1.08%, dated 6/30/17, to be repurchased on 7/3/17, repurchase price $30,002,700 (collateralized by U.S. government obligations
2.875%–5.00% 5/15/37–8/15/45; market value $30,600,053)

    30,000,000       30,000,000  

Goldman Sachs & Co.

1.07%, dated 6/30/17, to be repurchased on 7/3/17, repurchase price $30,002,675 (collateralized by U.S. government agency obligations 3.00%–4.50% 1/1/26–11/1/46; market value $30,900,000)

    30,000,000       30,000,000  

Mizuho Securities USA

1.16%, dated 6/30/17, to be repurchased on 7/3/17, repurchase price $30,002,900 (collateralized by U.S. government agency obligations 4.50% 5/20/47; market value $30,600,001)

    30,000,000       30,000,000  

Morgan Stanley & Co.

1.01%, dated 6/30/17, to be repurchased on 7/3/17, repurchase price $30,002,525 (collateralized by U.S. government obligations
0.875%–4.75% 10/15/18–2/15/37; market value $30,600,048)

    30,000,000       30,000,000  
    Principal
Amount°
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS (continued)

 

Natixis

1.08%, dated 6/30/17, to be repurchased on 7/3/17, repurchase price $20,001,800 (collateralized by U.S. government obligations
1.50%–8.125% 5/15/20–5/15/45; market value $20,400,067)

    20,000,000     $ 20,000,000  

1.10%, dated 6/30/17, to be repurchased on 7/3/17, repurchase price $6,000,550 (collateralized by U.S. government and U.S. agency obligations 1.25%–8.125% 5/31/19–4/1/47; market value $6,179,934)

    6,000,000       6,000,000  

RBC Capital Markets

1.07%, dated 6/30/17, to be repurchased on 7/3/17, repurchase price $30,002,675 (collateralized by U.S. government agency obligations 1.345%–6.911%
10/15/31–6/1/47; market value $32,188,278)

    30,000,000       30,000,000  

Societe Generale

1.10%, dated 6/30/17, to be repurchased on 7/3/17, repurchase price $11,001,008 (collateralized by U.S. government obligations 3.75% 11/15/43; market value $11,220,097)

    11,000,000       11,000,000  

TD Securities USA

1.15%, dated 6/30/17, to be repurchased on 7/3/17, repurchase price $40,003,833 (collateralized by U.S. government and U.S. agency obligations 0.00%–4.50% 7/20/17–3/20/41; market value $40,800,000)

    40,000,000       40,000,000  
   

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreements
(Cost $317,000,000)

      317,000,000  
   

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Government Money Market Fund–4


LVIP Government Money Market Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Number of
Shares
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

MONEY MARKET FUND–0.02%

   

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.91%)

    136,052     $     136,052  
   

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $136,052)

      136,052  
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.46% (Cost $718,939,930)D

       $718,939,930  

«LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.46%)

     (3,322,292
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 71,559,824 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

     $715,617,638  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND STANDARD CLASS ($461,888,115 / 46,187,672 Shares)

     $10.000  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND SERVICE CLASS ($253,729,523 / 25,372,152 Shares)

     $10.000  
  

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

     $715,596,278  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

     21,360  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

     $715,617,638  
  

 

 

 

 

 

D

Also the cost for federal income tax purposes.

 

Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate as of June 30, 2017. Interest rates reset periodically.

 

«

Includes $1,483,242 payable for fund shares redeemed, $10,500,000 payable for securities purchased and $328,578 due to manager and affiliates at June 30, 2017.

 

The rate shown is the effective yield at the time of purchase.

 

°

Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Government Money Market Fund–5


LVIP Government Money Market Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Interest

   $ 2,546,133  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     1,295,660  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     300,655  

Accounting and administration expenses

     84,912  

Shareholder servicing fees

     33,286  

Professional fees

     17,271  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     16,452  

Custodian fees

     13,760  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     9,356  

Pricing fees

     1,820  

Consulting fees

     1,610  

Other

     28,078  
  

 

 

 
     1,802,860  

Less:

  

Distribution fees waived-Service Class

     (47,465

Plus:

  

Recoupment of prior expenses reduced by the Advisor

     30,532  
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     1,785,927  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     760,206  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED LOSS FROM INVESTMENTS

     (599
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 759,607  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Government Money Market Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS

   

Net investment income

  $ 760,206     $ 199,270  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (599     23,569  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    759,607       222,839  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net investment income:

   

Standard Class

    (652,187     (125,698

Service Class

    (108,019     (73,572
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (760,206     (199,270
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

   

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    282,663,835       628,723,155  

Service Class

    150,565,060       277,204,111  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

    652,187       125,698  

Service Class

    108,019       73,572  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    433,989,101       906,126,536  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (304,917,756     (580,165,732

Service Class

    (147,907,834     (291,359,879
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (452,825,590     (871,525,611
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (18,836,489     34,600,925  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    (18,837,088     34,624,494  

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    734,454,726       699,830,232  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 715,617,638     $ 734,454,726  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

  $     $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP Government Money Market Fund–6


LVIP Government Money Market Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

        

LVIP Government Money Market Fund Standard Class

  

Six Months

Ended

6/30/171
(unaudited)

  12/31/162   12/31/15  

Year Ended

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.000     $ 10.000     $ 10.000     $ 10.000     $ 10.000     $ 10.000

Income from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income

       0.015       0.003       0.002       0.003       0.002       0.003
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.015       0.003       0.002       0.003       0.002       0.003
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

       (0.015 )       (0.003 )       (0.002 )       (0.003 )       (0.002 )       (0.003 )

Net realized gain

                                     3
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

       (0.015 )       (0.003 )       (0.002 )       (0.003 )       (0.002 )       (0.003 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.000     $ 10.000     $ 10.000     $ 10.000     $ 10.000     $ 10.000
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       0.15%       0.03%       0.02%       0.03%       0.02%       0.03%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 461,888     $ 483,490     $ 434,793     $ 482,693     $ 447,167     $ 429,048

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

       0.45%       0.37%       0.17%       0.12%       0.17%       0.20%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed/recouped

       0.44%       0.44%       0.43%       0.41%       0.44%       0.43%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets5

       0.30%       0.04%       0.02%       0.03%       0.02%       0.03%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed/recouped

       0.31%       (0.03% )       (0.24% )       (0.26% )       (0.25% )       (0.20% )

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Commencing April 1, 2016, BlackRock Advisors, LLC replaced Delaware Investments Fund Advisers, a series of Delaware Management Business Trust, as the Fund’s Sub-adviser.

 

3

For the year ended December 31, 2012, net realized gain distributions of $1,804, was made by the Fund’s Standard Class, which calculated to de minimis amount of $0.000 per share.

 

4

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

The Fund recouped management fees during the six months ended June 30, 2017, which increased the Ratio of expenses to average net assets and decreased Ratio of net investment income to average net assets by 0.01%.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Government Money Market Fund–7


LVIP Government Money Market Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Government Money Market Fund Service Class
    

Six Months

Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)

  12/31/162   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
 

12/31/13

 

12/31/12

            

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.000     $ 10.000     $ 10.000     $ 10.000     $ 10.000     $ 10.000

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment income

       0.004       0.003       0.002       0.003       0.002       0.003
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.004       0.003       0.002       0.003       0.002       0.003
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

            

Net investment income

       (0.004 )       (0.003 )       (0.002 )       (0.003 )       (0.002 )       (0.003 )

Net realized gain

                                     3
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

       (0.004 )       (0.003 )       (0.002 )       (0.003 )       (0.002 )       (0.003 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.000     $ 10.000     $ 10.000     $ 10.000     $ 10.000     $ 10.000
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       0.04%       0.03%       0.02%       0.03%       0.02%       0.03%

Ratios and supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 253,730     $ 250,965     $ 265,037     $ 283,668     $ 302,807     $ 351,557

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

       0.66%       0.38%       0.17%       0.12%       0.17%       0.20%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed/recouped

       0.69%       0.69%       0.68%       0.66%       0.69%       0.68%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets5

       0.09%       0.03%       0.02%       0.03%       0.02%       0.03%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed/recouped

       0.06%       (0.28% )       (0.49% )       (0.51% )       (0.50% )       (0.45% )

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Commencing April 1, 2016, BlackRock Advisors, LLC replaced Delaware Investments Fund Advisers, a series of Delaware Management Business Trust, as the Fund’s Sub-adviser.

 

3

For the year ended December 31, 2012, net realized gain distributions of $1,528, was made by the Fund’s Service Class, which calculated to de minimis amount of $0.000 per share.

 

4

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects waivers by the manager and distributor. Performance would have been lower had the waivers not been in effect.

 

5 

The Fund recouped management fees during the six months ended June 30, 2017, which increased the Ratio of expenses to average net assets and decreased Ratio of net investment income to average net assets by 0.01%.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Government Money Market Fund–8


LVIP Government Money Market Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Government Money Market Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to maximize current income while (i) maintaining a stable value of your shares (providing stability of net asset value “NAV”) and (ii) preserving the value of your initial investment (preservation of capital).

The Fund pursues its objective by investing at least 99.5% of its total assets in cash, government securities (which include U.S. Treasury bills, notes and other obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. Government or its agencies or instrumentalities), and/or repurchase agreements secured by such obligations or cash. The yield of the Fund is not directly tied to the federal funds rate. The Fund invests in a portfolio of securities maturing in 397 days or less (with certain exceptions) that will have a dollar-weighted average maturity of 60 days or less and a dollar-weighted average life of 120 days or less. The Fund may invest in variable or floating rate instruments, and transact in securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis. As a government money market fund, the Fund will (i) be permitted to use the amortized cost method of valuation to seek to maintain a $10.00 share price and (ii) will not be subject to a liquidity fee and/or a redemption gate on Fund redemptions. The Board of Trustees (“Board”) has reserved its ability to change this policy with respect to liquidity fees and/or redemption gates, but such change would become effective only after shareholders are provided with specific advance notice of the change.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Securities are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value and is permitted under Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. This method involves valuing a portfolio security initially at its cost and thereafter adjusting for amortization of premium or accretion of discount to maturity. Significant inputs to the amortization cost method include purchase cost security, premium or discount at the purchase date and time to maturity. Open-end investment companies are valued at published NAV. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income and common expenses are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of “settled shares” of each class in relation to the net assets of the Fund. Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

 

LVIP Government Money Market Fund–9


LVIP Government Money Market Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Repurchase Agreements–The Fund may purchase certain U.S. government securities subject to the counterparty’s agreement to repurchase them at an agreed upon date and price. The counterparty will be required on a daily basis to maintain the value of the collateral subject to the agreement at not less than the repurchase price (including accrued interest). The agreements are conditioned upon the collateral being deposited under the Federal Reserve book-entry system with the Fund’s custodian or a third-party sub-custodian. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings. All open repurchase agreements as of the date of this report were entered into on June 30, 2017, and matured on the next business day.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i. e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. The Fund declares dividends daily from net investment income and pays such dividends daily. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.48% of the first $200 million of the Fund’s average daily net assets; 0.40% of the next $200 million; and 0.30% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $400 million. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 19,498  

Legal

     4,705  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $12,140 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

LIAC may waive or reimburse its management fee, and LFD may waive or reimburse any 12b-1 Fee, in order to maintain a positive net yield for the Fund. These voluntary waivers and reimbursements may be modified or terminated at any time, without notice. Amounts waived or reimbursed may be recouped for a period of up to 36 months from the date of the waiver or reimbursement, provided that the amount of such recoupment may not exceed the amounts waived or reimbursed and may not cause any Class of the Fund to maintain a negative net yield. Recoupment is further limited to no more than 50% of the Fund’s excess return above a minimum yield of 0.10%. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, LIAC recouped $30,532 in previously waived management fees. The following table summarizes the remaining amounts of waivers or reimbursements that may be recouped and the fiscal years in which they expire:

 

LVIP Government Money Market Fund–10


LVIP Government Money Market Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

     Recoupment      Expiration Date         
     6/30/17      7/1/17 -12/31/17      2018      2019      2020      Total  

LFD

   $      $ 389,567      $ 672,703      $ 702,507      $ 47,465      $ 1,812,242  

LIAC

     30,532        1,106,023        1,842,491        440,076               3,388,590  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 30,532      $ 1,495,590      $ 2,515,194      $ 1,142,583      $ 47,465      $ 5,200,832  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 247,990  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     51,876  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     16,572  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     12,140  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

Level 1–

 

inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–

 

other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–

 

inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Total  

Investments:

        

Assets:

        

Agency Obligations

   $      $ 373,773,287      $ 373,773,287  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

            28,030,591        28,030,591  

Repurchase Agreements

            317,000,000        317,000,000  

Money Market Fund

     136,052               136,052  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 136,052      $ 718,803,878      $ 718,939,930  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

 

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LVIP Government Money Market Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
     Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

     

Standard Class

     28,266,383        62,872,317  

Service Class

     15,056,506        27,720,412  

Shares reinvested:

     

Standard Class

     65,219        12,570  

Service Class

     10,802        7,357  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     43,398,910        90,612,656  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

     

Standard Class

     (30,491,775      (58,016,574

Service Class

     (14,790,784      (29,135,988
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (45,282,559      (87,152,562
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (1,883,649      3,460,094  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

5. Credit and Market Risk

Treasury obligations may differ in their interest rates, maturities, times of issuance and other characteristics. Obligations of U.S. Government agencies and authorities are supported by varying degrees of credit but may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. No assurance can be given that the U.S. Government will provide financial support to its agencies and authorities if it is not obligated by law to do so.

Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of a security will not be able to make payments of principal and interest when due. Changes in an issuer’s credit rating or the market’s perception of an issuer’s creditworthiness may also affect the value of the Fund’s investment in that issuer.

When interest rates rise, fixed income securities (i.e., debt obligations) generally will decline in value. These declines in value are greater for fixed income securities with longer maturities or durations.

If the other party to a repurchase agreement or purchase and sale contract defaults on its obligation under the agreement, the Fund may suffer delays and incur costs or lose money in exercising its rights under the agreement. If the seller fails to repurchase the security in either situation and the market value of the security declines, the Fund may lose money.

An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $10.00 per share, it is possible to lose money investing in the Fund.

6. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

7. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

8. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund

 

Index

  

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Sector Allocation

     2  

Schedule of Investments

     3  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     4  

Statement of Operations

     5  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     5  

Financial Highlights

     6  

Notes to Financial Statements

     8  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,050.50       0.07%       $0.36  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,048.70       0.42%       2.13  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,024.45       0.07%       $0.35  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.71       0.42%       2.11  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies (“Underlying Funds”). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

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LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Affiliated Investments

     93.03

Equity Funds

     93.03

Unaffiliated Investment

     6.87

Money Market Fund

     6.87

Total Value of Securities

     99.90

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.10

Total Net Assets

     100.00

    

 

 

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LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–93.03%

 

Equity Funds–93.03%

   

*Invesco V.I. Core Equity Fund

    2,417,303     $ 90,092,871  

*Invesco V.I. Diversified Dividend Fund

    3,262,283       88,995,073  

**Invesco V.I. Equity and Income Fund

    6,506,289       120,301,289  
   

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $278,993,519)

      299,389,233  
   

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENT–6.87%

 

Money Market Fund–6.87%

   

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

    22,127,619     $   22,127,619  
   

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investment
(Cost $22,127,619)

      22,127,619  
   

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.90% (Cost $301,121,138)

     321,516,852  

RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.10%

     309,255  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 29,308,839 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $   321,826,107  
  

 

 

 

 

 

*

Series I Shares.

 

**

Series II Shares.

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

   Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
     Notional
Value
     Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Currency Contracts:

 

           

7

   British Pound    $ 561,334      $ 570,719        9/19/17      $ 9,385      $  

6

   Euro      850,405        860,025        9/19/17        9,620         

6

   Japanese Yen      689,205        668,250        9/19/17               (20,955
              

 

 

    

 

 

 
                 19,005        (20,955
              

 

 

    

 

 

 

Equity Contracts:

              

2

   E-mini Russell 2000 Index      139,963        141,430        9/18/17        1,467         

105

   E-mini S&P 500 Index      12,737,707        12,709,725        9/18/17               (27,982

11

   E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index      1,942,655        1,920,710        9/18/17               (21,945

24

   Euro STOXX 50 Index      974,213        940,492        9/18/17               (33,721

6

   FTSE 100 Index      581,129        565,979        9/18/17               (15,150

3

   Nikkei 225 Index (OSE)      536,522        533,985        9/8/17               (2,537
              

 

 

    

 

 

 
                 1,467        (101,335
              

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

 

         $ 20,472      $ (122,290
              

 

 

    

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

FTSE–Financial Times Stock Exchange

OSE–Osaka Securities Exchange

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund–3


LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

ASSETS:

  

Affiliated investments, at value

   $ 299,389,233  

Unaffiliated investment, at value

     22,127,619  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

     321,516,852  

Cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts

     515,460  

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at value

     272,796  

Receivable for fund shares sold

     42,733  

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

     20,472  

Expense reimbursement receivable from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation

     17,785  

Foreign currencies, at value

     17,238  

Receivable for investments sold

     15,128  

Dividends receivable from investments

     14,254  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     322,432,718  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

  

Cash due to custodian

     318,397  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

     122,290  

Due to manager and affiliates

     121,034  

Other accrued expenses payable

     23,531  

Payable for fund shares redeemed

     21,359  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     606,611  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 321,826,107  
  

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

   $ 278,993,519  

Unaffiliated investment, at cost

     22,127,619  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

   $ 301,121,138  
  

 

 

 

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at cost

   $ 272,796  
  

 

 

 

Foreign currencies, at cost

   $ 17,238  
  

 

 

 

Standard Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 2,008,832  

Shares Outstanding

     182,650  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 10.998  

Service Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 319,817,275  

Shares Outstanding

     29,126,189  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 10.980  

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 298,099,717  

Accumulated net investment loss

     (540,633

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

     3,973,148  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and derivatives

     20,293,875  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 321,826,107  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund–4


LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends from unaffiliated investment

   $ 59,993  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     909,656  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     527,264  

Accounting and administration expenses

     25,618  

Professional fees

     18,142  

Shareholder servicing fees

     15,447  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     11,751  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     3,961  

Custodian fees

     2,489  

Consulting fees

     2,123  

Pricing fees

     140  

Other

     1,070  
  

 

 

 
     1,517,661  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (833,851

Expenses reimbursed

     (50,420
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     633,390  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT LOSS

     (573,397
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Sale of affiliated investments

     (478,038

Foreign currencies

     8,040  

Futures contracts

     1,319,850  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     849,852  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Affiliated investments

     14,062,303  

Foreign currencies

     8  

Futures contracts

     (74,716
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     13,987,595  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     14,837,447  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 14,264,050  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (573,397   $ 2,050,313  

Net realized gain

    849,852       3,261,544  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    13,987,595       16,419,455  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    14,264,050       21,731,312  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net investment income:

   

Standard Class

          (19,662

Service Class

          (2,033,727

Net realized gain:

   

Standard Class

          (23,938

Service Class

          (3,138,645
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (5,215,972
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

   

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    117,386       1,144,376  

Service Class

    46,577,001       146,014,786  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          43,600  

Service Class

          5,172,372  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    46,694,387       152,375,134  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (55,041     (445,417

Service Class

    (14,757,204     (14,424,247
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (14,812,245     (14,869,664
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    31,882,142       137,505,470  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

    46,146,192       154,020,810  

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    275,679,915       121,659,105  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 321,826,107     $ 275,679,915  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (Accumulated) net investment income (loss)

  $ (540,633   $ 32,764  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund–5


LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

   

LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund  Standard Class

 

   

Six months

Ended

6/30/171

 

Year Ended

 

5/1/143

to

    (unaudited)   12/31/162   12/31/15   12/31/14
   

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.469     $ 9.661     $ 10.341     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

               

Net investment income (loss)4

      (0.002 )       0.143       0.226       0.154

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.531       0.926       (0.725 )       0.306
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.529       1.069       (0.499 )       0.460
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

               

Net investment income

            (0.114 )       (0.181 )       (0.079 )

Net realized gain

            (0.147 )             (0.040 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.261 )       (0.181 )       (0.119 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.998     $ 10.469     $ 9.661     $ 10.341
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

      5.05%       11.14%       (4.84% )       4.59%

Ratios and supplemental data:

               

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 2,009     $ 1,851     $ 983     $ 566

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

      0.07%       0.07%       0.07%       0.07%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

      0.65%       0.67%       0.72%       1.11%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

      (0.03% )       1.43%       2.21%       2.22%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      (0.61% )       0.83%       1.56%       1.18%

Portfolio turnover

      2%       5%       4%       7%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund–6


LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

   

LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund  Service Class

 

   

Six months

Ended

6/30/171

 

Year Ended

 

5/1/143

to

    (unaudited)   12/31/162   12/31/15   12/31/14
   

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.470     $ 9.664     $ 10.343     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

               

Net investment income (loss)4

      (0.020 )       0.108       0.189       0.130

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.530       0.923       (0.723 )       0.306
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.510       1.031       (0.534 )       0.436
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

               

Net investment income

            (0.078 )       (0.145 )       (0.053 )

Net realized gain

            (0.147 )             (0.040 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.225 )       (0.145 )       (0.093 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.980     $ 10.470     $ 9.664     $ 10.343
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

      4.87%       10.75%       (5.17% )       4.36%

Ratios and supplemental data:

               

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 319,817     $ 273,829     $ 120,676     $ 32,068

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

      0.42%       0.42%       0.42%       0.42%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

      1.00%       1.02%       1.07%       1.46%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

      (0.38% )       1.08%       1.86%       1.87%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      (0.96% )       0.48%       1.21%       0.83%

Portfolio turnover

      2%       5%       4%       7%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in other open-end investment companies, primarily the Invesco Funds (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Fund is advised by Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”). The Invesco Funds, which are advised by an unaffiliated adviser, invest in stocks and bonds. In addition to investment company investments, the Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments, and employs an actively managed risk-management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation and current income.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2014–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

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LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

LIAC is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.60% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.55% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC.

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses (excluding Underlying Fund fees and expenses) exceed 0.07% of the average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.42% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s volatility management overlay. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 8,465  

Legal

     2,044  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $8,448 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivables due from or liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 17,785  

Management fees payable to LIAC

     13,189  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     91,747  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     8,448  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     7,650  

 

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LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

Affiliated investments, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers’ whereby the Fund held 5% or more of the issuers’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds). Affiliated investments of the Fund and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/16
   Purchases    Sales    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Value
6/30/17
   Dividends    Capital Gain
Distributions

Invesco V.I. Core Equity Fund

     $ 76,380,461      $ 10,064,543      $ 2,679,745      $ (362,236 )     $ 6,689,848      $ 90,092,871      $      $

Invesco V.I. Diversified Dividend Fund

       77,552,390        10,152,673        1,493,268        (3,007 )       2,786,285        88,995,073              

Invesco V.I. Equity and Income Fund

       102,490,722        15,197,378        1,860,186        (112,795 )       4,586,170        120,301,289              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

     $ 256,423,573      $ 35,414,594      $ 6,033,199      $ (478,038 )     $ 14,062,303      $ 299,389,233      $      $
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

     $35,414,594  

Sales

     6,033,199  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 301,121,138  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 20,395,714  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

      
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 20,395,714  
  

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

Level 1–

 

inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–

 

other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–

 

inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

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LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

Assets:

  

Affiliated Investments

   $ 299,389,233  

Unaffiliated Investment

     22,127,619  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 321,516,852  
  

 

 

 

Derivatives:

  

Assets:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ 20,472  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ (122,290
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
     Year
Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

     

Standard Class

     10,918        115,377  

Service Class

     4,338,147        14,593,022  

Shares reinvested:

     

Standard Class

            4,261  

Service Class

            507,492  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     4,349,065        15,220,152  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

     

Standard Class

     (5,103      (44,542

Service Class

     (1,366,006      (1,433,230
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (1,371,109      (1,477,772
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase

     2,977,956        13,742,380  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

 

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LVIP Invesco Diversified Equity-Income Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    Asset Derivatives   Liability Derivatives
    Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location   Fair Value   Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location   Fair Value

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

     
Unrealized appreciation
on futures contracts

    $ 19,005      
Unrealized depreciation
on futures contracts

    $ (20,955 )

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

     
Unrealized appreciation
on futures contracts

      1,467      
Unrealized depreciation
on futures contracts

      (101,335 )
       

 

 

         

 

 

 

Total

        $ 20,472         $ (122,290 )
       

 

 

         

 

 

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain (Loss)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
   Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts      $ 78,768      $ 19,227

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts        1,241,082        (93,943 )
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

        $ 1,319,850      $ (74,716 )
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
     Short Derivative
Volume
 

Futures contracts (average notional value)

     $17,722,311        $—      

6. Market Risk

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund

 

Index

  

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Sector Allocation

     2  

Schedule of Investments

     3  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     4  

Statement of Operations

     5  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     5  

Financial Highlights

     6  

Notes to Financial Statements

     8  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund

 

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) Fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
   

Expenses

Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*

 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,065.00       0.14%       $0.72  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,063.20       0.49%       2.51  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,024.10       0.14%       $0.70  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.36       0.49%       2.46  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies (“Underlying Funds”). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial statements for the underlying funds can be found at www.sec.gov

 

 

LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund–1


LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Affiliated Investment

     65.08%  

Equity Fund

     65.08%  

Unaffiliated Investments

     34.92%  

Equity Fund

     28.08%  

Money Market Fund

     6.84%  

Total Value of Securities

     100.00%  

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.00%  

Total Net Assets

     100.00%  

    

 

 

LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund–2


LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENT–65.08%

 

Equity Fund–65.08%

     

*Invesco V.I. Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund

     4,811,551      $ 89,542,968  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment
(Cost $79,004,294)

        89,542,968  
     

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–34.92%

 

Equity Fund–28.08%

     

*Invesco V.I. Comstock Fund

     1,998,848        38,637,740  
     

 

 

 
        38,637,740  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Money Market Fund–6.84%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     9,409,461      $ 9,409,461  
     

 

 

 
        9,409,461  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $43,407,607)

        48,047,201  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.00% (Cost $122,411,901)

     137,590,169  

RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.00%

     2,114  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 13,213,984 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 137,592,283  
  

 

 

 

 

*

Series I Shares.

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

   Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
     Notional
Value
     Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Equity Contracts:

           

47

  

E-mini S&P 500 Index

     $5,702,240        $5,689,115        9/18/17        $(13,125

13

  

E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index

     2,295,564        2,269,930        9/18/17        (25,634

  2

  

Euro STOXX 50 Index

     81,184        78,374        9/18/17        (2,810
              

 

 

 

Total

                 $(41,569
              

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represents the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund–3


LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

ASSETS:

    

Affiliated investment, at value

     $ 89,542,968

Unaffiliated investments, at value

       48,047,201
    

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

       137,590,169

Cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts

       297,807

Foreign currencies collateral, held at broker for future contracts, at value

       42,571

Receivable for fund shares sold

       20,889

Expenses reimbursement from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation

       17,917

Dividends receivable from investments

       6,065

Receivable for investments sold

       2,918

Foreign currencies, at value

       685
    

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

       137,979,021
    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

    

Payable for fund shares redeemed

       167,920

Other accrued expenses payable

       112,762

Due to manager and affiliates

       64,487

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

       41,569
    

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

       386,738
    

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

     $ 137,592,283
    

 

 

 

Affiliated investment, at cost

     $ 79,004,294

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

       43,407,607
    

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

     $ 122,411,901
    

 

 

 

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at cost

     $ 42,571
    

 

 

 

Foreign currencies, at cost

     $ 686
    

 

 

 

Standard Class:

    

Net Assets

     $ 92,852

Shares Outstanding

       8,902

Net Asset Value Per Share

     $ 10.430 *

Service Class:

    

Net Assets

     $ 137,499,431

Shares Outstanding

       13,205,082

Net Asset Value Per Share

     $ 10.413

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

    

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

     $ 133,972,462

Accumulated net investment loss

       (280,823 )

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

       (11,236,054 )

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

       15,136,698
    

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

     $ 137,592,283
    

 

 

 

 

* Net Asset Value Per Share does not recalculate exactly, due to rounding.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund–4


LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends from unaffiliated investments

   $ 26,061  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     435,726  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     234,463  

Accounting and administration expenses

     19,815  

Professional fees

     18,387  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     8,851  

Shareholder servicing fees

     6,607  

Consulting fees

     1,948  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     1,809  

Custodian fees

     1,565  

Pricing fees

     48  

Other

     711  
  

 

 

 
     729,930  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (341,877

Expenses reimbursed

     (59,741
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     328,312  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT LOSS

     (302,251
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain from:

  

Sale of affiliated investment

     155,149  

Sale of unaffiliated investments

     28,820  

Foreign currencies

     418  

Futures contracts

     558,959  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     743,346  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Affiliated investment

     6,574,550  

Unaffiliated investments

     1,233,270  

Foreign currencies

     1  

Futures contracts

     5,036  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     7,812,857  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     8,556,203  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 8,253,952  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (302,251   $ 505,354  

Net realized gain (loss)

    743,346       (6,079,772

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    7,812,857       13,358,213  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    8,253,952       7,783,795  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net investment income:

   

Standard Class

          (838

Service Class

          (833,106
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (833,944
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

   

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    614       3,300  

Service Class

    7,851,871       23,912,333  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          838  

Service Class

          833,106  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    7,852,485       24,749,577  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (1,540     (7,714

Service Class

    (11,218,996     (18,381,123
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (11,220,536     (18,388,837
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (3,368,051     6,360,740  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

    4,885,901       13,310,591  

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    132,706,382       119,395,791  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 137,592,283     $ 132,706,382  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (accumulated) net investment income (loss)

  $ (280,823   $ 21,428  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund–5


LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund Standard Class
    Six Months            
    Ended           1/2/143
    6/30/171   Year Ended   to
    (unaudited)   12/31/162   12/31/15   12/31/14
   

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 9.794     $ 9.307     $ 10.376     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

               

Net investment income (loss)4

      (0.005 )       0.070       0.213       0.187

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.641       0.511       (1.104 )       0.298
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.636       0.581       (0.891 )       0.485
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

               

Net investment income

            (0.094 )       (0.178 )       (0.109 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.094 )       (0.178 )       (0.109 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.430     $ 9.794     $ 9.307     $ 10.376
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

      6.50%       6.24%       (8.59% )       4.85%

Ratios and supplemental data:

               

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 93     $ 88     $ 87     $ 90

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

      0.14%       0.10%       0.00%       0.00%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

      0.74%       0.75%       0.76%       0.84%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

      (0.10% )       0.75%       2.12%       1.84%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      (0.70% )       0.10%       1.36%       1.00%

Portfolio turnover

      4%       84%       10%       10%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund–6


LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund Service Class
     Six Months            
     Ended           1/2/143
     6/30/171   Year Ended   to
     (unaudited)   12/31/162   12/31/15   12/31/14
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 9.794     $ 9.310     $ 10.377     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)4

       (0.023 )       0.037       0.177       0.155

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.642       0.509       (1.101 )       0.294
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.619       0.546       (0.924 )       0.449
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                

Net investment income

             (0.062 )       (0.143 )       (0.072 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.062 )       (0.143 )       (0.072 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.413     $ 9.794     $ 9.310     $ 10.377
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

       6.32%       5.86%       (8.91% )       4.49%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 137,499     $ 132,618     $ 119,309     $ 75,250

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

       0.49%       0.45%       0.35%       0.35%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

       1.09%       1.10%       1.11%       1.19%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.45% )       0.40%       1.77%       1.49%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (1.05% )       (0.25% )       1.01%       0.65%

Portfolio turnover

       4%       84%       10%       10%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund–7


LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all its assets in other open-end investment companies, primarily the Invesco V.I. Comstock Fund and the Invesco V.I. Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Fund is advised by Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) and the Underlying Funds are advised by an unaffiliated adviser. The Invesco V.I. Comstock Fund, invests at least 80% of its assets in common stocks and in derivatives and other instruments that have economic characteristics of such securities. The Invesco V.I. Comstock Fund generally holds up to 10% of its net assets in high-quality short-term debt securities and in investment grade corporate debt securities to provide liquidity. The Invesco V.I. Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of common stocks represented in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Price Index. The Invesco V.I. Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund invests in each common stock included in the S&P 500® Index in approximately equal proportions. In addition to investment company investments, the Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market investments, and employs an actively managed risk-management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax return to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2014–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

 

LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund–8


LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.65% of average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. This fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.51% of average daily net assets of the Fund. This agreement will continue at least through April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC.

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses (excluding Underlying Fund fees and expenses) exceed 0.14% of average daily net assets for the Standard Class (and 0.49% for the Service Class). This agreement will continue at least through April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s volatility management overlay. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 3,835  

Legal

     926  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations..

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $5,910 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class shares. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation, or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

 

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LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

 

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivables due from or liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 17,917  

Management fees payable to LIAC

     15,808  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     39,494  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     5,910  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     3,275  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

Affiliated investments, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers whereby the Fund held 5% or more of the issuers’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds). Affiliated investments of the Fund and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

    Value
12/31/16
  Purchases   Sales   Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
  Value
6/30/17
  Dividends   Capital Gain
Distributions

Invesco V.I. Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund

  $86,226,377   $2,485,584   $5,898,692   $155,149   $6,754,550   $89,542,968   $—   $—

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 4,714,123  

Sales

     7,968,984  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated because final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for federal income tax purposes for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 122,411,901  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 15,178,268  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

      
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 15,178,268  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss. As of December 31,2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

Post Enactment Losses (No Expiration)

Short-Term

  Long-Term   Total
$4,627,727   $6,737,276   $11,365,003

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable

 

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LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3. Investments (continued)

 

for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

Assets:

  

Affiliated Investment

   $ 89,542,968  

Unaffiliated Investments

     48,047,201  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 137,590,169  
  

 

 

 

Derivatives:

  

Liabilities:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ (41,569
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments.

The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     61       359  

Service Class

     770,227       2,613,380  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           85  

Service Class

           84,876  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     770,288       2,698,700  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (151     (797

Service Class

     (1,105,591     (1,973,345
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (1,105,742     (1,974,142
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (335,454     724,558  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce costs. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between

 

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LVIP Invesco Select Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

 

Liability Derivatives

    

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

  Fair Value  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

  Fair Value

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts   $—   Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts   $(41,569)

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain (Loss)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
   Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts    $558,959    $5,036

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long
Derivative
Volume
   Short
Derivative
Volume

Futures contracts (average notional value)

   $7,911,017    $—

6. Market Risk

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

   LOGO
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

 

Index

  

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Credit Quality Breakdown

     2  

Statement of Net Assets

     3  

Statement of Operations

     18  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     18  

Financial Highlights

     19  

Notes to Financial Statements

     21  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

 

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,039.20       0.66%       $3.34      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,038.00       0.91%       4.60      

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,021.52       0.66%       $3.31      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,020.28       0.91%       4.56      

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Credit Quality Breakdown (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Convertible Bonds

     0.03%  

Corporate Bonds

     91.21%  

Aerospace & Defense

     1.82%  

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.18%  

Airlines

     0.22%  

Auto Components

     1.46%  

Automobiles

     0.25%  

Banks

     1.85%  

Beverages

     0.13%  

Biotechnology

     0.08%  

Building Products

     0.22%  

Capital Markets

     0.20%  

Chemicals

     2.94%  

Commercial Services & Supplies

     2.36%  

Communications Equipment

     1.11%  

Construction & Engineering

     1.02%  

Construction Materials

     1.76%  

Consumer Finance

     1.56%  

Containers & Packaging

     1.65%  

Diversified Consumer Services

     0.16%  

Diversified Financial Services

     0.68%  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     5.31%  

Electric Utilities

     0.00%  

Electrical Equipment

     0.25%  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     0.08%  

Energy Equipment & Services

     2.63%  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     1.70%  

Food & Staples Retailing

     1.89%  

Food Products

     1.79%  

Gas Utilities

     0.19%  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     0.50%  

Health Care Providers & Services

     6.45%  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     4.01%  

Household Durables

     0.72%  

Household Products

     0.69%  

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     2.65%  

Industrial Conglomerates

     0.45%  

Insurance

     0.69%  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     0.19%  

Internet Software & Services

     0.11%  

IT Services

     1.19%  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     0.32%  

Machinery

     1.36%  

Marine

     0.23%  

Media

     9.46%  
Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Metals & Mining

     5.15%  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts

     0.08%  

Multiline Retail

     0.42%  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     9.19%  

Paper & Forest Products

     0.25%  

Personal Products

     0.14%  

Pharmaceuticals

     2.68%  

Professional Services

     0.46%  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     0.84%  

Software

     1.70%  

Specialty Retail

     1.10%  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.93%  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     0.00%  

Thrift & Mortgage Finance

     0.16%  

Trading Companies & Distributors

     1.77%  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     3.83%  

Loan Agreements

     3.98%  

Common Stock

     0.52%  

Preferred Stock

     0.94%  

Right

     0.03%  

Warrants

     0.00%  

Money Market Fund

     2.68%  

Total Value of Securities

     99.39%  

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.61%  

Total Net Assets

     100.00%  

IT–Information Technology

  

Credit Quality Breakdown

(as a % of fixed income investments)*

        

A

     0.06%  

BBB

     7.96%  

BB

     46.78%  

B

     34.96%  

CCC

     6.40%  

Not Rated

     3.84%  

Total

     100.00%  

*For financial reporting purposes, credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either Standard & Poor’s Rating Services (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or Fitch Inc. (“Fitch”). “Not Rated” is used to classify securities for which a rating is not available and does not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

 

 

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LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    Principal
Amount°
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CONVERTIBLE BONDS–0.03%

 

Liberty Interactive 3.75% exercise price $947.47, maturity date 2/15/30

    138,000     $ 92,460  

Liberty Interactive 4.00% exercise price $927.52, maturity date 11/15/29

    192,000       129,600  
   

 

 

 

Total Convertible Bonds
(Cost $209,157)

      222,060  
   

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS–91.21%

 

 

Aerospace & Defense–1.82%

   

Arconic

   

5.125% 10/1/24

    1,025,000       1,068,563  

5.40% 4/15/21

    768,000       809,280  

5.87% 2/23/22

    1,574,000       1,692,050  

Bombardier

   

#144A 6.00% 10/15/22

    1,232,000       1,236,620  

#144A 6.125% 1/15/23

    1,956,000       1,965,780  

#144A 7.50% 3/15/25

    1,643,000       1,708,720  

#144A 7.75% 3/15/20

    112,000       120,820  

#144A 8.75% 12/1/21

    840,000       934,500  

Orbital ATK

   

5.25% 10/1/21

    400,000       414,000  

5.50% 10/1/23

    505,000       534,037  

TransDigm

   

5.50% 10/15/20

    500,000       510,625  

6.00% 7/15/22

    1,956,000       2,019,570  

6.375% 6/15/26

    632,000       643,060  

6.50% 7/15/24

    175,000       181,125  

6.50% 5/15/25

    1,082,000       1,103,640  
   

 

 

 
      14,942,390  
   

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics–0.18%

 

XPO Logistics

   

#144A 6.125% 9/1/23

    400,000       418,000  

#144A 6.50% 6/15/22

    1,025,000       1,080,094  
   

 

 

 
      1,498,094  
   

 

 

 

Airlines–0.22%

   

#American Airlines Group 144A
5.50% 10/1/19

    300,000       317,430  

United Continental Holdings
5.00% 2/1/24

    1,480,000       1,507,750  
   

 

 

 
      1,825,180  
   

 

 

 

Auto Components–1.46%

   

American Axle & Manufacturing

   

#144A 6.25% 4/1/25

    2,190,000       2,140,725  

#144A 6.50% 4/1/27

    2,199,000       2,144,025  

6.625% 10/15/22

    76,000       78,280  

Dana 5.50% 12/15/24

    422,000       439,935  

#Dana Financing Luxembourg 144A 5.75% 4/15/25

    987,000       1,024,013  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber
4.875% 3/15/27

    2,331,000       2,371,792  
    Principal
Amount°
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Auto Components (continued)

   

Goodyear Tire & Rubber (continued)

   

5.00% 5/31/26

    1,060,000     $ 1,099,750  

5.125% 11/15/23

    885,000       929,250  

#JB Poindexter 144A 9.00% 4/1/22

    609,000       640,211  

Tenneco 5.375% 12/15/24

    296,000       307,100  

#ZF North America Capital 144A
4.75% 4/29/25

    817,000       864,999  
   

 

 

 
      12,040,080  
   

 

 

 

Automobiles–0.25%

   

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
5.25% 4/15/23

    2,034,000       2,077,223  

=‡Motors Liquidation 8.80% 3/1/21

    425,000       0  
   

 

 

 
      2,077,223  
   

 

 

 

Banks–1.85%

   

•Barclays 8.25% 12/29/49

    1,085,000       1,152,813  

CIT Group

   

5.00% 8/15/22

    2,835,000       3,061,800  

5.375% 5/15/20

    500,000       539,375  

•Citigroup 6.25% 12/29/49

    660,000       733,013  

#•Credit Agricole 144A
8.125% 12/29/49

    784,000       913,536  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group

   

5.125% 5/28/24

    1,250,000       1,314,994  

6.10% 6/10/23

    3,304,000       3,645,075  

6.125% 12/15/22

    2,370,000       2,597,781  

•7.50% 12/29/49

    908,000       939,326  

•8.625% 12/29/49

    335,000       365,987  
   

 

 

 
      15,263,700  
   

 

 

 

Beverages–0.13%

   

#Cott Holdings 144A 5.50% 4/1/25

    1,016,000       1,038,860  
   

 

 

 
      1,038,860  
   

 

 

 

Biotechnology–0.08%

   

Concordia International

   

#‡144A 7.00% 4/15/23

    2,596,000       389,400  

#144A 9.00% 4/1/22

    337,000       256,962  
   

 

 

 
      646,362  
   

 

 

 

Building Products–0.22%

   

#Airxcel 144A 8.50% 2/15/22

    480,000       506,400  

#NCI Building Systems 144A
8.25% 1/15/23

    730,000       792,963  

#NWH Escrow 144A 7.50% 8/1/21

    585,000       523,575  
   

 

 

 
      1,822,938  
   

 

 

 

Capital Markets–0.20%

   

•Goldman Sachs Group
5.70% 12/29/49

    594,000       618,948  

#MSCI 144A 5.25% 11/15/24

    955,000       1,017,075  
   

 

 

 
      1,636,023  
   

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund–3


LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Principal
Amount°
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Chemicals–2.94%

 

#Axalta Coating Systems 144A
4.875% 8/15/24

    560,000     $ 579,600  

Blue Cube Spinco

   

9.75% 10/15/23

    1,802,000       2,189,430  

10.00% 10/15/25

    817,000       1,011,037  

CF Industries

   

#144A 4.50% 12/1/26

    314,000       323,458  

5.15% 3/15/34

    1,531,000       1,421,916  

5.375% 3/15/44

    236,000       211,515  

Chemours

   

5.375% 5/15/27

    215,000       222,233  

7.00% 5/15/25

    740,000       810,300  

#CVR Partners 144A 9.25% 6/15/23

    3,211,000       3,371,550  

#GCP Applied Technologies 144A
9.50% 2/1/23

    969,000       1,104,660  

Hexion 6.625% 4/15/20

    4,310,000       3,954,425  

#Koppers 144A 6.00% 2/15/25

    465,000       495,225  

Momentive Performance Materials

   

3.88% 10/24/21

    775,000       771,125  

=‡8.875% 10/15/20

    600,000       0  

NOVA Chemicals

   

#144A 4.875% 6/1/24

    660,000       658,350  

#144A 5.00% 5/1/25

    518,000       516,705  

#144A 5.25% 8/1/23

    880,000       907,500  

#144A 5.25% 6/1/27

    330,000       329,175  

#Nufarm Australia 144A 6.375% 10/15/19

    574,000       588,350  

Olin 5.125% 9/15/27

    900,000       929,250  

PolyOne 5.25% 3/15/23

    1,704,000       1,797,720  

Scotts Miracle-Gro

   

5.25% 12/15/26

    435,000       456,750  

6.00% 10/15/23

    450,000       485,325  

#Valvoline 144A 5.50% 7/15/24

    175,000       185,500  

#Venator Finance 144A
5.75% 7/15/25

    54,000       54,675  

#Versum Materials 144A
5.50% 9/30/24

    820,000       864,075  
   

 

 

 
      24,239,849  
   

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–2.36%

 

 

#ACCO Brands 144A
5.25% 12/15/24

    529,000       550,821  

#ACE Cash Express 144A
11.00% 2/1/19

    2,182,000       2,187,455  

ADT 4.125% 6/15/23

    3,633,000       3,610,294  

Covanta Holding

   

5.875% 3/1/24

    350,000       342,125  

5.875% 7/1/25

    156,000       151,710  

#GW Honos Security 144A
8.75% 5/15/25

    4,975,000       5,217,531  

Harland Clarke Holdings

   

#144A 6.875% 3/1/20

    700,000       724,500  

#144A 8.375% 8/15/22

    574,000       612,745  

#Prime Security Services Borrower 144A 9.25% 5/15/23

    5,115,000       5,571,053  

Quad/Graphics 7.00% 5/1/22

    490,000       501,432  
   

 

 

 
      19,469,666  
   

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount°
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Communications Equipment–1.11%

 

Avaya

   

#‡144A 7.00% 4/1/19

    3,092,000     $ 2,496,790  

#‡144A 10.50% 3/1/21

    862,000       88,355  

CommScope

   

#144A 5.00% 6/15/21

    928,000       952,360  

#144A 5.50% 6/15/24

    810,000       846,199  

CommScope Technologies

   

#144A 5.00% 3/15/27

    620,000       620,000  

#144A 6.00% 6/15/25

    547,000       586,657  

Goodman Networks 8.00% 5/11/22

    371,076       320,981  

Hughes Satellite Systems

   

5.25% 8/1/26

    1,301,000       1,364,424  

6.625% 8/1/26

    564,000       607,710  

Nokia

   

3.375% 6/12/22

    155,000       156,565  

4.375% 6/12/27

    155,000       158,198  

5.375% 5/15/19

    128,000       135,720  

6.625% 5/15/39

    658,000       760,812  
   

 

 

 
      9,094,771  
   

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering–1.02%

 

AECOM

   

5.125% 3/15/27

    2,230,000       2,230,000  

5.875% 10/15/24

    2,624,000       2,866,720  

MasTec 4.875% 3/15/23

    1,674,000       1,678,185  

#Tutor Perini 144A 6.875% 5/1/25

    1,559,000       1,644,745  
   

 

 

 
      8,419,650  
   

 

 

 

Construction Materials–1.76%

 

Cemex

   

#144A 5.70% 1/11/25

    2,925,000       3,111,469  

#144A 6.125% 5/5/25

    2,536,000       2,738,880  

#144A 7.75% 4/16/26

    980,000       1,123,325  

CEMEX Finance

   

#144A 6.00% 4/1/24

    200,000       213,020  

#144A 9.375% 10/12/22

    2,905,000       3,093,825  

Summit Materials

   

#144A 5.125% 6/1/25

    313,000       321,608  

6.125% 7/15/23

    2,435,000       2,562,837  

US Concrete

   

6.375% 6/1/24

    905,000       959,300  

#144A 6.375% 6/1/24

    370,000       392,200  
   

 

 

 
      14,516,464  
   

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–1.56%

 

Ally Financial

   

4.625% 5/19/22

    6,399,000       6,670,957  

4.625% 3/30/25

    700,000       719,551  

5.75% 11/20/25

    2,005,000       2,117,781  

8.00% 11/1/31

    1,430,000       1,758,900  

#FirstCash 144A 5.375% 6/1/24

    248,000       259,780  

Springleaf Finance
7.75% 10/1/21

    475,000       533,188  
 

 

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund–4


LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Principal
Amount°
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Consumer Finance (continued)

   

Springleaf Finance (continued)

   

8.25% 12/15/20

    666,000     $ 749,250  
   

 

 

 
      12,809,407  
   

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging–1.65%

   

#Ardagh Packaging Finance 144A 7.25% 5/15/24

    525,000       576,187  

Ball

   

4.375% 12/15/20

    200,000       210,750  

5.00% 3/15/22

    135,000       144,619  

5.25% 7/1/25

    1,066,000       1,180,595  

Berry Plastics

   

5.125% 7/15/23

    1,385,000       1,447,325  

5.50% 5/15/22

    500,000       521,250  

6.00% 10/15/22

    500,000       535,000  

#BWAY Holding 144A 5.50% 4/15/24

    1,180,000       1,208,025  

#Crown Americas 144A 4.25% 9/30/26

    690,000       690,000  

#Flex Acquisition 144A 6.875% 1/15/25 .

    266,000       277,139  

Graphic Packaging International 4.75% 4/15/21

    357,000       377,081  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container

   

#144A 5.00% 1/15/22

    685,000       726,956  

#144A 5.375% 1/15/25

    199,000       212,930  

#144A 5.875% 8/15/23

    105,000       115,959  

#144A 6.375% 8/15/25

    460,000       517,213  

Reynolds Group Issuer

   

#144A 5.125% 7/15/23

    850,000       884,000  

5.75% 10/15/20

    1,385,000       1,419,057  

6.875% 2/15/21

    281,939       290,045  

Sealed Air

   

#144A 4.875% 12/1/22

    360,000       384,750  

#144A 5.125% 12/1/24

    660,000       711,150  

#144A 5.25% 4/1/23

    200,000       215,500  

#144A 5.50% 9/15/25

    500,000       547,500  

#144A 6.50% 12/1/20

    355,000       397,600  
   

 

 

 
      13,590,631  
   

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services–0.16%

Service Corp International

   

5.375% 5/15/24

    700,000       741,930  

8.00% 11/15/21

    500,000       595,625  
   

 

 

 
      1,337,555  
   

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services–0.68%

#CNG Holdings 144A 9.375% 5/15/20

    1,518,000       1,351,020  

#LPL Holdings 144A 5.75% 9/15/25

    673,000       701,603  

#NFP 144A 9.00% 7/15/21

    796,000       835,442  

#Quicken Loans 144A 5.75% 5/1/25

    2,570,000       2,666,375  
   

 

 

 
      5,554,440  
   

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–5.31%

#Cincinnati Bell 144A 7.00% 7/15/24

    953,000       998,458  
    Principal
Amount°
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (continued)

 

Consolidated Communications 6.50% 10/1/22

    598,000     $ 598,000  

Embarq 7.995% 6/1/36

    9,736,000       9,882,040  

Frontier Communications 6.25% 9/15/21

    923,000       826,085  

8.50% 4/15/20

    252,000       265,545  

9.25% 7/1/21

    1,926,000       1,894,202  

10.50% 9/15/22

    700,000       671,125  

11.00% 9/15/25

    1,190,000       1,109,675  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings

   

5.50% 8/1/23

    1,520,000       1,265,400  

7.25% 4/1/19

    711,000       712,067  

7.25% 10/15/20

    1,075,000       1,021,250  

7.50% 4/1/21

    1,370,000       1,270,675  

#144A 8.00% 2/15/24

    2,326,000       2,512,080  

#144A 9.75% 7/15/25

    607,000       607,759  

Level 3 Financing

   

5.125% 5/1/23

    210,000       218,530  

5.25% 3/15/26

    1,335,000       1,388,547  

5.375% 8/15/22

    585,000       604,013  

5.375% 1/15/24

    421,000       440,471  

5.375% 5/1/25

    1,600,000       1,688,000  

Qwest 7.25% 9/15/25

    400,000       444,886  

Qwest Capital Funding 7.75% 2/15/31

    607,000       579,855  

SFR Group

   

#144A 6.00% 5/15/22

    3,325,000       3,482,937  

#144A 6.25% 5/15/24

    1,106,000       1,172,360  

#144A 7.375% 5/1/26

    1,100,000       1,197,625  

#UPCB Finance IV 144A 5.375% 1/15/25

    1,095,000       1,151,119  

#Virgin Media Finance 144A 6.375% 4/15/23

    1,760,000       1,856,800  

#Virgin Media Secured Finance 144A 5.25% 1/15/26

    455,000       475,275  

Windstream Services

   

7.50% 6/1/22

    469,000       420,927  

7.50% 4/1/23

    353,000       311,522  

7.75% 10/1/21

    1,050,000       992,250  

Zayo Group

   

#144A 5.75% 1/15/27

    1,580,000       1,657,025  

6.00% 4/1/23

    1,311,000       1,386,382  

6.375% 5/15/25

    575,000       622,794  
   

 

 

 
      43,725,679  
   

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–0.00%

   

‡Texas Competitive Electric Holdings 11.50% 10/1/20

    3,115,000       23,363  
   

 

 

 
      23,363  
   

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–0.25%

   

Sensata Technologies

   

#144A 4.875% 10/15/23

    435,000       445,331  
 

 

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund–5


LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Principal
Amount°
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

   

Electrical Equipment (continued)

   

Sensata Technologies (continued)

   

#144A 5.00% 10/1/25

    391,000     $ 410,863  

#144A 5.625% 11/1/24

    531,000       571,489  

#Sensata Technologies UK Financing 144A 6.25% 2/15/26

    597,000       653,715  
   

 

 

 
      2,081,398  
   

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–0.08%

CDW

   

5.00% 9/1/23

    259,000       270,331  

5.50% 12/1/24

    335,000       363,998  
   

 

 

 
      634,329  
   

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services–2.63%

Archrock Partners 6.00% 10/1/22

    575,000       560,625  

CSI Compressco 7.25% 8/15/22

    720,000       666,000  

Ensco

   

4.50% 10/1/24

    172,000       133,300  

5.20% 3/15/25

    316,000       258,330  

8.00% 1/31/24

    167,000       157,815  

KCA Deutag UK Finance

   

#144A 7.25% 5/15/21

    1,277,000       1,136,530  

#144A 9.875% 4/1/22

    985,000       960,375  

#Nabors Industries 144A 5.50% 1/15/23

    565,000       537,456  

Noble Holding International

   

5.25% 3/15/42

    66,000       36,630  

6.20% 8/1/40

    441,000       266,805  

7.75% 1/15/24

    547,000       435,549  

Parker Drilling

   

6.75% 7/15/22

    1,658,000       1,280,805  

7.50% 8/1/20

    493,000       428,910  

Precision Drilling

   

5.25% 11/15/24

    631,000       553,703  

6.50% 12/15/21

    226,000       222,327  

Rowan 7.375% 6/15/25

    779,000       730,313  

#‡Sea Trucks Group 144A 9.00% 3/26/18

    1,218,750       335,156  

SESI 7.125% 12/15/21

    239,000       228,843  

#Shelf Drilling Holdings 144A 9.50% 11/2/20

    2,624,311       2,558,703  

Transocean

   

5.80% 10/15/22

    615,000       573,487  

6.80% 3/15/38

    2,185,000       1,605,975  

#144A 9.00% 7/15/23

    2,020,000       2,105,850  

9.35% 12/15/41

    488,000       436,760  

#Transocean Proteus 144A 6.25% 12/1/24

    1,374,650       1,409,016  

#Trinidad Drilling 144A 6.625% 2/15/25

    229,000       218,123  

Unit 6.625% 5/15/21

    1,307,000       1,257,987  

Weatherford International

   

4.50% 4/15/22

    861,000       764,138  

5.95% 4/15/42

    526,000       412,910  

6.50% 8/1/36

    367,000       313,785  
    Principal
Amount°
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Energy Equipment & Services (continued)

 

Weatherford International (continued)

 

6.75% 9/15/40

    111,000     $ 96,015  

7.00% 3/15/38

    478,000       411,080  

7.75% 6/15/21

    164,000       165,435  

8.25% 6/15/23

    402,000       403,005  
   

 

 

 
      21,661,741  
   

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–1.70%

CyrusOne

   

#144A 5.00% 3/15/24

    671,000       692,807  

#144A 5.375% 3/15/27

    407,000       424,806  

DuPont Fabros Technology 5.875% 9/15/21

    470,000       489,681  

Equinix

   

4.875% 4/1/20

    187,000       191,792  

5.375% 1/1/22

    1,189,000       1,257,367  

5.375% 4/1/23

    500,000       521,875  

5.75% 1/1/25

    412,000       445,475  

5.875% 1/15/26

    300,000       327,843  

GLP Capital

   

5.375% 11/1/23

    1,555,000       1,696,894  

5.375% 4/15/26

    755,000       826,567  

Iron Mountain

   

5.75% 8/15/24

    1,372,000       1,406,300  

#144A 6.00% 10/1/20

    967,000       1,003,263  

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership 5.625% 5/1/24

    315,000       344,925  

Outfront Media Capital

   

5.25% 2/15/22

    336,000       349,440  

5.625% 2/15/24

    1,000,000       1,047,500  

5.875% 3/15/25

    500,000       525,625  

SBA Communications

   

4.875% 7/15/22

    683,000       705,197  

#144A 4.875% 9/1/24

    290,000       295,800  

Uniti Group

   

#144A 6.00% 4/15/23

    802,000       836,582  

#144A 7.125% 12/15/24

    550,000       546,563  

#144A 7.125% 12/15/24

    95,000       94,555  
   

 

 

 
      14,030,857  
   

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–1.89%

   

#Albertsons 144A 5.75% 3/15/25

    1,728,000       1,611,360  

#Cumberland Farms 144A 6.75% 5/1/25

    284,000       299,620  

New Albertsons

   

#144A 6.625% 6/15/24

    2,269,000       2,257,655  

6.625% 6/1/28

    844,000       772,260  

7.45% 8/1/29

    511,000       498,225  

7.75% 6/15/26

    600,000       604,500  

8.00% 5/1/31

    625,000       621,875  

8.70% 5/1/30

    106,000       108,650  

Rite Aid

   

#144A 6.125% 4/1/23

    1,236,000       1,218,233  
 

 

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund–6


LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Principal
Amount°
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

   

Food & Staples Retailing (continued)

   

Rite Aid (continued)

   

6.75% 6/15/21

    172,000     $ 177,504  

SUPERVALU

   

6.75% 6/1/21

    2,039,000       2,008,415  

7.75% 11/15/22

    4,725,000       4,618,687  

#Tops Holding 144A 8.00% 6/15/22

    878,000       725,447  
   

 

 

 
      15,522,431  
   

 

 

 

Food Products–1.79%

   

B&G Foods 5.25% 4/1/25

    759,000       776,077  

#Bumble Bee Holdings 144A 9.00% 12/15/17

    2,051,000       2,057,409  

#Dean Foods 144A 6.50% 3/15/23

    1,613,000       1,705,748  

#Dole Food 144A 7.25% 6/15/25

    1,122,000       1,172,490  

JBS USA Finance

   

#144A 5.75% 6/15/25

    1,443,000       1,363,635  

#144A 5.875% 7/15/24

    2,448,000       2,307,240  

#144A 7.25% 6/1/21

    1,980,000       1,988,910  

#144A 7.25% 6/1/21

    256,000       257,152  

#144A 8.25% 2/1/20

    411,000       413,055  

#Pilgrim’s Pride 144A 5.75% 3/15/25

    508,000       511,810  

Post Holdings

   

#144A 5.00% 8/15/26

    799,000       799,000  

#144A 5.50% 3/1/25

    717,000       741,199  

#144A 5.75% 3/1/27

    651,000       672,157  
   

 

 

 
      14,765,882  
   

 

 

 

Gas Utilities–0.19%

   

AmeriGas Partners

   

5.50% 5/20/25

    630,000       645,750  

5.625% 5/20/24

    406,000       420,210  

5.75% 5/20/27

    520,000       529,100  
   

 

 

 
      1,595,060  
   

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–0.50%

 

 

Alere

   

#144A 6.375% 7/1/23

    772,000       832,795  

6.50% 6/15/20

    442,000       450,287  

7.25% 7/1/18

    375,000       375,563  

#Hologic 144A 5.25% 7/15/22

    985,000       1,037,944  

#Sterigenics-Nordion Holdings 144A 6.50% 5/15/23

    800,000       826,000  

Teleflex

   

4.875% 6/1/26

    148,000       152,070  

5.25% 6/15/24

    405,000       421,200  
   

 

 

 
      4,095,859  
   

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–6.45%

 

 

Acadia Healthcare

   

5.125% 7/1/22

    410,000       425,375  

5.625% 2/15/23

    330,000       342,994  

6.50% 3/1/24

    400,000       428,000  

#AMN Healthcare 144A 5.125% 10/1/24

    763,000       774,445  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Health Care Providers & Services (continued)

 

Centene

     

4.75% 5/15/22

     486,000      $ 509,693  

4.75% 1/15/25

     1,125,000        1,158,750  

5.625% 2/15/21

     1,040,000        1,086,800  

6.125% 2/15/24

     700,000        758,576  

Community Health Systems

     

5.125% 8/1/21

     450,000        457,313  

6.25% 3/31/23

     425,000        440,343  

6.875% 2/1/22

     1,124,000        986,310  

7.125% 7/15/20

     786,000        768,315  

DaVita

     

5.00% 5/1/25

     1,125,000        1,130,625  

5.125% 7/15/24

     1,174,000        1,193,811  

5.75% 8/15/22

     400,000        411,500  

Envision Healthcare

     

#144A 5.125% 7/1/22

     1,186,000        1,223,063  

5.625% 7/15/22

     1,794,000        1,861,275  

#Fresenius Medical Care US Finance 144A 5.75% 2/15/21

     630,000        692,213  

Fresenius Medical Care US Finance II

     

#144A 5.875% 1/31/22

     1,488,000        1,655,400  

#144A 6.50% 9/15/18

     225,000        237,515  

HCA

     

4.25% 10/15/19

     630,000        655,200  

4.50% 2/15/27

     905,000        933,281  

5.00% 3/15/24

     506,000        536,993  

5.25% 4/15/25

     705,000        759,637  

5.25% 6/15/26

     1,035,000        1,118,835  

5.375% 2/1/25

     2,276,000        2,406,415  

5.50% 6/15/47

     1,475,000        1,530,313  

5.875% 3/15/22

     1,019,000        1,132,364  

5.875% 5/1/23

     1,220,000        1,331,325  

5.875% 2/15/26

     2,125,000        2,300,313  

6.50% 2/15/20

     1,250,000        1,367,187  

7.50% 2/15/22

     1,065,000        1,228,744  

8.00% 10/1/18

     1,000,000        1,075,250  

HCA Healthcare 6.25% 2/15/21

     470,000        514,650  

IASIS Healthcare 8.375% 5/15/19

     2,528,000        2,541,904  

#MPH Acquisition Holdings 144A 7.125% 6/1/24

     2,780,000        2,971,125  

#Surgery Center Holdings 144A 6.75% 7/1/25

     173,000        175,595  

#Team Health Holdings 144A 6.375% 2/1/25

     1,464,000        1,423,740  

Tenet Healthcare

     

4.375% 10/1/21

     495,000        504,900  

4.50% 4/1/21

     2,021,000        2,063,946  

#144A 4.625% 7/15/24

     608,000        610,280  

4.75% 6/1/20

     840,000        873,600  

5.50% 3/1/19

     1,535,000        1,596,400  

6.00% 10/1/20

     658,000        706,527  

6.25% 11/1/18

     150,000        158,287  
 

 

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund–7


LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Health Care Providers & Services (continued)

 

  

Tenet Healthcare (continued)

 

  

6.75% 2/1/20

     115,000      $ 119,887  

6.75% 6/15/23

     885,000        887,212  

#144A 7.50% 1/1/22

     360,000        391,428  

8.00% 8/1/20

     858,000        869,797  

8.125% 4/1/22

     377,000        401,034  

THC Escrow

     

#144A 4.625% 7/15/24

     762,000        765,962  

#144A 5.125% 5/1/25

     2,058,000        2,070,862  

#144A 7.00% 8/1/25

     515,000        514,356  
     

 

 

 
        53,079,665  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–4.01%

 

  

Boyd Gaming

 

  

6.375% 4/1/26

     395,000        428,081  

6.875% 5/15/23

     781,000        838,599  

#CCM Merger 144A 6.00% 3/15/22

     272,000        279,480  

Cedar Fair

     

5.375% 6/1/24

     265,000        278,250  

#144A 5.375% 4/15/27

     215,000        227,363  

#‡Chukchansi Economic Development Authority 144A 9.75% 5/30/20

     236,584        110,011  

#Downstream Development Authority of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma 144A 10.50% 7/1/19

     866,000        846,515  

Eldorado Resorts

     

#144A 6.00% 4/1/25

     150,000        159,563  

7.00% 8/1/23

     225,000        244,125  

#ESH Hospitality 144A 5.25% 5/1/25

     1,265,000        1,314,019  

#Gateway Casinos & Entertainment 144A 8.25% 3/1/24

     475,000        495,187  

#Golden Nugget 144A 8.50% 12/1/21

     790,000        841,350  

#Hilton Domestic Operating 144A 4.25% 9/1/24

     935,000        950,194  

#Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower 144A 6.125% 12/1/24

     357,000        390,469  

Hilton Worldwide Finance

     

#144A 4.625% 4/1/25

     562,000        580,967  

#144A 4.875% 4/1/27

     279,000        292,601  

International Game Technology

     

#144A 6.25% 2/15/22

     800,000        878,000  

#144A 6.50% 2/15/25

     1,580,000        1,741,950  

#Jack Ohio Finance 144A 6.75% 11/15/21

     865,000        906,087  

#KFC Holding 144A 4.75% 6/1/27

     2,147,000        2,197,991  

#Landry’s 144A 6.75% 10/15/24

     2,073,000        2,127,416  

MGM Resorts International

     

4.625% 9/1/26

     941,000        955,115  

6.00% 3/15/23

     1,505,000        1,663,025  

7.75% 3/15/22

     1,552,000        1,825,540  

#NCL 144A 4.75% 12/15/21

     956,000        994,708  

#New Red Finance 144A 4.25% 5/15/24

     2,173,000        2,164,721  

Ruby Tuesday 7.625% 5/15/20

     150,000        142,875  
     Principal      Value  
     Amount°      (U.S. $)  

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)

 

  

Sabre GLBL

     

#144A 5.25% 11/15/23

     142,000      $ 148,035  

#144A 5.375% 4/15/23

     474,000        496,515  

Scientific Games International

     

#144A 7.00% 1/1/22

     795,000        848,663  

10.00% 12/1/22

     1,615,000        1,776,500  

#Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment 144A 5.875% 5/15/21

     1,755,000        1,772,550  

#Shingle Springs Tribal Gaming Authority 144A 9.75% 9/1/21

     1,101,000        1,169,813  

#Six Flags Entertainment 144A 4.875% 7/31/24

     1,396,000        1,408,034  

Speedway Motorsports 5.125% 2/1/23

     480,000        489,600  

#Wynn Las Vegas 144A 5.50% 3/1/25

     1,000,000        1,054,375  
     

 

 

 
        33,038,287  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables–0.72%

     

CalAtlantic Group

     

5.25% 6/1/26

     294,000        306,127  

5.375% 10/1/22

     250,000        270,313  

5.875% 11/15/24

     1,117,000        1,214,737  

8.375% 1/15/21

     340,000        403,325  

Mattamy Group

     

#144A 6.50% 11/15/20

     848,000        869,200  

#144A 6.875% 12/15/23

     207,000        212,434  

#New Home 144A 7.25% 4/1/22

     1,202,000        1,250,080  

Tempur Sealy International 5.625% 10/15/23

     680,000        708,900  

Toll Brothers Finance

     

4.875% 11/15/25

     260,000        270,400  

5.625% 1/15/24

     375,000        405,469  
     

 

 

 
        5,910,985  
     

 

 

 

Household Products–0.69%

     

#American Greetings 144A 7.875% 2/15/25

     536,000        582,230  

Central Garden & Pet 6.125% 11/15/23

     310,000        331,700  

#Kronos Acquisition Holdings 144A 9.00% 8/15/23

     2,553,000        2,553,000  

Spectrum Brands

     

5.75% 7/15/25

     1,561,000        1,682,134  

6.125% 12/15/24

     525,000        565,031  
     

 

 

 
        5,714,095  
     

 

 

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity
Producers–2.65%

 

AES

 

5.50% 3/15/24

     1,289,000        1,348,616  

5.50% 4/15/25

     960,000        1,009,200  

Calpine

     

#144A 5.25% 6/1/26

     1,210,000        1,191,850  

5.375% 1/15/23

     521,000        509,929  

5.50% 2/1/24

     675,000        642,094  
 

 

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund–8


LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers (continued)

 

Calpine (continued)

     

5.75% 1/15/25

     520,000      $ 490,100  

#144A 5.875% 1/15/24

     1,560,000        1,614,600  

Dynegy

     

5.875% 6/1/23

     2,646,000        2,487,240  

7.375% 11/1/22

     940,000        930,600  

7.625% 11/1/24

     285,000        277,875  

#144A 8.00% 1/15/25

     630,000        614,250  

‡GenOn Energy 9.875% 10/15/20

     2,733,000        1,639,800  

NRG Energy

     

6.25% 5/1/24

     1,375,000        1,395,625  

6.625% 1/15/27

     1,467,000        1,476,169  

NRG Yield Operating 5.00% 9/15/26

     535,000        547,037  

#Pattern Energy Group 144A 5.875% 2/1/24

     500,000        528,750  

Talen Energy Supply

     

#144A 4.625% 7/15/19

     69,000        67,447  

6.50% 6/1/25

     1,087,000        769,053  

#144A 9.50% 7/15/22

     1,300,000        1,121,250  

#Terraform Global Operating 144A 9.75% 8/15/22

     1,400,000        1,575,000  

TerraForm Power Operating

     

#f144A 6.375% 2/1/23

     729,000        761,805  

#f144A 6.625% 6/15/25

     730,000        779,275  
     

 

 

 
        21,777,565  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–0.45%

  

#Gates Global 144A 6.00% 7/15/22

     2,148,000        2,164,110  

Icahn Enterprises

     

5.875% 2/1/22

     884,000        909,415  

6.25% 2/1/22

     312,000        326,040  

6.75% 2/1/24

     312,000        326,071  
     

 

 

 
        3,725,636  
     

 

 

 

Insurance–0.69%

     

CNO Financial Group 5.25% 5/30/25

     1,299,000        1,382,136  

#Fidelity & Guaranty Life Holdings 144A 6.375% 4/1/21

     527,000        543,469  

#Liberty Mutual Group 144A 7.80% 3/15/37

     837,000        1,044,685  

Radian Group 7.00% 3/15/21

     927,000        1,040,557  

#USIS Merger Sub 144A 6.875% 5/1/25

     704,000        718,080  

•XLIT 3.616% 12/29/49

     1,020,000        953,700  
     

 

 

 
        5,682,627  
     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–0.19%

  

Liberty Interactive 8.25% 2/1/30

     380,000        410,400  

Netflix

     

#144A 4.375% 11/15/26

     425,000        425,000  

5.50% 2/15/22

     335,000        365,461  

5.75% 3/1/24

     360,000        393,750  
     

 

 

 
        1,594,611  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Internet Software & Services–0.11%

  

#J2 Cloud Services 144A 6.00% 7/15/25

     369,000      $ 381,915  

Match Group 6.375% 6/1/24

     355,000        387,394  

#VeriSign 144A 4.75% 7/15/27

     165,000        167,681  
     

 

 

 
        936,990  
     

 

 

 

IT Services–1.19%

     

Alliance Data Systems

     

#144A 5.375% 8/1/22

     708,000        718,620  

#144A 5.875% 11/1/21

     385,000        399,437  

#Booz Allen Hamilton 144A 5.125% 5/1/25

     380,000        374,300  

First Data

     

#144A 5.00% 1/15/24

     2,608,000        2,691,925  

#144A 5.375% 8/15/23

     325,000        340,438  

#144A 5.75% 1/15/24

     2,010,000        2,095,425  

#144A 7.00% 12/1/23

     2,172,000        2,324,040  

#Gartner 144A 5.125% 4/1/25

     805,000        847,593  
     

 

 

 
        9,791,778  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–0.32%

  

#Jaguar Holding II 144A 6.375% 8/1/23

     1,000,000        1,056,250  

Quintiles IMS

     

#144A 4.875% 5/15/23

     580,000        596,675  

#144A 5.00% 10/15/26

     965,000        997,569  
     

 

 

 
        2,650,494  
     

 

 

 

Machinery–1.36%

     

#ATS Automation Tooling Systems 144A 6.50% 6/15/23

     932,000        973,940  

Navistar International 8.25% 11/1/21

     2,505,000        2,542,575  

Oshkosh 5.375% 3/1/25

     250,000        263,750  

#Tennant 144A 5.625% 5/1/25

     527,000        555,985  

#Terex 144A 5.625% 2/1/25

     1,742,000        1,794,260  

Titan International 6.875% 10/1/20

     695,000        724,537  

#Vertiv Group 144A 9.25% 10/15/24

     3,996,000        4,335,660  
     

 

 

 
        11,190,707  
     

 

 

 

Marine–0.23%

     

#Bluewater Holding 144A 10.00% 12/10/19

     2,100,000        1,858,500  
     

 

 

 
        1,858,500  
     

 

 

 

Media–9.46%

     

Altice Financing

     

#144A 6.50% 1/15/22

     1,330,000        1,393,175  

#144A 6.625% 2/15/23

     686,000        729,520  

#144A 7.50% 5/15/26

     1,475,000        1,640,937  

Altice Luxembourg

     

#144A 7.625% 2/15/25

     200,000        220,000  

#144A 7.75% 5/15/22

     1,829,000        1,943,313  

Altice US Finance I

     

#144A 5.375% 7/15/23

     2,590,000        2,701,694  

#144A 5.50% 5/15/26

     1,484,000        1,561,910  
 

 

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund–9


LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

     

Media (continued)

     

AMC Entertainment Holdings

     

5.875% 2/15/22

     486,000      $ 509,085  

#144A 5.875% 11/15/26

     540,000        564,975  

#144A 6.125% 5/15/27

     444,000        469,668  

AMC Networks

     

4.75% 12/15/22

     15,000        15,515  

5.00% 4/1/24

     1,985,000        2,037,106  

Cablevision Systems

     

8.00% 4/15/20

     1,838,000        2,051,667  

8.625% 9/15/17

     115,000        116,581  

CCO Holdings

     

#144A 5.125% 5/1/27

     1,104,000        1,131,600  

#144A 5.375% 5/1/25

     825,000        880,687  

#144A 5.50% 5/1/26

     885,000        941,419  

#144A 5.75% 2/15/26

     2,869,000        3,077,003  

#144A 5.875% 4/1/24

     4,821,000        5,158,470  

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings

     

6.50% 11/15/22

     1,632,000        1,685,366  

6.50% 11/15/22

     1,593,000        1,632,825  

7.625% 3/15/20

     1,833,000        1,830,709  

7.625% 3/15/20

     45,000        44,550  

CSC Holdings

     

5.25% 6/1/24

     680,000        695,368  

#144A 5.50% 4/15/27

     1,638,000        1,736,280  

6.75% 11/15/21

     433,000        480,630  

8.625% 2/15/19

     608,000        667,845  

#144A 10.125% 1/15/23

     290,000        337,125  

#144A 10.875% 10/15/25

     210,000        253,313  

DISH DBS

     

5.00% 3/15/23

     384,000        394,560  

5.875% 7/15/22

     400,000        431,000  

5.875% 11/15/24

     489,000        523,582  

6.75% 6/1/21

     6,307,000        7,016,537  

7.75% 7/1/26

     1,502,000        1,783,625  

#EMI Music Publishing Group North America Holdings 144A 7.625% 6/15/24

     725,000        808,375  

#EW Scripps 144A 5.125% 4/28/17

     310,000        320,075  

Gray Television

     

#144A 5.125% 10/15/24

     875,000        885,937  

#144A 5.875% 7/15/26

     555,000        567,487  

iHeartCommunications 9.00% 12/15/19

     1,384,000        1,091,630  

Lamar Media

     

5.00% 5/1/23

     66,000        68,970  

5.375% 1/15/24

     50,000        52,500  

5.75% 2/1/26

     280,000        302,750  

LIN Television 5.875% 11/15/22

     539,000        567,297  

#Live Nation Entertainment 144A 4.875% 11/1/24

     1,230,000        1,251,525  

Mediacom Broadband 6.375% 4/1/23

     978,000        1,026,792  

Nexstar Broadcasting

     

#144A 5.625% 8/1/24

     385,000        390,775  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Media (continued)

     

Nexstar Broadcasting (continued)

     

#144A 6.125% 2/15/22

     405,000      $ 425,756  

Quebecor Media 5.75% 1/15/23

     318,000        336,683  

Regal Entertainment Group

     

5.75% 3/15/22

     722,000        756,295  

5.75% 6/15/23

     550,000        577,500  

Sinclair Television Group

     

#144A 5.125% 2/15/27

     545,000        530,013  

#144A 5.625% 8/1/24

     584,000        600,790  

6.125% 10/1/22

     915,000        955,031  

Sirius XM Radio

     

#144A 4.625% 5/15/23

     1,100,000        1,134,375  

#144A 5.00% 8/1/27

     792,000        801,900  

#144A 5.375% 4/15/25

     1,295,000        1,341,944  

#144A 5.75% 8/1/21

     406,000        420,210  

TEGNA

     

#144A 5.50% 9/15/24

     265,000        273,944  

6.375% 10/15/23

     1,025,000        1,085,219  

#Unitymedia 144A 6.125% 1/15/25

     1,645,000        1,772,488  

#Unitymedia Hessen 144A 5.50% 1/15/23

     945,000        982,800  

Univision Communications

     

#144A 5.125% 5/15/23

     2,000,000        2,024,360  

#144A 5.125% 2/15/25

     2,147,000        2,133,581  

#144A 6.75% 9/15/22

     986,000        1,027,905  

Videotron

     

#144A 5.125% 4/15/27

     313,000        322,390  

#144A 5.375% 6/15/24

     1,318,000        1,397,080  

WMG Acquisition

     

#144A 4.875% 11/1/24

     185,000        189,625  

#144A 5.00% 8/1/23

     255,000        262,331  

#144A 5.625% 4/15/22

     815,000        846,581  

#144A 6.75% 4/15/22

     1,316,000        1,386,735  

#Ziggo Bond Finance 144A 5.875% 1/15/25

     520,000        536,900  

#Ziggo Secured Finance 144A 5.50% 1/15/27

     1,750,000        1,791,563  
     

 

 

 
        77,905,752  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–5.15%

     

AK Steel

     

7.00% 3/15/27

     1,295,000        1,343,563  

7.50% 7/15/23

     1,135,000        1,231,475  

#Alcoa Nederland Holding 144A 6.75% 9/30/24

     797,000        868,730  

Aleris International

     

7.875% 11/1/20

     96,000        90,960  

#144A 9.50% 4/1/21

     795,000        821,466  

Anglo American Capital

     

#144A 4.125% 9/27/22

     1,328,000        1,364,520  

#144A 4.75% 4/10/27

     1,010,000        1,040,098  

#144A 4.875% 5/14/25

     1,881,000        1,965,645  
 

 

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund–10


LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Metals & Mining (continued)

     

ArcelorMittal

     

6.125% 6/1/25

     1,180,000      $ 1,327,500  

6.75% 2/25/22

     4,685,000        5,294,050  

7.25% 3/1/41

     191,000        211,533  

7.50% 10/15/39

     1,283,000        1,444,979  

Commercial Metals

     

4.875% 5/15/23

     1,252,000        1,272,345  

5.375% 7/15/27

     315,000        321,694  

#Constellium 144A 6.625% 3/1/25

     1,159,000        1,112,640  

FMG Resources August 2006 Pty

     

#144A 4.75% 5/15/22

     552,000        555,450  

#144A 5.125% 5/15/24

     598,000        599,495  

Freeport-McMoRan

     

3.55% 3/1/22

     1,375,000        1,295,497  

3.875% 3/15/23

     4,210,000        3,936,350  

4.00% 11/14/21

     1,193,000        1,172,123  

5.40% 11/14/34

     150,000        135,375  

5.45% 3/15/43

     2,120,000        1,838,676  

Hecla Mining 6.875% 5/1/21

     1,191,000        1,235,960  

#Hudbay Minerals 144A 7.25% 1/15/23

     360,000        373,050  

Kaiser Aluminum 5.875% 5/15/24

     388,000        409,340  

Lundin Mining

     

#144A 7.50% 11/1/20

     870,000        916,893  

#144A 7.875% 11/1/22

     725,000        793,875  

Novelis

     

#144A 5.875% 9/30/26

     1,210,000        1,249,325  

#144A 6.25% 8/15/24

     1,290,000        1,357,725  

Steel Dynamics

     

5.00% 12/15/26

     425,000        437,219  

5.125% 10/1/21

     85,000        87,506  

5.25% 4/15/23

     275,000        287,031  

5.50% 10/1/24

     1,030,000        1,096,950  

6.375% 8/15/22

     325,000        337,187  

Teck Resources

     

4.75% 1/15/22

     633,000        658,320  

5.40% 2/1/43

     560,000        529,026  

6.00% 8/15/40

     1,025,000        1,035,250  

6.125% 10/1/35

     1,200,000        1,257,000  

#144A 8.50% 6/1/24

     556,000        643,570  

#United States Steel 144A 8.375% 7/1/21

     397,000        437,692  
     

 

 

 
        42,387,083  
     

 

 

 

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts–0.08%

#Ladder Capital Finance Holdings 144A 5.25% 3/15/22

     625,000        643,750  
     

 

 

 
        643,750  
     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–0.42%

     

Dollar Tree 5.75% 3/1/23

     1,831,000        1,941,409  

#JC Penney 144A 5.875% 7/1/23

     470,000        468,238  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Multiline Retail (continued)

     

#Neiman Marcus Group 144A 8.00% 10/15/21

     1,942,000      $ 1,082,665  
     

 

 

 
        3,492,312  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–9.19%

  

Antero Resources

     

5.125% 12/1/22

     2,798,000        2,818,090  

5.375% 11/1/21

     1,426,000        1,445,607  

Baytex Energy

     

#144A 5.125% 6/1/21

     157,000        140,123  

#144A 5.625% 6/1/24

     267,000        229,620  

#Blue Racer Midstream 144A 6.125% 11/15/22

     415,000        420,187  

#California Resources 144A 8.00% 12/15/22

     1,577,000        1,003,366  

Callon Petroleum

     

6.125% 10/1/24

     701,000        716,773  

#144A 6.125% 10/1/24

     692,000        707,570  

#Cenovus Energy 144A 4.25% 4/15/27

     327,000        312,122  

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings

     

5.875% 3/31/25

     820,000        877,400  

7.00% 6/30/24

     825,000        921,937  

Chesapeake Energy

     

4.875% 4/15/22

     1,233,000        1,152,855  

5.75% 3/15/23

     363,000        328,515  

6.125% 2/15/21

     703,000        692,455  

#144A 8.00% 1/15/25

     1,117,000        1,110,019  

#144A 8.00% 6/15/27

     804,000        790,935  

#CITGO Petroleum 144A 6.25% 8/15/22

     1,257,000        1,282,140  

CONSOL Energy 5.875% 4/15/22

     1,060,000        1,046,750  

Continental Resources

     

4.50% 4/15/23

     486,000        465,345  

5.00% 9/15/22

     1,201,000        1,182,985  

Crestwood Midstream Partners

     

#144A 5.75% 4/1/25

     580,000        580,000  

6.25% 4/1/23

     684,000        697,680  

DCP Midstream Operating

     

3.875% 3/15/23

     1,667,000        1,616,990  

#144A 4.75% 9/30/21

     248,000        254,200  

4.95% 4/1/22

     270,000        275,400  

#144A 6.75% 9/15/37

     735,000        793,800  

#Delek Logistics Partners 144A 6.75% 5/15/25

     1,392,000        1,412,880  

Energy Transfer Equity 5.875% 1/15/24

     2,432,000        2,590,080  

EP Energy

     

7.75% 9/1/22

     909,000        540,855  

#144A 8.00% 11/29/24

     209,000        209,523  

#144A 8.00% 2/15/25

     2,096,000        1,572,000  

9.375% 5/1/20

     1,885,000        1,496,219  

Genesis Energy

     

5.625% 6/15/24

     429,000        408,623  
 

 

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund–11


LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

  

Genesis Energy (continued)

     

5.75% 2/15/21

     375,000      $ 375,937  

6.00% 5/15/23

     500,000        492,500  

6.75% 8/1/22

     355,000        357,663  

Global Partners

     

6.25% 7/15/22

     697,000        703,970  

7.00% 6/15/23

     635,000        635,000  

Hilcorp Energy I

     

#144A 5.00% 12/1/24

     995,000        920,375  

#144A 5.75% 10/1/25

     386,000        365,735  

#Holly Energy Partners 144A
6.00% 8/1/24

     833,000        870,485  

Martin Midstream Partners
7.25% 2/15/21

     431,000        437,465  

MEG Energy

     

#144A 6.375% 1/30/23

     1,234,000        959,435  

#144A 6.50% 1/15/25

     1,356,000        1,239,045  

#144A 7.00% 3/31/24

     261,000        204,233  

NGL Energy Partners

     

5.125% 7/15/19

     199,000        198,503  

#144A 6.125% 3/1/25

     819,000        753,480  

6.875% 10/15/21

     352,000        351,120  

NuStar Logistics

     

4.80% 9/1/20

     479,000        500,555  

5.625% 4/28/27

     577,000        607,293  

6.75% 2/1/21

     291,000        318,645  

Oasis Petroleum 6.50% 11/1/21

     1,395,000        1,360,125  

PBF Holding

     

7.00% 11/15/23

     604,000        597,960  

#144A 7.25% 6/15/25

     865,000        837,969  

PBF Logistics 6.875% 5/15/23

     411,000        419,220  

#Peabody Energy 144A 6.00% 3/31/22

     249,000        248,066  

=‡Penn Virginia Escrow
8.50% 5/1/20

     927,000        13,905  

QEP Resources

     

5.25% 5/1/23

     146,000        138,700  

5.375% 10/1/22

     2,169,000        2,098,507  

6.875% 3/1/21

     718,000        748,515  

Range Resources

     

4.875% 5/15/25

     77,000        73,535  

#144A 5.00% 3/15/23

     177,000        173,903  

#144A 5.75% 6/1/21

     215,000        220,375  

Rice Energy 7.25% 5/1/23

     115,000        124,487  

RSP Permian 6.625% 10/1/22

     737,000        768,323  

SemGroup

     

5.625% 7/15/22

     362,000        350,235  

5.625% 11/15/23

     497,000        474,635  

SM Energy

     

5.00% 1/15/24

     55,000        48,950  

6.50% 1/1/23

     433,000        414,597  

6.75% 9/15/26

     250,000        239,920  

#Standard Industries 144A

6.00% 10/15/25

     387,000        416,025  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

  

Stone Energy 7.50% 5/31/22

     89,671      $ 85,187  

Summit Midstream Holdings

     

5.50% 8/15/22

     652,000        654,445  

5.75% 4/15/25

     821,000        829,210  

Sunoco

     

5.50% 8/1/20

     500,000        513,125  

6.25% 4/15/21

     778,000        814,955  

6.375% 4/1/23

     750,000        791,850  

#Tallgrass Energy Partners 144A 5.50% 9/15/24

     850,000        864,875  

Targa Resources Partners

     

4.25% 11/15/23

     537,000        526,931  

#144A 5.125% 2/1/25

     1,187,000        1,227,061  

5.25% 5/1/23

     850,000        875,500  

#144A 5.375% 2/1/27

     380,000        395,200  

Tesoro

     

#144A 4.75% 12/15/23

     725,000        784,813  

5.125% 4/1/24

     235,000        249,687  

#144A 5.125% 12/15/26

     805,000        880,042  

Tesoro Logistics

     

5.25% 1/15/25

     2,235,000        2,355,131  

6.25% 10/15/22

     384,000        409,920  

6.375% 5/1/24

     230,000        250,125  

Ultra Resources

     

#144A 6.875% 4/15/22

     3,441,000        3,419,494  

#144A 7.125% 4/15/25

     593,000        585,587  

W&T Offshore 8.50% 6/15/19

     720,000        500,400  

Western Refining Logistics

     

7.50% 2/15/23

     785,000        849,763  

Whiting Petroleum

     

5.00% 3/15/19

     4,186,000        4,180,768  

5.75% 3/15/21

     580,000        548,100  

6.25% 4/1/23

     106,000        97,785  

Williams

     

3.70% 1/15/23

     870,000        861,300  

5.75% 6/24/44

     695,000        721,062  

7.50% 1/15/31

     64,000        76,160  

7.75% 6/15/31

     451,000        538,945  

WPX Energy

     

5.25% 9/15/24

     62,000        59,210  

6.00% 1/15/22

     593,000        590,035  
     

 

 

 
        75,689,101  
     

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products–0.25%

     

Cascades

     

#144A 5.50% 7/15/22

     465,000        476,625  

#144A 5.75% 7/15/23

     510,000        524,025  

Clearwater Paper

     

4.50% 2/1/23

     630,000        623,700  

#144A 5.375% 2/1/25

     450,000        447,750  
     

 

 

 
        2,072,100  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund–12


LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Principal
Amount°
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

 

Personal Products–0.14%

   

Revlon Consumer Products

   

5.75% 2/15/21

    778,000     $ 719,650  

6.25% 8/1/24

    493,000       431,375  
   

 

 

 
      1,151,025  
   

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–2.68%

   

#~Capsugel PIK 144A
7.00% 5/15/19

    243,000       243,000  

Endo Finance

   

#144A 5.375% 1/15/23

    223,000       187,320  

#144A 5.75% 1/15/22

    827,000       748,270  

#144A 5.875% 10/15/24

    380,000       393,300  

#144A 6.00% 7/15/23

    1,600,000       1,352,800  

#144A 6.00% 2/1/25

    960,000       787,200  

Mallinckrodt International Finance

   

3.50% 4/15/18

    72,000       72,270  

4.75% 4/15/23

    136,000       116,620  

#144A 5.50% 4/15/25

    640,000       563,200  

#144A 5.625% 10/15/23

    811,000       744,093  

#144A 5.75% 8/1/22

    875,000       826,875  

#Nature’s Bounty 144A
7.625% 5/15/21

    1,970,000       2,098,050  

#Prestige Brands 144A
5.375% 12/15/21

    825,000       854,906  

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International

 

 

#144A 5.375% 3/15/20

    1,203,000       1,166,910  

#144A 5.875% 5/15/23

    2,542,000       2,192,475  

#144A 6.125% 4/15/25

    1,293,000       1,099,050  

#144A 6.375% 10/15/20

    2,514,000       2,448,007  

#144A 6.50% 3/15/22

    521,000       547,701  

#144A 6.75% 8/15/21

    1,236,000       1,180,380  

#144A 7.00% 10/1/20

    1,502,000       1,485,103  

#144A 7.00% 3/15/24

    1,113,000       1,172,824  

#144A 7.25% 7/15/22

    1,133,000       1,070,685  

#144A 7.50% 7/15/21

    717,000       697,282  
   

 

 

 
      22,048,321  
   

 

 

 

Professional Services–0.46%

   

FTI Consulting 6.00% 11/15/22

    350,000       364,437  

#IHS Markit 144A 5.00% 11/1/22

    381,000       413,145  

#Nielsen Co. Luxembourg 144A
5.00% 2/1/25

    825,000       847,688  

Nielsen Finance

   

4.50% 10/1/20

    300,000       305,334  

#144A 5.00% 4/15/22

    1,820,000       1,892,800  
   

 

 

 
      3,823,404  
   

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–0.84%

 

Micron Technology

   

#144A 5.25% 8/1/23

    944,000       985,064  

#144A 5.25% 1/15/24

    325,000       338,000  

5.50% 2/1/25

    79,000       83,740  

5.875% 2/15/22

    125,000       130,937  

7.50% 9/15/23

    1,163,000       1,303,141  

NXP

   

#144A 3.75% 6/1/18

    420,000       427,350  
    Principal
Amount°
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)

 

NXP (continued)

   

#144A 4.125% 6/1/21

    1,165,000     $ 1,229,658  

#144A 4.625% 6/15/22

    1,243,000       1,339,333  

#144A 5.75% 3/15/23

    200,000       211,000  

Qorvo 6.75% 12/1/23

    803,000       884,304  
   

 

 

 
      6,932,527  
   

 

 

 

Software–1.70%

   

#Camelot Finance 144A
7.875% 10/15/24

    1,174,000       1,267,920  

#CURO Financial Technologies 144A 12.00% 3/1/22

    373,000       392,583  

#Exela Intermediate 144A
10.00% 7/15/23

    1,535,000       1,519,650  

#Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories 144A 10.00% 11/30/24

    1,965,000       2,213,081  

#~Infor Software Parent PIK 144A 7.125% 5/1/21

    750,000       776,250  

Infor US

   

#144A 5.75% 8/15/20

    988,000       1,021,345  

6.50% 5/15/22

    996,000       1,035,840  

#Informatica 144A 7.125% 7/15/23

    451,000       461,292  

#Nuance Communications 144A 5.375% 8/15/20

    483,000       492,056  

Open Text

   

#144A 5.625% 1/15/23

    737,000       772,007  

#144A 5.875% 6/1/26

    945,000       1,018,823  

#Rackspace Hosting 144A
8.625% 11/15/24

    495,000       528,413  

#Solera 144A 10.50% 3/1/24

    815,000       940,306  

SS&C Technologies Holdings
5.875% 7/15/23

    474,000       507,280  

#Symantec 144A 5.00% 4/15/25

    987,000       1,035,422  
   

 

 

 
      13,982,268  
   

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–1.10%

   

Caleres 6.25% 8/15/23

    500,000       523,750  

Claire’s Stores

   

#144A 6.125% 3/15/20

    1,074,000       515,520  

#144A 9.00% 3/15/19

    2,417,000       1,232,670  

#Group 1 Automotive 144A
5.25% 12/15/23

    1,335,000       1,355,025  

#Guitar Center 144A 6.50% 4/15/19

    148,000       129,315  

#Jo-Ann Stores 144A 8.125% 3/15/19

    156,000       156,195  

L Brands

   

5.625% 10/15/23

    525,000       563,063  

6.75% 7/1/36

    825,000       796,125  

#Party City Holdings 144A
6.125% 8/15/23

    410,000       426,400  

Penske Automotive Group
5.50% 5/15/26

    1,062,000       1,059,345  

PetSmart

   

#144A 5.875% 6/1/25

    322,000       311,937  
 

 

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LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Principal     Value  
    Amount°     (U.S. $)  

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

   

Specialty Retail (continued)

   

PetSmart (continued)

   

#144A 7.125% 3/15/23

    823,000     $ 734,527  

#144A 8.875% 6/1/25

    625,000       578,813  

Sally Holdings 5.50% 11/1/23

    615,000       628,837  
   

 

 

 
      9,011,522  
   

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.93%

 

Dell International

   

#144A 3.48% 6/1/19

    10,000       10,238  

#144A 5.45% 6/15/23

    1,520,000       1,651,510  

#144A 5.875% 6/15/21

    565,000       593,250  

#144A 7.125% 6/15/24

    585,000       643,357  

Diebold Nixdorf 8.50% 4/15/24

    1,375,000       1,543,575  

EMC 2.65% 6/1/20

    448,000       439,895  

NCR

   

5.00% 7/15/22

    373,000       382,325  

6.375% 12/15/23

    130,000       139,913  

Western Digital

   

#144A 7.375% 4/1/23

    773,000       851,266  

10.50% 4/1/24

    1,216,000       1,437,531  
   

 

 

 
      7,692,860  
   

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–0.00%

 

 

Levi Strauss & Co. 5.00% 5/1/25

    25,000       26,250  
   

 

 

 
      26,250  
   

 

 

 

Thrift & Mortgage Finance–0.16%

   

Nationstar Mortgage

   

6.50% 7/1/21

    527,000       541,492  

6.50% 6/1/22

    173,000       178,623  

7.875% 10/1/20

    565,000       580,891  
   

 

 

 
      1,301,006  
   

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–1.77%

 

 

#Ahern Rentals 144A 7.375% 5/15/23

    1,534,000       1,265,550  

Aircastle

   

5.00% 4/1/23

    1,202,000       1,286,140  

5.125% 3/15/21

    202,000       216,972  

Ashtead Capital

   

#144A 5.625% 10/1/24

    1,395,000       1,506,600  

#144A 6.50% 7/15/22

    425,000       441,469  

Fly Leasing 6.75% 12/15/20

    200,000       210,250  

#Hardwoods Acquisition
144A 7.50% 8/1/21

    1,069,000       959,427  

#HD Supply 144A 5.75% 4/15/24

    508,000       541,020  

Park Aerospace Holdings

   

#144A 5.25% 8/15/22

    561,000       588,528  

#144A 5.50% 2/15/24

    581,000       608,307  

United Rentals North America

   

4.625% 7/15/23

    470,000       489,740  

5.50% 5/15/27

    495,000       511,088  

5.75% 11/15/24

    1,830,000       1,923,787  
    Principal     Value  
    Amount°     (U.S. $)  

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

   

Trading Companies & Distributors (continued)

 

 

United Rentals North America (continued)

 

 

5.875% 9/15/26

    235,000     $ 251,156  

6.125% 6/15/23

    1,943,000       2,028,006  

#Univar USA 144A 6.75% 7/15/23

    758,000       794,005  

WESCO Distribution 5.375% 6/15/24

    870,000       912,413  
   

 

 

 
      14,534,458  
   

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services–3.83%

 

 

#SoftBank Group 144A 4.50% 4/15/20

    1,415,000       1,474,557  

Sprint

   

7.125% 6/15/24

    3,500,000       3,902,500  

7.25% 9/15/21

    1,492,000       1,661,715  

7.625% 2/15/25

    1,479,000       1,706,396  

7.875% 9/15/23

    3,535,000       4,074,087  

Sprint Capital

   

6.875% 11/15/28

    313,000       348,704  

8.75% 3/15/32

    3,384,000       4,272,300  

Sprint Communications

   

6.00% 11/15/22

    1,190,000       1,264,375  

#144A 7.00% 3/1/20

    1,552,000       1,707,697  

7.00% 8/15/20

    1,250,000       1,378,125  

#144A 9.00% 11/15/18

    696,000       756,246  

11.50% 11/15/21

    90,000       115,650  

T-Mobile USA

   

5.125% 4/15/25

    849,000       893,573  

6.00% 3/1/23

    1,365,000       1,448,169  

6.00% 4/15/24

    1,624,000       1,741,740  

6.375% 3/1/25

    2,389,000       2,589,079  

6.50% 1/15/24

    129,000       138,997  

6.50% 1/15/26

    755,000       835,219  

6.625% 4/1/23

    1,129,000       1,197,530  
   

 

 

 
      31,506,659  
   

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $733,530,887)

      751,112,220  
   

 

 

 

«LOAN AGREEMENTS–3.98%

   

Alon USA Partners Tranche B 1st Lien 9.25% 11/13/18

    68,972       69,145  

Avaya DIP 1st Lien
8.617% 1/23/18

    241,000       249,271  

Avaya Tranche B-3 1st Lien
5.67% 10/26/17

    280,000       223,805  

Avaya Tranche B6
6.532% 3/31/18

    585,000       467,930  

Avaya Tranche B7 1st Lien
8.617% 5/29/20

    250,069       200,743  

Berry Plastics Tranche I 1st Lien
3.726% 10/1/22

    210,806       211,260  

Berry Plastics Tranche L 1st Lien
3.367% 1/6/21

    255,000       255,319  
 

 

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund–14


LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Principal
Amount°
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

«LOAN AGREEMENTS (continued)

 

 

California Resources 1st Lien
11.534% 12/31/21

    1,930,000     $ 2,045,800  

Chesapeake Energy 1st Lien
8.686% 8/23/21

    3,211,109       3,411,000  

Cincinnati Bell Tranche B 1st Lien
4.227% 9/10/20

    248,907       251,333  

Concordia International Tranche B 1st Lien 5.501% 10/21/21

    1,013,905       760,429  

Consolidated Communications Tranche B 1st Lien 4.23% 10/5/23

    578,000       580,737  

Delta 2 Lux Sarl Tranche B 1st Lien
4.504% 2/1/24

    550,000       551,031  

Delta 2 Lux Tranche B 2nd Lien
8.004% 7/29/22

    247,500       249,688  

EMI Music Tranche B5 1st Lien
3.576% 8/20/23

    235,352       235,835  

FGI Operating Tranche B 1st Lien
5.50% 4/19/19

    330,216       312,467  

First Data 1st Lien
3.466% 7/10/22

    1,111,380       1,110,774  

Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Tranche B 1st Lien 5.158% 12/1/23

    352,855       354,531  

Go Daddy Operating Tranche B 1st Lien 3.726% 2/15/24

    394,576       395,933  

Gulf Finance Tranche B 1st Lien
6.55% 8/25/23

    296,887       278,331  

iHeartCommunications Tranche D 1st Lien 7.976% 1/30/19

    2,532,692       2,078,390  

iHeartCommunications Tranche E 1st Lien 8.726% 7/30/19

    850,642       697,526  

Intrawest Operations Group 1st Lien
5.00% 12/9/20

    242,492       243,250  

Landrys 1st Lien 3.968% 10/4/23

    405,795       405,119  

MEG Energy Tranche B 1st Lien
4.68% 12/31/23

    2,158,480       2,110,594  

Microsemi Tranche B 1st Lien
2.25% 1/15/23

    482,398       483,737  

Moran Foods Tranche B 1st Lien
7.226% 12/5/23

    2,189,000       2,164,374  

ON Semiconductor Tranche B 1st Lien 3.476% 3/31/23

    380,500       381,385  

PetSmart 1st Lien
4.22% 3/10/22

    438,382       409,278  

Quest Software US Holdings 1st Lien
7.00% 10/31/22

    497,484       505,942  

 

    Principal
Amount°
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

«LOAN AGREEMENTS (continued)

   

Revlon Consumer Products Tranche B
1st Lien 4.726% 9/7/23

    1,462,960     $ 1,368,965  

Rite Aid 2nd Lien
5.98% 8/21/20

    155,000       156,679  

Scientific Games Tranche B3 1st Lien 5.076% 10/1/21

    247,934       250,673  

Securus Technologies Holdings 1st Lien 5.50% 6/20/24

    1,125,000       1,125,473  

Securus Technology Holdings 2nd Lien 9.25% 6/20/25

    241,000       242,657  

SolarWinds Holdings 1st Lien
4.726% 2/5/23

    158,802       159,348  

SUPERVALU Delayed Draw Tranche B-DD 1st Lien 1.00% 6/8/24

    68,625       66,681  

SUPERVALU Tranche B 1st Lien 4.589% 6/8/24

    799,089       776,451  

Syniverse Holdings 1st Lien
4.147% 4/23/19

    875,582       821,222  

Syniverse Holdings Tranche B 1st Lien 4.172% 4/23/19

    525,000       493,064  

Tribune Media Tranche B 1st Lien
4.226% 12/27/20

    373,469       375,338  

Ultra Resources 1st Lien
4.117% 4/12/24

    1,250,400       1,247,274  

=‡Vertis 1st Lien 15.00% 12/20/17

    243,194       0  

Vertiv Intermediate Holdings Tranche B 1st Lien 5.226% 11/30/23

    743,314       747,495  

Viskase Tranche B 1st Lien
4.546% 1/30/21

    827,932       791,710  

Vistra Operations Tranche B 1st Lien 5.00% 8/4/23

    1,519,720       1,508,329  

Vistra Operations Tranche C 1st Lien 3.977% 8/4/23

    347,471       344,867  

XPO Logistics Tranche B 1st Lien
3.405% 10/30/21

    581,292       584,396  
   

 

 

 

Total Loan Agreements
(Cost $33,867,139)

      32,755,579  
   

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
       

COMMON STOCK–0.52%

   

†Dynegy

    1,250       10,337  

†=Escrow General Motors

    400,000       0  

†=General Motors Escrow

    325,000       0  

†NII Holdings

    84,804       68,182  

†Penn Virginia

    7,023       258,095  

†Penn Virginia (New)

    5,760       211,680  

†Sabine Oil & Gas Holdings

    167       6,805  
 

 

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund–15


LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

†Stone Energy

     7,572      $ 139,174  

†=Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Escrow

     6,255,000        15,638  

†=Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Escrow (Nonext)

     1,920,000        4,800  

†Ultra Petroleum

     36,212        392,900  

Vistra Energy

     188,914        3,171,866  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $5,558,087)

        4,279,477  
     

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCK–0.94%

     

•Bank of America 6.10%

     1,201,000        1,306,208  

•Hartford Financial Services Group 7.875%

     5,600        172,200  

#•ILFC E-Capital Trust I 144A 4.34%

     3,320,000        3,170,600  

#•ILFC E-Capital Trust II 144A 4.59%

     1,886,000        1,810,560  

•XLIT 4.278%

     1,505        1,328,163  
     

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $6,677,284)

        7,787,731  
     

 

 

 

RIGHT–0.03%

     

=Vistra Energy CVR

     188,914        212,528  
     

 

 

 
     

Total Right
(Cost $0)

        212,528  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

WARRANTS–0.00%

     

Sabine Oil & Gas Holdings Tranche 1, exercise price $48.25

     531      $ 3,717  

Sabine Oil & Gas Holdings Tranche 2, exercise price $25.37

     95        523  
     

 

 

 

Total Warrants
(Cost $3,348)

        4,240  
     

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–2.68%

  

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     22,086,823        22,086,823  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $22,086,823)

        22,086,823  
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.39% (Cost $801,932,725)

     818,460,658  

«RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.61%

     5,038,163  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 73,528,132 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

     $823,498,821  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP JP MORGAN HIGH YIELD FUND STANDARD CLASS

($641,904,260 / 57,295,921 Shares)

     $11.203  

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP JP MORGAN HIGH YIELD FUND SERVICE CLASS

($181,594,561 / 16,232,211 Shares)

     $11.187  

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

     $807,106,460  

Undistributed net investment income

     26,676,996  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (26,812,568

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     16,527,933  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

     $823,498,821  
  

 

 

 

 

 

#

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At June 30, 2017, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $368,456,414, which represents 44.74% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

~

100% of the income received on this PIK security was in the form of cash.

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate as of June 30, 2017. Interest rates reset periodically.

 

f

Step coupon bond. Coupon increases/decreases periodically based on predetermined schedule. Stated rate in effect at June 30, 2017.

 

«

Includes $615,391 payable for fund shares redeemed, $496,691 due to manager and affiliates, and $8,120,935 payable for securities purchased as of June 30, 2017.

 

=

The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs and is reported as a Level 3 security in the disclosure table located in Note 3 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

«

Loan agreements generally pay interest at rates which are periodically redetermined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. These base lending rates are generally: (i) the prime rate offered by one or more United States banks, (ii) the lending rate offered by one

 

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund–16


LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

or more European banks such as the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR), or (iii) the certificate of deposit rate. Loan agreements may be subject to restrictions on resale. Stated rate in effect at June 30, 2017.

 

°

Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars.

 

Non-income producing security. Security is currently in default.

Summary of Abbreviations:

CVR–Contingent Value Rights

DIP–Debtor-in-Possession

IT–Information Technology

PIK–Payment-in-kind

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund–17


LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Interest

   $ 25,736,939  

Dividends

     472,340  
  

 

 

 
     26,209,279  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     2,697,192  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     225,220  

Accounting and administration expenses

     107,291  

Shareholder servicing fees

     41,742  

Professional fees

     35,164  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     27,848  

Pricing fees

     25,640  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     11,641  

Custodian fees

     6,948  

Consulting fees

     1,784  

Other

     5,717  
  

 

 

 
     3,186,187  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (152,449
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     3,033,738  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     23,175,541  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain on:

  

Investments

     1,448,341  

Foreign currencies

     12,446  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     1,460,787  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     8,455,350  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     9,916,137  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 33,091,678  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income

  $ 23,175,541     $ 46,707,122  

Net realized gain (loss)

    1,460,787       (20,443,373

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    8,455,350       77,421,172  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    33,091,678       103,684,921  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net investment income:

   

Standard Class

          (36,564,581

Service Class

          (8,870,916
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (45,435,497
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

   

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    21,417,154       80,835,985  

Service Class

    20,417,136       61,707,607  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          36,564,581  

Service Class

          8,870,916  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    41,834,290       187,979,089  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (94,559,498     (100,477,627

Service Class

    (26,775,497     (53,248,765
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (121,334,995     (153,726,392
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (79,500,705     34,252,697  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    (46,409,027     92,502,121  

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    869,907,848       777,405,727  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 823,498,821     $ 869,907,848  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

  $ 26,676,996     $ 3,501,455  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

          LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund Standard Class    
     Six Months                     
     Ended                     
     6/30/171            Year Ended        
     (unaudited)    12/31/16   12/31/15   12/31/14   12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.780      $ 10.026     $ 11.082     $ 11.304     $ 11.123     $ 10.139

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.299        0.613       0.618       0.609       0.639       0.681

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.124        0.743       (1.051 )       (0.290 )       0.090       0.825
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.423        1.356       (0.433 )       0.319       0.729       1.506
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.602 )       (0.565 )       (0.502 )       (0.546 )       (0.522 )

Net realized gain

                    (0.058 )       (0.039 )       (0.002 )      
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.602 )       (0.623 )       (0.541 )       (0.548 )       (0.522 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 11.203      $ 10.780     $ 10.026     $ 11.082     $ 11.304     $ 11.123
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       3.92%        13.58%       (3.94% )       2.84%       6.57%       14.93%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 641,904      $ 688,621     $ 625,243     $ 526,920     $ 404,998     $ 207,465

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.66%        0.65%       0.65%       0.67%       0.71%       0.75%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to
expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.69%        0.68%       0.68%       0.70%       0.73%       0.75%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       5.45%        5.75%       5.56%       5.23%       5.55%       6.22%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       5.42%        5.72%       5.53%       5.20%       5.53%       6.22%

Portfolio turnover

       23%        45%       36%       37%       33%       36%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

          LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund Service Class    
     Six Months                     
     Ended                     
     6/30/171            Year Ended        
     (unaudited)    12/31/16   12/31/15   12/31/14   12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.778      $ 10.026     $ 11.080     $ 11.302     $ 11.122     $ 10.143

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.285        0.587       0.590       0.579       0.609       0.652

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.124        0.740       (1.049 )       (0.289 )       0.090       0.825
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.409        1.327       (0.459 )       0.290       0.699       1.477
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.575 )       (0.537 )       (0.473 )       (0.517 )       (0.498 )

Net realized gain

                    (0.058 )       (0.039 )       (0.002 )      
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.575 )       (0.595 )       (0.512 )       (0.519 )       (0.498 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 11.187      $ 10.778     $ 10.026     $ 11.080     $ 11.302     $ 11.122
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       3.80%        13.29%       (4.17% )       2.58%       6.31%       14.63%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 181,595      $ 181,287     $ 152,163     $ 153,275     $ 149,361     $ 130,206

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.91%        0.90%       0.90%       0.92%       0.96%       1.00%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to
expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.94%        0.93%       0.93%       0.95%       0.98%       1.00%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       5.20%        5.50%       5.31%       4.98%       5.30%       5.97%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       5.17%        5.47%       5.28%       4.95%       5.28%       5.97%

Portfolio turnover

       23%        45%       36%       37%       33%       36%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 ( the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek a high level of current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of debt securities which are rated below investment grade or unrated. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Debt securities are valued based upon valuations provided by an independent pricing service or broker and reviewed by management. To the extent current market prices are not available, the pricing service may take into account developments related to the specific security, as well as transactions in comparable securities. Valuations for fixed income securities, including short-term debt securities, utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the valuation date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund generally separates the portion of realized gains and losses on investments in debt securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of debt securities. Gains or losses attributable to changes in foreign exchange rates are included in the Statement of Operations under “Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currencies.” The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

 

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LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.65% of the first $500 million of the Fund’s average daily net assets; and 0.60% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $500 million. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.05% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $250 million. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 24,650  

Legal

     5,949  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $21,362 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 417,432  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     37,512  

Printing and mailing fees to Lincoln Life

     21,362  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     20,385  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

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LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 232,189,487  

Sales

     319,189,427  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 801,932,725  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 33,055,425  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (16,527,492
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 16,527,933  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

Post-Enactment Losses (No Expiration)

Short Term

  Long Term   Total
$4,118,681   $23,458,810   $27,577,491

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs, including related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. The Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Valuations may also be based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which is received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations.

 

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LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Convertible Bond

   $      $ 222,060      $      $ 222,060  

Corporate Bonds

            751,098,315        13,905      $ 751,112,220  

Loan Agreements

            32,755,579               32,755,579  

Common Stock

           

Automobiles

                           

Electric Utilities

                   20,438        20,438  

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     3,182,203                      3,182,203  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     750,559        258,095               1,008,654  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     68,182                      68,182  

Preferred Stock

     172,200        7,615,531               7,787,731  

Warrant

     4,240                      4,240  

Rights

                   212,528        212,528  

Money Market Fund

     22,086,823                      22,086,823  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 26,264,207      $ 791,949,580      $ 246,871      $ 818,460,658  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months        
     Ended     Year Ended  
     6/30/17     12/31/16  

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     1,939,937       7,466,951  

Service Class

     1,850,259       5,821,815  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           3,416,398  

Service Class

           828,768  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     3,790,196       17,533,932  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (8,524,639     (9,362,751

Service Class

     (2,438,562     (5,007,132
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (10,963,201     (14,369,883
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (7,173,005     3,164,049  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Credit and Market Risk

The Fund invests in high yield fixed income securities, which are securities rated BB or lower by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC or Ba or lower by Moody’s Investors Service Inc., or similarly rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Investments in these higher yielding securities are generally accompanied by a greater degree of credit risk than higher rated securities. Additionally, lower rated securities may be more susceptible to adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than investment-grade securities.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity

 

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LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Credit and Market Risk (continued)

 

of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC, the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. Rule 144A securities are identified on the Statement of Net Assets.

6. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

7. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

8. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LOGO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund

(formerly LVIP Delaware Foundation® Conservative Allocation Fund)

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

   LOGO
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund

 

Index

  

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Sector Allocation, Top 10 Equity Holdings and Geography Allocation

     2  

Statement of Net Assets

     3  

Statement of Operations

     13  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     13  

Financial Highlights

     14  

Notes to Financial Statements

     16  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund

 

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled, “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,055.70       0.64%       $3.26      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,054.30       0.89%       4.53      

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,021.62       0.64%       $3.21      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,020.38       0.89%       4.46      

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests a substantial portion of its assets in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial Statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

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LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation, Top 10 Equity Holdings and

Geography Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Sector and geographical designations may be different than those presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Preferred Stock

     0.00%  

Investment Companies

     72.76%  

Equity Funds

     25.26%  

Fixed Income Funds

     25.89%  

International Equity Funds

     9.51%  

Money Market Funds

     12.10%  

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     1.71%  

Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     0.76%  

Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

     1.78%  

Corporate Bonds

     11.50%  

Aerospace & Defense

     0.07%  

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.26%  

Airlines

     0.11%  

Automobiles

     0.04%  

Banks

     2.26%  

Beverages

     0.38%  

Biotechnology

     0.24%  

Capital Markets

     1.11%  

Chemicals

     0.13%  

Commercial Services & Supplies

     0.18%  

Consumer Finance

     0.39%  

Diversified Financial Services

     1.26%  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     0.57%  

Electric Utilities

     1.18%  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     0.51%  

Food & Staples Retailing

     0.06%  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     0.14%  
Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Industrial Conglomerates

     0.25%  

Insurance

     0.26%  

Machinery

     0.34%  

Media

     0.09%  

Multiline Retail

     0.12%  

Multi-Utilities

     0.09%  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     0.65%  

Pharmaceuticals

     0.40%  

Road & Rail

     0.06%  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     0.04%  

Software

     0.03%  

Specialty Retail

     0.10%  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.05%  

Tobacco

     0.08%  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     0.05%  

Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities

     1.46%  

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     0.41%  

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     3.26%  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     6.48%  

Total Value of Securities

     100.12%  

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.12%

Total Net Assets

     100.00%  
 

 

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LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

PREFERRED STOCK–0.00%

   

†=Vedanta Limited 10/26/18

    90,936     $ 14,069  
   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $0)

      14,069  
   

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES–72.76%

 

Equity Funds–25.26%

   

iShares S&P GSCITM Commodity Indexed Trust ETF

    46,361       649,981  

²† JPMorgan Commodities Strategy Fund

    373,739       3,244,053  

² JPMorgan Equity Index Fund

    1,245,159       46,618,749  

² JPMorgan Mid Cap Equity Fund

    92,066       4,527,810  

² JPMorgan Realty Income Fund

    406,666       5,323,256  

² JPMorgan Small Cap Equity Fund

    18,451       1,030,120  

² JPMorgan Small Cap Growth Fund

    61,209       1,024,021  

² JPMorgan Small Cap Value Fund

    32,692       1,007,884  

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

    18,155       4,031,499  
   

 

 

 
      67,457,373  
   

 

 

 

Fixed Income Funds–25.89%

   

iShares TIPS Bond ETF

    57,722       6,547,406  

² JPMorgan Corporate Bond Fund

    1,722,771       17,486,129  

² JPMorgan Floating Rate Income Fund

    987,778       9,294,991  

² JPMorgan High Yield Fund

    3,222,907       23,978,428  

² JPMorgan Inflation Managed Bond Fund

    1,157,459       11,852,381  
   

 

 

 
      69,159,335  
   

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–9.51%

 

² JPMorgan Emerging Economies Fund

    331,822       4,386,690  

² JPMorgan Emerging Markets Equity Fund

    202,626       5,223,711  

² JPMorgan International Equity Fund

    295,888       4,908,784  

² JPMorgan International Opportunities Fund

    344,649       5,417,884  

² JPMorgan Intrepid International Fund

    258,899       5,465,368  
   

 

 

 
      25,402,437  
   

 

 

 

Money Market Funds–12.10%

   

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

    2,893,492       2,893,492  

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund IM Shares (seven-day effective yield 1.21%)

    29,424,134       29,432,961  
   

 

 

 
      32,326,453  
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(Cost $193,865,866)

      194,345,598  
   

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS–1.71%

 

Fannie Mae REMICs

     

*Series 2012-98 MI 3.00% 8/25/31

     260,132      $ 28,348  

•*Series 2012-122 SD 4.884% 11/25/42

     316,497        62,824  

*Series 2013-7 EI 3.00% 10/25/40

     145,602        18,451  

*Series 2013-55 AI 3.00% 6/25/33

     314,933        44,301  

Series 2015-40 GZ 3.50% 5/25/45

     73,136        72,253  

Series 2015-89 AZ 3.50% 12/25/45

     25,366        26,037  

•*Series 2015-95 SH 4.784% 1/25/46

     241,730        53,952  

*Series 2016-50 IB 3.00% 2/25/46

     94,986        13,879  

•*Series 2016-55 SK 4.784% 8/25/46

     196,878        45,212  

•*Series 2016-62 SA 4.784% 9/25/46

     389,192        95,843  

•*Series 2016-74 GS 4.784% 10/25/46

     95,167        23,817  

*Series 2017-12 JI 3.50% 5/25/40

     110,760        14,779  

Freddie Mac REMICs

     

Series 4065 DE 3.00% 6/15/32

     40,000        40,806  

*Series 4109 AI 3.00% 7/15/31

     475,941        52,904  

*Series 4161 IM 3.50% 2/15/43

     66,905        14,172  

*Series 4181 DI 2.50% 3/15/33

     128,860        15,482  

•*Series 4184 GS 4.961% 3/15/43

     210,921        45,621  

*Series 4342 CI 3.00% 11/15/33

     77,750        9,359  

Series 4457 KZ 3.00% 4/15/45

     119,512        114,232  

•*Series 4494 SA 5.021% 7/15/45

     76,063        16,342  

*Series 4543 HI 3.00% 4/15/44

     104,664        16,613  

•*Series 4594 SG 4.841% 6/15/46

     578,988        144,045  

Series 4614 HB 2.50% 9/15/46

     101,000        92,200  

•*Series 4618 SA 4.841% 9/15/46

     118,414        28,418  

Series 4623 LZ 2.50% 10/15/46

     88,461        77,510  

Series 4623 MW 2.50% 10/15/46

     105,000        96,852  

*Series 4625 BI 3.50% 6/15/46

     372,864        74,979  

•*Series 4631 GS 4.841% 11/15/46

     422,215        89,507  

•*Series 4648 SA 4.841% 1/15/47

     285,544        63,258  

Freddie Mac Strips

     

•*Series 267 S5 4.841% 8/15/42

     264,775        54,951  
 

 

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LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

   

Principal

Amount°

   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE

OBLIGATIONS (continued)

 

 

 

Freddie Mac Strips (continued)

   

•*Series 299 S1 4.841% 1/15/43

    199,843     $ 40,285  

•*Series 326 S2 4.791% 3/15/44

    139,131       27,882  

Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes

 

 

•Series 2015-DNA3 M2 4.066% 4/25/28

    455,112       471,382  

•Series 2015-HQA1 M2 3.866% 3/25/28

    183,520       188,156  

•Series 2016-DNA3 M2 3.216% 12/25/28

    250,000       256,244  

•Series 2016-DNA4 M2 2.516% 3/25/29

    500,000       505,642  

•Series 2016-HQA2 M2 3.466% 11/25/28

    250,000       256,903  

◆Freddie Mac Structured Pass Through Certificates Series T-58 2A 6.50% 9/25/43

    67,741       78,476  

GNMA

   

Series 2012-136 MX 2.00% 11/20/42

    40,000       36,775  

Series 2013-113 AZ 3.00% 8/20/43

    278,185       270,573  

Series 2013-113 LY 3.00% 5/20/43

    29,000       29,047  

Series 2015-64 GZ 2.00% 5/20/45

    107,379       90,389  

*Series 2015-74 CI 3.00% 10/16/39

    210,941       28,647  

*Series 2015-142 AI 4.00% 2/20/44

    72,813       9,328  

•*Series 2016-108 SK 4.838% 8/20/46

    295,678       69,367  

Series 2016-111 PB 2.50% 8/20/46

    97,000       89,146  

*Series 2016-116 GI 3.50% 11/20/44

    368,188       58,526  

*Series 2016-118 DI 3.50% 3/20/43

    417,720       63,139  

•*Series 2016-120 AS 4.888% 9/20/46

    320,217       77,679  

•*Series 2016-120 NS 4.888% 9/20/46

    426,681       105,683  

•*Series 2016-121 JS 4.888% 9/20/46

    314,065       76,713  

Series 2016-134 MW 3.00% 10/20/46

    16,000       16,267  

Series 2016-156 PB 2.00% 11/20/46

    61,000       50,480  
   

Principal

Amount°

   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE

OBLIGATIONS (continued)

 

 

GNMA (continued)

   

*Series 2016-160 GI 3.50% 11/20/46

    252,992     $ 59,824  

*Series 2016-163 MI 3.50% 11/20/46

    203,239       24,404  

*Series 2016-163 XI 3.00% 10/20/46

    296,187       39,982  
   

 

 

 

Total Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(Cost $4,697,523)

 

    4,567,886  
   

 

 

 

AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES–0.76%

Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates

 

 

◆Series K719 A1 2.53% 12/25/21

    71,101       72,233  

◆Series K725 A2 3.002% 1/25/24

    185,000       190,421  

•◆Series KS03 A4 3.161% 5/25/25

    150,000       155,037  

FREMF Mortgage Trust

   

#•Series 2011-K10 B 144A 4.793% 11/25/49

    60,000       63,577  

#•Series 2011-K12 B 144A 4.492% 1/25/46

    115,000       121,854  

#•Series 2011-K14 B 144A 5.341% 2/25/47

    70,000       76,449  

#•Series 2011-K15 B 144A 5.116% 8/25/44

    15,000       16,320  

#•Series 2011-K704 B 144A 4.69% 10/25/30

    110,000       112,582  

#•Series 2012-K18 B 144A 4.40% 1/25/45

    85,000       90,070  

#•Series 2012-K22 B 144A 3.811% 8/25/45

    150,000       155,589  

#•Series 2012-K708 B 144A 3.883% 2/25/45

    145,000       148,293  

#•Series 2013-K29 C 144A 3.601% 5/25/46

    295,000       290,428  

#•Series 2013-K32 B 144A 3.651% 10/25/46

    110,000       113,697  

#•Series 2013-K33 B 144A 3.617% 8/25/46

    120,000       122,513  

#•Series 2013-K712 B 144A 3.48% 5/25/45

    80,000       81,863  

#•Series 2013-K713 B 144A 3.274% 4/25/46

    50,000       50,933  

#•Series 2013-K713 C 144A 3.274% 4/25/46

    165,000       166,042  
   

 

 

 

Total Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $2,025,067)

 

    2,027,901  
   

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund–4


LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

   

Principal

Amount°

   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES–1.78%

Fannie Mae

   

3.16% 12/1/26

    510,000     $ 522,655  

3.17% 1/1/27

    300,000       307,328  

Fannie Mae ARM

   

•2.909% 7/1/45

    43,896       44,725  

•3.103% 8/1/35

    974       1,028  

•3.217% 3/1/44

    119,235       123,003  

Fannie Mae S.F. 15 yr 5.00% 7/1/20

    154,845       158,954  

Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr

   

5.50% 11/1/34

    5,587       6,250  

5.50% 4/1/37

    121,854       137,232  

5.50% 8/1/37

    21,325       23,893  

5.50% 3/1/38

    26,024       29,029  

5.50% 6/1/39

    60,362       67,480  

5.50% 7/1/40

    61,103       68,325  

5.50% 5/1/44

    1,306,684       1,463,134  

6.00% 9/1/36

    26,615       30,674  

6.00% 12/1/36

    5,724       6,498  

6.00% 6/1/37

    3,186       3,621  

6.00% 9/1/38

    17,562       19,979  

6.00% 11/1/38

    13,454       15,282  

6.00% 10/1/39

    201,056       229,339  

6.00% 11/1/40

    9,347       10,654  

7.50% 6/1/31

    8,552       10,283  

Freddie Mac ARM

   

•2.554% 10/1/46

    166,696       167,421  

•2.929% 10/1/45

    88,508       90,193  

•3.105% 3/1/46

    119,905       122,918  

Freddie Mac S.F. 30 yr

   

5.00% 6/1/36

    106,857       116,782  

5.50% 3/1/34

    7,212       8,067  

5.50% 12/1/34

    6,703       7,508  

5.50% 12/1/35

    7,124       7,998  

5.50% 8/1/40

    15,969       17,769  

5.50% 6/1/41

    74,369       83,096  

6.00% 2/1/36

    13,764       15,586  

6.00% 3/1/36

    18,756       21,281  

6.00% 8/1/38

    21,626       24,582  

6.00% 5/1/40

    34,339       38,900  

6.50% 4/1/39

    34,199       38,388  

7.00% 11/1/33

    1,206       1,388  

GNMA I S.F. 30 yr

   

5.50% 2/15/41

    48,686       54,286  

7.00% 12/15/34

    64,894       76,264  

GNMA II S.F. 30 yr

   

5.50% 5/20/37

    38,349       42,558  

5.50% 4/20/40

    33,412       36,456  

6.00% 2/20/39

    43,288       48,103  

6.00% 10/20/39

    149,132       165,711  

6.00% 2/20/40

    157,609       176,026  
    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)  

GNMA II S.F. 30 yr (continued)

     

6.00% 4/20/46

     51,437      $ 57,368  

6.50% 10/20/39

     59,428        67,069  
     

 

 

 

Total Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $4,762,757)

 

     4,765,084  
     

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS–11.50%

     

Aerospace & Defense–0.07%

     

Rockwell Collins 3.20% 3/15/24

     175,000        177,649  
     

 

 

 
        177,649  
     

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics–0.26%

     

Aviation Capital Group

     

#144A 2.875% 9/17/18

     10,000        10,099  

#144A 2.875% 1/20/22

     500,000        498,760  

#144A 4.875% 10/1/25

     175,000        190,899  
     

 

 

 
        699,758  
     

 

 

 

Airlines–0.11%

     

◆American Airlines 2014-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 3.70% 10/1/26

     85,783        87,928  

◆American Airlines 2015-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 3.375% 5/1/27

     108,471        109,285  

◆American Airlines 2015-2 Class AA Pass Through Trust 3.60% 9/22/27

     33,343        34,133  

◆American Airlines 2016-1 Class AA Pass Through Trust 3.575% 1/15/28

     68,230        69,969  
     

 

 

 
        301,315  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles–0.04%

     

General Motors 6.75% 4/1/46

     100,000        119,011  
     

 

 

 
        119,011  
     

 

 

 

Banks–2.26%

     

Bank of America

     

•3.124% 1/20/23

     655,000        662,890  

4.183% 11/25/27

     275,000        280,239  

•4.443% 1/20/48

     240,000        254,482  

Capital One Financial 3.75% 3/9/27

     85,000        84,862  

Citizens Bank 2.55% 5/13/21

     250,000        250,362  

Citizens Financial Group 4.30% 12/3/25

     160,000        167,109  

Cooperatieve Rabobank 3.75% 7/21/26

     250,000        250,435  

Huntington Bancshares 2.30% 1/14/22

     120,000        118,324  

ING Groep 3.95% 3/29/27

     500,000        520,972  

Lloyds Banking Group 3.00% 1/11/22

     200,000        202,187  
 

 

LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund–5


LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

     

Banks (continued)

     

PNC Bank

     

2.45% 11/5/20

     250,000      $ 252,244  

2.625% 2/17/22

     250,000        251,979  

•PNC Financial Services Group 5.00% 12/29/49

     205,000        211,663  

#Santander UK 144A 5.00% 11/7/23

     200,000        215,084  

Santander UK Group Holdings 3.571% 1/10/23

     400,000        409,527  

SunTrust Bank 3.30% 5/15/26

     200,000        195,845  

SunTrust Banks 2.70% 1/27/22

     100,000        100,314  

Toronto-Dominion Bank

     

2.125% 4/7/21

     140,000        139,486  

2.50% 12/14/20

     130,000        131,565  

•3.625% 9/15/31

     200,000        198,764  

U.S. Bancorp

     

2.375% 7/22/26

     250,000        235,891  

3.10% 4/27/26

     240,000        237,485  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

3.069% 1/24/23

     405,000        410,934  

4.75% 12/7/46

     175,000        187,298  

Wells Fargo Capital X 5.95% 12/15/36

     60,000        68,010  
     

 

 

 
        6,037,951  
     

 

 

 

Beverages–0.38%

     

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance 3.65% 2/1/26

     985,000        1,016,666  
     

 

 

 
        1,016,666  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology–0.24%

     

Celgene

     

3.25% 8/15/22

     405,000        416,836  

4.625% 5/15/44

     115,000        121,282  

Gilead Sciences 4.15% 3/1/47

     110,000        110,793  
     

 

 

 
        648,911  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–1.11%

     

Bank of New York Mellon

     

2.15% 2/24/20

     45,000        45,276  

2.20% 8/16/23

     160,000        155,272  

2.50% 4/15/21

     355,000        358,005  

•3.442% 2/7/28

     220,000        223,524  

•4.625% 12/29/49

     255,000        257,832  

Goldman Sachs Group

     

3.85% 1/26/27

     320,000        325,893  

5.15% 5/22/45

     330,000        367,399  

Morgan Stanley

     

3.95% 4/23/27

     265,000        267,930  

4.375% 1/22/47

     465,000        486,313  

State Street

     

2.55% 8/18/20

     175,000        178,366  
    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Capital Markets (continued)

     

State Street (continued)

     

3.10% 5/15/23

     110,000      $ 112,043  

3.55% 8/18/25

     170,000        177,209  
     

 

 

 
        2,955,062  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals–0.13%

     

Westlake Chemical 5.00% 8/15/46

     340,000        360,537  
     

 

 

 
        360,537  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–0.18%

  

Penske Truck Leasing

     

#144A 3.30% 4/1/21

     150,000        154,230  

#144A 3.40% 11/15/26

     40,000        39,385  

#144A 4.20% 4/1/27

     290,000        300,171  
     

 

 

 
        493,786  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–0.39%

     

Daimler Finance North America

     

#144A 2.20% 10/30/21

     150,000        148,274  

#144A 3.45% 1/6/27

     215,000        218,770  

Ford Motor Credit 3.096% 5/4/23

     200,000        197,864  

General Motors Financial 5.25% 3/1/26

     450,000        486,881  
     

 

 

 
        1,051,789  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services–1.26%

AerCap Ireland Capital 3.95% 2/1/22

     285,000        297,041  

Air Lease

     

3.00% 9/15/23

     185,000        184,194  

3.625% 4/1/27

     430,000        430,917  

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey 4.55% 4/17/26

     730,000        776,884  

International Lease Finance 8.625% 1/15/22

     165,000        203,372  

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance

     

2.70% 2/15/23

     220,000        220,429  

•4.75% 4/30/43

     200,000        204,772  

•5.25% 4/20/46

     155,000        163,450  

UBS Group Funding Switzerland

     

#144A 2.65% 2/1/22

     200,000        199,789  

#144A 3.00% 4/15/21

     200,000        203,248  

#144A 3.491% 5/23/23

     200,000        204,849  

#144A 4.253% 3/23/28

     260,000        272,171  
     

 

 

 
        3,361,116  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–0.57%

AT&T 5.25% 3/1/37

     665,000        710,650  

Telefonica Emisiones 5.213% 3/8/47

     600,000        650,368  
 

 

LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund–6


LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Diversified Telecommunication Services (continued)

 

Verizon Communications 5.25% 3/16/37

     140,000      $ 150,970  
     

 

 

 
        1,511,988  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–1.18%

     

Berkshire Hathaway Energy 3.75% 11/15/23

     310,000        326,534  

Consumers Energy 3.25% 8/15/46

     130,000        119,498  

Dominion Energy 3.90% 10/1/25

     160,000        165,914  

Duke Energy 2.65% 9/1/26

     440,000        418,722  

#Enel Finance International 144A

     

6.00% 10/7/39

     105,000        125,279  

Entergy

     

2.95% 9/1/26

     35,000        33,581  

4.00% 7/15/22

     440,000        465,553  

Entergy Louisiana 4.95% 1/15/45

     50,000        51,615  

Entergy Mississippi 2.85% 6/1/28

     155,000        150,440  

Exelon

     

3.497% 6/1/22

     150,000        153,415  

3.95% 6/15/25

     145,000        150,300  

Indiana Michigan Power

     

3.20% 3/15/23

     125,000        126,855  

4.55% 3/15/46

     55,000        60,412  

#Metropolitan Edison 144A 4.00% 4/15/25

     125,000        128,457  

NV Energy 6.25% 11/15/20

     195,000        219,541  

Pennsylvania Electric 5.20% 4/1/20

     220,000        232,570  

Public Service Co. of Oklahoma 5.15% 12/1/19

     120,000        127,981  

#Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line 144A 3.85% 6/1/25

     90,000        93,486  
     

 

 

 
        3,150,153  
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–0.51%

  

American Tower

     

4.00% 6/1/25

     220,000        228,251  

4.40% 2/15/26

     100,000        104,994  

#American Tower Trust I 144A 3.07% 3/15/23

     270,000        272,473  

Crown Castle International 5.25% 1/15/23

     75,000        83,414  

DDR 7.875% 9/1/20

     190,000        217,791  

Host Hotels & Resorts

     

3.75% 10/15/23

     45,000        45,947  

3.875% 4/1/24

     40,000        40,747  

4.50% 2/1/26

     150,000        157,569  

Realty Income 4.125% 10/15/26

     140,000        144,988  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)

 

UDR 4.00% 10/1/25

     55,000      $ 56,977  
     

 

 

 
        1,353,151  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–0.06%

     

Kroger 4.45% 2/1/47

     170,000        164,526  
     

 

 

 
        164,526  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–0.14%

  

Thermo Fisher Scientific 3.00% 4/15/23

     365,000        368,436  
     

 

 

 
        368,436  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–0.25%

     

General Electric

     

2.10% 12/11/19

     235,000        236,947  

5.55% 5/4/20

     150,000        164,885  

6.00% 8/7/19

     234,000        254,388  
     

 

 

 
        656,220  
     

 

 

 

Insurance–0.26%

     

•Manulife Financial 4.061% 2/24/32

     200,000        202,183  

•MetLife 5.25% 12/29/49

     190,000        197,737  

#Principal Life Global Funding II 144A 3.00% 4/18/26

     140,000        138,142  

•Prudential Financial 5.375% 5/15/45

     140,000        151,900  
     

 

 

 
        689,962  
     

 

 

 

Machinery–0.34%

     

Parker-Hannifin 3.30% 11/21/24

     15,000        15,481  

Roper Technologies

     

2.80% 12/15/21

     105,000        106,002  

3.80% 12/15/26

     55,000        56,619  

Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij #144A 1.70% 9/15/21

     480,000        469,179  

#144A 3.125% 3/16/24

     250,000        254,193  
     

 

 

 
        901,474  
     

 

 

 

Media–0.09%

     

Comcast 3.00% 2/1/24

     240,000        243,515  
     

 

 

 
        243,515  
     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–0.12%

     

Dollar General 3.875% 4/15/27

     320,000        328,351  
     

 

 

 
        328,351  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–0.09%

     

CMS Energy 6.25% 2/1/20

     215,000        236,816  
     

 

 

 
        236,816  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–0.65%

  

BP Capital Markets

     

3.216% 11/28/23

     315,000        320,173  

3.224% 4/14/24

     80,000        80,862  
 

 

LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund–7


LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

  

Enbridge 4.25% 12/1/26

     90,000      $ 93,971  

Energy Transfer

     

6.125% 12/15/45

     220,000        238,951  

9.70% 3/15/19

     238,000        266,651  

MPLX

     

4.875% 12/1/24

     90,000        96,100  

4.875% 6/1/25

     100,000        106,209  

Regency Energy Partners 5.00% 10/1/22

     155,000        166,423  

Shell International Finance

     

4.00% 5/10/46

     105,000        103,943  

4.375% 5/11/45

     250,000        262,274  
     

 

 

 
        1,735,557  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–0.40%

     

Mylan 3.95% 6/15/26

     390,000        395,886  

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland

     

2.40% 9/23/21

     215,000        212,704  

2.875% 9/23/23

     455,000        451,621  
     

 

 

 
        1,060,211  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail–0.06%

     

Burlington Northern Santa Fe 4.70% 9/1/45

     135,000        152,408  
     

 

 

 
        152,408  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–0.04%

QUALCOMM 4.65% 5/20/35

     105,000        114,635  
     

 

 

 
        114,635  
     

 

 

 

Software–0.03%

     

Microsoft 4.10% 2/6/37

     70,000        75,550  
     

 

 

 
        75,550  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–0.10%

     

Lowe’s 3.70% 4/15/46

     270,000        260,925  
     

 

 

 
        260,925  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.05%

 

Apple 3.45% 2/9/45

     130,000        122,474  
     

 

 

 
        122,474  
     

 

 

 

Tobacco–0.08%

     

Reynolds American 4.00% 6/12/22

     205,000        217,473  
     

 

 

 
        217,473  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.05%

 

#Deutsche Telekom International Finance 144A 2.485% 9/19/23

     150,000      $ 145,820  
     

 

 

 
        145,820  
     

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $30,100,943)

        30,713,196  
     

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES–1.46%

 

AEP Texas Central Transition Funding II Series 2006-A A4 5.17% 1/1/18

     40,413        40,786  

Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2012-5 A 1.54% 9/15/19

     150,000        150,029  

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP

     

#Series 2013-1A A 144A 1.92% 9/20/19

     190,000        189,910  

#Series 2014-1A A 144A 2.46% 7/20/20

     240,000        240,636  

•BA Credit Card Trust Series 2014-A3 A 1.449% 1/15/20

     155,000        155,052  

CNH Equipment Trust

     

•Series 2016-B A2B 1.559% 10/15/19

     18,589        18,613  

Series 2016-B B 2.20% 10/15/23

     575,000        572,673  

Discover Card Execution Note Trust

     

•Series 2014-A1 A1 1.589% 7/15/21

     200,000        200,915  

•Series 2017-A1 A1 1.649% 7/15/24

     185,000        185,997  

#Flagship Credit Auto Trust Series 2017-2 B 144A 2.57% 4/15/23

     90,000        89,812  

#Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2016-2 A 144A 2.03% 12/15/27

     325,000        322,626  

#•Golden Credit Card Trust Series 2014-2A A 144A 1.609% 3/15/21

     100,000        100,265  

#Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust Series 2016-C A3 144A 1.49% 2/18/20.

     125,000        124,737  

•Mercedes-Benz Auto Lease Trust Series 2016-A A2B 1.719% 7/16/18

     37,200        37,224  

#•Mercedes-Benz Master Owner Trust Series 2016-AA A 144A 1.739% 5/15/20

     135,000        135,499  

#•Navistar Financial Dealer Note Master Owner Trust II Series 2016-1 A 144A 2.566% 9/27/21

     90,000        90,480  
 

 

LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund–8


LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

Nissan Auto Lease Trust Series 2016-B A3 1.50% 7/15/19

     100,000      $ 99,779  

#•PFS Financing Series 2015-AA A 144A 1.779% 4/15/20

     100,000        99,980  

Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust

     

Series 2012-6 A 1.36% 8/17/20

     155,000        154,985  

Series 2015-2 A 1.60% 4/15/21

     135,000        135,023  

Towd Point Mortgage Trust

     

#•Series 2015-5 A1B 144A 2.75% 5/25/55

     99,127        99,890  

#•Series 2015-6 A1B 144A 2.75% 4/25/55

     104,254        105,063  

#•Series 2016-1 A1B 144A 2.75% 2/25/55

     69,330        69,846  

#•Series 2016-2 A1 144A 3.00% 8/25/55

     78,056        79,150  

#•Series 2016-3 A1 144A 2.25% 4/25/56

     89,290        89,019  

#Verizon Owner Trust Series 2016-2A A 144A 1.68% 5/20/21

     115,000        114,686  

•Wells Fargo Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust Series 2014-2 A 1.662% 10/20/19

     200,000        200,167  
     

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $3,905,722)

 

     3,902,842  
     

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS–0.41%

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust

     

#•Series 2014-2 B1 144A 3.424% 6/25/29

     77,258        77,463  

#•Series 2014-2 B2 144A 3.424% 6/25/29

     77,258        75,905  

#•Series 2014-IVR6 2A4 144A 2.50% 7/25/44

     100,000        99,544  

#•Series 2015-4 B1 144A 3.628% 6/25/45

     95,708        94,348  

#•Series 2015-4 B2 144A 3.628% 6/25/45

     95,708        93,252  

#•Series 2015-6 B1 144A 3.623% 10/25/45

     95,589        94,833  

#•Series 2015-6 B2 144A 3.623% 10/25/45

     95,589        93,818  

#•Series 2016-4 B1 144A 3.904% 10/25/46

     98,537        99,301  

#•Series 2016-4 B2 144A 3.904% 10/25/46

     98,537        100,266  

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust

     

#•Series 2016-4A A1 144A 3.75% 11/25/56

     86,879        89,506  

#•Series 2017-1A A1 144A 4.00% 2/25/57

     92,111        95,762  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

NON-AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (continued)

 

#•Sequoia Mortgage Trust Series 2014-2 A4 144A 3.50% 7/25/44

     70,660      $ 71,783  
     

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(Cost $1,079,044)

 

     1,085,781  
     

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES– 3.26%

•Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2007-4 AM 6.158% 2/10/51

     42,648        42,662  

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2007-PW18 A4 5.70% 6/11/50

     70,671        71,012  

CD Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2016-CD2 A3 3.248% 11/10/49

     200,000        202,647  

•Series 2016-CD2 A4 3.526% 11/10/49

     105,000        108,416  

CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2016-C7 A3 3.839% 12/10/54

     90,000        94,092  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2014-GC25 A4 3.635% 10/10/47

     195,000        202,795  

Series 2015-GC27 A5 3.137% 2/10/48

     215,000        215,984  

Series 2016-P3 A4 3.329% 4/15/49

     145,000        147,703  

Series 2016-P5 A4 2.941% 10/10/49

     130,000        128,036  

COMM Mortgage Trust

     

#Series 2013-CR6 AM 144A 3.147% 3/10/46

     145,000        146,165  

#Series 2013-WWP A2 144A 3.424% 3/10/31

     100,000        103,541  

Series 2014-CR19 A5 3.796% 8/10/47

     100,000        105,006  

Series 2014-CR20 AM 3.938% 11/10/47

     340,000        354,486  

#Series 2015-3BP A 144A 3.178% 2/10/35

     400,000        403,746  

Series 2015-CR23 A4 3.497% 5/10/48

     135,000        138,886  

DB-JPM Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2016-C1 A4 3.276% 5/10/49

     250,000        253,778  

Series 2016-C3 A5 2.89% 9/10/49

     160,000        157,258  

#•DB-UBS Mortgage Trust Series 2011-LC1A C 144A 5.871% 11/10/46

     300,000        327,692  
 

 

LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund–9


LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
NON-AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)  

GRACE Mortgage Trust

     

#Series 2014-GRCE A 144A 3.369% 6/10/28

     1,190,000      $     1,235,971  

#Series 2014-GRCE B 144A 3.52% 6/10/28

     200,000        205,530  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

     

Series 2015-GC32 A4 3.764% 7/10/48

     105,000        110,197  

Series 2017-GS5 A4 3.674% 3/10/50

     210,000        219,170  

#Houston Galleria Mall Trust Series 2015-HGLR A1A2 144A 3.087% 3/5/37

     160,000        159,563  

JPM-BB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

     

Series 2015-C32 A5 3.598% 11/15/48

     225,000        232,582  

Series 2015-C33 A4 3.77% 12/15/48

     340,000        355,948  

JPM-DB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2016-C2 A4 3.144% 6/15/49

     275,000        276,010  

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

 

  

•Series 2005-CB11 E 5.702% 8/12/37

     60,000        62,281  

Series 2013-LC11 B 3.499% 4/15/46

     130,000        130,393  

Series 2015-JP1 A5 3.914% 1/15/49

     130,000        138,067  

Series 2016-JP2 A4 2.822% 8/15/49

     310,000        303,002  

Series 2016-JP2 AS 3.056% 8/15/49

     210,000        204,839  

•Series 2016-JP3 B 3.397% 8/15/49

     60,000        58,782  

#Series 2016-WIKI A 144A 2.798% 10/5/31

     75,000        76,090  

#Series 2016-WIKI B 144A 3.201% 10/5/31

     115,000        117,149  

 

    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
NON-AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)  

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust

 

  

Series 2014-C17 A5 3.741% 8/15/47

     135,000      $ 141,438  

Series 2015-C23 A4 3.719% 7/15/50

     440,000        460,745  

Series 2015-C26 A5 3.531% 10/15/48

     140,000        144,550  

Series 2016-C29 A4 3.325% 5/15/49

     130,000        132,084  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2015-NXS3 A4 3.617% 9/15/57

     250,000        258,761  

Series 2016-BNK1 A3 2.652% 8/15/49

     205,000        197,435  

•Series 2017-RB1 XA 1.445% 3/15/50

     1,473,810        144,625  

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2012-C10 A3 2.875% 12/15/45

     130,000        131,066  
     

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $8,778,426)

 

     8,700,183  
     

 

 

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS–6.48%

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

     

 ¥0.75% 1/31/18

     1,340,000        1,336,769  

1.375% 5/31/20

     1,400,000        1,393,493  

1.875% 1/31/22

     220,000        220,309  

1.875% 3/31/22

     175,000        175,123  

2.00% 11/15/26

     10,000        9,752  

2.25% 2/15/27

     14,250,000        14,186,260  
     

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(Cost $17,149,395)

 

     17,321,706  
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.12% (Cost $266,364,743)

       267,444,246  

«LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.12%)

       (323,971
    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 18,681,245 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

       $    267,120,275  
    

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP JPMORGAN RETIREMENT INCOME FUND STANDARD CLASS ($224,602,158 / 15,704,563 Shares)

       $14.302   
    

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP JPMORGAN RETIREMENT INCOME FUND SERVICE CLASS ($42,518,117 / 2,976,682 Shares)

       $14.284  
    

 

 

 

 

LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund–10


LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 224,098,787  

Undistributed net investment income

     2,966,262  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

     38,821,527  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and derivatives

     1,233,699  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $   267,120,275  
  

 

 

 

 

#

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At June 30, 2017, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $11,705,795, which represents 4.38% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 6 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

²

Class R-6 shares.

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate as of June 30, 2017. Interest rates reset periodically.

 

*

Interest only security. An interest only security is the interest only portion of a fixed income security which is sold separately from the principal portion of the security.

 

«

Includes $1,334,242 due to custodian, $37,845 cash collateral due to broker, $200,045 foreign currencies collateral held at broker, $83,570 payable for fund shares redeemed, $17,697 expense reimbursement receivable from manager and $135,350 due to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

 

Pass Through Agreement. Security represents the contractual right to receive a proportionate amount of underlying payments due to the counterparty pursuant to various agreements related to the rescheduling of obligations and the exchange of certain notes.

 

=

The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs and is reported as a Level 3 security in the disclosure table located in Note 3 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

°

Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.

 

¥

Fully or partially pledged as collateral for futures contracts.

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

Contracts to Buy (Sell)    Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
    Notional
Value
    Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Equity Contracts:

            
85  

E-mini MSCI EAFE Index

     $  8,001,441       $  8,030,800       9/18/17        $29,359        $           —  
53  

E-mini MSCI Emerging Markets Index

     2,646,825       2,671,995       9/18/17        25,170         
10  

E-mini Russell 2000 Index

     709,901       707,150       9/18/17               (2,751
11  

E-mini S&P 500 Index

     1,335,635       1,331,495       9/18/17               (4,140
51  

Euro STOXX 50 Index

     2,064,586       1,998,546       9/18/17               (66,040
(14)  

FTSE 100 Index

     (1,354,452     (1,320,619     9/18/17        33,833         
12  

SPI 200 Index

     1,319,818       1,302,547       9/22/17               (17,271
18  

Topix Index

     2,565,699       2,578,973       9/8/17        13,274         
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
              101,636        (90,202
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interest Rate Contracts:

            
53  

Australia 10 yr Bonds

     5,351,618       5,265,499       9/18/17               (86,119
(13)  

Canada 10 yr Bonds

     (1,446,940     (1,408,968     9/21/17        37,972         
(36)  

Euro-Bund

     (6,770,233     (6,655,674     9/8/17        114,559         
(20)  

Long Gilt

     (3,324,932     (3,270,973     9/28/17        53,959         
(21)  

U.S. Treasury 2 yr Notes

     (4,544,519     (4,538,296     10/2/17        6,223         
(55)  

U.S. Treasury 5 yr Notes

     (6,496,822     (6,480,977     10/2/17        15,845         
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
              228,558        (86,119
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total               $330,194        $(176,321)  
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1 See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund–11


LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

Summary of Abbreviations:

ARM–Adjustable Rate Mortgage

BB–Barclays Bank

DB–Deutsche Bank

EAFE–Europe Australasia Far East

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

FTSE–Financial Times Stock Exchange

FREMF–Freddie Mac Multifamily

GNMA–Government National Mortgage Association

GS–Goldman Sachs

JPM–JPMorgan

MSCI–Morgan Stanley Capital International

RBS–Royal Bank of Scotland

REMICs–Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits

S&P–Standard and Poor’s

S.F.–Single Family

SPI–Swiss Performance Index

WF–Wells Fargo

yr–Year

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund–12


LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Interest

   $ 2,639,180  

Dividends

     1,406,902  

Foreign tax withheld

     (35,217
  

 

 

 
     4,010,865  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     999,958  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     52,304  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     50,867  

Professional fees

     41,713  

Pricing fees

     34,819  

Accounting and administration expenses

     33,320  

Custodian fees

     25,423  

Shareholder servicing fees

     13,028  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     3,613  

Consulting fees

     1,141  

Other

     1,667  
  

 

 

 
     1,257,853  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (259,120

Expenses reimbursed

     (98,929
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     899,804  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     3,111,061  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments*

     36,697,323  

Foreign currencies

     (270,970

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     60,449  

Futures contracts

     (306,727

Options purchased

     (2,135

Swap contracts

     (90,298
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     36,087,642  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments**

     (24,883,383

Foreign currencies

     13,070  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     (16,198

Futures contracts

     170,890  

Swap contracts

     16,258  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (24,699,363
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     11,388,279  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 14,499,340  
  

 

 

 

*Includes $1,979 capital gains taxes paid.

**Includes $1,576 increase in capital gains taxes accrued.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income

  $ 3,111,061     $ 5,881,260  

Net realized gain

    36,087,642       5,906,532  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (24,699,363     1,087,450  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    14,499,340       12,875,242  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net investment income:

   

Standard Class

          (5,736,151

Service Class

          (950,393

Net realized gain:

   

Standard Class

          (8,273,975

Service Class

          (1,497,334
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (16,457,853
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

   

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    1,996,575       7,229,526  

Service Class

    2,983,664       2,895,282  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          14,010,126  

Service Class

          2,447,727  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    4,980,239       26,582,661  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (16,285,046     (38,935,112

Service Class

    (4,310,056     (7,113,771
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (20,595,102     (46,048,883
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (15,614,863     (19,466,222
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS

    (1,115,523     (23,048,833

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    268,235,798       291,284,631  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 267,120,275     $ 268,235,798  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

  $ 2,966,262     $ (144,799
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund–13


LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

          LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund Standard Class
     Six Months                     
     Ended                     
     6/30/171,2            Year Ended        
     (unaudited)    12/31/16   12/31/15   12/31/143   12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 13.548      $ 13.751     $ 14.896     $ 15.257     $ 14.502     $ 13.436

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income4

       0.165        0.297       0.348       0.402       0.378       0.404

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.589        0.353       (0.491 )       0.342       0.963       1.020
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.754        0.650       (0.143 )       0.744       1.341       1.424
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.352 )       (0.402 )       (0.411 )       (0.329 )       (0.358 )

Net realized gain

              (0.501 )       (0.600 )       (0.694 )       (0.257 )      
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.853 )       (1.002 )       (1.105 )       (0.586 )       (0.358 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 14.302      $ 13.548     $ 13.751     $ 14.896     $ 15.257     $ 14.502
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

       5.57%        4.71%       (0.94% )       4.88%       9.34%       10.63%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 224,602      $ 226,619     $ 247,317     $ 283,263     $ 299,595     $ 304,270

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

       0.64%        0.73%       0.73%       0.73%       0.73%       0.73%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to
expenses waived/reimbursed6

       0.91%        0.88%       0.88%       0.87%       0.88%       0.88%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       2.37%        2.13%       2.33%       2.58%       2.51%       2.85%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       2.10%        1.97%       2.18%       2.44%       2.36%       2.70%

Portfolio turnover

       170%        161%       140%       142%       159%       142%

 

1 

Effective May 1, 2017, J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc. replaced Delaware Investments Fund Advisers and Jackson Square Partners, LLC as the Fund’s sub-adviser.

 

2 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3 

Effective October 1, 2014, Jackson Square Partners, LLC was added as a sub-adviser to the Fund.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund–14


LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

          LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund Service Class
     Six Months                     
     Ended                     
     6/30/171,2            Year Ended        
     (unaudited)    12/31/16   12/31/15   12/31/143   12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 13.548      $ 13.751     $ 14.895     $ 15.257     $ 14.503     $ 13.438

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income4

       0.147        0.262       0.310       0.362       0.340       0.369

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.589        0.353       (0.489 )       0.342       0.962       1.018
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.736        0.615       (0.179 )       0.704       1.302       1.387
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.317 )       (0.365 )       (0.372 )       (0.291 )       (0.322 )

Net realized gain

              (0.501 )       (0.600 )       (0.694 )       (0.257 )      
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.818 )       (0.965 )       (1.066 )       (0.548 )       (0.322 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 14.284      $ 13.548     $ 13.751     $ 14.895     $ 15.257     $ 14.503
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

       5.43%        4.45%       (1.18% )       4.61%       9.07%       10.36%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 42,518      $ 41,617     $ 43,968     $ 47,038     $ 47,560     $ 47,088

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

       0.89%        0.98%       0.98%       0.98%       0.98%       0.98%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses
waived/reimbursed6

       1.16%        1.13%       1.13%       1.12%       1.13%       1.13%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       2.12%        1.88%       2.08%       2.33%       2.26%       2.60%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior
to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.85%        1.72%       1.93%       2.19%       2.11%       2.45%

Portfolio turnover

       170%        161%       140%       142%       159%       142%

 

1 

Effective May 1, 2017, J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc. replaced Delaware Investments Fund Advisers and Jackson Square Partners, LLC as the Fund’s sub-adviser.

 

2 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3 

Effective October 1, 2014, Jackson Square Partners, LLC was added as a sub-adviser to the Fund.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP JPMorgan Retirement Income Fund (formerly LVIP Delaware Foundation® Conservative Allocation Fund) (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests a substantial portion of its assets in open-end investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), advised by J.P. Morgan or other unaffiliated managers (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Underlying Funds invest in U.S. and foreign stocks, bonds and money market instruments. In addition to investment company investments, the Fund may also invest in individual securities. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek to provide current income and some capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), except those traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities and ETFs traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security or ETF does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. U.S. government and agency securities are valued at the mean between their bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Other debt securities and credit default swap (“CDS”) contracts are valued based upon valuations provided by an independent pricing service or broker and reviewed by management. To the extent current market prices are not available, the pricing service may take into account developments related to the specific security, as well as transactions in comparable securities. Swap prices are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments. Valuations for fixed income securities, including short-term debt securities, utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are used when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Futures contracts and options on futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Exchange-traded options are valued at the last reported sales price or, if no sales are reported, at the mean between the last reported bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

To Be Announced Securities (TBA)–The Fund may contract to purchase securities for a fixed price at a transaction date beyond the customary settlement period (e.g., when issued, delayed delivery, forward commitment, or TBA transactions) consistent with the Fund’s ability to manage its investment portfolio and meet redemption requests. These transactions involve a commitment by the Fund to purchase securities for a predetermined price or yield with payment and delivery taking place more than three days in the future, or after a period longer than the customary settlement period for that type of security. No interest will be earned by the Fund on such purchases until the securities are delivered; however, the market value may change prior to delivery.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund generally separates the portion of realized gains and losses on investments in debt securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of debt securities. Gains or losses attributable to changes in foreign exchange rates are included in the Statement of Operations under “Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currencies.” For foreign equity securities, these changes are included in net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends and interest are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Realized gains (losses) on paydowns of asset- and mortgage-backed securities are classified as interest income. Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of the distributions by the issuer or management estimate. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commissions to the Fund in cash. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement accorded the order, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction. There were no commission rebates for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.75% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. Effective May 1, 2017, LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.38% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Prior to May 1, 2017, the waiver amount was 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board and LIAC.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

Effective May 1, 2017, LIAC has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses exceed 0.45% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.70% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC. Prior to May 1, 2017, LIAC had contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses exceed 0.73% the Fund’s average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.98% for the Service Class.

Effective May 1, 2017, J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc. (“JPM”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. Prior to May 1, 2017, Delaware Investments Fund Advisers (“DIFA”) and Jackson Square Partners, LLP (“JSP”) were responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays or paid JPM, DIFA and JSP a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 7,630  

Legal

     1,842  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $38,371 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds and ETFs in which it invests. Because each of the Underlying Funds and ETFs has varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds and ETFs at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivables from and liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 17,697  

Management fees payable to LIAC

     81,826  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     8,740  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     6,413  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     38,371  

The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain affiliated funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under these procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund engaged in securities sales of $26,157.

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases other than U.S. government securities

   $ 413,344,387  

Purchases of U.S. government securities

     32,515,996  

Sales other than U.S. government securities

     437,116,987  

Sales of U.S. government securities

     20,161,612  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 266,364,743  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 1,986,219  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (906,716
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 1,079,503  
  

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs, including related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. The Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Valuations may also be based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which is received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1     Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

          

Assets:

          

Preferred Stock

   $     $      $ 14,069        14,069  

Investment Companies

     194,345,598                     194,345,598  

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

           4,567,886               4,567,886  

Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

           2,027,901               2,027,901  

Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

           4,765,084               4,765,084  

Corporate Bonds

           30,713,196               30,713,196  

Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities

           3,902,842               3,902,842  

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

           1,085,781               1,085,781  

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

           8,700,183               8,700,183  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

           17,321,706               17,321,706  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 194,345,598     $ 73,084,579      $ 14,069      $ 267,444,246  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivatives:

          

Assets:

          

Futures Contracts

   $ 330,194     $      $      $ 330,194  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

          

Futures Contracts

   $ (176,321   $      $      $ (176,321
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. This does not include transfers between Level 1 investments and Level 2 investments that resulted from the Fund’s use of international fair value pricing during the period. In accordance with the fair value procedures described in Note 1, international fair value pricing uses other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to the events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded, causing a change in classification between levels. International fair value pricing was not utilized at June 30, 2017. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months     Year  
     Ended     Ended  
     6/30/17     12/31/16  

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     143,248       516,503  

Service Class

     214,729       208,236  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           1,016,817  

Service Class

           177,726  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     357,977       1,919,282  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (1,165,509     (2,792,174

Service Class

     (309,896     (511,486
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (1,475,405     (3,303,660
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (1,117,428     (1,384,378
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. This risk is generally mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency exchange contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to control overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees against default. At June 30, 2017, the Fund pledged securities with a value of $693,324 and foreign currencies with a value of $200,045 and received $35,845 in cash as collateral for futures contracts.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce transaction costs.

Options Contracts–During the six months ended June 30, 2017, The Fund may enter into options contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may buy or write options contracts for any number of reasons, including without limitation: to manage the Fund’s exposure to changes in securities prices caused by interest rates or market conditions and foreign currencies; as an efficient means of adjusting the Fund’s overall exposure to certain markets; to protect the value of portfolio securities; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; as a cash management tool; and to generate income. The Fund may buy or write call or put options on securities, futures, swaps, swaptions, financial indices, and foreign currencies. When the Fund buys an option, a premium is paid and an asset is recorded and adjusted on a daily basis to reflect the current market value of the option purchased. When the Fund writes an option, a premium is received and a liability is recorded and adjusted on a daily basis to reflect the current market value of the option written. Premiums received from writing options that expire unexercised are treated by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gains. The difference between the premium received and the amount paid at the close of the transaction, including brokerage commissions, is treated as realized gain or loss. If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security in determining whether the Fund has a realized gain or loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the securities purchased by the Fund. The Fund, as writer of an option, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option. When writing options, the Fund is subject to minimal counterparty risk because the counterparty is only obligated to pay premiums and does not bear the market risk of an unfavorable market change.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used options contracts to manage the Fund’s exposure to changes in foreign currencies; to adjust the Fund’s overall exposure to certain markets; and to protect the value of portfolio securities.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

No options contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017.

There were no transactions in options written during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

Swap Contracts–The Fund enters into interest rate swap contracts and CDS contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may use interest rate swaps to adjust the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or hedge against changes in interest rates. The Fund may enter into CDS contracts in order to hedge against a credit event, to enhance total return, or to gain exposure to certain securities or markets.

Interest Rate Swaps-An interest rate swap contract is an exchange of interest rates between counterparties. In one instance, an interest rate swap involves payments received by the Fund from another party based on a variable or floating interest rate, in return for making payments based on a fixed interest rate. The Fund may enter into either side of such swap contract. Interest rate swaps may be used to manage the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates. Periodic payments on such contracts are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized appreciation/depreciation on swap contracts. Upon periodic payment (receipt) or termination of the contract, such amounts are recorded as realized gains or losses on swap contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from (paid) to the counterparty over the interest rate swap contract’s remaining life, to the extent that the amount is positive. This risk is mitigated by (1) for bilateral swap contracts having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty, and (2) for cleared swaps, trading these instruments through a central counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used interest rate swap contracts to manage the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates.

Credit Default Swaps–A CDS contract is a risk-transfer instrument through which one party (a purchaser of protection) transfers to another party (a seller of protection) the financial risk of a credit event (as defined in the CDS agreement), as it relates to a particular reference security or basket of securities, such as an index. In exchange for the protection offered by the seller of protection, the purchaser of protection agrees to pay the seller of protection a periodic amount at a stated rate that is applied to the notional amount of the CDS contract. In addition, an upfront payment may be made or received by the Fund in connection with an unwinding or assignment of a CDS contract. Upon the occurrence of a credit event, the seller of protection would pay the counterparty the agreed-upon value for the reference security or basket of securities. Credit events generally include, among others, bankruptcy, failure to pay and obligation default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund entered into CDS contracts as a purchaser and seller of protection. Periodic payments (receipts) on CDS contracts are accrued daily and recorded as realized losses (gains) on swap contracts. Upon payment (receipt), such amounts are recorded as realized losses (gains) on swap contracts. Upfront payments made or received in connection with CDS contracts are amortized over the expected life of the CDS contracts as unrealized losses (gains) on swap contracts. The change in value of CDS contracts is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation daily. A realized gain or loss is recorded upon a credit event (as defined in the CDS agreement) or the maturity or termination of a CDS contract. Initial margin and variation margin is posted to a central counterparty for centrally cleared CDS basket trades, as determined by the applicable central counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used CDS contracts to hedge against credit events (including single name, baskets, and systemic).

CDS contracts may involve greater risks than if the Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly. CDS contracts are subject to general market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk, either as the seller of protection or the buyer of protection, is the fair value of the contract. This risk is mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and for centrally cleared swaps, by trading these instruments through a central counterparty.

Swaps Generally-The value of open swaps may differ from that which would be realized in the event the Fund terminated its position in the agreement. Risks of entering into these contracts include the potential inability of the counterparty to meet the terms of the contracts. This type of risk is generally limited to the amount of favorable movement in the value of the underlying security, instrument or basket of instruments, if any, at the day of default. Risks also arise from potential losses from adverse market movements and such losses could exceed the unrealized amounts shown on the Statement of Net Assets.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

   

Asset Derivatives

   

Liability Derivatives

 
   

Statement of Net Assets Location

  Fair Value    

Statement of Net Assets Location

  Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

  Liabilities net of receivables and other assets     101,636     Liabilities net of receivables and other assets     (90,202

Futures contracts (Interest rate contracts)

  Liabilities net of receivables and other assets     228,558     Liabilities net of receivables and other assets     (86,119
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

    $ 330,194       $ (176,321
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

   

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

  Realized Gain (Loss) on
Derivatives

Recognized in
Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts     $ 60,449     $ (16,198 )

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts       7,146       11,434

Futures contracts (Interest rate contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts       (313,873 )       159,456

Options contracts (Interest rate contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from options purchased and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of options purchased       (2,135 )      

Swap contracts (Credit contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from swap contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of swap contracts       (58,349 )       1,670

Swap contracts (Interest rate contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from swap contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of swap contracts       (31,949 )       14,588
     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

      $ (338,711 )     $ 170,950
     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
     Short Derivative
Volume
 

Forward foreign currency contracts (average cost)

     USD        619,747        USD        1,213,168  

Futures contracts (average notional value)

     USD        8,694,339        USD        10,114,577  

Options contracts (average notional value)

     USD        167        USD         

CDS contracts (average notional value)*

     USD        694,501        USD         

Interest rate swap contracts (average notional value)

     USD               USD        488,480  

*Long represents buying protection and short represents selling protection.

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights to help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and foreign currency exchange contracts and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting items and netting provisions in the event of a default or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instrument payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of an ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out) including the

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Net Assets.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had no derivative assets or liabilities subject to netting arrangements.

6. Credit and Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of equity securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund invests in fixed income securities whose values are derived from an underlying pool of mortgages or consumer loans. The values of these securities are sensitive to changes in economic conditions, including delinquencies and defaults, and may be adversely affected by changes in interest rates and shifts in the market’s perception of issuers. Investors receive principal and interest payments as the underlying mortgages and consumer loans are paid back. Some of these securities are collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”). CMOs are debt securities issued by U.S. government agencies or by financial institutions and other mortgage lenders, which are collateralized by a pool of mortgages held under an indenture. Prepayment of mortgages may shorten the stated maturity of the obligations and can result in a loss of premium, if any has been paid. Certain of these securities may be stripped (securities which provide only the principal or interest feature of the underlying security). The yield to maturity on an interest-only CMO is extremely sensitive not only to changes in prevailing interest rates, but also to the rate of principal payments (including prepayments) on the related underlying mortgage assets. A rapid rate of principal payments may have a material adverse effect on a CMO’s yield to maturity. If the underlying mortgage assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may fail to fully recoup its initial investment in these securities even if the securities are rated in the highest rating categories.

The Fund invests in high yield fixed income securities, which are securities rated BB or lower by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC or Ba or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or similarly rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Investments in these higher yielding securities are generally accompanied by a greater degree of credit risk than higher rated securities. Additionally, lower rated securities may be more susceptible to adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than investment-grade securities.

The Fund invests in REITs and is subject to the risks associated with that industry. If the Fund acquires a direct interest in real estate as a result of defaults or receives rental income directly from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company could be jeopardized. The Fund had no direct real estate holdings during the six months ended June 30, 2017. The Fund’s REIT holdings are also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs it holds use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. Rule 144A securities have been identified on the Statement of Net Assets.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Funds’ existing contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no other material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings

     2  

Statement of Net Assets

     3  

Statement of Operations

     9  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     9  

Financial Highlights

     10  

Notes to Financial Statements

     12  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


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Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,058.20       0.76%       $3.88  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,056.90       1.01%       5.15  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,021.03       0.76%       $3.81  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,019.79       1.01%       5.06  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations

presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Common Stock

     89.05%  

Aerospace & Defense

     0.89%  

Airlines

     0.60%  

Auto Components

     0.70%  

Automobiles

     0.14%  

Banks

     7.04%  

Beverages

     1.58%  

Biotechnology

     0.79%  

Building Products

     0.74%  

Capital Markets

     4.14%  

Chemicals

     0.91%  

Commercial Services & Supplies

     0.04%  

Communications Equipment

     0.79%  

Construction & Engineering

     0.10%  

Consumer Finance

     0.89%  

Containers & Packaging

     2.85%  

Distributors

     0.57%  

Diversified Financial Services

     0.02%  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     0.21%  

Electric Utilities

     2.69%  

Electrical Equipment

     1.67%  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     3.15%  

Energy Equipment & Services

     0.58%  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     7.86%  

Food & Staples Retailing

     0.99%  

Food Products

     1.64%  

Gas Utilities

     0.90%  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     0.67%  

Health Care Providers & Services

     4.70%  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     1.35%  

Household Durables

     2.44%  

Household Products

     0.41%  

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     0.38%  

Industrial Conglomerates

     0.71%  

Insurance

     7.02%  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     1.01%  

Internet Software & Services

     0.55%  

IT Services

     1.49%  

Leisure Products

     0.10%  

Machinery

     2.18%  
Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Media

     1.81%  

Metals & Mining

     0.33%  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts

     0.29%  

Multiline Retail

     1.12%  

Multi-Utilities

     3.25%  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     5.41%  

Personal Products

     1.31%  

Pharmaceuticals

     0.57%  

Professional Services

     0.49%  

Real Estate Management & Development

     0.41%  

Road & Rail

     0.02%  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     1.21%  

Software

     1.23%  

Specialty Retail

     3.14%  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.94%  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     1.24%  

Trading Companies & Distributors

     0.77%  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     0.02%  

Money Market Fund

     10.76%  

Total Value of Securities

     99.81%  

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.19%  

Total Net Assets

     100.00%  

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Mohawk Industries

     1.28%  

EQT

     1.22%  

Loews

     1.15%  

Energen

     1.15%  

Edison International

     1.12%  

M&T Bank

     1.05%  

CMS Energy

     1.01%  

Expedia

     1.01%  

Ball

     0.99%  

Humana

     0.97%  

Total

     10.95%  

IT–Information Technology

 

 

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Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK–89.05%

     

Aerospace & Defense–0.89%

     

Boeing

     8,900      $ 1,759,975  

Curtiss-Wright

     7,300        669,994  

HEICO Class A

     13,875        860,944  

Huntington Ingalls Industries

     8,835        1,644,724  

L3 Technologies

     3,090        516,277  

Northrop Grumman

     310        79,580  

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Class A

     6,180        358,069  
     

 

 

 
        5,889,563  
     

 

 

 

Airlines–0.60%

     

Delta Air Lines

     21,700        1,166,158  

†United Continental Holdings

     37,250        2,803,063  
     

 

 

 
        3,969,221  
     

 

 

 

Auto Components–0.70%

     

BorgWarner

     87,368        3,700,908  

†Visteon

     9,200        938,952  
     

 

 

 
        4,639,860  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles–0.14%

     

General Motors

     27,500        960,575  
     

 

 

 
        960,575  
     

 

 

 

Banks–7.04%

     

Bank of America

     154,300        3,743,318  

Citigroup

     49,000        3,277,120  

Citizens Financial Group

     125,301        4,470,740  

Comerica

     1,200        87,888  

East West Bancorp

     4,700        275,326  

Fifth Third Bancorp

     212,594        5,518,940  

First Republic Bank

     42,811        4,285,381  

Huntington Bancshares

     234,256        3,167,141  

KeyCorp

     20,300        380,422  

M&T Bank

     43,099        6,979,883  

PNC Financial Services Group

     19,000        2,372,530  

Popular

     46,800        1,952,028  

Regions Financial

     62,140        909,730  

SunTrust Banks

     99,374        5,636,493  

†SVB Financial Group

     1,950        342,791  

Synovus Financial

     35,300        1,561,672  

Zions Bancorporation

     42,951        1,885,978  
     

 

 

 
        46,847,381  
     

 

 

 

Beverages–1.58%

     

Constellation Brands Class A

     21,529        4,170,813  

Dr Pepper Snapple Group

     53,767        4,898,711  

Molson Coors Brewing Class B

     16,516        1,425,991  
     

 

 

 
        10,495,515  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology–0.79%

     

†ACADIA Pharmaceuticals

     7,900        220,331  

†Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

     4,850        386,836  

Amgen

     9,500        1,636,185  

†BioMarin Pharmaceutical

     1,500        136,230  
    

Number of

Shares

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Biotechnology (continued)

     

Gilead Sciences

     23,400      $ 1,656,252  

†Incyte

     3,625        456,424  

†Intercept Pharmaceuticals

     1,900        230,033  

†Juno Therapeutics

     10,300        307,867  

†TESARO

     1,850        258,741  
     

 

 

 
        5,288,899  
     

 

 

 

Building Products–0.74%

     

Fortune Brands Home & Security

     72,711        4,743,666  

Owens Corning

     2,900        194,068  
     

 

 

 
        4,937,734  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–4.14%

     

Ameriprise Financial

     30,485        3,880,436  

BGC Partners Class A

     6,800        85,952  

Goldman Sachs Group

     5,000        1,109,500  

Intercontinental Exchange

     3,000        197,760  

Invesco

     131,260        4,619,039  

Lazard Class A

     1,610        74,591  

LPL Financial Holdings

     14,300        607,178  

MarketAxess Holdings

     1,025        206,127  

Morgan Stanley

     20,200        900,112  

MSCI

     20,990        2,161,760  

Northern Trust

     47,370        4,604,838  

Raymond James Financial

     55,808        4,476,918  

T. Rowe Price Group

     62,117        4,609,703  
     

 

 

 
        27,533,914  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals–0.91%

     

Cabot

     26,790        1,431,390  

Huntsman

     51,760        1,337,478  

Sherwin-Williams

     9,338        3,277,264  
     

 

 

 
        6,046,132  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–0.04%

 

†Stericycle

     3,450        263,304  
     

 

 

 
        263,304  
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment–0.79%

 

†ARRIS International

     24,660        690,973  

†CommScope Holding

     114,083        4,338,576  

†F5 Networks

     1,750        222,355  
     

 

 

 
        5,251,904  
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering–0.10%

 

Fluor

     2,680        122,690  

Jacobs Engineering Group

     9,740        529,759  
     

 

 

 
        652,449  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–0.89%

     

Ally Financial

     147,145        3,075,331  

Capital One Financial

     1,000        82,620  

Discover Financial Services

     33,360        2,074,658  

Navient

     19,600        326,340  
 

 

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LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    

Number of

Shares

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Consumer Finance (continued)

     

Synchrony Financial

     11,320      $ 337,562  
     

 

 

 
        5,896,511  
     

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging–2.85%

 

Avery Dennison

     4,290        379,107  

Ball

     155,328        6,556,395  

†Berry Global Group

     19,100        1,088,891  

International Paper

     5,680        321,545  

Packaging Corp. of America

     5,800        646,062  

Silgan Holdings

     129,902        4,128,286  

WestRock

     103,637        5,872,072  
     

 

 

 
        18,992,358  
     

 

 

 

Distributors–0.57%

     

Genuine Parts

     40,912        3,794,997  
     

 

 

 
        3,794,997  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services–0.02%

 

Voya Financial

     3,800        140,182  
     

 

 

 
        140,182  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–0.21%

 

AT&T

     22,600        852,698  

CenturyLink

     16,350        390,438  

Verizon Communications

     3,800        169,708  
     

 

 

 
        1,412,844  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–2.69%

     

Alliant Energy

     6,060        243,430  

American Electric Power

     100        6,947  

Edison International

     95,613        7,475,980  

Exelon

     17,000        613,190  

FirstEnergy

     11,500        335,340  

Great Plains Energy

     5,200        152,256  

NextEra Energy

     5,900        826,767  

Pinnacle West Capital

     620        52,799  

Portland General Electric

     16,600        758,454  

Westar Energy

     19,088        1,012,046  

Xcel Energy

     139,693        6,409,115  
     

 

 

 
        17,886,324  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–1.67%

     

AMETEK

     66,508        4,028,390  

EnerSys

     1,900        137,655  

Hubbell

     32,893        3,722,501  

Regal Beloit

     30,385        2,477,897  

Rockwell Automation

     4,600        745,016  
     

 

 

 
        11,111,459  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–3.15%

 

Amphenol Class A

     66,367        4,899,212  

†Arrow Electronics

     67,442        5,288,802  

Avnet

     12,300        478,224  

CDW

     80,473        5,031,977  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (continued)

 

FLIR Systems

     9,600      $ 332,736  

†Keysight Technologies

     127,224        4,952,830  
     

 

 

 
        20,983,781  
     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services–0.58%

 

Baker Hughes, a GE company

     35,820        1,952,548  

†Dril-Quip

     2,900        141,520  

Halliburton

     28,600        1,221,506  

†TechnipFMC

     20,400        554,880  
     

 

 

 
        3,870,454  
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–7.86%

 

American Campus Communities

     45,876        2,169,935  

American Homes 4 Rent Class A

     94,895        2,141,780  

Apartment Investment & Management

     1,130        48,556  

Apple Hospitality

     44,800        838,208  

AvalonBay Communities

     19,847        3,813,998  

Boston Properties

     28,484        3,504,102  

Brandywine Realty Trust

     38,100        667,893  

Brixmor Property Group

     155,448        2,779,410  

Corecivic

     21,900        604,002  

Corporate Office Properties Trust

     14,000        490,420  

Crown Castle International

     1,550        155,279  

CyrusOne

     4,600        256,450  

Digital Realty Trust

     2,220        250,749  

Douglas Emmett

     2,560        97,818  

Equinix

     4,045        1,735,952  

†Equity Commonwealth

     42,560        1,344,896  

Equity LifeStyle Properties

     3,830        330,682  

Essex Property Trust

     8,105        2,085,173  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

     17,802        2,249,995  

GEO Group

     11,500        340,055  

GGP

     80,961        1,907,441  

HCP

     25,160        804,114  

Hospitality Properties Trust

     9,600        279,840  

Kimco Realty

     163,803        3,005,785  

Liberty Property Trust

     3,600        146,556  

Mid-America Apartment Communities

     4,399        463,567  

Outfront Media

     115,231        2,664,141  

Park Hotels & Resorts

     66,990        1,806,050  

Piedmont Office Realty Trust Class A

     31,900        672,452  

Prologis

     11,150        653,836  

Rayonier

     93,313        2,684,615  

Regency Centers

     33,429        2,093,993  

Retail Properties of America

     11,800        144,078  

†SBA Communications

     2,350        317,015  

SL Green Realty

     250        26,450  

Spirit Realty Capital

     5,900        43,719  

Sun Communities

     2,000        175,380  

Taubman Centers

     890        52,999  

Ventas

     300        20,844  

Vornado Realty Trust

     41,288        3,876,943  
 

 

LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund–4


LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    

Number of

Shares

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)

 

Weyerhaeuser

     98,018      $ 3,283,603  

WP Carey

     19,496        1,286,931  
     

 

 

 
        52,315,705  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–0.99%

     

Kroger

     140,792        3,283,269  

†Rite Aid

     30,400        89,680  

Sysco

     24,600        1,238,118  

†US Foods Holding

     6,500        176,930  

Walgreens Boots Alliance

     2,300        180,113  

Wal-Mart Stores

     21,500        1,627,120  
     

 

 

 
        6,595,230  
     

 

 

 

Food Products–1.64%

     

Archer-Daniels-Midland

     15,700        649,666  

Bunge

     17,400        1,298,040  

Conagra Brands

     18,600        665,136  

Ingredion

     10,170        1,212,366  

†Pilgrim’s Pride

     65,700        1,440,144  

†TreeHouse Foods

     37,617        3,072,933  

Tyson Foods Class A

     40,640        2,545,283  
     

 

 

 
        10,883,568  
     

 

 

 

Gas Utilities–0.90%

     

National Fuel Gas

     77,255        4,313,919  

UGI

     34,970        1,692,898  
     

 

 

 
        6,006,817  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–0.67%

 

Baxter International

     5,800        351,132  

Hill-Rom Holdings

     15,300        1,218,033  

†Hologic

     33,690        1,528,852  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings

     10,610        1,362,324  
     

 

 

 
        4,460,341  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–4.70%

 

Aetna

     3,900        592,137  

AmerisourceBergen

     53,834        5,088,928  

Anthem

     1,700        319,821  

†Centene

     2,700        215,676  

Cigna

     26,025        4,356,325  

†DaVita

     2,700        174,852  

†Express Scripts Holding

     6,200        395,808  

†Henry Schein

     20,051        3,669,734  

Humana

     26,878        6,467,384  

†Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

     12,224        1,884,207  

McKesson

     2,500        411,350  

†Premier Class A

     29,400        1,058,400  

Quest Diagnostics

     4,300        477,988  

UnitedHealth Group

     5,800        1,075,436  

Universal Health Services Class B

     29,897        3,649,826  

†WellCare Health Plans

     7,900        1,418,524  
     

 

 

 
        31,256,396  
     

 

 

 
    

Number of

Shares

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–1.35%

 

Darden Restaurants

     2,975      $ 269,059  

†Hilton Grand Vacations

     22,459        809,871  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings

     63,263        3,912,816  

Marriott International Class A

     15,250        1,529,727  

Restaurant Brands International

     7,200        450,288  

Royal Caribbean Cruises

     2,300        251,229  

Vail Resorts

     2,400        486,792  

Wyndham Worldwide

     2,700        271,107  

†Yum China Holdings

     26,050        1,027,151  
     

 

 

 
        9,008,040  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables–2.44%

     

DR Horton

     18,175        628,310  

†Mohawk Industries

     35,204        8,508,455  

Newell Brands

     116,839        6,264,907  

†NVR

     50        120,531  

Toll Brothers

     18,200        719,082  
     

 

 

 
        16,241,285  
     

 

 

 

Household Products–0.41%

     

Energizer Holdings

     44,798        2,151,200  

Procter & Gamble

     6,800        592,620  
     

 

 

 
        2,743,820  
     

 

 

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity
Producers–0.38%

 

AES

     65,300        725,483  

NRG Energy

     103,900        1,789,158  
     

 

 

 
        2,514,641  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–0.71%

 

Carlisle

     49,509        4,723,159  
     

 

 

 
        4,723,159  
     

 

 

 

Insurance–7.02%

     

†Alleghany

     3,938        2,342,322  

Allied World Assurance Holdings

     5,660        299,414  

American Financial Group

     5,770        573,365  

American International Group

     14,800        925,296  

American National Insurance

     400        46,596  

Aon

     1,820        241,969  

†Arch Capital Group

     8,040        750,052  

Aspen Insurance Holdings

     2,770        138,085  

Assurant

     2,790        289,295  

Assured Guaranty

     21,470        896,158  

Axis Capital Holdings

     10,200        659,532  

Chubb

     15,617        2,270,399  

Everest Re Group

     4,175        1,062,913  

First American Financial

     1,300        58,097  

FNF Group

     6,750        302,603  

Hanover Insurance Group

     5,960        528,235  

Hartford Financial Services Group

     112,965        5,938,570  

Loews

     164,063        7,679,789  

Marsh & McLennan

     65,397        5,098,350  
 

 

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LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    

Number of

Shares

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Insurance (continued)

     

Principal Financial Group

     3,400      $ 217,838  

Progressive

     59,961        2,643,680  

Prudential Financial

     5,300        573,142  

RenaissanceRe Holdings

     5,600        778,680  

Torchmark

     10,530        805,545  

Unum Group

     76,318        3,558,708  

Validus Holdings

     1,700        88,349  

White Mountains Insurance Group

     700        608,041  

WR Berkley

     27,495        1,901,829  

XL Group

     123,947        5,428,879  
     

 

 

 
        46,705,731  
     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–1.01%

 

Expedia

     45,048        6,709,900  
     

 

 

 
        6,709,900  
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–0.55%

 

†eBay

     41,300        1,442,196  

†InterActiveCorp

     3,700        381,988  

†Match Group

     95,071        1,652,334  

†Pandora Media

     17,200        153,424  
     

 

 

 
        3,629,942  
     

 

 

 

IT Services–1.49%

     

DXC Technology

     21,850        1,676,332  

Fidelity National Information Services

     4,500        384,300  

Jack Henry & Associates

     52,441        5,447,047  

Leidos Holdings

     4,300        222,267  

†Square Class A

     9,000        211,140  

Total System Services

     9,700        565,025  

†Vantiv Class A

     20,470        1,296,570  

Western Union

     4,100        78,105  
     

 

 

 
        9,880,786  
     

 

 

 

Leisure Products–0.10%

     

Hasbro

     5,850        652,333  
     

 

 

 
        652,333  
     

 

 

 

Machinery–2.18%

     

Allison Transmission Holdings

     7,800        292,578  

Crane

     12,070        958,117  

Cummins

     4,100        665,102  

†Gardner Denver Holdings

     15,700        339,277  

IDEX

     37,018        4,183,404  

Ingersoll-Rand

     12,800        1,169,792  

Parker-Hannifin

     10,550        1,686,101  

Snap-on

     32,944        5,205,152  
     

 

 

 
        14,499,523  
     

 

 

 

Media–1.81%

     

Cable One

     50        35,545  

CBS Class B

     52,964        3,378,044  

Comcast Class A

     28,500        1,109,220  

†DISH Network Class A

     67,648        4,245,588  
    

Number of

Shares

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Media (continued)

     

†Liberty SiriusXM Group

     16,000      $ 671,680  

Sirius XM Holdings

     144,000        787,680  

TEGNA

     9,300        134,013  

Viacom Class B

     20,300        681,471  

Walt Disney

     9,600        1,020,000  
     

 

 

 
        12,063,241  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–0.33%

     

Newmont Mining

     6,700        217,013  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum

     1,450        105,575  

Steel Dynamics

     52,040        1,863,552  
     

 

 

 
        2,186,140  
     

 

 

 

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts–0.29%

 

AGNC Investment

     17,600        374,704  

Chimera Investment

     41,700        776,871  

Two Harbors Investment

     75,500        748,205  
     

 

 

 
        1,899,780  
     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–1.12%

     

Kohl’s

     107,209        4,145,772  

Nordstrom

     68,924        3,296,635  
     

 

 

 
        7,442,407  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–3.25%

     

Ameren

     3,750        205,013  

CenterPoint Energy

     82,678        2,263,724  

CMS Energy

     145,964        6,750,835  

Consolidated Edison

     2,445        197,605  

DTE Energy

     1,530        161,859  

MDU Resources Group

     22,100        579,020  

Sempra Energy

     47,768        5,385,842  

WEC Energy Group

     98,836        6,066,554  
     

 

 

 
        21,610,452  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–5.41%

 

Apache

     2,900        138,997  

Cabot Oil & Gas

     31,800        797,544  

Chevron

     3,300        344,289  

Cimarex Energy

     4,955        465,820  

ConocoPhillips

     3,800        167,048  

Devon Energy

     27,300        872,781  

†Energen

     155,410        7,672,592  

EOG Resources

     14,600        1,321,592  

EQT

     137,936        8,081,670  

Exxon Mobil

     5,400        435,942  

Marathon Oil

     43,210        512,039  

Marathon Petroleum

     20,990        1,098,407  

Murphy Oil

     4,440        113,797  

Noble Energy

     630        17,829  

Occidental Petroleum

     800        47,896  

ONEOK

     2,200        114,752  

PBF Energy Class A

     155,267        3,456,243  
 

 

LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund–6


LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

†QEP Resources

     21,930      $ 221,493  

†Rice Energy

     1,900        50,597  

Tesoro

     10,600        992,160  

Valero Energy

     33,330        2,248,442  

Williams

     201,152        6,090,883  

World Fuel Services

     15,180        583,671  

†WPX Energy

     15,580        150,503  
     

 

 

 
        35,996,987  
     

 

 

 

Personal Products–1.31%

     

Coty Class A

     185,832        3,486,208  

†Edgewell Personal Care

     54,003        4,105,308  

†Herbalife

     2,640        188,311  

Nu Skin Enterprises Class A

     15,300        961,452  
     

 

 

 
        8,741,279  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–0.57%

     

Allergan

     6,800        1,653,012  

†Mallinckrodt

     6,700        300,227  

†Mylan

     6,600        256,212  

Perrigo

     4,150        313,408  

Pfizer

     37,100        1,246,189  
     

 

 

 
        3,769,048  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services–0.49%

     

ManpowerGroup

     23,950        2,674,017  

†TransUnion

     13,900        602,009  
     

 

 

 
        3,276,026  
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development–0.41%

 

†CBRE Group Class A

     75,161        2,735,860  
     

 

 

 
        2,735,860  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail–0.02%

     

Landstar System

     1,460        124,976  
     

 

 

 
        124,976  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–1.21%

 

Analog Devices

     36,875        2,868,875  

Applied Materials

     38,400        1,586,304  

KLA-Tencor

     7,598        695,293  

Lam Research

     1,900        268,717  

Marvell Technology Group

     109,240        1,804,645  

†ON Semiconductor

     17,260        242,330  

QUALCOMM

     2,530        139,707  

Skyworks Solutions

     2,000        191,900  

Teradyne

     8,300        249,249  
     

 

 

 
        8,047,020  
     

 

 

 

Software–1.23%

     

Activision Blizzard

     5,850        336,785  

†Citrix Systems

     7,520        598,442  

Microsoft

     6,600        454,938  

†Nuance Communications

     47,000        818,270  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Software (continued)

     

†Synopsys

     73,509      $ 5,361,011  

†VMware Class A

     4,900        428,407  

†Zynga Class A

     58,200        211,848  
     

 

 

 
        8,209,701  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–3.14%

     

†AutoZone

     6,198        3,535,711  

Bed Bath & Beyond

     71,861        2,184,574  

Best Buy

     108,863        6,241,116  

†Burlington Stores

     5,800        533,542  

Gap

     136,810        3,008,452  

Staples

     30,800        310,156  

Tiffany

     53,166        4,990,692  

†Ulta Beauty

     300        86,202  
     

 

 

 
        20,890,445  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.94%

 

Apple

     3,000        432,060  

HP

     98,900        1,728,772  

†NCR

     8,900        363,476  

NetApp

     18,000        720,900  

Western Digital

     17,200        1,523,920  

Xerox

     51,820        1,488,789  
     

 

 

 
        6,257,917  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–1.24%

 

†Michael Kors Holdings

     2,200        79,750  

PVH

     52,268        5,984,686  

Ralph Lauren

     29,696        2,191,565  
     

 

 

 
        8,256,001  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–0.77%

 

MSC Industrial Direct

     49,389        4,245,478  

†United Rentals

     5,900        664,989  

†WESCO International

     4,000        229,200  
     

 

 

 
        5,139,667  
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.02%

 

Telephone & Data Systems

     5,200        144,300  
     

 

 

 
        144,300  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $481,056,400)

        592,483,825  
     

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–10.76%

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     71,611,202        71,611,202  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $71,611,202)

        71,611,202  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.81% (Cost $552,667,602)

   $ 664,095,027  

« RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.19%

     1,281,413  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 40,577,909 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 665,376,440  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP JPMORGAN SELECT MID CAP VALUE MANAGED
VOLATILITY FUND STANDARD CLASS ($37,322,372 / 2,258,269 Shares)

     $16.527  

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP JPMORGAN SELECT MID CAP VALUE MANAGED
VOLATILITY FUND SERVICE CLASS ($628,054,068 / 38,319,640 Shares)

     $16.390  

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 576,750,816  

Undistributed net investment income

     3,019,075  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (25,541,986

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

     111,148,535  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 665,376,440  
  

 

 

 

 

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

«

Includes $1,780,873 cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts, $555,167 due to manager and affiliates, $1,696,912 payable for securities purchased and $206,251 payable for fund shares redeemed as of June 30, 2017.

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)    Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
     Notional
Value
     Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 
 

Equity Contracts:

           
  189      E-mini S&P 500 Index      $22,935,273      $ 22,877,505        9/18/17        $  (57,768
  121      E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index      21,348,932        21,127,810        9/18/17        (221,122
              

 

 

 
 

Total

                   $(278,890
              

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amount recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

IT–Information Technology

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $ 5,593,973  

Foreign tax withheld

     (2,108
  

 

 

 
     5,591,865  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     2,233,890  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     750,329  

Accounting and administration expenses

     79,284  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     35,398  

Shareholder servicing fees

     31,868  

Professional fees

     23,336  

Custodian fees

     8,581  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     8,507  

Consulting fees

     2,484  

Pricing fees

     668  

Other

     2,391  
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     3,176,736  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     2,415,129  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN:

  

Net realized gain from:

  

Investments

     5,716,458  

Futures contracts

     2,662,449  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     8,378,907  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     24,259,050  

Futures contracts

     81,913  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     24,340,963  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     32,719,870  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 35,134,999  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income

  $ 2,415,129     $ 3,635,365  

Net realized gain (loss)

    8,378,907       (5,667,055

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    24,340,963       52,640,419  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    35,134,999       50,608,729  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net investment income:

   

Standard Class

          (258,638

Service Class

          (2,773,155
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
        (3,031,793)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

   

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    2,525,291       6,402,046  

Service Class

    55,021,457       148,121,505  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          258,638  

Service Class

          2,773,155  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    57,546,748     157,555,344  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (3,378,788     (5,680,905

Service Class

    (28,919,667     (42,214,279
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (32,298,455)     (47,895,184)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    25,248,293       109,660,160  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

    60,383,292       157,237,096  

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    604,993,148       447,756,052  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 665,376,440     $ 604,993,148  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

  $ 3,019,075     $ 603,946  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund–9


LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund Standard Class
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/162   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/123

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 15.618      $ 14.299     $ 15.623     $ 14.564     $ 11.782     $ 10.357

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income4

      0.080        0.138       0.113       0.133       0.094       0.061

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.829        1.294       (1.322 )       1.050       2.753       1.364
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.909        1.432       (1.209 )       1.183       2.847       1.425
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.113 )       (0.103 )       (0.123 )       (0.065 )      

Return of capital

                   (0.012 )       (0.001 )            
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.113 )       (0.115 )       (0.124 )       (0.065 )      
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 16.527      $ 15.618     $ 14.299     $ 15.623     $ 14.564     $ 11.782
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

      5.82%        10.01%       (7.74% )       8.11%       24.17%       13.76%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 37,322      $ 36,086     $ 32,080     $ 32,478     $ 24,156     $ 16,971

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

      0.76%        0.78%       0.80%       0.81%       0.95%       1.13%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses
waived/reimbursed

      0.76%        0.78%       0.81%       0.84%       0.99%       1.22%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      0.99%        0.94%       0.74%       0.89%       0.70%       0.55%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior
to expenses waived/reimbursed

      0.99%        0.94%       0.73%       0.86%       0.66%       0.46%

Portfolio turnover

      17%        77%       20%       24%       25%       146%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to -day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Commencing after the close of business on September 21, 2012, J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc. replaced Columbia Management Investment Advisors, LLC as the Fund’s sub-adviser.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund Service Class
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/162   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/123

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 15.507      $ 14.202     $ 15.515     $ 14.466     $ 11.705     $ 10.315

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income4

      0.059        0.101       0.074       0.095       0.061       0.033

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.824        1.280       (1.310 )       1.041       2.731       1.357
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.883        1.381       (1.236 )       1.136       2.792       1.390
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.076 )       (0.065 )       (0.086 )       (0.031 )      

Return of capital

                   (0.012 )       (0.001 )            
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.076 )       (0.077 )       (0.087 )       (0.031 )      
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 16.390      $ 15.507     $ 14.202     $ 15.515     $ 14.466     $ 11.705
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

      5.69%        9.72%       (7.96% )       7.85%       23.87%       13.48%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 628,054      $ 568,907     $ 415,676     $ 328,511     $ 199,294     $ 36,282

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

      1.01%        1.03%       1.05%       1.06%       1.20%       1.38%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to
expenses waived/reimbursed

      1.01%        1.03%       1.06%       1.09%       1.24%       1.47%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      0.74%        0.69%       0.49%       0.64%       0.45%       0.30%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      0.74%        0.69%       0.48%       0.61%       0.41%       0.21%

Portfolio turnover

      17%        77%       20%       24%       25%       146%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to -day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Commencing after the close of business on September 21, 2012, J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc. replaced Columbia Management Investment Advisors, LLC as the Fund’s sub-advisor.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund–11


LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under the policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (”international fair value pricing“).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund does not separate the portion of realized gains and losses on investments resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to change in market prices. For foreign equity securities, these changes are included in net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

 

LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund–12


LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of the distributions by the issuer or management estimate. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. Commission rebates are included in “Net realized gain (loss) on investments” on the Statement of Operations and totaled $6,692 for the six months ended June 30, 2017. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-advisers, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 1.05% of the first $60 million of the average daily net assets of the Fund; 0.75% of the next $90 million; and 0.65% of the average daily net assets in excess of $150 million. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc. (“JPMorgan”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays JPMorgan a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets. SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSGA”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s volatility management overlay. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays SSGA a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which are included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 17,972  

Legal

     4,339  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $28,971 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

 

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LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 381,672  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     128,706  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     15,818  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     28,971  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 118,361,708  

Sales

     99,189,673  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 552,667,602  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 124,436,153  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (13,008,728
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 111,427,425  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses; however there may be a greater likelihood that all or a portion of the Fund’s pre-enactment capital loss carryovers, if any, may expire without being utilized due to the fact that post-enactment capital losses must be utilized before pre-enactment capital loss carryovers. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss, whereas before the Act, capital losses carried forward were treated as short-term.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

Pre-Enactment

Short-Term

   Post-Enactment     

Capital Losses Expiring In

   Losses (No Expiration)*     

                    2017                   

   Short-Term    Long-Term    Total
$1,546,552    $12,678,284    $14,908,490    $29,133,326

*Capital loss carryovers with no expiration must be utilized first.

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

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LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

Assets:

  

Common Stock

   $ 592,483,825  

Money Market Fund

     71,611,202  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 664,095,027  
  

 

 

 

Derivatives:

  

Liabilities:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ (278,890
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     156,726       436,486  

Service Class

     3,438,342       10,099,424  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           16,510  

Service Class

           178,269  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     3,595,068       10,730,689  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (208,996     (385,886

Service Class

     (1,804,751     (2,861,010
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (2,013,747     (3,246,896
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     1,581,321       7,483,793  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable investors to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Futures Contracts — The Fund may use futures in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

 

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LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuation in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

  

Liability Derivatives

    

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value   

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Receivables and other assets net of liabilities    $—    Receivables and other assets net of liabilities    $(278,890)

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain (Loss)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
   Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts    $2,662,449    $81,913

Average Volume of Derivatives-The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
     Short Derivative
Volume
 

Futures contracts (average notional value)

     $43,110,150        $-      

6. Market Risk

The Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in small companies and may be subject to certain risks associated with ownership of securities of such companies. Investments in small-sized companies may be more volatile than investments in larger companies for a number of reasons, which include more limited financial resources or a dependence on narrow product lines.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund invests in REITs and is subject to the risks associated with that industry. If the Fund acquires a direct interest in real estate as a result of defaults or receives rental income directly from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company could be jeopardized. The Fund had no direct real estate holdings during the six months ended June 30, 2017. The Fund’s REIT holdings are also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs it holds use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC, the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. As of June 30, 2017, there were no Rule 144A securities.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

 

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LVIP JPMorgan Select Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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Disclosure of Fund Expenses

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Security Type/Sector Allocations

     3  

Schedules of Investments

     4  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     14  

Statements of Operations

     15  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     16  

Financial Highlights

     18  

Notes to Financial Statements

     28  

 

 

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Funds’ proxy voting procedures and information regarding how a Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds

 

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

Each Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold each Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of a Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis tables. The Expense Analysis tables do not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) Fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. These Expense Analyses are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analyses are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the tables, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the tables, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the tables, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in a Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Funds do not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of each table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Funds’ actual expenses shown in the tables reflect expense reimbursements in effect.

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2010 Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,049.20       0.30%       $1.52      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,047.90       0.55%       2.79      

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,023.31       0.30%       $1.51      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.07       0.55%       2.76      

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2020 Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,061.20       0.30%       $1.53      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,059.90       0.55%       2.81      

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,023.31       0.30%       $1.51      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.07       0.55%       2.76      

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2030 Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,069.80       0.30%       $1.54      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,068.50       0.55%       2.82      

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,023.31       0.30%       $1.51      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.07       0.55%       2.76      
 

 

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LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (continued)

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2040 Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,074.60       0.30%       $1.54      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,073.30       0.55%       2.83      

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,023.31       0.30%       $1.51      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.07       0.55%       2.76      

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2050 Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,085.00       0.30%       $1.55      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,083.80       0.55%       2.84      

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,023.31       0.30%       $1.51      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.07       0.55%       2.76      

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to each Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

Each Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. Each Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies (“Underlying Funds”). In addition to the Funds’ expenses reflected above, the Funds also indirectly bear their portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in each table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

    

 

 

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LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds

Security Type/Sector Allocations (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2010 Fund

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Affiliated Investments

     93.06%  

Equity Funds

     26.02%  

Fixed Income Funds

     49.63%  

International Equity Funds

     13.51%  

International Fixed Income Fund

     3.90%  

Unaffiliated Investments

     7.21%  

Fixed Income Fund

     1.95%  

International Equity Fund

     1.94%  

Money Market Fund

     3.32%  

Total Value of Securities

     100.27%  

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.27%

Total Net Assets

     100.00%  

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2020 Fund

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Affiliated Investments

     93.53%  

Equity Funds

     35.53%  

Fixed Income Funds

     37.78%  

International Equity Funds

     17.31%  

International Fixed Income Fund

     2.91%  

Unaffiliated Investments

     6.91%  

International Equity Funds

     2.89%  

Money Market Fund

     4.02%  

Total Value of Securities

     100.44%  

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.44%

Total Net Assets

     100.00%  

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2030 Fund

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Affiliated Investments

     92.28%  

Equity Funds

     35.45%  

Fixed Income Funds

     31.89%  

International Equity Funds

     23.00%  

International Fixed Income Fund

     1.94%  

Unaffiliated Investments

     7.46%  

International Equity Funds

     3.85%  

Money Market Fund

     3.61%  

Total Value of Securities

     99.74%  

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.26%  

Total Net Assets

     100.00%  

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2040 Fund

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Affiliated Investments

     91.30%  

Equity Funds

     40.79%  

Fixed Income Funds

     24.88%  

International Equity Funds

     25.63%  

Unaffiliated Investments

     8.57%  

Commodity Fund

     0.98%  

International Equity Funds

     2.86%  

Money Market Fund

     4.73%  

Total Value of Securities

     99.87%  

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.13%  

Total Net Assets

     100.00%  

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2050 Fund

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Affiliated Investments

     87.59%  

Equity Funds

     47.47%  

Fixed Income Funds

     11.26%  

International Equity Funds

     28.86%  

Unaffiliated Investments

     12.45%  

Commodity Fund

     0.96%  

International Equity Funds

     4.66%  

Money Market Fund

     6.83%  

Total Value of Securities

     100.04%  

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.04%

Total Net Assets

     100.00%  
 

 

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LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2010 Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–93.06%

 

Equity Funds–26.02%

   

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

    8,717     $ 357,789  

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

    29,466       358,242  

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

    483,480       8,217,714  

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

    11,850       357,128  

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

    14,780       358,511  
   

 

 

 
      9,649,384  
   

 

 

 

Fixed Income Funds–49.63%

 

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

    353,836       3,610,895  

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

    156,433       2,156,585  

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

    225,454       2,525,766  

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

    142,818       1,448,746  

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

    569,600       6,488,317  

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

    220,702       2,172,593  
   

 

 

 
      18,402,902  
   

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–13.51%

 

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

    113,254       1,067,075  

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

    423,868       3,944,518  
   

 

 

 
      5,011,593  
   

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

International Fixed Income Fund–3.90%

 

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

†LVIP Global Income Fund

     127,908      $ 1,445,619  
     

 

 

 
        1,445,619  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $25,488,807)

        34,509,498  
     

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–7.21%

 

Fixed Income Fund–1.95%

 

✢American Funds®

 

Mortgage Bond Fund

     68,035        722,529  
     

 

 

 
     
        722,529  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Fund–1.94%

 

*Delaware VIP Trust–

 

Delaware VIP Emerging Markets Series

     33,655        718,201  
     

 

 

 
        718,201  
     

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–3.32%

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     1,232,519        1,232,519  
     

 

 

 
        1,232,519  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $2,392,559)

        2,673,249  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.27% (Cost $27,881,366)

     37,182,747  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.27%)

     (100,070
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 3,159,213 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 37,082,677  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

*

Standard Class shares.

 

Class 1 shares.

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds–4


LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2010 Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)    Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
    Notional
Value
    Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 
 

Currency Contracts:

            
  (2)      British Pound      $(158,911   $ (163,063     9/19/17        $      —        $(4,152
  (1)      Euro      (140,749     (143,337     9/19/17               (2,588
  (1)      Japanese Yen      (114,287     (111,375     9/19/17        2,912         
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
               2,912        (6,740
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

Equity Contracts:

            
  (1)      E-mini MSCI Emerging Markets Index      (50,129     (50,415     9/18/17               (286
  (2)      E-mini Russell 2000 Index      (142,408     (141,430     9/18/17        978         
  (6)      E-mini S&P 500 Index      (728,500     (726,270     9/18/17        2,230         
  (1)      E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index      (175,704     (174,610     9/18/17        1,094         
  (3)      Euro STOXX 50 Index      (122,117     (117,562     9/18/17        4,555         
  (2)      FTSE 100 Index      (193,895     (188,660     9/18/17        5,235         
  (1)      Nikkei 225 Index (OSE)      (178,706     (177,995     9/8/17        711         
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
               14,803        (286
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
  Total                  $17,715        $(7,026
            

 

 

    

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1 See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

FTSE–Financial Times Stock Exchange

MSCI–Morgan Stanly Capital International

OSE–Osaka Securities Exchange

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds–5


LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2020 Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–93.53%

 

Equity Funds–35.53%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

     25,566      $ 1,231,231  

LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

     29,900        1,227,198  

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

     101,926        1,239,218  

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

     2,108,840        35,843,956  

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

     82,876        2,497,625  

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

     87,896        1,261,131  

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

     102,259        2,480,405  
     

 

 

 
        45,780,764  
     

 

 

 

Fixed Income Funds–37.78%

 

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

     612,031        6,245,773  

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

     428,407        5,906,020  

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

     445,659        4,992,716  

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

     494,046        5,011,601  

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

     1,970,416        22,445,014  

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

     414,433        4,079,679  
     

 

 

 
        48,680,803  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–17.31%

 

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

     391,781        3,691,358  

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

     1,999,019        18,602,873  
     

 

 

 
        22,294,231  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

International Fixed Income Fund–2.91%

 

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

†LVIP Global Income Fund

     331,886      $ 3,750,979  
     

 

 

 
        3,750,979  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $82,495,884)

        120,506,777  
     

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–6.91%

 

International Equity Funds–2.89%

 

  

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     60,037        2,484,931  

*Delaware VIP Trust–

     

Delaware VIP Emerging Markets Series

     58,223        1,242,469  
     

 

 

 
        3,727,400  
     

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–4.02%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     5,171,567        5,171,567  
     

 

 

 
        5,171,567  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $7,976,117)

        8,898,967  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.44% (Cost $90,472,001)

     129,405,744  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.44%)

     (561,074
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 10,837,261 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 128,844,670  
  

 

 

 

 

 

Non-income producing for the period.

* Standard Class shares.

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds–6


LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2020 Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

Contracts to Buy (Sell)    Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
    Notional
Value
    Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 
 

Currency Contracts:

            
  (12  

British Pound

     $(953,465)     $ (978,375     9/19/17        $        —        $(24,910
  (5  

Euro

     (703,746     (716,688     9/19/17               (12,942
  (4  

Japanese Yen

     (457,147     (445,500     9/19/17        11,647         
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
              11,647        (37,852
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

Equity Contracts:

            
  (6)     E-mini MSCI Emerging Markets Index      (300,775     (302,490     9/18/17               (1,715
  (7)     E-mini Russell 2000 Index      (498,429     (495,005     9/18/17        3,424         
  (31)     E-mini S&P 500 Index      (3,763,919     (3,752,395     9/18/17        11,524         
  (3)     E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index      (527,113     (523,830     9/18/17        3,283         
  (14)     Euro STOXX 50 Index      (569,878     (548,620     9/18/17        21,258         
  (10)     FTSE 100 Index      (968,749     (943,299     9/18/17        25,450         
  (3)     Nikkei 225 Index (OSE)      (536,117     (533,985     9/8/17        2,132         
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
              67,071        (1,715
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
  Total                 $78,718        $(39,567
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1 See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

FTSE–Financial Times Stock Exchange

MSCI–Morgan Stanley Capital International

OSE–Osaka Securities Exchange

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds–7


LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2030 Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–92.28%

 

Equity Funds–35.45%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

     30,998      $ 1,492,825  

LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

     36,559        1,500,546  

LVIP MFS Value Fund

     72,811        3,012,266  

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

     123,585        1,502,549  

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

     2,291,223        38,943,924  

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

     50,249        1,514,366  

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

     106,590        1,529,350  

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

     75,810        3,008,075  

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

     123,993        3,007,574  
     

 

 

 
        55,511,475  
     

 

 

 

Fixed Income Funds–31.89%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

     593,660        6,058,303  

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

     253,032        3,488,294  

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

     540,377        6,053,840  

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

     299,536        3,038,493  

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

     2,123,765        24,191,808  

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

     721,376        7,101,229  
     

 

 

 
        49,931,967  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–23.00%

 

  

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

     475,037        4,475,798  

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

     275,394        4,489,199  

LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

     259,623        4,477,190  

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

     159,770        1,522,447  

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

     2,262,451        21,054,365  
     

 

 

 
        36,018,999  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

International Fixed Income Fund–1.94%

 

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

†LVIP Global Income Fund

     268,184      $ 3,031,015  
     

 

 

 
        3,031,015  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $101,075,935)

        144,493,456  
     

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–7.46%

 

International Equity Funds–3.85%

 

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     72,810        3,013,606  

*Delaware VIP Trust–

     

Delaware VIP Emerging Markets Series

     141,167        3,012,512  
     

 

 

 
        6,026,118  
     

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–3.61%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     5,645,986        5,645,986  
     

 

 

 
        5,645,986  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments (Cost $10,212,660)

        11,672,104  
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.74% (Cost $111,288,595)

     156,165,560  

RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.26%

     411,164  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 13,491,955 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 156,576,724  
  

 

 

 

 

 

Non-income producing for the period.

* Standard Class shares.

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds–8


LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2030 Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)    Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
    Notional
Value
    Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 
 

Currency Contracts:

            
  (20  

British Pound

     $(1,589,109)     $ (1,630,625     9/19/17        $        —        $(41,516
  (8  

Euro

     (1,125,994     (1,146,700     9/19/17               (20,706
  (6  

Japanese Yen

     (685,720     (668,250     9/19/17        17,470         
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
              17,470        (62,222
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

Equity Contracts:

            
  (12  

E-mini MSCI Emerging Markets Index

     (601,551     (604,980     9/18/17               (3,429
  (8  

E-mini Russell 2000 Index

     (569,634     (565,720     9/18/17        3,914         
  (40  

E-mini S&P 500 Index

     (4,856,670     (4,841,800     9/18/17        14,870         
  (4  

E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index

     (702,817     (698,440     9/18/17        4,377         
  (27  

Euro STOXX 50 Index

     (1,099,050     (1,058,054     9/18/17        40,996         
  (15  

FTSE 100 Index

     (1,454,208     (1,414,949     9/18/17        39,259         
  (4  

Nikkei 225 Index (OSE)

     (714,822     (711,980     9/8/17        2,842         
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
              106,258        (3,429
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
  Total                 $123,728        $(65,651
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1 See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

FTSE–Financial Times Stock Exchange

MSCI–Morgan Stanley Capital International

OSE–Osaka Securities Exchange

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds–9


LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2040 Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–91.30%

  

Equity Funds–40.79%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

     21,680      $ 1,044,069  

LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

     25,569        1,049,441  

LVIP MFS Value Fund

     76,382        3,160,020  

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

     86,432        1,050,844  

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

     1,911,182        32,484,360  

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

     34,762        1,047,630  

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

     74,543        1,069,540  

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

     52,874        2,097,990  

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

     86,719        2,103,450  
     

 

 

 
        45,107,344  
     

 

 

 

Fixed Income Funds–24.88%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

     207,590        2,118,453  

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

     115,438        1,591,433  

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

     377,912        4,233,746  

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

     209,481        2,124,971  

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

     1,021,124        11,631,627  

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

     590,497        5,812,850  
     

 

 

 
        27,513,080  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–25.63%

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

     442,957        4,173,537  

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

     257,192        4,192,482  

LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

     242,093        4,174,888  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

International Equity Funds (continued)

 

  

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

     223,471      $ 2,129,459  

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

     1,469,323        13,673,524  
     

 

 

 
        28,343,890  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $65,398,625)

 

     100,964,314  
     

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–8.57%

  

Commodity Fund–0.98%

     

**PIMCO Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

PIMCO CommodityRealReturn Strategy Portfolio

     166,639        1,086,486  
     

 

 

 
        1,086,486  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–2.86%

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     25,461        1,053,831  

*Delaware VIP Trust–

     

Delaware VIP Emerging Markets Series

     98,729        2,106,870  
     

 

 

 
        3,160,701  
     

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–4.73%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     5,233,071        5,233,071  
     

 

 

 
        5,233,071  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments (Cost $8,867,134)

        9,480,258  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.87% (Cost $74,265,759)

     110,444,572  

RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.13%

     147,746  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 9,963,505 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 110,592,318  
  

 

 

 

 

 

*

Standard Class shares.

 

**

Institutional Class shares.

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds–10


LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2040 Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

   Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
  Notional
Value
  Expiration
Date
   Unrealized
Appreciation
   Unrealized
Depreciation

Currency Contracts:

                      

(13)

   British Pound      $ (1,032,921 )     $ (1,059,906 )       9/19/17      $      $ (26,985 )

(5)

   Euro        (703,746 )       (716,688 )       9/19/17               (12,942 )

(3)

   Japanese Yen        (342,860 )       (334,125 )       9/19/17        8,735       
                    

 

 

      

 

 

 
                       8,735        (39,927 )
                    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Equity Contracts:

                      

(7)

   E-mini MSCI Emerging Markets Index        (350,905 )       (352,905 )       9/18/17               (2,000 )

(5)

   E-mini Russell 2000 Index        (356,021 )       (353,575 )       9/18/17        2,446       

(30)

   E-mini S&P 500 Index        (3,642,502 )       (3,631,350 )       9/18/17        11,152       

(3)

   E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index        (527,113 )       (523,830 )       9/18/17        3,283       

(18)

   Euro STOXX 50 Index        (732,700 )       (705,369 )       9/18/17        27,331       

(10)

   FTSE 100 Index        (969,472 )       (943,299 )       9/18/17        26,173       

(2)

   Nikkei 225 Index (OSE)        (357,411 )       (355,990 )       9/8/17        1,421       
                    

 

 

      

 

 

 
                       71,806        (2,000 )
                    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

                     $ 80,541      $ (41,927 )
                    

 

 

      

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

 

1 

See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

FTSE–Financial Times Stock Exchange

MSCI–Morgan Stanley Capital International

OSE–Osaka Securities Exchange

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–87.59%

  

Equity Funds–47.47%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

     7,735      $ 372,498  

LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

     9,122        374,416  

LVIP MFS Value Fund

     36,333        1,503,140  

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

     92,507        1,124,703  

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

     725,977        12,339,429  

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

     24,939        751,598  

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

     26,590        381,507  

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

     37,776        1,498,931  

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

     30,937        750,420  
     

 

 

 
        19,096,642  
     

 

 

 

Fixed Income Funds–11.26%

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

     17,480        240,982  

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

     101,111        1,132,745  

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

     37,363        379,007  

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

     99,341        1,131,593  

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

     167,136        1,645,284  
     

 

 

 
        4,529,611  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–28.86%

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

     158,035        1,489,002  

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

     91,749        1,495,595  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

International Equity Funds (continued)

 

LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

     86,375      $ 1,489,530  

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

     79,719        759,642  

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

     684,970        6,374,328  
     

 

 

 
        11,608,097  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $26,793,008)

        35,234,350  
     

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–12.45%

Commodity Fund–0.96%

**PIMCO Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

PIMCO CommodityRealReturn Strategy Portfolio

     59,442        387,561  
     

 

 

 
        387,561  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–4.66%

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     18,007        745,310  

*Delaware VIP Trust–

     

Delaware VIP Emerging Markets Series

     52,833        1,127,450  
     

 

 

 
        1,872,760  
     

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–6.83%

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     2,746,263        2,746,263  
     

 

 

 
        2,746,263  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments (Cost $4,733,543)

        5,006,584  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.04% (Cost $31,526,551)

     40,240,934  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.04%)

     (16,669
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 3,889,710 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 40,224,265  
  

 

 

 

 

 

*

Standard Class shares.

 

**

Institutional Class shares.

 

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LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2050 Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

   Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
  Notional
Value
  Expiration
Date
   Unrealized
Appreciation
   Unrealized
Depreciation

Currency Contracts:

                      

(7)

   Euro      $ (985,244 )     $ (1,003,362 )       9/19/17      $      $ (18,118 )
                    

 

 

      

 

 

 
                              (18,118 )
                    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Equity Contracts:

                      

(12)

   E-mini S&P 500 Index        (1,457,001 )       (1,452,540 )       9/18/17        4,461       

(23)

   Euro STOXX 50 Index        (936,228 )       (901,305 )       9/18/17        34,923       
                    

 

 

      

 

 

 
                       39,384       
                    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

                     $ 39,384      $ (18,118 )
                    

 

 

      

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1 See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

MSCI–Morgan Stanley Capital International

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    

LVIP
Managed Risk
Profile

2010 Fund

 

LVIP

Managed Risk
Profile

2020 Fund

 

LVIP
Managed Risk
Profile

2030 Fund

 

LVIP

Managed Risk
Profile

2040 Fund

 

LVIP
Managed Risk
Profile

2050 Fund

ASSETS:

                    

Affiliated investments, at value

     $ 34,509,498     $ 120,506,777     $ 144,493,456     $ 100,964,314     $ 35,234,350

Unaffiliated investments, at value

       2,673,249       8,898,967       11,672,104       9,480,258       5,006,584
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

       37,182,747       129,405,744       156,165,560       110,444,572       40,240,934

Cash

       13,520       67,420       381,367       64,014       33,464

Cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts

       47,159       222,503       304,229       218,893       61,096

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at value

       21,646       100,175       165,911       98,219       60,499

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

       17,715       78,718       123,728       80,541       39,384

Expense reimbursement receivable from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation

       9,596       9,685       10,113       10,437       6,973

Receivable for investments sold

       5,562       125       6,003       23,859      

Receivable for fund shares sold

       3,616       11,975       125,079       11,792       20,092

Dividends receivable from investments

       711       2,760       3,170       2,977       1,569
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

       37,302,272       129,899,105       157,285,160       110,955,304       40,464,011
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

                    

Payable for fund shares redeemed

       174,761       645,283       444,295       242,267       148,619

Other accrued expenses payable

       22,544       24,842       26,111       25,340       19,953

Due to manager and affiliates

       11,231       38,433       47,111       37,328       14,878

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

       7,026       39,567       65,651       41,927       18,118

Foreign currency due to custodian

       4,033       16,442       25,875       16,124       7,881

Payable for investments purchased

             289,868       99,393             30,297
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

       219,595       1,054,435       708,436       362,986       239,746
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

     $ 37,082,677     $ 128,844,670     $ 156,576,724     $ 110,592,318     $ 40,224,265
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

     $ 25,488,807     $ 82,495,884     $ 101,075,935     $ 65,398,625     $ 26,793,008

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

       2,392,559       7,976,117       10,212,660       8,867,134       4,733,543
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

     $ 27,881,366     $ 90,472,001     $ 111,288,595     $ 74,265,759     $ 31,526,551
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at cost

     $ 21,646     $ 100,175     $ 165,911     $ 98,219     $ 60,499
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Standard Class:

                    

Net Assets

     $ 29,609,030     $ 104,763,243     $ 129,847,815     $ 85,366,895     $ 31,050,205

Shares Outstanding

       2,521,644       8,809,361       11,186,157       7,684,975       3,007,802

Net Asset Value Per Share

     $ 11.742     $ 11.892     $ 11.608     $ 11.108     $ 10.323

Service Class:

                    

Net Assets

     $ 7,473,647     $ 24,081,427     $ 26,728,909     $ 25,225,423     $ 9,174,060

Shares Outstanding

       637,569       2,027,900       2,305,798       2,278,530       891,908

Net Asset Value Per Share

     $ 11.722     $ 11.875     $ 11.592     $ 11.071     $ 10.286

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

                    

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

     $ 28,873,216     $ 94,736,445     $ 120,283,853     $ 82,632,508     $ 34,904,990

Accumulated net investment loss

       (54,856 )       (194,218 )       (218,601 )       (128,766 )       (19,002 )

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

       (1,047,757 )       (4,670,461 )       (8,423,586 )       (8,128,859 )       (3,397,384 )

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

       9,312,074       38,972,904       44,935,058       36,217,435       8,735,661
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

     $ 37,082,677     $ 128,844,670     $ 156,576,724     $ 110,592,318     $ 40,224,265
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    

LVIP
Managed Risk
Profile

2010 Fund

 

LVIP
Managed Risk
Profile

2020 Fund

 

LVIP
Managed Risk
Profile

2030 Fund

 

LVIP
Managed Risk
Profile

2040 Fund

 

LVIP
Managed Risk
Profile

2050 Fund

INVESTMENT INCOME:

                    

Dividends from unaffiliated investments

     $ 9,706     $ 32,448     $ 48,892     $ 67,295     $ 31,255
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

                    

Management fees

       46,523       164,048       196,395       138,259       47,644

Accounting and administration expenses

       16,357       19,719       20,668       18,914       16,352

Professional fees

       15,318       16,339       16,561       16,117       12,396

Distribution expenses-Service Class

       8,734       29,808       31,819       30,150       10,477

Reports and statements to shareholders

       2,855       5,809       7,303       8,354       5,488

Custodian fees

       2,695       3,575       4,409       3,995       2,936

Consulting fees

       1,841       1,944       1,971       1,922       1,841

Shareholder servicing fees

       1,795       6,321       7,698       5,431       1,931

Trustees’ fees and expenses

       509       1,805       2,142       1,478       512

Pricing fees

       136       141       142       140       50

Other

       340       559       608       503       475
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
       97,103       250,068       289,716       225,263       100,102

Less:

                    

Expenses reimbursed

       (32,541 )       (23,402 )       (22,223 )       (29,202 )       (32,452 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

       64,562       226,666       267,493       196,061       67,650
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT LOSS

       (54,856 )       (194,218 )       (218,601 )       (128,766 )       (36,395 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

                    

Net realized gain (loss) from:

                    

Distributions from unaffiliated investments

       4,427                        

Sale of affiliated investments

       1,266,370       2,422,761       2,886,856       2,575,436       121,563

Sale of unaffiliated investments

       11,026       576,468       (278,450 )       (21,503 )       16,033

Foreign currencies

       2,478       10,771       15,540       9,960       9,037

Futures contracts

       (174,362 )       (733,382 )       (937,500 )       (673,146 )       (334,953 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

       1,109,939       2,276,618       1,686,446       1,890,747       (188,320 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

                    

Affiliated investments

       614,766       5,454,880       7,727,059       5,621,258       2,950,624

Unaffiliated investments

       123,512       326,511       1,389,819       562,725       313,013

Foreign currencies

       (2 )       (17 )       (14 )       (14 )       (27 )

Futures contracts

       4,850       10,717       33,653       27,856       42,360
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

       743,126       5,792,091       9,150,517       6,211,825       3,305,970
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

       1,853,065       8,068,709       10,836,963       8,102,572       3,117,650
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

     $ 1,798,209     $ 7,874,491     $ 10,618,362     $ 7,973,806     $ 3,081,255
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2010 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2020 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2030 Fund
    

Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)

 

Year Ended

12/31/16

 

Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)

 

Year Ended

12/31/16

 

Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)

 

Year Ended

12/31/16

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

                        

Net investment income (loss)

     $ (54,856 )     $ 712,033     $ (194,218 )     $ 2,550,303     $ (218,601 )     $ 2,842,358

Net realized gain

       1,109,939       178,739       2,276,618       2,666,530       1,686,446       678,374

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

       743,126       1,017,172       5,792,091       681,917       9,150,517       2,375,147
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

       1,798,209       1,907,944       7,874,491       5,898,750       10,618,362       5,895,879
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

                        

Net investment income:

                        

Standard Class

             (644,691 )             (2,305,504 )             (2,610,218 )

Service Class

             (119,481 )             (422,705 )             (421,365 )

Net realized gain on investments:

                        

Standard Class

             (1,449,799 )             (2,764,080 )             (3,151,302 )

Service Class

             (260,135 )             (578,236 )             (588,197 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
             (2,474,106 )             (6,070,525 )             (6,771,082 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

                        

Proceeds from shares sold:

                        

Standard Class

       1,698,980       12,003,771       8,197,040       16,677,747       9,133,151       23,517,757

Service Class

       1,218,991       1,135,482       919,008       2,554,746       1,805,699       3,600,108

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

                        

Standard Class

             2,094,490             5,069,584             5,761,520

Service Class

             379,616             1,000,941             1,009,562
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
       2,917,971       15,613,359       9,116,048       25,303,018       10,938,850       33,888,947
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

                        

Standard Class

       (5,317,946 )       (13,391,007 )       (21,717,736 )       (32,888,533 )       (19,503,042 )       (33,297,047 )

Service Class

       (1,074,388 )       (859,775 )       (2,036,214 )       (3,318,221 )       (1,097,932 )       (3,626,233 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
       (6,392,334 )       (14,250,782 )       (23,753,950 )       (36,206,754 )       (20,600,974 )       (36,923,280 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

       (3,474,363 )       1,362,577       (14,637,902 )       (10,903,736 )       (9,662,124 )       (3,034,333 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

       (1,676,154 )       796,415       (6,763,411 )       (11,075,511 )       956,238       (3,909,536 )

NET ASSETS:

                        

Beginning of period

       38,758,831       37,962,416       135,608,081       146,683,592       155,620,486       159,530,022
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period

     $ 37,082,677     $ 38,758,831     $ 128,844,670     $ 135,608,081     $ 156,576,724     $ 155,620,486
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Accumulated net investment loss

     $ (54,856 )     $     $ (194,218 )     $     $ (218,601 )     $
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds–16


LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

     LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2040 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2050 Fund
    

Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)

 

Year Ended

12/31/16

 

Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)

 

Year Ended

12/31/16

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

                

Net investment income (loss)

     $ (128,766 )     $ 1,904,080     $ (36,395 )     $ 647,569

Net realized gain (loss)

       1,890,747       (3,236 )       (188,320 )       (938,059 )

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

       6,211,825       2,166,208       3,305,970       1,829,728
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

       7,973,806       4,067,052       3,081,255       1,539,238
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

                

Net investment income:

                

Standard Class

             (1,649,893 )             (546,155 )

Service Class

             (384,912 )             (126,538 )

Net realized gain:

                

Standard Class

             (1,665,129 )             (174,257 )

Service Class

             (480,873 )             (44,342 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
             (4,180,807 )             (891,292 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

                

Proceeds from shares sold:

                

Standard Class

       5,649,882       13,292,017       4,062,372       7,490,790

Service Class

       2,987,806       3,910,256       1,196,081       2,747,999

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

                

Standard Class

             3,315,022             720,412

Service Class

             865,785             170,880
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
       8,637,688       21,383,080       5,258,453       11,130,081
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

                

Standard Class

       (13,532,061 )       (17,106,056 )       (4,086,514 )       (4,473,977 )

Service Class

       (2,843,513 )       (3,848,504 )       (396,374 )       (353,786 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
       (16,375,574 )       (20,954,560 )       (4,482,888 )       (4,827,763 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

       (7,737,886 )       428,520       775,565       6,302,318
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

       235,920       314,765       3,856,820       6,950,264

NET ASSETS:

                

Beginning of period

       110,356,398       110,041,633       36,367,445       29,417,181
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period

     $ 110,592,318     $ 110,356,398     $ 40,224,265     $ 36,367,445
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Undistributed (accumulated) net investment income (loss)

     $ (128,766 )     $     $ (19,002 )     $ 17,393
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds–17


LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2010 Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

           LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2010 Fund Standard Class  
     Six Months                                
     Ended                    
     6/30/171                 Year Ended              
     (unaudited)     12/31/162     12/31/15     12/31/14     12/31/13     12/31/12  

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 11.191     $ 11.379     $ 12.448     $ 12.105     $ 11.259     $ 10.604  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

            

Net investment income (loss)3

     (0.014     0.197       0.208       0.158       0.127       0.147  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.565       0.306       (0.413     0.421       0.878       0.756  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.551       0.503       (0.205     0.579       1.005       0.903  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

            

Net investment income

           (0.224     (0.224     (0.236     (0.159     (0.248

Net realized gain

           (0.467     (0.640                  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

           (0.691     (0.864     (0.236     (0.159     (0.248
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 11.742     $ 11.191     $ 11.379     $ 12.448     $ 12.105     $ 11.259  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return4

     4.92%       4.44%       (1.61%     4.78%       8.93%       8.54%  

Ratios and supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

   $ 29,609     $ 31,758     $ 31,507     $ 36,507     $ 48,876     $ 45,927  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

     0.30%       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses
waived/reimbursed5

     0.48%       0.43%       0.44%       0.42%       0.43%       0.54%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

     (0.25%     1.71%       1.68%       1.27%       1.08%       1.33%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets
prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     (0.43%     1.58%       1.54%       1.15%       0.95%       1.09%  

Portfolio turnover

     13%       47%       32%       37%       37%       35%  

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds–18


LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2010 Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2010 Fund Service Class
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/162
  12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 11.186     $ 11.375     $ 12.443     $ 12.101     $ 11.256     $ 10.577

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                       

Net investment income (loss)3

      (0.028 )       0.168       0.177       0.127       0.098       0.119

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.564       0.305       (0.412 )       0.420       0.877       0.754
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.536       0.473       (0.235 )       0.547       0.975       0.873
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                       

Net investment income

            (0.195 )       (0.193 )       (0.205 )       (0.130 )       (0.194 )

Net realized gain

            (0.467 )       (0.640 )                  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.662 )       (0.833 )       (0.205 )       (0.130 )       (0.194 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 11.722     $ 11.186     $ 11.375     $ 12.443     $ 12.101     $ 11.256
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

      4.79%       4.17%       (1.85% )       4.52%       8.66%       8.27%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                       

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 7,474     $ 7,001     $ 6,455     $ 7,804     $ 8,752     $ 9,303

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

      0.55%       0.55%       0.55%       0.55%       0.55%       0.55%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses
waived/reimbursed5

      0.73%       0.68%       0.69%       0.67%       0.68%       0.79%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

      (0.50% )       1.46%       1.43%       1.02%       0.83%       1.08%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets
prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      (0.68% )       1.33%       1.29%       0.90%       0.71%       0.84%

Portfolio turnover

      13%       47%       32%       37%       37%       35%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds–19


LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2020 Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

        LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2020 Fund Standard Class
    Six Months                    
    Ended                    
    6/30/171           Year Ended        
    (unaudited)   12/31/162   12/31/15   12/31/14   12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 11.206     $ 11.222     $ 12.110     $ 11.829     $ 10.788     $ 10.159

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                       

Net investment income (loss)3

      (0.014 )       0.214       0.210       0.151       0.137       0.147

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.700       0.283       (0.480 )       0.369       1.063       0.702
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.686       0.497       (0.270 )       0.520       1.200       0.849
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                       

Net investment income

            (0.231 )       (0.219 )       (0.239 )       (0.159 )       (0.220 )

Net realized gain

            (0.282 )       (0.399 )                  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.513 )       (0.618 )       (0.239 )       (0.159 )       (0.220 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 11.892     $ 11.206     $ 11.222     $ 12.110     $ 11.829     $ 10.788
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

      6.12%       4.45%       (2.21% )       4.39%       11.13%       8.38%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                       

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 104,763     $ 111,809     $ 123,071     $ 131,581     $ 190,689     $ 158,362

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

      0.30%       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to
expenses waived/reimbursed5

      0.34%       0.32%       0.31%       0.31%       0.31%       0.36%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

      (0.25% )       1.89%       1.74%       1.25%       1.20%       1.39%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets
prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      (0.29% )       1.87%       1.73%       1.24%       1.19%       1.33%

Portfolio turnover

      13%       28%       28%       31%       27%       30%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds–20


LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2020 Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

        LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2020 Fund Service Class
    Six Months                    
    Ended                    
    6/30/171           Year Ended        
    (unaudited)   12/31/162   12/31/15   12/31/14   12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 11.204     $ 11.220     $ 12.107     $ 11.827     $ 10.788     $ 10.136

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                       

Net investment income (loss)3

      (0.029 )       0.186       0.180       0.121       0.108       0.120

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.700       0.283       (0.479 )       0.368       1.062       0.699
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.671       0.469       (0.299 )       0.489       1.170       0.819
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                       

Net investment income

            (0.203 )       (0.189 )       (0.209 )       (0.131 )       (0.167 )

Net realized gain

            (0.282 )       (0.399 )                  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.485 )       (0.588 )       (0.209 )       (0.131 )       (0.167 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period.

    $ 11.875     $ 11.204     $ 11.220     $ 12.107     $ 11.827     $ 10.788
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

      5.99%       4.20%       (2.45% )       4.13%       10.85%       8.10%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                       

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 24,082     $ 23,799     $ 23,613     $ 27,490     $ 28,539     $ 25,404

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

      0.55%       0.55%       0.55%       0.55%       0.55%       0.55%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses
waived/reimbursed5

      0.59%       0.57%       0.56%       0.56%       0.56%       0.61%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

      (0.50% )       1.64%       1.49%       1.00%       0.95%       1.14%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets
prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      (0.54% )       1.62%       1.48%       0.99%       0.94%       1.08%

Portfolio turnover

      13%       28%       28%       31%       27%       30%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds–21


LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2030 Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

        LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2030 Fund Standard Class
    Six Months                    
    Ended                    
    6/30/171           Year Ended        
    (unaudited)   12/31/162   12/31/15   12/31/14   12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.851     $ 10.930     $ 12.174     $ 11.934     $ 10.627     $ 10.030

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                       

Net investment income (loss)3

      (0.013 )       0.200       0.209       0.158       0.140       0.155

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.770       0.205       (0.539 )       0.340       1.320       0.634
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.757       0.405       (0.330 )       0.498       1.460       0.789
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                       

Net investment income

            (0.218 )       (0.205 )       (0.258 )       (0.153 )       (0.192 )

Net realized gain

            (0.266 )       (0.709 )                  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.484 )       (0.914 )       (0.258 )       (0.153 )       (0.192 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 11.608     $ 10.851     $ 10.930     $ 12.174     $ 11.934     $ 10.627
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

      6.98%       3.72%       (2.66% )       4.16%       13.74%       7.90%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                       

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 129,848     $ 131,282     $ 136,001     $ 146,452     $ 214,620     $ 169,078

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

      0.30%       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to
expenses waived/reimbursed5

      0.33%       0.32%       0.31%       0.31%       0.31%       0.36%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

      (0.24% )       1.83%       1.74%       1.30%       1.23%       1.48%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets
prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      (0.27% )       1.81%       1.73%       1.29%       1.22%       1.42%

Portfolio turnover

      10%       31%       30%       26%       24%       25%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2030 Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2030 Fund Service Class
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/162   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.849     $ 10.930     $ 12.172     $ 11.933     $ 10.628     $ 10.007

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                       

Net investment income (loss)3

      (0.027 )       0.173       0.178       0.128       0.111       0.128

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.770       0.202       (0.536 )       0.338       1.319       0.634
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.743       0.375       (0.358 )       0.466       1.430       0.762
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                       

Net investment income

            (0.190 )       (0.175 )       (0.227 )       (0.125 )       (0.141 )

Net realized gain

            (0.266 )       (0.709 )                  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.456 )       (0.884 )       (0.227 )       (0.125 )       (0.141 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 11.592     $ 10.849     $ 10.930     $ 12.172     $ 11.933     $ 10.628
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

      6.85%       3.45%       (2.90% )       3.90%       13.46%       7.63%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                       

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 26,729     $ 24,338     $ 23,529     $ 23,964     $ 23,139     $ 20,793

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

      0.55%       0.55%       0.55%       0.55%       0.55%       0.55%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed5

      0.58%       0.57%       0.56%       0.56%       0.56%       0.61%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

      (0.49% )       1.58%       1.49%       1.05%       0.98%       1.23%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      (0.52% )       1.56%       1.48%       1.04%       0.97%       1.17%

Portfolio turnover

      10%       31%       30%       26%       24%       25%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds–23


LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2040 Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2040 Fund Standard Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/162   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.337     $ 10.346     $ 11.655     $ 11.523     $ 10.009     $ 9.503

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income (loss)3

       (0.010 )       0.185       0.196       0.151       0.132       0.135

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.781       0.207       (0.577 )       0.251       1.523       0.539
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.771       0.392       (0.381 )       0.402       1.655       0.674
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.198 )       (0.189 )       (0.270 )       (0.141 )       (0.168 )

Net realized gain

             (0.203 )       (0.739 )                  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.401 )       (0.928 )       (0.270 )       (0.141 )       (0.168 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 11.108     $ 10.337     $ 10.346     $ 11.655     $ 11.523     $ 10.009
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       7.46%       3.81%       (3.22% )       3.48%       16.54%       7.12%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 85,367     $ 86,980     $ 87,556     $ 94,657     $ 146,675     $ 116,009

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed5

       0.35%       0.34%       0.33%       0.33%       0.33%       0.40%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.18% )       1.78%       1.70%       1.29%       1.22%       1.37%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.23% )       1.74%       1.67%       1.26%       1.19%       1.27%

Portfolio turnover

       13%       27%       25%       25%       25%       28%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds–24


LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2040 Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

   

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2040 Fund Service Class

    Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/162   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.315     $ 10.325     $ 11.634     $ 11.503     $ 9.993     $ 9.465

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                       

Net investment income (loss)3

      (0.023 )       0.158       0.166       0.122       0.105       0.110

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.779       0.207       (0.575 )       0.249       1.518       0.537
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.756       0.365       (0.409 )       0.371       1.623       0.647
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                       

Net investment income

            (0.172 )       (0.161 )       (0.240 )       (0.113 )       (0.119 )

Net realized gain

            (0.203 )       (0.739 )                  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.375 )       (0.900 )       (0.240 )       (0.113 )       (0.119 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 11.071     $ 10.315     $ 10.325     $ 11.634     $ 11.503     $ 9.993
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

      7.33%       3.55%       (3.46% )       3.22%       16.25%       6.86%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                       

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 25,225     $ 23,376     $ 22,486     $ 22,424     $ 19,191     $ 14,957

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

      0.55%       0.55%       0.55%       0.55%       0.55%       0.55%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed5

      0.60%       0.59%       0.58%       0.58%       0.58%       0.65%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

      (0.43% )       1.53%       1.45%       1.04%       0.97%       1.12%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      (0.48% )       1.49%       1.42%       1.01%       0.94%       1.02%

Portfolio turnover

      13%       27%       25%       25%       25%       28%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds–25


LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2050 Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2050 Fund Standard Class
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/162   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 9.514     $ 9.345     $ 9.888     $ 11.054     $ 9.401     $ 8.953

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                       

Net investment income (loss)3

      (0.007 )       0.189       0.186       0.138       0.138       0.157

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.816       0.222       (0.554 )       0.196       1.651       0.379
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.809       0.411       (0.368 )       0.334       1.789       0.536
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                       

Net investment income

            (0.182 )       (0.157 )       (0.214 )       (0.133 )       (0.088 )

Net realized gain

            (0.060 )       (0.018 )       (1.286 )            

Return of capital

                              (0.003 )      
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.242 )       (0.175 )       (1.500 )       (0.136 )       (0.088 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.323     $ 9.514     $ 9.345     $ 9.888     $ 11.054     $ 9.401
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

      8.50%       4.41%       (3.75% )       2.94%       19.04%       6.01%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                       

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 31,050     $ 28,659     $ 24,406     $ 20,614     $ 37,291     $ 21,788

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

      0.30%       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed5

      0.47%       0.50%       0.54%       0.52%       0.55%       0.94%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

      (0.14% )       2.01%       1.87%       1.24%       1.34%       1.70%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      (0.31% )       1.81%       1.63%       1.02%       1.09%       1.06%

Portfolio turnover

      20%       23%       26%       46%       24%       30%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds–26


LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2050 Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2050 Fund Service Class
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/162   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 9.491     $ 9.324     $ 9.866     $ 11.032     $ 9.385     $ 8.938

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                       

Net investment income (loss)3

      (0.019 )       0.165       0.160       0.111       0.112       0.133

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.814       0.221       (0.552 )       0.195       1.645       0.379
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.795       0.386       (0.392 )       0.306       1.757       0.512
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                       

Net investment income

            (0.159 )       (0.132 )       (0.186 )       (0.107 )       (0.065 )

Net realized gain

            (0.060 )       (0.018 )       (1.286 )            

Return of capital

                              (0.003 )      
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.219 )       (0.150 )       (1.472 )       (0.110 )       (0.065 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.286     $ 9.491     $ 9.324     $ 9.866     $ 11.032     $ 9.385
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

      8.38%       4.15%       (3.98% )       2.68%       18.73%       5.74%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                       

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 9,174     $ 7,708     $ 5,011     $ 3,075     $ 3,585     $ 2,212

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

      0.55%       0.55%       0.55%       0.55%       0.55%       0.55%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed5

      0.72%       0.75%       0.79%       0.77%       0.80%       1.19%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

      (0.39% )       1.76%       1.62%       0.99%       1.09%       1.45%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      (0.56% )       1.56%       1.38%       0.77%       0.84%       0.81%

Portfolio turnover

      20%       23%       26%       46%       24%       30%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds–27


LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2010 Fund, LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2020 Fund, LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2030 Fund, LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2040 Fund and LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2050 Fund (each, a Fund, and collectively, the “Funds”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. Each Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. Each Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold each Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

Each Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in open-end investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETF”), that are advised by Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) or unaffiliated managers (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Underlying Funds invest in U.S. and foreign stocks, bonds and money market instruments. A significant portion of the Underlying Funds employ a passive investment style (i.e. index funds). In addition to investment company investments, the Funds may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments, and employ an actively managed risk management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The Funds are Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds which are designed for investors planning to retire close to the year indicated in the name of the Fund.

Each Fund’s investment objective is to seek the highest total return over time with an increased emphasis on capital preservation as the target date approaches. Thereafter, an emphasis will be placed on high current income with a secondary focus on capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

Each Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, each Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Funds.

Security Valuation–ETFs, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on the valuation date. ETFs traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an ETF does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. The Funds value Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because each Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Funds evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing each Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on each Fund’s federal income returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. If applicable, each Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statements of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Funds did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Funds on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with each Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Funds report certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Funds declare and distribute dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Funds may receive earnings credits from their custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

LIAC is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of each Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to each Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each Fund. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. This fee is in addition to the management fees indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds (including LIAC).

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse each Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses (excluding Underlying Funds fees and expenses) exceed 0.30% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for the Standard Class (and 0.55% for the Service Class). The agreement will continue at least through April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC.

Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s managed risk strategy. For these services, LIAC, not the Funds, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on each Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Funds. For these services, the Funds reimburse Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statements of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

    LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2010 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2020 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2030 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2040 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2050 Fund

Administrative

    $ 1,080     $ 3,757     $ 4,514     $ 3,116     $ 1,077

Legal

      260       906       1,090       752       260

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Funds. Effective May 1, 2017, each Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of each Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Funds. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statements of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Funds reimburse Lincoln Life for the cost of these services. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, these fees were as follows:

 

    LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2010 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2020 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2030 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2040 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2050 Fund

Printing and mailing

    $ 1,149     $ 3,566     $ 5,198     $ 6,390     $ 3,773

The Funds currently offer two classes of shares: the Standard Class and Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to their distribution and service plan, the Funds are authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation, or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

 

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statements of Operations, the Funds indirectly bear the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which they invest. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Funds may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, each Fund had receivables due from and liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

    LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2010 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2020 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2030 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2040 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2050 Fund

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

    $ 9,596     $ 9,685     $ 10,113     $ 10,437     $ 6,973

Management fees payable to LIAC

      7,651       26,771       32,651       23,058       8,276

Distribution fees payable to LFD

      1,543       4,991       5,475       5,205       1,869

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

      888       3,105       3,787       2,675       960

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

      1,149       3,566       5,198       6,390       3,773

Each Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain affiliated funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under these procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the six months ended June 30, 2017, each Fund engaged in securities purchases and securities sales as follows:

 

    LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2020 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2030 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2040 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2050 Fund

Securities purchases

    $ 103,824     $ 136,108     $ 57,567     $ 96,451

Securities sales

      161,621       161,499       51,882       426,921

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2010 Fund did not engage in any 17a-7 securities purchases or securities sales.

Certain officers and trustees of the Funds are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Funds. The Funds pay compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated investments, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers whereby the Fund held 5% or more of the issuers’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds). Affiliated investments of each Fund and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2010 Fund

 

    Value
12/31/16
  Purchases   Sales   Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
  Value
6/30/17
  Dividends   Capital Gain
Distributions

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

    $ 2,322,195     $ 2,068,592     $ 802,605     $ 4,603     $ 18,110     $ 3,610,895     $     $

LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

      1,166,832       70,786       217,297       8,716       38,038       1,067,075            

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

      2,311,806             216,018       (5,988 )       66,785       2,156,585            

LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

      386,954       25,765       73,490       6,933       11,627       357,789            

LVIP Global Income Fund

      2,316,445       428,771       1,349,996       (6,858 )       57,257       1,445,619            

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

      2,722,849       153,478       455,247       (17,140 )       121,826       2,525,766            

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

      1,548,124       131,746       249,020       106       17,790       1,448,746            

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

      6,947,400       528,883       1,120,590       16,757       115,867       6,488,317            

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

      4,630,802       297,212       1,508,508       223,466       301,546       3,944,518            

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

      383,032       17,889       63,334       7,253       13,402       358,242            

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

      8,883,070       411,443       1,830,789       740,097       13,893       8,217,714            

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

      770,487       42,402       486,320       292,370       (261,811 )       357,128            

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

      380,218       17,889       83,791       19,616       24,579       358,511            

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

      2,321,637       545,720       747,060       (23,561 )       75,857       2,172,593            
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

    $ 37,091,851     $ 4,740,576     $ 9,204,065     $ 1,266,370     $ 614,766     $ 34,509,498     $     $
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2020 Fund

 

    Value
12/31/16
  Purchases   Sales   Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
  Value
6/30/17
  Dividends   Capital Gain
Distributions

LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

    $ 1,301,876     $ 55,052     $ 332,495     $ 131,465     $ 75,333     $ 1,231,231     $     $

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

      6,650,618       1,762,759       2,207,387       11,506       28,277       6,245,773            

LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

      4,009,415       246,519       728,551       27,946       136,029       3,691,358            

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

      5,747,938                         158,082       5,906,020            

LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

      2,632,523       101,070       1,639,300       149,609       (16,704 )       1,227,198            

LVIP Global Income Fund

      3,980,822       1,406,509       1,744,798       (12,573 )       121,019       3,750,979            

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

      8,023,070       340,536       3,619,339       (125,494 )       373,943       4,992,716            

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

      5,321,065       485,183       857,082       584       61,851       5,011,601            

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

      21,224,767       4,443,062       3,698,513       13,303       462,395       22,445,014            

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

      21,219,975       918,506       6,076,552       915,029       1,625,915       18,602,873            

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

      1,316,284       64,023       214,270       25,191       47,990       1,239,218            

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

      34,518,083       4,306,581       6,088,314       1,278,069       1,829,537       35,843,956            

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

      2,670,188       139,138       432,421       28,803       91,917       2,497,625            

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

      1,331,540       126,756       214,270       16,479       626       1,261,131            

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

      2,613,250       110,103       554,269       20,128       291,193       2,480,405            

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

      3,541,127       2,063,345       1,634,986       (57,284 )       167,477       4,079,679            
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

    $ 126,102,541     $ 16,569,142     $ 30,042,547     $ 2,422,761     $ 5,454,880     $ 120,506,777     $     $
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2030 Fund

 

    Value
12/31/16
  Purchases   Sales   Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
  Value
6/30/17
  Dividends   Capital Gain
Distributions

LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

    $ 1,481,497     $ 62,915     $ 296,970     $ 62,882     $ 182,501     $ 1,492,825     $     $

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

      6,054,330       653,900       678,488       1,349       27,212       6,058,303            

LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

      6,083,159       209,270       1,995,824       (116,824 )       296,017       4,475,798            

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

      3,394,925                         93,369       3,488,294            

LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

      1,513,460       113,755       201,569       25,244       49,656       1,500,546            

LVIP Global Income Fund

      3,020,061       231,454       339,244       (4,332 )       123,076       3,031,015            

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

      6,086,964       395,537       678,488       (23,176 )       273,003       6,053,840            

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

      3,041,840       1,634,038       944,049       78,391       678,979       4,489,199            

LVIP MFS Value Fund

      3,006,834       143,919       401,465       10,987       251,991       3,012,266            

LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

      4,561,449       188,744       806,983       3,457       530,523       4,477,190            

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

      3,027,641       312,537       339,244       470       37,089       3,038,493            

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

      24,151,834       2,248,391       2,713,951       (847 )       506,381       24,191,808            

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

      1,475,918       75,951       251,379       27,648       194,309       1,522,447            

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

      19,615,376       1,212,797       2,458,618       310,872       2,373,938       21,054,365            

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

      1,497,941       88,640       169,622       13,600       71,990       1,502,549            

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

      39,284,149       3,579,969       7,529,850       2,196,219       1,413,437       38,943,924            

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

      3,013,248       97,474       1,673,506       123,212       (46,062 )       1,514,366            

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

      1,515,456       162,237       169,622       6,269       15,010       1,529,350            

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

      1,499,513       1,519,535       280,099       87,697       181,429       3,008,075            

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

      2,973,838       125,829       458,890       111,661       255,136       3,007,574            

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

      5,665,733       2,386,691       1,141,347       (27,923 )       218,075       7,101,229            
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

    $ 141,965,166     $ 15,443,583     $ 23,529,208     $ 2,886,856     $ 7,727,059     $ 144,493,456     $     $
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

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LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2040 Fund

 

    Value
12/31/16
  Purchases   Sales   Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
  Value
6/30/17
  Dividends   Capital Gain
Distributions

LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

    $ 1,039,836     $ 44,296     $ 210,719     $ 61,625     $ 109,031     $ 1,044,069     $     $

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

      4,249,489       208,750       2,344,683       (46,631 )       51,528       2,118,453            

LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

      4,269,829       296,078       578,428       (42,491 )       228,549       4,173,537            

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

      1,548,836                         42,597       1,591,433            

LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

      1,062,084       79,930       144,821       35,991       16,257       1,049,441            

LVIP Global Income Fund*

      2,119,674       35,292       2,170,419       (8,512 )       23,965                  

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

      3,204,051       1,333,395       462,178       (26,644 )       185,122       4,233,746            

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

      4,269,833       878,613       1,575,568       227,343       392,261       4,192,482            

LVIP MFS Value Fund

      3,168,034       151,998       435,483       14,432       261,039       3,160,020            

LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

      5,335,698       194,833       1,899,064       68,022       475,399       4,174,888            

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

      2,124,980       227,471       253,607       142       25,985       2,124,971            

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

      9,535,745       3,148,553       1,304,767       4,801       247,295       11,631,627            

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

      2,071,928       106,360       359,289       39,340       271,120       2,129,459            

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

      12,708,431       873,524       1,635,723       204,734       1,522,558       13,673,524            

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

      1,051,318       66,687       126,804       9,823       49,820       1,050,844            

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

      32,868,502       1,613,039       4,946,973       1,797,072       1,152,720       32,484,360            

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

      2,114,688       143,226       1,300,419       120,856       (30,721 )       1,047,630            

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

      1,063,497       118,066       126,804       4,626       10,155       1,069,540            

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

      1,052,422       1,079,055       318,435       25,109       259,839       2,097,990            

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

      2,087,220       88,594       328,049       106,198       149,487       2,103,450            

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

      3,753,068       2,700,483       797,553       (20,400 )       177,252       5,812,850            
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

    $ 100,699,163     $ 13,388,243     $ 21,319,786     $ 2,575,436     $ 5,621,258     $ 100,964,314     $     $
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2050 Fund

 

    Value
12/31/16
  Purchases   Sales   Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
  Value
6/30/17
  Dividends   Capital Gain
Distributions

LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

    $ 336,383     $ 38,096     $ 58,681     $ 507     $ 56,193     $ 372,498     $     $

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund*

      687,422       28,454       714,184       (11,801 )       10,109                  

LVIP Clarion Global Real Estate Fund

      1,726,517       166,608       462,497       (38,709 )       97,083       1,489,002            

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

      234,532                         6,450       240,982            

LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund

      343,496       52,669       38,607       516       16,342       374,416            

LVIP JPMorgan High Yield Fund

      1,036,484       156,076       103,265       (4,045 )       47,495       1,132,745            

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

      1,035,998       389,903       121,254       (117 )       191,065       1,495,595            

LVIP MFS Value Fund

      1,024,865       497,445       122,178       80       102,928       1,503,140            

LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

      1,380,885       152,382       208,118       (10,834 )       175,215       1,489,530            

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

      343,722       65,285       34,422       (120 )       4,542       379,007            

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

      342,777       835,128       72,247       (39 )       25,974       1,131,593            

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

      670,322       87,154       100,048       2,025       100,189       759,642            

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

      6,167,575       661,845       1,286,758       37,327       794,339       6,374,328            

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

      680,085       482,455       87,756       684       49,235       1,124,703            

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

      12,347,531       1,420,245       2,510,889       116,850       965,692       12,339,429            

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

      1,025,945       141,654       463,169       29,917       17,251       751,598            

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

      343,939       66,658       34,422       638       4,694       381,507            

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

      680,927       753,683       92,987       812       156,496       1,498,931            

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

      675,222       76,191       85,838       924       83,921       750,420            

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

      794,887       949,128       141,090       (3,052 )       45,411       1,645,284            
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

    $ 31,879,514     $ 7,021,059     $ 6,738,410     $ 121,563     $ 2,950,624     $ 35,234,350     $     $
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

*Issuer was not an investment of the Fund at June 30, 2017.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, each Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

     LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2010 Fund
   LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2020 Fund
   LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2030 Fund
   LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2040 Fund
   LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2050 Fund

Purchases

     $ 4,853,493      $ 16,763,063      $ 15,752,785      $ 13,791,352      $ 7,357,024

Sales

       9,543,812        33,912,938        28,027,988        23,223,058        7,497,810

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated because final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for each Fund were as follows:

 

     LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2010 Fund
   LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2020 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2030 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2040 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk
Profile 2050 Fund

Cost of investments

     $ 27,881,366      $ 90,472,001     $ 111,288,595     $ 74,265,759     $ 31,526,551
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

     $ 9,301,381      $ 38,990,956     $ 44,917,979     $ 36,469,632     $ 8,774,795

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

              (57,213 )       (41,014 )       (290,819 )       (60,412 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

     $ 9,301,381      $ 38,933,743     $ 44,876,965     $ 36,178,813     $ 8,714,383
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that each Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including each Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments)(e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of each Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

Level 1
Investments:
Assets:

   LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2010 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2020 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2030 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2040 Fund
  LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2050 Fund

Affiliated Investments

     $ 34,509,498     $ 120,506,777     $ 144,493,456     $ 100,964,314     $ 35,234,350

Unaffiliated Investments

       2,673,249       8,898,967       11,672,104       9,480,258       5,006,584
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

     $ 37,182,747     $ 129,405,744     $ 156,165,560     $ 110,444,572     $ 40,240,934
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Derivatives:

                    

Assets:

                    

Future Contracts:

     $ 17,715     $ 78,718     $ 123,728     $ 80,541     $ 39,384
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Liabilities:

                    

Future Contracts:

     $ (7,026 )     $ (39,567 )     $ (65,651 )     $ (41,927 )     $ (18,118 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Funds’ policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2010 Fund
    LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2020 Fund
    LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2030 Fund
 
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

            

Standard Class

     146,588       1,056,730       704,562       1,475,696       806,701       2,148,253  

Service Class

     105,513       99,354       78,892       225,760       159,543       329,050  

Shares reinvested:

            

Standard Class

           185,050             449,943             527,983  

Service Class

           33,601             88,915             92,590  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     252,101       1,374,735       783,454       2,240,314       966,244       3,097,876  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

            

Standard Class

     (462,805     (1,172,712     (1,872,866     (2,915,248     (1,719,342     (3,019,887

Service Class

     (93,804     (74,580     (175,250     (294,935     (97,003     (331,175
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (556,609     (1,247,292     (2,048,116     (3,210,183     (1,816,345     (3,351,062
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (304,508     127,443       (1,264,662     (969,869     (850,101     (253,186
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    

 

LVIP

Managed Risk Profile
2040 Fund

    LVIP
Managed Risk Profile
2050 Fund
 
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

        

Standard Class

     523,310       1,282,707       405,412       799,554  

Service Class

     278,138       377,128       119,889       294,151  

Shares reinvested:

        

Standard Class

           319,758             75,662  

Service Class

           83,747             17,997  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     801,448       2,063,340       525,301       1,187,364  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

        

Standard Class

     (1,252,481     (1,651,279     (410,057     (474,619

Service Class

     (265,799     (372,424     (40,120     (37,425
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (1,518,280     (2,023,703     (450,177     (512,044
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (716,832     39,637       75,124       675,320  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Futures Contracts–Each Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives and strategies. Each Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Funds’ existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in the value caused by interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Funds’ investments; to facilitate in portfolio securities; and to reduce costs. In addition, each Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, each Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by each Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, each Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to a Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, each Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions and to hedge currency risks associated with the Funds’ investments.

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2010 Fund

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value     

Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts    $ 14,803      Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts    $ (286

Future contracts (Currency contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts      2,912      Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts      (6,740
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

      $ 17,715         $ (7,026
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts      $ (167,681 )     $ 19,117

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts        (6,681 )       (14,267 )
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

        $ (174,362 )     $ 4,850
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2020 Fund

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value     

Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts    $ 67,071      Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts    $ (1,715

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts      11,647      Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts      (37,852
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

      $ 78,718         $ (39,567
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2020 Fund

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts      $ (700,008 )     $ 79,308

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts        (33,374 )       (68,591 )
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

        $ (733,382 )     $ 10,717
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2030 Fund

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value     

Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts    $ 106,258      Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts    $ (3,429

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts      17,470      Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts      (62,222
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

      $ 123,728         $ (65,651
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts      $ (851,750 )     $ 123,764

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts        (85,750 )       (90,111 )
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

        $ (937,500 )     $ 33,653
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2040 Fund

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value     

Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts    $ 71,806      Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts    $ (2,000

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts      8,735      Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts      (39,927
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

      $ 80,541         $ (41,927
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

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LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2040 Fund

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts      $ (617,222 )     $ 89,676

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts        (55,924 )       (61,820 )
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

        $ (673,146 )     $ 27,856
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2050 Fund

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value     

Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts    $ 39,384      Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts    $  

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts           Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts      (18,118
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

      $ 39,384         $ (18,118
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts      $ (287,449 )     $ 65,222

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts        (47,504 )       (22,862 )
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

        $ (334,953 )     $ 42,360
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by each Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

       Long Derivative Volume
Future Contracts
(Average Notional Value)
   Short Derivative Volume
Future Contracts
(Average Notional Value)

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2010 Fund

       $      $ 2,367,316

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2020 Fund

                10,536,234

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2030 Fund

                13,507,926

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2040 Fund

                9,478,840

LVIP Managed Risk Profile 2050 Fund

                3,643,752

 

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LVIP Managed Risk Profile Target Maturity Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

6. Contractual Obligations

The Funds enter into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Funds’ existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

7. Market Risk

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Funds’ current financial statement presentation and expects that the Funds will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.

 

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LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

   LOGO
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

 

Index

  

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Sector Allocation

     2  

Schedule of Investments

     3  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     5  

Statement of Operations

     6  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     6  

Financial Highlights

     7  

Notes to Financial Statements

     9  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

 

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,168.80       0.20%       $1.08      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,167.30       0.45%       2.42      

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,023.80       0.20%       $1.00      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.56       0.45%       2.26      

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies (Underlying Funds). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund–1


LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Affiliated Investments

     92.87

Equity Fund

     9.33

International Equity Funds

     83.54

Unaffiliated Investment

     6.61

Money Market Fund

     6.61

Total Value of Securities

     99.48

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.52

Total Net Assets

     100.00

    

 

 

LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund–2


LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–92.87%

 

Equity Fund–9.33%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP MFS Value Fund

     567,780      $ 23,489,641  
     

 

 

 
        23,489,641  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–83.54%

 

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

     10,021,460        163,359,816  

MFS® Variable Insurance
Trust II–

     

XMFS® Research International Portfolio

     2,976,004        46,842,308  
     

 

 

 
        210,202,124  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $195,368,236)

        233,691,765  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENT–6.61%

 

Money Market Fund–6.61%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     16,615,647      $ 16,615,647  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investment (Cost $16,615,647)

        16,615,647  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.48% (Cost $211,983,883)

     250,307,412  

RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.52%

     1,317,271  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 23,760,790 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 251,624,683  
  

 

 

 

 

*

Standard Class shares.

 

X

Initial Class.

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)    Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
   Notional
Value
   Expiration
Date
   Unrealized
Appreciation
   Unrealized
Depreciation
   

Currency Contracts:

                        
    39      British Pound      $ 3,127,430      $ 3,179,719        9/19/17      $ 52,289      $
    41      Euro        5,811,102        5,876,838        9/19/17        65,736       
    36      Japanese Yen        4,143,258        4,009,500        9/19/17               (133,758 )
                        

 

 

      

 

 

 
                           118,025        (133,758 )
                        

 

 

      

 

 

 
   

Equity Contracts:

                        
    19      E-mini S&P 500 Index        2,305,161        2,299,855        9/18/17               (5,306 )
    155      Euro STOXX 50 Index        6,291,792        6,074,011        9/18/17               (217,781 )
    36      FTSE 100 Index        3,486,775        3,395,878        9/18/17               (90,897 )
    22      Nikkei 225 Index (OSE)        3,934,494        3,915,893        9/8/17               (18,601 )
                        

 

 

      

 

 

 
                                  (332,585 )
                        

 

 

      

 

 

 
    Total                          $ 118,025      $ (466,343 )
                        

 

 

      

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund–3


LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

Summary of Abbreviations:

FTSE–Financial Times Stock Exchange

OSE–Osaka Securities Exchange

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes,which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund–4


LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

ASSETS:

    

Affiliated investments, at value

     $ 233,691,765

Unaffiliated investment, at value

       16,615,647
    

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

       250,307,412

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at value

       1,825,157

Receivable for fund shares sold

       518,804

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

       118,025

Foreign currencies, at value

       113,952

Expense reimbursement receivable from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation

       21,412

Dividends receivable from investments

       10,341
    

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

       252,915,103
    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

    

Cash collateral due to broker for futures contracts, at value

       493,567

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

       466,343

Due to manager and affiliates

       108,524

Cash due to custodian

       91,319

Payable for fund shares redeemed

       77,872

Payable for investments purchased

       30,398

Accrued expenses payable

       22,397
    

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

       1,290,420
    

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

     $ 251,624,683
    

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

     $ 195,368,236

Unaffiliated investment, at cost

       16,615,647
    

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

     $ 211,983,883
    

 

 

 

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker, at cost

     $ 518,804

Foreign Currencies, at cost

     $ 114,104

Standard Class:

    

Net Assets

     $ 10,936

Shares Outstanding

       1,032

Net Asset Value Per Share

     $ 10.600 *

Service Class:

    

Net Assets

     $ 251,613,747

Shares Outstanding

       23,759,758

Net Asset Value Per Share

     $ 10.590

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

    

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

     $ 231,928,467

Undistributed net investment income

       123,465

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

       (18,402,309 )

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, derivatives and foreign currencies

       37,975,060
    

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

     $ 251,624,683
    

 

 

 

 

*

Net Asset Value Per Share does not recalculate exactly, due to rounding.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund–5


LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends from unaffiliated investments

   $ 42,973  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     988,990  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     290,867  

Accounting and administration expenses

     23,168  

Professional fees

     17,278  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     12,251  

Shareholder servicing fees

     12,118  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     3,087  

Custodian fees

     2,215  

Consulting fees

     2,056  

Pricing fees

     105  

Other

     730  
  

 

 

 
     1,352,865  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (756,286

Expenses reimbursed

     (73,008
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     523,571  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT LOSS

     (480,598
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain from:

  

Sale of affiliated investments

     508,453  

Foreign currencies

     64,119  

Futures contracts

     2,166,216  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     2,738,788  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Affiliated investments

     34,493,827  

Foreign currencies

     44  

Futures contracts

     (594,104
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     33,899,767  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     36,638,555  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 36,157,957  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.    

LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund    

Statements of Changes in Net Assets    

 

    Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (480,598   $ 2,284,270  

Net realized gain (loss)

    2,738,788       (16,215,767

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    33,899,767       10,969,401  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    36,157,957       (2,962,096
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net investment income:

   

Standard Class

          (122

Service Class

          (2,278,940
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (2,279,062
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

   

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Service Class

    22,638,148       61,566,775  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          122  

Service Class

          2,278,940  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    22,638,148       63,845,837  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Service Class

    (21,924,462     (25,766,789
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (21,924,462     (25,766,789
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    713,686       38,079,048  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

    36,871,643       32,837,890  

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    214,753,040       181,915,150  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 251,624,683     $ 214,753,040  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

  $ 123,465     $ 604,063  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.    

 

 

LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund–6


LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund Standard Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/162   Year Ended
12/31/15
  12/31/14   5/1/133
to
12/31/13

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 9.069     $ 9.313     $ 9.389     $ 10.195     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                    

Net investment income (loss)4

       (0.008 )       0.129       0.116       0.111       0.132

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.539       (0.253 )       (0.102 )       (0.837 )       0.128
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.531       (0.124 )       0.014       (0.726 )       0.260
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                    

Net investment income

             (0.120 )       (0.090 )       (0.080 )       (0.063 )

Return of capital

                               (0.002 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.120 )       (0.090 )       (0.080 )       (0.065 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.600     $ 9.069     $ 9.313     $ 9.389     $ 10.195
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

       16.88%       (1.32% )       0.13%       (7.12% )       2.60%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                    

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 11     $ 9     $ 9     $ 10     $ 513

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

       0.20%       0.20%       0.20%       0.20%       0.20%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed 6

       0.91%       0.92%       0.94%       0.97%       1.32%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.16% )       1.40%       1.19%       1.10%       1.99%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.87% )       0.68%       0.45%       0.33%       0.87%

Portfolio turnover

       7%       35%       5%       10%       1%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and portfolio turnover and total return have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund Service Class  
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
    12/31/162     Year Ended
12/31/15
    12/31/14     5/1/133
to
12/31/13
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 9.072     $ 9.315     $ 9.391     $ 10.195     $ 10.000  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

         

Net investment income (loss)4

    (0.020     0.106       0.091       0.084       0.116  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    1.538       (0.252     (0.101     (0.833     0.127  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    1.518       (0.146     (0.010     (0.749     0.243  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

         

Net investment income

          (0.097     (0.066     (0.055     (0.046

Return of capital

                            (0.002
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

          (0.097     (0.066     (0.055     (0.048
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 10.590     $ 9.072     $ 9.315     $ 9.391     $ 10.195  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return5

    16.73%       (1.55%     (0.13%     (7.35%     2.43%  

Ratios and supplemental data:

         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

  $ 251,614     $ 214,744     $ 181,906     $ 94,507     $ 41,935  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

    0.45%       0.45%       0.45%       0.45%       0.45%  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

    1.16%       1.17%       1.19%       1.22%       1.57%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    (0.41%     1.15%       0.94%       0.85%       1.74%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

    (1.12%     0.43%       0.20%       0.08%       0.62%  

Portfolio turnover

    7%       35%       5%       10%       1%  

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and portfolio turnover and total return have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of fund structure and invests substantially all of its assets in other mutual funds that are advised by Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) or other unaffiliated managers (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Underlying Funds invest in U.S. and foreign stocks, and money market instruments. In addition to investment company investments, the Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments, and employs an actively managed risk-management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security ValuationThe Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices.

Federal Income TaxesNo provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013 - December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class AccountingInvestment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency TransactionsTransactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of EstimatesThe preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

OtherExpenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

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LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

LIAC is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.85% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds (including LIAC). The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.65% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC.

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the annual operating expenses (excluding Underlying Fund fees and expenses) exceed 0.20% of average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.45% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018 and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”), is responsible for managing the Fund’s volatility management overlay. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 6,509  

Legal

     1,572  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $9,085 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

 

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LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivables due from and liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 21,412  

Management fees payable to LIAC

     41,520  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     51,898  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     6,021  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     9,085  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of the Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

Affiliated investments, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers whereby the Fund held 5% or more of the issuers’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds). Affiliated investments of the Fund and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/16
     Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value
6/30/17
     Dividends    Capital Gain
Distributions

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

     $140,205,056        $7,790,779        $11,328,735        $432,864        $26,259,852        $163,359,816      $—    $—

LVIP MFS Value Fund

     19,818,523        3,170,740        1,303,366        19,654        1,784,090        23,489,641        

MFS® Research International Portfolio

     39,619,551        3,187,037        2,470,100        55,935        6,449,885        46,842,308        
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

  

 

Total

     $199,643,130        $14,148,556        $15,102,201        $508,453        $34,493,827        $233,691,765      $—    $—
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

  

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 14,148,556  

Sales

     15,102,201  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 211,983,883  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 38,323,529  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

      
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 38,323,529  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

Post-Enactment Losses (No Expiration)

Short-Term

   Long-Term    Total
$10,301,927    $8,422,762    $18,724,689

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

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LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3. Investments (continued)

 

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

Assets:

  

Affiliated Investments

   $ 233,691,765  

Unaffiliated Investment

     16,615,647  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 250,307,412  
  

 

 

 

Derivatives:

  

Assets:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ 118,025  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ (466,343
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Service Class

     2,294,454       6,683,150  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           14  

Service Class

           251,851  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     2,294,454       6,935,015  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Service Class

     (2,205,179     (2,793,542
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (2,205,179     (2,793,542
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     89,275       4,141,473  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value     

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts    $ 118,025      Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts    $ (133,758

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts           Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts      (332,585
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

      $ 118,025         $ (466,343
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain (Loss)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
   Change in
Unrealized Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts      $ 486,903      $ 140,040

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts        1,679,313        (734,144 )
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

        $ 2,166,216      $ (594,104 )
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
     Short Derivative
Volume
 

Futures contracts (average notional value)

     $27,072,292        $—    

6. Market Risk

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

 

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LVIP MFS International Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

   LOGO
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

 

Index

  

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Country and Sector Allocations and Top 10 Equity Holdings

     2  

Statement of Net Assets

     4  

Statement of Operations

     7  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     7  

Financial Highlights

     8  

Notes to Financial Statements

     10  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

 

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) Fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

    

Beginning

Account

Value
1/1/17

   

Ending

Account

Value
6/30/17

    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
   

Expenses
Paid During

Period

1/1/17 to
6/30/17*

 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,189.40       0.78%       $4.23      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,188.00       1.03%       5.59      

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,020.93       0.78%       $3.91      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,019.69       1.03%       5.16      

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund–1


LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

Security Type/Country and Sector Allocations

  and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Country    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Common Stock

     98.93%  

Australia

     1.65%  

Brazil

     0.33%  

Canada

     4.16%  

China

     2.85%  

Denmark

     1.38%  

France

     17.55%  

Germany

     11.32%  

Hong Kong

     3.15%  

India

     2.21%  

Ireland

     0.75%  

Israel

     1.91%  

Italy

     0.88%  

Japan

     9.32%  

Mexico

     0.74%  

Netherlands

     1.55%  

Peru

     0.60%  

Republic of Korea

     0.25%  

Singapore

     1.18%  

Spain

     1.71%  

Sweden

     0.93%  

Switzerland

     14.24%  

Taiwan

     2.01%  

United Kingdom

     13.88%  

United States

     4.38%  

Money Market Fund

     0.61%  

Total Value of Securities

     99.54%  

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.46%  

Total Net Assets

     100.00%  

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Aerospace & Defense

     1.09%  

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.31%  

Banks

     5.43%  

Beverages

     4.97%  

Building Products

     0.89%  

Capital Markets

     2.71%  

Chemicals

     6.82%  

Commercial Services & Supplies

     1.11%  

Communications Equipment

     0.93%  

Consumer Finance

     0.74%  

Diversified Financial Services

     0.40%  

Electrical Equipment

     3.00%  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     0.72%  

Food & Staples Retailing

     1.14%  

Food Products

     6.23%  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     3.72%  

Health Care Providers & Services

     1.44%  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     3.52%  

Household Products

     2.18%  

Insurance

     3.14%  

Internet Software & Services

     2.75%  

IT Services

     5.09%  

Leisure Products

     0.19%  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     2.52%  

Machinery

     0.78%  

Media

     1.98%  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     1.77%  

Personal Products

     2.98%  

Pharmaceuticals

     8.94%  

Professional Services

     1.87%  

Road & Rail

     2.54%  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     2.30%  

Software

     5.95%  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     4.91%  

Tobacco

     1.70%  

Trading Companies & Distributors

     0.92%  

Transportation Infrastructure

     0.14%  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     1.11%  

Total

     98.93%  
 

 

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund–2


LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

Security Type/Country and Sector Allocations

  and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited) (continued)

 

Holdings are for informational purpose only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Nestle

     4.27%  

Roche Holding

     3.55%  

AIA Group

     3.14%  

SAP

     2.75%  

Canadian National Railway

     2.54%  

Pernod Ricard

     2.49%  

Novartis

     2.46%  

Accenture Class A

     2.43%  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton

     2.34%  

L’Oreal

     2.26%  

Total

     28.23%  

IT–Information Technology

    

 

 

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund–3


LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK–98.93%

     

Australia–1.65%

     

Brambles

     1,133,025      $ 8,473,303  

Caltex Australia

     299,288        7,271,335  

Oil Search

     1,585,764        8,312,340  
     

 

 

 
        24,056,978  
     

 

 

 

Brazil–0.33%

     

Ambev ADR

     877,240        4,816,048  
     

 

 

 
        4,816,048  
     

 

 

 

Canada–4.16%

     

Canadian National Railway

     456,286        36,981,980  

Element Fleet Management

     847,919        5,819,308  

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers

     265,201        7,619,825  

Suncor Energy

     349,522        10,212,360  
     

 

 

 
        60,633,473  
     

 

 

 

China–2.85%

     

†Alibaba Group Holding ADR

     175,173        24,681,876  

†Baidu ADR

     65,930        11,792,240  

†Yum China Holdings

     126,235        4,977,446  
     

 

 

 
        41,451,562  
     

 

 

 

Denmark–1.38%

     

Carlsberg Class B

     77,666        8,297,051  

Novo Nordisk Class B

     276,552        11,843,096  
     

 

 

 
        20,140,147  
     

 

 

 

France–17.55%

     

Air Liquide

     171,027        21,135,624  

Danone

     380,369        28,590,395  

Dassault Systemes

     209,055        18,741,228  

Essilor International

     120,189        15,292,309  

Kering

     75,063        25,565,642  

Legrand

     93,428        6,535,913  

L’Oreal

     158,006        32,917,099  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton

     136,797        34,107,780  

Pernod Ricard

     271,354        36,338,937  

Publicis Groupe

     161,854        12,073,308  

†Schneider Electric

     317,060        24,360,490  
     

 

 

 
        255,658,725  
     

 

 

 

Germany–11.32%

     

Bayer

     238,645        30,854,741  

Brenntag

     230,465        13,340,273  

Fresenius Medical Care & Co.

     217,476        20,907,004  

GEA Group

     278,088        11,380,260  

Linde

     106,797        20,223,984  

†QIAGEN

     381,802        12,700,689  

SAP

     383,264        40,031,778  

Symrise

     218,683        15,490,660  
     

 

 

 
        164,929,389  
     

 

 

 

Hong Kong–3.15%

     

AIA Group

     6,262,000        45,757,206  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Hong Kong (continued)

     

Dairy Farm International Holdings

     16,900      $ 133,172  
     

 

 

 
        45,890,378  
     

 

 

 

India–2.21%

     

†Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone

     350,739        1,969,999  

HDFC Bank ADR

     257,511        22,395,732  

ITC

     1,560,354        7,812,935  
     

 

 

 
        32,178,666  
     

 

 

 

Ireland–0.75%

     

Paddy Power Betfair

     102,995        10,973,130  
     

 

 

 
        10,973,130  
     

 

 

 

Israel–1.91%

     

Nice ADR

     353,696        27,842,949  
     

 

 

 
        27,842,949  
     

 

 

 

Italy–0.88%

     

Prysmian

     435,878        12,819,330  
     

 

 

 
        12,819,330  
     

 

 

 

Japan–9.32%

     

AEON Financial Service

     511,000        10,803,805  

Bandai Namco Holdings

     83,200        2,833,127  

Japan Tobacco

     484,800        17,012,719  

Keyence

     23,800        10,440,471  

Obic

     227,400        13,950,300  

Shiseido

     297,300        10,557,157  

SoftBank Group

     199,800        16,159,863  

Sundrug

     440,400        16,406,099  

Terumo

     511,800        20,135,275  

TOTO

     340,800        12,998,729  

Yamato Holdings

     223,900        4,535,729  
     

 

 

 
        135,833,274  
     

 

 

 

Mexico–0.74%

     

Grupo Financiero Banorte

     1,220,402        7,743,194  

Grupo Financiero Inbursa

     1,796,649        3,065,898  
     

 

 

 
        10,809,092  
     

 

 

 

Netherlands–1.55%

     

Akzo Nobel

     259,810        22,579,098  
     

 

 

 
        22,579,098  
     

 

 

 

Peru–0.60%

     

Credicorp

     48,353        8,674,045  
     

 

 

 
        8,674,045  
     

 

 

 

Republic of Korea–0.25%

     

NAVER

     4,965        3,636,472  
     

 

 

 
        3,636,472  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund–4


LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

   

Singapore–1.18%

   

DBS Group Holdings

    1,138,400     $ 17,149,385  
   

 

 

 
      17,149,385  
   

 

 

 

Spain–1.71%

   

Amadeus IT Group

    416,266       24,889,190  
   

 

 

 
      24,889,190  
   

 

 

 

Sweden–0.93%

   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B

    1,891,416       13,526,632  
   

 

 

 
      13,526,632  
   

 

 

 

Switzerland–14.24%

   

†Julius Baer Group

    246,892       12,989,573  

Nestle

    714,377       62,169,945  

Novartis

    430,277       35,807,805  

Roche Holding

    203,038       51,707,039  

Sika Bearer Shares

    1,336       8,582,501  

Sonova Holding

    59,907       9,727,312  

†UBS Group

    1,561,928       26,452,926  
   

 

 

 
      207,437,101  
   

 

 

 

Taiwan–2.01%

   

MediaTek

    743,000       6,362,640  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ADR

    654,031       22,864,924  
   

 

 

 
      29,227,564  
   

 

 

 

United Kingdom–13.88%

   

Burberry Group

    549,264       11,882,610  

Compass Group

    939,667       19,826,689  

Croda International

    225,077       11,388,937  

Diageo

    778,137       22,990,897  

Experian

    542,449       11,127,575  

HSBC Holdings

    2,168,487       20,100,870  

Intertek Group

    292,194       16,048,556  

Reckitt Benckiser Group

    312,727       31,705,110  

†Rolls-Royce Holdings

    1,365,584       15,847,369  

Smith & Nephew

    523,418       9,032,867  

Whitbread

    298,745       15,435,614  

WPP

    797,781       16,770,588  
   

 

 

 
      202,157,682  
   

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

 

United States–4.38%

   

Accenture Class A

    285,877     $ 35,357,267  

†Mellanox Technologies

    99,626       4,313,806  

†Mettler-Toledo International

    40,890       24,065,401  
   

 

 

 
      63,736,474  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $1,191,545,514)

      1,441,046,784  
   

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–0.61%

 

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

    8,911,247       8,911,247  
   

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $8,911,247)

      8,911,247  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.54% (Cost $1,200,456,761)

     1,449,958,031  

« RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.46%

     6,727,217  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 89,359,359 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 1,456,685,248  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP MFS INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND STANDARD CLASS ($1,276,212,161 / 78,289,941 Shares)

     $16.301  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP MFS INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND SERVICE CLASS
($180,473,087 / 11,069,418 Shares)

     $16.304  
  

 

 

 

 

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund–5


LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

 

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 1,244,620,549  

Undistributed net investment income

     13,576,485  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (51,069,393 ) 

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and foreign currencies

     249,557,607  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 1,456,685,248  
  

 

 

 

 

 

D

Securities have been classified by country of origin. Classification by type of business has been presented on page 2.

 

Securities listed and traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. These securities have significant business operations in China.

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

«

Includes $830,704 due to manager and affiliates, $36,708 payable for securities purchased and $370,939 payable for fund shares redeemed as of June 30, 2017.

 

Securities listed and traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

ADR–American Depositary Receipt

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund–6


LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $ 18,853,689  

Interest

     12,578  

Foreign tax withheld

     (1,813,323
  

 

 

 
     17,052,944  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     4,498,473  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     213,057  

Accounting and administration expenses

     135,090  

Custodian fees

     72,903  

Shareholder servicing fees

     57,803  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     30,126  

Professional fees

     29,057  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     14,228  

Pricing fees

     6,673  

Consulting fees

     2,060  

Other

     5,767  
  

 

 

 
     5,065,237  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (565,099
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     4,500,138  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     12,552,806  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN:

  

Net realized gain from:

  

Investments

     10,446,009  

Foreign currencies

     28,665  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     281,359  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     10,756,033  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     161,069,205  

Foreign currencies

     320,330  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     1,313  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     161,390,848  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     172,146,881  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 184,699,687  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.    

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income

  $ 12,552,806     $ 17,682,002  

Net realized gain (loss)

    10,756,033       (18,987,032

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    161,390,848       28,750,515  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    184,699,687       27,445,485  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net investment income:

   

Standard Class

          (14,282,757

Service Class

          (2,093,631
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (16,376,388
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

   

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    339,750,435       116,388,090  

Service Class

    13,239,435       21,445,904  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          14,282,757  

Service Class

          2,093,631  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    352,989,870       154,210,382  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (78,113,125     (422,621,307

Service Class

    (20,006,349     (23,888,650
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (98,119,474     (446,509,957
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    254,870,396       (292,299,575
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    439,570,083       (281,230,478 ) 

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    1,017,115,165       1,298,345,643  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 1,456,685,248     $ 1,017,115,165  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

  $ 13,576,485     $ 1,023,679  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund–7


LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP MFS International Growth Fund Standard Class
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 13.705      $ 13.700     $ 13.694     $ 14.580     $ 12.935     $ 10.913

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income2

      0.174        0.207       0.162       0.233       0.133       0.155

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      2.422        0.018       0.013       (0.968 )       1.625       1.960
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      2.596        0.225       0.175       (0.735 )       1.758       2.115
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.220 )       (0.169 )       (0.151 )       (0.113 )       (0.093 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.220 )       (0.169 )       (0.151 )       (0.113 )       (0.093 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 16.301      $ 13.705     $ 13.700     $ 13.694     $ 14.580     $ 12.935
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

      18.94%        1.66%       1.29%       (5.05% )       13.61%       19.40%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 1,276,212      $ 859,431     $ 1,140,787     $ 793,036     $ 608,707     $ 163,120

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

      0.78%        0.78%       0.78%       0.79%       0.86%       1.01%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      0.89%        0.88%       0.88%       0.89%       0.95%       1.06%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      2.34%        1.49%       1.14%       1.62%       0.96%       1.29%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      2.23%        1.39%       1.04%       1.52%       0.87%       1.24%

Portfolio turnover

      9%        20%       27%       22%       29%       36%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP MFS International Growth Fund Service Class
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 13.724      $ 13.719     $ 13.711     $ 14.597     $ 12.952     $ 10.928

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income2

      0.156        0.173       0.127       0.197       0.097       0.125

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      2.424        0.018       0.015       (0.968 )       1.626       1.962
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      2.580        0.191       0.142       (0.771 )       1.723       2.087
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.186 )       (0.134 )       (0.115 )       (0.078 )       (0.063 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.186 )       (0.134 )       (0.115 )       (0.078 )       (0.063 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 16.304      $ 13.724     $ 13.719     $ 13.711     $ 14.597     $ 12.952
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

      18.80%        1.41%       1.05%       (5.29% )       13.32%       19.11%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 180,473      $ 157,684     $ 157,559     $ 157,869     $ 159,496     $ 137,989

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

      1.03%        1.03%       1.03%       1.04%       1.11%       1.26%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      1.14%        1.13%       1.13%       1.14%       1.20%       1.31%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      2.09%        1.24%       0.89%       1.37%       0.71%       1.04%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      1.98%        1.14%       0.79%       1.27%       0.62%       0.99%

Portfolio turnover

      9%        20%       27%       22%       29%       36%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP MFS International Growth Fund (“the Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sales price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Short-term debt securities utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are used when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund does not separate that portion of realized gains and losses on foreign equity securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices. These changes are included with net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date

 

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LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. Commission rebates are included in “Net realized gain on investments” on the Statement of Operations and totaled $1,044 for the six months ended June 30, 2017. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 1.00% of the first $50 million of average daily net assets of the Fund, and 0.95% of the next $50 million; 0.90% on the next $50 million; 0.85% on the next $100 million; and 0.80% of average daily net assets of the Fund in excess of $250 million. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee as follows: 0.11% on the first $400 million of average daily net assets of the Fund and 0.10% of average daily net assets in excess of $400 million. This agreement will continue at least through April 30, 2018 and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

Massachusetts Financial Services Company (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 30,113  

Legal

     7,270  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $22,851 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has

 

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LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 740,267  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     37,718  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     29,868  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     22,851  

The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain affiliated funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under these procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund engaged in securities purchases of $591,131 and securities sales of $903,006.

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 363,635,985  

Sales

     98,464,295  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 1,200,456,761  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 305,316,008  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (55,814,738
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 249,501,270  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses; however, there may be a greater likelihood that all or a portion of the Fund’s pre-enactment capital loss carryovers, if any, may expire without being utilized, due to the fact that post-enactment capital losses must be utilized before pre-enactment capital loss carryovers. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss, whereas before the Act, capital losses carried forward were treated as short-term.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

   

Pre-Enactment

Short-Term

Capital Losses Expiring In

   Post-Enactment
Losses (No Expiration)*
      
   

                     2017                  

   Short-Term    Long-Term    Total  
      $24,423,915        $—    $18,857,241      $43,281,156  

*Capital loss carryovers with no expiration must be utilized first.

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

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LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3. Investments (continued)

 

Level 1–

 

inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–

 

other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–

 

inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

Assets:

  

Common Stock

   $ 1,441,046,784  

Money Market Fund

     8,911,247  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 1,449,958,031  
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. This does not include transfers between Level 1 investments and Level 2 investments that resulted from the Fund’s use of international fair value pricing during the period. In accordance with the fair value procedures described in Note 1, international fair value pricing uses other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to the events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded causing a change in classification between levels. International fair value pricing was not utilized at June 30, 2017. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
    Year Ended  
     6/30/17     12/31/16  

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     20,824,634       8,524,509  

Service Class

     883,118       1,566,251  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           1,051,608  

Service Class

           153,919  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     21,707,752       11,296,287  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (5,242,814     (30,136,430

Service Class

     (1,302,973     (1,715,738
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (6,545,787     (31,852,168
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     15,161,965       (20,555,881
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio

 

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LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result, should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. This risk is generally mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty. No foreign currency exchange contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions.

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain or Loss on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
   Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts      $ 281,359      $ 1,313

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative Volume    Short Derivative Volume

Foreign currency exchange contracts (average cost)

   $2,833,742    $896,596

6. Credit and Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of equity securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Fund’s Board has delegated to LIAC the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. As of June 30, 2017, there were no Rule 144A securities.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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     2  

Statement of Net Assets

     3  

Statement of Operations

     6  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     6  

Financial Highlights

     7  

Notes to Financial Statements

     9  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP MFS Value Fund

 

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,090.80       0.66%       $3.42      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,089.50       0.91%       4.71      

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,021.52       0.66%       $3.31      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,020.28       0.91%       4.56      

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

LVIP MFS Value Fund–1


LVIP MFS Value Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Common Stock

     98.46%  

Aerospace & Defense

     3.52%  

Air Freight & Logistics

     1.46%  

Auto Components

     1.04%  

Automobiles

     0.18%  

Banks

     13.54%  

Beverages

     1.62%  

Building Products

     2.20%  

Capital Markets

     7.77%  

Chemicals

     3.51%  

Consumer Finance

     0.98%  

Containers & Packaging

     0.49%  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     0.84%  

Electric Utilities

     1.59%  

Electrical Equipment

     0.92%  

Energy Equipment & Services

     1.47%  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     0.39%  

Food & Staples Retailing

     1.59%  

Food Products

     3.75%  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     5.24%  

Health Care Providers & Services

     1.92%  

Household Durables

     0.18%  

Household Products

     0.49%  

Industrial Conglomerates

     3.97%  

Insurance

     7.80%  

IT Services

     5.55%  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     1.24%  

Machinery

     2.04%  

Media

     4.22%  

Multiline Retail

     0.23%  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     3.19%  

Personal Products

     0.40%  

Pharmaceuticals

     7.03%  

Professional Services

     0.45%  

Road & Rail

     1.31%  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     1.29%  

Software

     0.22%  

Specialty Retail

     0.21%  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     0.43%  

Tobacco

     4.19%  

Money Market Fund

     2.17%  

Total Value of Securities

     100.63%  

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.63%

Total Net Assets

     100.00%  

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings   

Percentage

of Net Assets

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     4.52%  

Philip Morris International

     3.69%  

Johnson & Johnson

     3.52%  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     3.28%  

Accenture Class A

     2.64%  

Medtronic

     2.55%  

US Bancorp

     2.21%  

Johnson Controls International

     2.20%  

3M

     2.17%  

Citigroup

     2.14%  

Total

     28.92%  

IT–Information Technology

 

 

LVIP MFS Value Fund–2


LVIP MFS Value Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    

Number of

Shares

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK–98.46%

     

Aerospace & Defense–3.52%

     

Lockheed Martin

     53,394      $ 14,822,708  

Northrop Grumman

     68,708        17,638,031  

United Technologies

     128,882        15,737,781  
     

 

 

 
        48,198,520  
     

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics–1.46%

 

United Parcel Service Class B

     180,470        19,958,177  
     

 

 

 
        19,958,177  
     

 

 

 

Auto Components–1.04%

     

Delphi Automotive

     163,117        14,297,205  
     

 

 

 
        14,297,205  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles–0.18%

     

Harley-Davidson

     45,916        2,480,382  
     

 

 

 
        2,480,382  
     

 

 

 

Banks–13.54%

     

Citigroup

     437,496        29,259,733  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     678,078        61,976,329  

PNC Financial Services Group

     151,660        18,937,784  

US Bancorp

     584,401        30,342,100  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     812,549        45,023,340  
     

 

 

 
        185,539,286  
     

 

 

 

Beverages–1.62%

     

Diageo

     478,194        14,128,757  

PepsiCo

     69,897        8,072,405  
     

 

 

 
        22,201,162  
     

 

 

 

Building Products–2.20%

     

Johnson Controls International

     695,198        30,143,785  
     

 

 

 
        30,143,785  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–7.77%

     

Bank of New York Mellon

     299,885        15,300,133  

BlackRock

     31,510        13,310,139  

Franklin Resources

     124,191        5,562,515  

Goldman Sachs Group

     129,725        28,785,978  

Moody’s

     78,378        9,537,035  

Nasdaq

     195,073        13,945,769  

S&P Global

     21,303        3,110,025  

State Street

     134,129        12,035,395  

T. Rowe Price Group

     66,616        4,943,573  
     

 

 

 
        106,530,562  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals–3.51%

     

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.

     65,160        5,259,064  

Monsanto

     45,934        5,436,748  

PPG Industries

     241,452        26,550,062  

Sherwin-Williams

     31,149        10,932,053  
     

 

 

 
        48,177,927  
     

 

 

 
    

Number of

Shares

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Consumer Finance–0.98%

     

American Express

     160,062      $ 13,483,623  
     

 

 

 
        13,483,623  
     

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging–0.49%

     

†Crown Holdings

     112,449        6,708,707  
     

 

 

 
        6,708,707  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–0.84%

 

Verizon Communications

     256,984        11,476,906  
     

 

 

 
        11,476,906  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–1.59%

     

Duke Energy

     209,298        17,495,220  

Xcel Energy

     94,216        4,322,630  
     

 

 

 
        21,817,850  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–0.92%

     

Eaton

     161,997        12,608,227  
     

 

 

 
        12,608,227  
     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services–1.47%

 

Schlumberger

     305,561        20,118,136  
     

 

 

 
        20,118,136  
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–0.39%

 

Public Storage

     25,778        5,375,486  
     

 

 

 
        5,375,486  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–1.59%

     

CVS Health

     271,521        21,846,580  
     

 

 

 
        21,846,580  
     

 

 

 

Food Products–3.75%

     

Archer-Daniels-Midland

     115,752        4,789,818  

Danone

     84,736        6,369,172  

General Mills

     193,074        10,696,300  

JM Smucker

     46,698        5,525,774  

Nestle

     276,298        24,045,331  
     

 

 

 
        51,426,395  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–5.24%

 

Abbott Laboratories

     454,129        22,075,211  

Danaher

     174,593        14,733,903  

Medtronic

     393,787        34,948,596  
     

 

 

 
        71,757,710  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–1.92%

 

Cigna

     47,423        7,938,136  

†Express Scripts Holding

     100,776        6,433,540  

McKesson

     59,740        9,829,619  

UnitedHealth Group

     11,442        2,121,576  
     

 

 

 
          26,322,871  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP MFS Value Fund–3


LVIP MFS Value Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

   

Household Durables–0.18%

   

Newell Brands

    46,486     $ 2,492,579  
   

 

 

 
      2,492,579  
   

 

 

 

Household Products–0.49%

   

Procter & Gamble

    77,383       6,743,929  
   

 

 

 
      6,743,929  
   

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–3.97%

 

3M

    143,108       29,793,655  

Honeywell International

    184,636       24,610,132  
   

 

 

 
      54,403,787  
   

 

 

 

Insurance–7.80%

   

Aon

    184,292       24,501,621  

Chubb

    192,324       27,960,063  

MetLife

    347,191       19,074,674  

Prudential Financial

    78,470       8,485,746  

Travelers

    212,825       26,928,747  
   

 

 

 
      106,950,851  
   

 

 

 

IT Services–5.55%

   

Accenture Class A

    292,653       36,195,323  

Amdocs

    53,041       3,419,023  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Class A

    83,672       5,555,821  

DXC Technology

    42,211       3,238,428  

Fidelity National Information Services

    156,461       13,361,770  

†Fiserv

    51,700       6,324,978  

International Business Machines

    52,080       8,011,466  
   

 

 

 
      76,106,809  
   

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–1.24%

 

Thermo Fisher Scientific

    97,425       16,997,740  
   

 

 

 
      16,997,740  
   

 

 

 

Machinery–2.04%

   

Illinois Tool Works

    82,915       11,877,574  

Ingersoll-Rand

    90,735       8,292,271  

Stanley Black & Decker

    55,179       7,765,341  
   

 

 

 
      27,935,186  
   

 

 

 

Media–4.22%

   

Comcast Class A

    468,437       18,231,568  

Interpublic Group

    278,469       6,850,337  

Omnicom Group

    218,639       18,125,173  

Time Warner

    116,160       11,663,626  

Walt Disney

    27,665       2,939,406  
   

 

 

 
      57,810,110  
   

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–0.23%

   

Target

    60,510       3,164,068  
   

 

 

 
      3,164,068  
   

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–3.19%

 

Chevron

    103,918       10,841,765  
    

Number of

Shares

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

EOG Resources

     130,469      $ 11,810,054  

Exxon Mobil

     148,302        11,972,420  

Occidental Petroleum

     152,007        9,100,659  
     

 

 

 
        43,724,898  
     

 

 

 

Personal Products–0.40%

     

Coty Class A

     293,837        5,512,382  
     

 

 

 
        5,512,382  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–7.03%

     

Johnson & Johnson

     364,256        48,187,426  

Merck & Co.

     203,357        13,033,150  

Novartis

     38,997        3,245,344  

Pfizer

     863,703        29,011,784  

Roche Holding

     11,187        2,848,958  
     

 

 

 
        96,326,662  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services–0.45%

 

Equifax

     44,804        6,156,966  
     

 

 

 
        6,156,966  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail–1.31%

     

Canadian National Railway

     99,385        8,055,154  

Union Pacific

     91,395        9,953,830  
     

 

 

 
        18,008,984  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–1.29%

 

Texas Instruments

     230,296        17,716,671  
     

 

 

 
        17,716,671  
     

 

 

 

Software–0.22%

     

Oracle

     58,950        2,955,753  
     

 

 

 
        2,955,753  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–0.21%

     

Advance Auto Parts

     24,738        2,884,203  
     

 

 

 
        2,884,203  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–0.43%

 

Hanesbrands

     255,828        5,924,976  
     

 

 

 
        5,924,976  
     

 

 

 

Tobacco–4.19%

     

Altria Group

     92,491        6,887,805  

Philip Morris International

     430,355        50,545,195  
     

 

 

 
        57,433,000  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $832,325,717)

        1,349,719,051  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP MFS Value Fund–4


LVIP MFS Value Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–2.17%

   

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

    29,756,504     $     29,756,504  
   

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $29,756,504)

      29,756,504  
   

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.63% (Cost $862,082,221)

     $1,379,475,555  

«LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.63%)

     (8,683,823
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 33,172,142 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

     $1,370,791,732  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP MFS VALUE FUND STANDARD CLASS ($419,058,287 / 10,129,251 Shares)

        $41.371  
     

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP MFS VALUE FUND SERVICE CLASS ($951,733,445 / 23,042,891 Shares)

        $41.303  
     

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

     $817,442,888  

Undistributed net investment income

     12,249,030  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

     23,697,880  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, derivatives and foreign currencies

     517,401,934  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

     $1,370,791,732  
  

 

 

 

 

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

«

Includes $34,539 cash due to custodian, $551,411 payable for fund shares redeemed, $10,097,676 payable for securities purchased, and $948,535 due to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

The following foreign currency exchange contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Counterparty

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

BBH

         GBP          97,329          USD          (126,397 )          7/3/17          $383          $   —

BNP

         CHF          258,073          USD          (269,728 )          7/3/17                   (543 )

BNP

         EUR          50,119          USD          (57,239 )          7/3/17          13         
                                         

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total

                                            $396          $(543
                                         

 

 

        

 

 

 

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amount recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

BBH–Brown Brothers Harriman, & Co.

BNP–Banque Paribas

CHF–Swiss Franc

EUR–Euro

GBP–British Pound Sterling

IT–Information Technology

USD–United States Dollar

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP MFS Value Fund–5


LVIP MFS Value Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

 

Dividends

   $ 15,214,035  

Interest

     8,957  

Foreign tax withheld

     (153,405
  

 

 

 
     15,069,587  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     3,940,569  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     1,143,606  

Accounting and administration expenses

     161,361  

Shareholder servicing fees

     64,770  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     53,531  

Professional fees

     26,115  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     17,474  

Custodian fees

     10,865  

Consulting fees

     2,252  

Pricing fees

     734  

Other

     8,381  
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     5,429,658  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     9,639,929  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments

     21,193,432  

Foreign currencies

     2,895  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     (1,126
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     21,195,201  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     81,390,090  

Foreign currencies

     28,458  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     (147
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     81,418,401  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     102,613,602  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 112,253,531  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP MFS Value Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income

  $ 9,639,929     $ 20,451,831  

Net realized gain

    21,195,201       29,063,826  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    81,418,401       103,916,094  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    112,253,531       153,431,751  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net investment income:

   

Standard Class

          (6,655,471

Service Class

          (14,918,897

Net realized gain:

   

Standard Class

          (13,152,045

Service Class

          (36,469,491
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (71,195,904
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

   

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    55,707,619       146,594,666  

Service Class

    38,106,929       62,478,291  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          19,807,516  

Service Class

          51,388,388  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    93,814,548       280,268,861  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (24,763,461     (38,272,399

Service Class

    (63,872,615     (120,418,378
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (88,636,076     (158,690,777
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    5,178,472       121,578,084  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

    117,432,003       203,813,931  

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    1,253,359,729       1,049,545,798  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 1,370,791,732     $ 1,253,359,729  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

  $ 12,249,030     $ 2,609,101  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP MFS Value Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP MFS Value Fund Standard Class
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 37.927      $ 35.359     $ 37.268     $ 34.526     $ 25.797     $ 22.445

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income2

      0.328        0.728       0.757       0.815       0.548       0.517

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      3.116        4.166       (0.990 )       2.815       8.718       3.143
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      3.444        4.894       (0.233 )       3.630       9.266       3.660
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.726 )       (0.765 )       (0.888 )       (0.537 )       (0.308 )

Net realized gain

             (1.600 )       (0.911 )                  
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (2.326 )       (1.676 )       (0.888 )       (0.537 )       (0.308 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 41.371      $ 37.927     $ 35.359     $ 37.268     $ 34.526     $ 25.797
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

      9.08%        14.06%       (0.54% )       10.51%       35.96%       16.33%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 419,058      $ 354,924     $ 206,615     $ 161,935     $ 137,795     $ 91,949

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

      0.66%        0.66%       0.66%       0.66%       0.68%       0.69%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      0.66%        0.66%       0.66%       0.66%       0.69%       0.69%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      1.66%        1.97%       2.04%       2.28%       1.78%       2.09%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      1.66%        1.97%       2.04%       2.28%       1.77%       2.09%

Portfolio turnover

      7%        15%       15%       11%       16%       21%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP MFS Value Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP MFS Value Fund Service Class
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 37.912      $ 35.352     $ 37.262     $ 34.526     $ 25.804     $ 22.453

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income2

      0.279        0.632       0.664       0.724       0.469       0.455

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      3.112        4.162       (0.991 )       2.811       8.714       3.142
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      3.391        4.794       (0.327 )       3.535       9.183       3.597
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.634 )       (0.672 )       (0.799 )       (0.461 )       (0.246 )

Net realized gain

             (1.600 )       (0.911 )                  
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (2.234 )       (1.583 )       (0.799 )       (0.461 )       (0.246 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 41.303      $ 37.912     $ 35.352     $ 37.262     $ 34.526     $ 25.804
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

      8.95%        13.78%       (0.79% )       10.23%       35.62%       16.04%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 951,734      $ 898,436     $ 842,931     $ 899,694     $ 868,365     $ 687,473

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

      0.91%        0.91%       0.91%       0.91%       0.93%       0.94%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      0.91%        0.91%       0.91%       0.91%       0.94%       0.94%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      1.41%        1.72%       1.79%       2.03%       1.53%       1.84%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      1.41%        1.72%       1.79%       2.03%       1.52%       1.84%

Portfolio turnover

      7%        15%       15%       11%       16%       21%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP MFS Value Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP MFS Value Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Equity securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Short-term debt securities utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are used when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund does not separate that portion of realized gains and losses on foreign equity securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices. These changes are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

 

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LVIP MFS Value Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. Commission rebates are included in “Net realized gain (loss) on investments” on the Statement of Operations and totaled $26,818 for the six months ended June 30, 2017. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.75% of the first $75 million of the average daily net assets of the Fund; 0.70% of the next $75 million; 0.65% of the next $50 million; 0.60% of the next $300 million; 0.5875% of the next $1 billion; and 0.5625% of the average daily net assets of the Fund in excess of $1.5 billion. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

Massachusetts Financial Services Company (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 36,667  

Legal

     8,851  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $44,474 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

LVIP MFS Value Fund–10


LVIP MFS Value Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 677,096  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     194,658  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     32,307  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     44,474  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 84,459,006  

Sales

     86,623,432  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 862,082,221  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 528,213,768  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (10,820,434
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 517,393,334  
  

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

Level 1–

 

inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–

 

other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–

 

inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

LVIP MFS Value Fund–11


LVIP MFS Value Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1      Level 2     Total  

Investments:

       

Assets:

       

Common Stock

   $ 1,349,719,051      $     $ 1,349,719,051  

Money Market Fund

     29,756,504              29,756,504  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 1,379,475,555      $     $ 1,379,475,555  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives:

       

Assets:

       

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

   $      $ 396     $ 396  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

       

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

   $      $ (543   $ (543
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. This does not include transfers between Level 1 investments and Level 2 investments that resulted from the Fund’s use of international fair value pricing during the period. In accordance with the fair value procedures described in Note 1, international fair value pricing uses other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to the events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded, causing a change in classification between levels. International fair value pricing was not utilized at June 30, 2017. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year
Ended

12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     1,393,806       4,014,702  

Service Class

     958,812       1,713,081  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           532,008  

Service Class

           1,384,663  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     2,352,618       7,644,454  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (622,534     (1,032,089

Service Class

     (1,614,034     (3,243,355
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (2,236,568     (4,275,444
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     116,050       3,369,010  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change

 

LVIP MFS Value Fund–12


LVIP MFS Value Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

  

Liability Derivatives

    

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value   

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value

Foreign currency
exchange contracts
(Currency contracts)

   Liabilities net of receivables and other assets    $396    Liabilities net of receivables and other assets    $(543)

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in Income

  Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Foreign currency
exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts   $(1,126)   $(147)

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative Volume    Short Derivative Volume

Foreign currency exchange contracts (average cost)

   $8,229    $13,418

6. Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of equity securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

 

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LVIP MFS Value Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

   LOGO
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

 

Index

  

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Country and Sector Allocations and Top 10 Equity Holdings

     2  

Statement of Net Assets

     3  

Statement of Operations

     6  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     6  

Financial Highlights

     7  

Notes to Financial Statements

     9  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

 

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,121.30       0.74%       $3.89      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,119.90       0.99%       5.20      

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,021.12       0.74%       $3.71      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,019.89       0.99%       4.96      

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

Security Type/Country and Sector Allocations and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Country    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Common Stock

     99.06%  

Australia

     1.30%  

Denmark

     1.06%  

France

     7.19%  

Germany

     10.02%  

Hong Kong

     2.77%  

Italy

     5.47%  

Japan

     17.46%  

Netherlands

     5.61%  

Singapore

     6.61%  

Spain

     5.50%  

Sweden

     4.49%  

Switzerland

     9.81%  

Taiwan

     1.84%  

United Kingdom

     19.93%  

Preferred Stock

     0.15%  

Money Market Fund

     0.20%  

Total Value of Securities

     99.41%  

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.59%  

Total Net Assets

     100.00%  

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Auto Components

     0.33%  

Automobiles

     6.10%  

Banks

     7.46%  

Beverages

     2.81%  

Building Products

     2.29%  

Commercial Services & Supplies

     3.23%  

Communications Equipment

     1.44%  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     8.96%  

Electric Utilities

     5.56%  

Electrical Equipment

     4.37%  

Energy Equipment & Services

     1.21%  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     1.23%  
Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Food & Staples Retailing

     5.09%  

Food Products

     2.87%  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     1.05%  

Household Durables

     0.63%  

Industrial Conglomerates

     1.24%  

Insurance

     8.16%  

Media

     1.16%  

Multiline Retail

     1.26%  

Multi-Utilities

     1.57%  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     8.19%  

Pharmaceuticals

     11.65%  

Road & Rail

     0.92%  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     1.84%  

Software

     2.39%  

Specialty Retail

     2.19%  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     2.49%  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     1.52%  

Total

     99.21%  

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Sanofi

     3.43%  

Royal Dutch Shell Class B

     3.18%  

Telia

     3.04%  

ABB

     2.91%  

Honda Motor

     2.87%  

GlaxoSmithKline

     2.86%  

Takeda Pharmaceutical

     2.82%  

Iberdrola

     2.81%  

Kirin Holdings

     2.81%  

Enel

     2.75%  

Total

     29.48%  
 

 

LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund–2


LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK–99.06%

 

  

Australia–1.30%

     

QBE Insurance Group

     1,669,261      $ 15,152,159  
     

 

 

 
        15,152,159  
     

 

 

 

Denmark–1.06%

     

ISS

     313,642        12,318,579  
     

 

 

 
        12,318,579  
     

 

 

 

France–7.19%

     

Cie de Saint-Gobain

     498,754        26,648,315  

Sanofi

     417,759        39,965,535  

Societe Generale

     319,073        17,168,261  
     

 

 

 
        83,782,111  
     

 

 

 

Germany–10.02%

     

Allianz

     152,139        29,957,182  

Bayerische Motoren Werke

     51,783        4,807,221  

Daimler

     388,180        28,095,710  

Deutsche Telekom

     1,456,830        26,156,797  

SAP

     266,400        27,825,378  
     

 

 

 
        116,842,288  
     

 

 

 

Hong Kong–2.77%

     

China Mobile

     1,671,000        17,732,083  

CK Hutchison Holdings

     250,500        3,144,305  

#WH Group 144A

     11,260,500        11,365,137  
     

 

 

 
        32,241,525  
     

 

 

 

Italy–5.47%

     

Enel

     5,978,029        32,049,721  

Eni

     2,108,920        31,698,531  
     

 

 

 
        63,748,252  
     

 

 

 

Japan–17.46%

     

Canon

     854,400        28,987,690  

Honda Motor

     1,227,900        33,449,972  

Hoya

     235,200        12,197,569  

Isuzu Motors

     238,200        2,935,276  

Kirin Holdings

     1,607,300        32,710,466  

Kyushu Railway

     332,500        10,775,395  

Mitsubishi Electric

     1,187,300        17,053,418  

Santen Pharmaceutical

     27,100        367,196  

Sekisui Chemical

     408,800        7,309,151  

Sumitomo Electric Industries

     250,200        3,848,375  

Takeda Pharmaceutical

     647,800        32,880,998  

Tokio Marine Holdings

     505,800        20,915,544  
     

 

 

 
        203,431,050  
     

 

 

 

Netherlands–5.61%

     

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize

     1,482,194        28,338,943  

Royal Dutch Shell Class A

     8        212  

Royal Dutch Shell Class B

     1,378,033        37,018,144  
     

 

 

 
        65,357,299  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Singapore–6.61%

     

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust

     7,556,800      $ 14,325,947  

Jardine Matheson Holdings

     175,700        11,279,940  

Singapore Telecommunications

     6,908,300        19,519,366  

United Overseas Bank

     1,899,281        31,894,953  
     

 

 

 
        77,020,206  
     

 

 

 

Spain–5.50%

     

Banco Santander

     1,242,776        8,221,377  

Iberdrola

     4,140,326        32,785,280  

Telefonica

     2,241,978        23,143,382  
     

 

 

 
        64,150,039  
     

 

 

 

Sweden–4.49%

     

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B

     2,352,578        16,824,673  

Telia

     7,704,241        35,472,777  
     

 

 

 
        52,297,450  
     

 

 

 

Switzerland–9.81%

     

ABB

     1,370,860        33,853,337  

Nestle

     254,176        22,120,124  

Novartis

     351,466        29,249,126  

Zurich Insurance Group

     99,922        29,083,565  
     

 

 

 
        114,306,152  
     

 

 

 

Taiwan–1.84%

     

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

     721,000        4,941,765  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ADR

     472,316        16,512,167  
     

 

 

 
        21,453,932  
     

 

 

 

United Kingdom–19.93%

     

Amec Foster Wheeler

     1,506,447        9,166,800  

BP

     4,632,200        26,715,049  

G4S

     5,955,120        25,316,387  

GlaxoSmithKline

     1,564,965        33,336,211  

John Wood Group

     597,587        4,985,186  

Kingfisher

     6,506,727        25,483,383  

Lloyds Banking Group

     34,471,024        29,699,223  

National Grid

     1,472,998        18,260,342  

Next

     291,615        14,645,626  

Pearson

     1,506,457        13,567,817  

†Tesco

     14,116,533        31,035,700  
     

 

 

 
        232,211,724  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $1,042,171,441)

        1,154,312,766  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund–3


LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    Number of     Value  
    Shares     (U.S. $)  

PREFERRED STOCK–0.15%

   

Bayerische Motoren Werke 4.96%

    21,446     $ 1,768,017  
   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $1,547,482)

      1,768,017  
   

 

 

 
     Number of      Value  
     Shares      (U.S. $)  

MONEY MARKET FUND–0.20%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     2,381,107      $ 2,381,107  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $2,381,107)

        2,381,107  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.41% (Cost $1,046,100,030)

     $1,158,461,890  

«RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.59%

     6,854,121  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 67,605,099 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

     $1,165,316,011  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP MONDRIAN INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND STANDARD CLASS ($855,716,248 / 49,622,485 Shares)

                 $17.245  
     

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE –LVIP MONDRIAN INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND SERVICE CLASS ($309,599,763 / 17,982,614 Shares)

                 $17.217  
     

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

     $1,045,687,778  

Undistributed net investment income

     25,969,869  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (18,740,990

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

     112,399,354  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

     $1,165,316,011  
  

 

 

 

 

#

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At June 30, 2017, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $11,365,137, which represents 0.98% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 6 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

D

Securities have been classified by country of origin. Classification by type of business has been presented on page 2.

 

Securities listed and traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. These securities have significant business operations in China.

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

«

Includes $2,445,004 payable for securities purchased, $508,499 payable for fund shares redeemed and $809,123 due to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

The following foreign currency exchange contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Counterparty

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

BNYM

       CHF        (1,098,932 )          GBP        881,351          7/4/17        $ 1,746        $

BNYM

       EUR        (8,033 )          USD        9,163          7/3/17                   (13 )

BNYM

       GBP        241,081          USD        (312,685 )          7/3/17          1,342         

BNYM

       HKD        5,357,281          USD        (686,373 )          7/3/17                   (136 )

BNYM

       JPY        (18,627,349 )          USD        165,685          7/3/17          51         
                                   

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total

                                    $ 3,139        $ (149 )
                                   

 

 

        

 

 

 

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The foreign currency exchange contracts presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund–4


LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

Summary of Abbreviations:

ADR–American Depositary Receipt

BNYM–BNY Mellon

CHF–Swiss Franc

EUR–Euro

GBP–British Pound Sterling

HKD–Hong Kong Dollar

JPY–Japanese Yen

USD–United States Dollar

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund–5


LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $ 30,662,835  

Foreign tax withheld

     (2,751,425
  

 

 

 
     27,911,410  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     3,939,625  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     386,629  

Accounting and administration expenses

     145,039  

Shareholder servicing fees

     58,527  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     54,242  

Custodian fees

     53,413  

Professional fees

     30,788  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     15,719  

Pricing fees

     6,132  

Consulting fees

     2,132  

Other

     8,070  
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     4,700,316  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     23,211,094  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments

     15,727,799  

Foreign currencies

     97,822  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     (43,378
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     15,782,243  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     93,906,947  

Foreign currencies

     307,004  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     2,841  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     94,216,792  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     109,999,035  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 133,210,129  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income

  $ 23,211,094     $ 36,563,542  

Net realized gain (loss)

    15,782,243       (30,897,624

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    94,216,792       38,509,145  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    133,210,129       44,175,063  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net investment income:

   

Standard Class

          (24,677,289

Service Class

          (8,247,101

Net realized gain on investments:

   

Standard Class

          (28,660,530

Service Class

          (10,618,052
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (72,202,972
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

   

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    15,007,116       82,105,172  

Service Class

    10,233,960       26,244,518  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          53,337,819  

Service Class

          18,865,153  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    25,241,076     180,552,662  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (95,809,919     (118,151,807

Service Class

    (38,038,492     (45,004,057
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (133,848,411     (163,155,864
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (108,607,335     17,396,798  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    24,602,794       (10,631,111 ) 

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    1,140,713,217       1,151,344,328  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 1,165,316,011     $ 1,140,713,217  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

  $ 25,969,869     $ 2,758,775  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

   

LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund Standard Class

    Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 15.381      $ 15.782     $ 16.942     $ 18.131     $ 15.243     $ 14.310

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income2

      0.332        0.517       0.457       0.784       0.420       0.460

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      1.532        0.114       (1.101 )       (1.234 )       2.897       0.907
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      1.864        0.631       (0.644 )       (0.450 )       3.317       1.367
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.470 )       (0.516 )       (0.739 )       (0.429 )       (0.434 )

Net realized gain

             (0.562 )                        
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (1.032 )       (0.516 )       (0.739 )       (0.429 )       (0.434 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 17.245      $ 15.381     $ 15.782     $ 16.942     $ 18.131     $ 15.243
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

      12.13%        4.01%       (3.79% )       (2.54% )       21.84%       9.62%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 855,716      $ 838,576     $ 842,056     $ 861,700     $ 808,623     $ 561,634

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

      0.74%        0.73%       0.73%       0.73%       0.76%       0.83%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      4.05%        3.28%       2.61%       4.21%       2.50%       3.13%

Portfolio turnover

      9%        21%       19%       18%       33%       13%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

   

LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund Service Class

    Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 15.375      $ 15.777     $ 16.934     $ 18.122     $ 15.236     $ 14.306

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income2

      0.311        0.477       0.412       0.736       0.381       0.422

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      1.531        0.114       (1.096 )       (1.231 )       2.891       0.906
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      1.842        0.591       (0.684 )       (0.495 )       3.272       1.328
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.431 )       (0.473 )       (0.693 )       (0.386 )       (0.398 )

Net realized gain

             (0.562 )                        
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.993 )       (0.473 )       (0.693 )       (0.386 )       (0.398 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 17.217      $ 15.375     $ 15.777     $ 16.934     $ 18.122     $ 15.236
   

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

      11.99%        3.75%       (4.03% )       (2.79% )       21.55%       9.34%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    $ 309,600      $ 302,137     $ 309,288     $ 333,679     $ 357,738     $ 131,710

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

      0.99%        0.98%       0.98%       0.98%       1.01%       1.08%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

      3.80%        3.03%       2.36%       3.96%       2.25%       2.88%

Portfolio turnover

      9%        21%       19%       18%       33%       13%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation as measured by the change in the value of Fund shares over a period of three years or longer.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are used when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund does not separate the portion of realized gains and losses on foreign equity securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices. These changes are included in net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date

 

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LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all taxwithholdings not eligible for rebates. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction. There were no commission rebates for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.90% of the first $200 million of the Fund’s average daily net assets; 0.75% of the next $200 million; and 0.60% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $400 million. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 32,952  

Legal

     7,954  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $48,102 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

 

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LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 667,198  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     65,150  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     48,102  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln life

     28,673  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 103,120,395  

Sales

     195,032,840  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated because final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for federal income tax purposes for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 1,046,100,030  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 247,317,140  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (134,955,280
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 112,361,860  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss, whereas before the Act, capital losses carried forward were treated as short-term.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

Post Enactment Losses (No Expiration)
Long-Term

$28,157,713

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

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LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1      Level 2     Total  

Investments:

       

Assets:

       

Common Stock

   $ 1,154,312,766      $     $ 1,154,312,766  

Money Market Fund

     2,381,107              2,381,107  

Preferred Stock

     1,768,017              1,768,017  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 1,158,461,890      $     $ 1,158,461,890  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives:

       

Assets:

       

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

   $      $ 3,139     $ 3,139  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

       

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

   $      $ (149   $ (149
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. This does not include transfers between Level 1 investments and Level 2 investments that resulted from the Fund’s use of international fair value pricing during the period. In accordance with the fair value procedures described in Note 1, international fair value pricing uses other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to the events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded, causing a change in classification between levels. International fair value pricing was not utilized at June 30, 2017. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     911,584       5,241,586  

Service Class

     623,500       1,688,813  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           3,421,827  

Service Class

           1,210,566  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     1,535,084       11,562,792  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (5,809,163     (7,499,923

Service Class

     (2,291,866     (2,852,212
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (8,101,029     (10,352,135
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (6,565,945     1,210,657  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. This risk is generally mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the fund entered into foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

   

Asset Derivatives

  

Liability Derivatives

   

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value   

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

  Receivables and other assets net of liabilities    $3,139    Receivables and other assets net of liabilities    $(149)

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized loss from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts    $(43,378)   $2,841

Average Volume of DerivativesThe table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
   Short Derivative
Volume

Foreign currency exchange contracts (average cost)

   $249,880    $479,735

6. Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of equity securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

6. Market Risk (continued)

 

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. Rule 144A securities have been identified on the Statement of Net Assets.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will complywith the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

 

Index

  

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Sector Allocation

     2  

Schedule of Investments

     3  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     5  

Statement of Operations

     6  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     6  

Financial Highlights

     7  

Notes to Financial Statements

     9  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

 

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) Fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the tables reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,101.90       0.35%       $1.82      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,099.90       0.70%       3.64      

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00     $ 1,023.06       0.35%       $1.76      

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,021.32       0.70%       3.51      

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies (“Underlying Funds”). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund–1


LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Affiliated Investments

     36.22%  

Equity Funds

     19.52%  

International Equity Funds

     16.70%  

Unaffiliated Investments

     63.70%  

Equity Funds

     43.81%  

International Equity Funds

     13.08%  

Money Market Fund

     6.81%  

Total Value of Securities

     99.92%  

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.08%  

Total Net Assets

     100.00%  

    

 

 

LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund–2


LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    

Number of

Shares

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–36.22%

 

  

Equity Funds–19.52%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

     437,303      $ 7,432,840  

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

     99,693        3,004,453  
     

 

 

 
        10,437,293  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–16.70%

 

  

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

     182,112        2,968,602  

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

     640,804        5,963,322  
     

 

 

 
        8,931,924  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $16,958,656)

        19,369,217  
     

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–63.70%

 

  

Equity Funds–43.81%

     

XAmerican Century VP–Mid Cap Value Fund

     138,979        2,972,771  

**BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

     83,417        1,992,833  

#ClearBridge®– Variable Appreciation Portfolio

     62,611        2,479,381  

XFidelity® Variable Life Insurance Products–Fidelity® VIP Mid Cap Portfolio

     98,310        3,492,957  

XFidelity®–VIP Contrafund® Portfolio

     111,685        3,973,767  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Equity Funds (continued)

     

✢Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

Mutual Shares VIP Fund

     115,892      $ 2,495,158  

✢Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust–

     

Templeton Growth Securities

     199,257        3,024,719  

#Invesco V.I. Comstock Fund

     25,901        500,675  

#Invesco V.I. Core Equity Fund

     66,936        2,494,699  
     

 

 

 
        23,426,960  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–13.08%

 

  

**DFA International Core Equity Portfolio

     304,730        4,010,245  

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     59,674        2,986,087  
     

 

 

 
        6,996,332  
     

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–6.81%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     3,642,999        3,642,999  
     

 

 

 
        3,642,999  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $31,898,233)

        34,066,291  
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.92% (Cost $48,856,889)

     53,435,508  

RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.08%

     43,139  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 5,169,279 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 53,478,647  
  

 

 

 

 

 

#

Series I shares.

 

*

Standard Class shares.

 

**

Institutional Class shares.

 

X

Initial Class.

 

Class 1 shares.

 

LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund–3


LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)    Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
   Notional
Value
   Expiration
Date
   Unrealized
Appreciation
   Unrealized
Depreciation
   

Currency Contracts:

                        
    2      British Pound      $ 160,381      $ 163,063        9/19/17      $ 2,682      $
    2      Euro        283,468        286,675        9/19/17        3,207       
    2      Japanese Yen        230,181        222,750        9/19/17               (7,431 )
                        

 

 

      

 

 

 
                           5,889        (7,431 )
                        

 

 

      

 

 

 
   

Equity Contracts:

                        
    3      E-mini MSCI Emerging Markets Index        151,312        151,245        9/18/17               (67 )
    3      E-mini Russell 2000 Index        209,945        212,145        9/18/17        2,200       
    12      E-mini S&P 500 Index        1,455,891        1,452,540        9/18/17               (3,351 )
    2      E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index        352,905        349,220        9/18/17               (3,685 )
    9      Euro STOXX 50 Index        365,330        352,685        9/18/17               (12,645 )
    2      FTSE 100 Index        193,710        188,660        9/18/17               (5,050 )
    1      Nikkei 225 Index (OSE)        178,841        177,995        9/8/17               (846 )
                        

 

 

      

 

 

 
                           2,200        (25,644 )
                        

 

 

      

 

 

 
   

Total

                    $ 8,089      $ (33,075 )
                        

 

 

      

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amount recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

DFA–Dimensional Fund Advisors

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

FTSE–Financial Times Stock Exchange

MSCI–Morgan Stanley Capital International

OSE–Osaka Securities Exchange

S&P–Standard and Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund–4


LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

ASSETS:

    

Affiliated investments, at value

     $ 19,369,217

Unaffiliated investments, at value

       34,066,291
    

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

       53,435,508

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at value

       104,520

Cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts

       52,246

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

       8,089

Foreign currencies, at value

       6,089

Expense reimbursement receivable from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation

       4,447

Dividends receivable from investments

       2,293

Receivable for fund shares sold

       5
    

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

       53,613,197
    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

    

Payable for fund shares redeemed

       35,208

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

       33,075

Due to manager and affiliates

       25,838

Other accrued expenses payable

       22,212

Payable for investments purchased

       12,134

Cash due to custodian

       6,083
    

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

       134,550
    

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

     $ 53,478,647
    

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

     $ 16,958,656

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

       31,898,233
    

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

     $ 48,856,889
    

 

 

 

Foreign currencies, at cost

     $ 6,096
    

 

 

 

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at cost

     $ 104,520
    

 

 

 

Standard Class:

    

Net Assets

     $ 2,740,779

Shares Outstanding

       264,495

Net Asset Value Per Share

     $ 10.362

Service Class:

    

Net Assets

     $ 50,737,868

Shares Outstanding

       4,904,784

Net Asset Value Per Share

     $ 10.345

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

    

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

     $ 50,576,106

Undistributed net investment income

       23,377

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

       (1,674,461 )

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

       4,553,625
    

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

     $ 53,478,647
    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund–5


LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends from unaffiliated investment

   $ 177,791  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     82,552  

Management fees

     62,123  

Accounting and administration expenses

     16,753  

Professional fees

     15,466  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     4,650  

Custodian fees

     2,617  

Shareholder servicing fees

     2,560  

Consulting fees

     1,873  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     640  

Pricing fees

     139  

Other

     351  
  

 

 

 
     189,724  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (15,842

Expenses reimbursed

     (5,241
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     168,641  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     9,150  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Distributions from unaffiliated investments

     315,165  

Sale of unaffiliated investments

     (45,941

Sale of affiliated investments

     (657

Foreign currencies

     3,771  

Futures contracts

     253,959  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     526,297  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Unaffiliated investments

     2,197,240  

Affiliated investments

     1,984,739  

Foreign currencies

     3  

Futures contracts

     (23,334
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     4,158,648  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     4,684,945  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 4,694,095  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income

  $ 9,150     $ 470,143  

Net realized gain (loss)

    526,297       (883,519

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    4,158,648       2,748,620  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    4,694,095       2,335,244  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net investment income:

   

Standard Class

          (36,814

Service Class

          (516,528
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (553,342
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

   

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    148,910       542,775  

Service Class

    6,380,755       10,896,454  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          36,814  

Service Class

          516,528  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    6,529,665     11,992,571  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (63,437     (107,235

Service Class

    (3,053,402     (3,366,020
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (3,116,839     (3,473,255
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    3,412,826       8,519,316  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

    8,106,921       10,301,218  

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    45,371,726       35,070,508  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 53,478,647     $ 45,371,726  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

  $ 23,377     $ 14,227  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund–6


LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility
Fund Standard Class
     Six Months               
     Ended              5/1/143
     6/30/171    Year Ended    to
     (unaudited)    12/31/162    12/31/15    12/31/14

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 9.404      $ 9.018      $ 9.829      $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                   

Net investment income4

       0.018        0.139        0.157        0.150

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.940        0.393        (0.821 )        (0.149 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.958        0.532        (0.664 )        0.001
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                   

Net investment income

              (0.146 )        (0.140 )        (0.161 )

Net realized gain

                     (0.007 )        (0.011 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.146 )        (0.147 )        (0.172 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.362      $ 9.404      $ 9.018      $ 9.829
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total return5

       10.19%        5.90%        (6.77% )        0.00%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                   

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 2,741      $ 2,411      $ 1,852      $ 1,526

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

       0.35%        0.35%        0.35%        0.35%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

       0.43%        0.47%        0.52%        0.68%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.37%        1.54%        1.62%        2.19%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.29%        1.42%        1.45%        1.86%

Portfolio turnover

       5%        19%        20%        9%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund–7


LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility
Fund Service Class
     Six Months               
     Ended              5/1/143
     6/30/171    Year Ended    to
     (unaudited)    12/31/162    12/31/15    12/31/14

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 9.405      $ 9.020      $ 9.830      $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                   

Net investment income4

       0.001        0.108        0.123        0.125

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.939        0.392        (0.820 )        (0.147 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.940        0.500        (0.697 )        (0.022 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                   

Net investment income

              (0.115 )        (0.106 )        (0.137 )

Net realized gain

                     (0.007 )        (0.011 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.115 )        (0.113 )        (0.148 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.345      $ 9.405      $ 9.020      $ 9.830
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total return5

       9.99%        5.54%        (7.10% )        (0.23% )

Ratios and supplemental data:

                   

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 50,738      $ 42,961      $ 33,219      $ 19,081

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

       0.70%        0.70%        0.70%        0.70%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

       0.78%        0.82%        0.87%        1.03%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.02%        1.19%        1.27%        1.84%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.06% )        1.07%        1.10%        1.51%

Portfolio turnover

       5%        19%        20%        9%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017(unaudited)

 

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in open-end investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that are advised by Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) or unaffiliated managers (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Fund is advised by LIAC. The Underlying Funds invest in U.S. and foreign stocks. In addition to investment companies, the Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market securities, and employs an actively managed risk-management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term growth of capital.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–ETFs, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on the valuation date. ETFs traded on the Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sales price. If on a particular day an ETF does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax return to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2014 - December 31, 2016) and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series within the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased

 

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LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

LIAC is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. This fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds (including LIAC). LIAC has voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. This waiver can be modified or terminated at any time, without notice, with the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, this waiver amounted to $15,842.

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses (excluding Underlying Fund fees and expenses) exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.70% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue at least through April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s volatility management overlay. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 1,398  

Legal

     337  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $1,805 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation, or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. This 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

 

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LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

 

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivables due from or liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 4,447  

Management fees payable to LIAC

     8,175  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     14,586  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     1,805  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     1,272  

The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain affiliated funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under these procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund engaged in securities purchases of $115,547 and securities sales of $37,844.

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

At June 30, 2017, Lincoln Life directly owned 30.21% of the Fund.

Affiliated investments, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers whereby the Fund held 5% or more of the issuers’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds or ETFs). Affiliated investments of the Fund and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/16
     Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value
6/30/17
     Dividends      Capital Gain
Distributions
 

LVIP MFS International Growth Fund

   $ 2,559,727      $ 273,208      $ 368,784      $ 21,324     $ 483,127      $ 2,968,602        $—        $—  

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

     5,080,845        557,123        423,238        (21,360     769,952        5,963,322                

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

     6,353,649        807,972        327,640        254       598,605        7,432,840                

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

     2,533,622        428,904        90,253        (875     133,055        3,004,453                
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 16,527,843      $ 2,067,207      $ 1,209,915      $ (657   $ 1,984,739      $ 19,369,217      $      $  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 5,927,354  

Sales

     2,457,242  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 48,856,889  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 4,578,619  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

      
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 4,578,619  
  

 

 

 

 

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LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3. Investments (continued)

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (“Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

    Post-Enactment Losses (No Expiration)    

  Short-Term  

  

  Long-Term  

  

    Total    

$942,852

   $—    $942,852

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

Level 1–

 

inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–

 

other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–

 

inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

Assets:

  

Affiliated Investments

   $ 19,369,217  

Unaffiliated Investments

     34,066,291  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 53,435,508  
  

 

 

 

Derivatives:

  

Assets:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ 8,089  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ (33,075
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

 

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LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     14,476       59,050  

Service Class

     641,875       1,202,093  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           3,910  

Service Class

           54,864  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     656,351       1,319,917  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (6,310     (11,957

Service Class

     (305,175     (371,621
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (311,485     (383,578
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     344,866       936,339  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

   

Asset Derivatives

 

Liability Derivatives

   

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

  Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts    $2,200   Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts      $ (25,644 )

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

  Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts      5,889   Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts        (7,431 )
      

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total

     $8,089        $ (33,075 )
      

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

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LVIP Multi-Manager Global Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

   

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
   Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts        $228,146        $(30,890

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts          25,813        7,556
      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

         $253,959        $(23,334
      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
   Short Derivative
Volume

Futures contracts (average notional value)

   $3,354,145    $—

6. Market Risk

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

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Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation, and Credit Quality Ratings      2  
Schedule of Investments      3  
Statement of Assets and Liabilities      14  
Statement of Operations      16  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      16  
Statement of Cash Flows      17  
Financial Highlights      18  
Notes to Financial Statements      20  

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,012.60       0.63 %         $3.14        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,011.40       0.88 %         4.39        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,021.67       0.63 %         $3.16        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,020.43       0.88 %         4.41        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund–1


LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation, and Credit Quality Ratings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Agency Asset-Backed Security

     0.29

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     1.09

Agency Obligation

     4.07

Corporate Bonds

     58.08

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.70

Airlines

     0.14

Auto Components

     0.37

Automobiles

     7.37

Banks

     12.53

Beverages

     0.91

Biotechnology

     0.74

Capital Markets

     3.95

Chemicals

     0.09

Commercial Services & Supplies

     0.27

Consumer Finance

     4.21

Diversified Consumer Services

     0.46

Diversified Financial Services

     0.11

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     1.47

Electric Utilities

     2.40

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     0.56

Food & Staples Retailing

     0.64

Food Products

     0.72

Gas Utilities

     0.12

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     1.11

Health Care Providers & Services

     0.43

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     0.52

Household Durables

     1.09

Insurance

     0.28

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     0.48

Media

     0.74

Metals & Mining

     0.26

Multi-Utilities

     0.12

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     7.01

Paper & Forest Products

     1.14

Pharmaceuticals

     1.63

Real Estate Management & Development

     0.92

Road & Rail

     0.45

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     0.56

Software

     0.21

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.35

Tobacco

     0.83

Trading Companies & Distributors

     1.17

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     1.02
Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Loan Agreement

     0.17

Municipal Bond

     0.30

Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities

     8.77

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     0.30

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     1.12

Sovereign Bonds

     5.68

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     53.55

Options Purchased

     0.01

Short-Term Investments

     6.43

Total Investments

     139.86

Security Sold Short

     (4.21 %) 

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (35.65 %) 

Total Net Assets

     100.00

Credit Quality Ratings

(as a % of fixed income investments)*

        

U.S. Government

     42.40

AAA

     4.73

AA

     2.92

A

     18.89

BBB

     21.98

BB

     1.85

Below CCC

     3.74

Not Rated

     3.49

Total

     100.00

*For financial reporting purposes, credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either Standard & Poor’s Rating Services (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. (“Moody”) or Fitch Inc. (“Fitch”). Agency Asset-Backed Security, Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, Agency Obligation, U.S. Treasury Obligations; and Security Sold Short appear under “U.S. Government”. “Not Rated” is used to classify securities for which a rating is not available and does not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

 

 

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund–2


LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITY–0.29%

#•Navient Student Loan Trust
Series 2016-5A A 144A
2.466% 6/25/65

     2,836,440      $ 2,881,233  
     

 

 

 

Total Agency Asset-Backed Security
(Cost $2,836,440)

 

     2,881,233  
     

 

 

 

AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS–1.09%

•Fannie Mae REMICs
Series 2011-86 NF
1.766% 9/25/41

     3,059,924        3,082,783  

GNMA

     

•Series 2016-H11 F
1.793% 5/20/66

     2,640,319        2,660,568  

•Series 2016-H17 FC
1.823% 8/20/66

     2,631,989        2,657,005  

•Series 2016-H19 FA
1.773% 9/20/66

     2,487,763        2,504,666  
     

 

 

 

Total Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(Cost $10,815,927)

 

     10,905,022  
     

 

 

 

AGENCY OBLIGATION–4.07%

Freddie Mac 1.25% 8/15/19

     41,000,000        40,809,965  
     

 

 

 

Total Agency Obligation
(Cost $40,987,700)

        40,809,965  
     

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS–58.08%

  

Air Freight & Logistics–0.70%

  

#Aviation Capital Group 144A
2.875% 9/17/18

     4,680,000        4,726,341  

#SMBC Aviation Capital Finance
144A 2.65% 7/15/21

     2,300,000        2,260,442  
     

 

 

 
        6,986,783  
     

 

 

 

Airlines–0.14%

     

◆Northwest Airlines Series 2002-1 Class G-2 Pass Through Trust
6.264% 11/20/21

     240,697        257,245  

#◆Virgin Australia Trust Series 2013-1A 144A 5.00% 10/23/23

     214,517        223,634  

#WestJet Airlines 144A
3.50% 6/16/21

     850,000        869,432  
     

 

 

 
        1,350,311  
     

 

 

 

Auto Components–0.37%

     

Delphi Automotive
3.15% 11/19/20

     3,600,000        3,680,395  
     

 

 

 
        3,680,395  
     

 

 

 
            Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Automobiles–7.37%

        

Daimler Finance North America

        

#•144A 1.792% 10/30/19

        3,000,000      $ 3,014,055  

#144A 2.00% 8/3/18

        10,025,000        10,052,148  

#•144A 2.041% 7/5/19

        1,500,000        1,513,188  

#144A 2.70% 8/3/20

        2,400,000        2,433,864  

Ford Motor Credit

        

2.943% 1/8/19

        3,400,000        3,444,962  

5.00% 5/15/18

        9,000,000        9,232,164  

General Motors 3.50% 10/2/18

        5,200,000        5,292,903  

General Motors Financial

        

2.40% 4/10/18

        1,600,000        1,606,285  

•2.663% 4/10/18

        2,500,000        2,518,575  

3.00% 9/25/17

        4,500,000        4,513,045  

3.25% 5/15/18

        2,500,000        2,529,833  

4.75% 8/15/17

        3,370,000        3,381,583  

#Kia Motors 144A 2.625% 4/21/21

        4,500,000        4,475,695  

Nissan Motor Acceptance

        

#144A 2.00% 3/8/19

        10,900,000        10,911,009  

#•144A 2.045% 1/13/22

        3,100,000        3,131,927  

#RCI Banque 144A 3.50% 4/3/18

        1,000,000        1,011,804  

Volkswagen Financial Services
2.375% 11/13/18

     GBP        3,691,000        4,883,285  
        

 

 

 
           73,946,325  
        

 

 

 

Banks–12.53%

        

#ABN AMRO Bank 144A
1.80% 9/20/19

        5,900,000        5,870,134  

#Banco do Brasil 144A
6.00% 1/22/20

        300,000        317,910  

Bank of America

        

6.875% 4/25/18

        8,383,000        8,725,311  

6.875% 11/15/18

        1,200,000        1,278,864  

Barclays

        

2.00% 3/16/18

        5,000,000        5,008,835  

•3.295% 8/10/21

        2,800,000        2,938,060  

•7.00% 6/15/49

     GBP        1,000,000        1,333,383  

•8.25% 12/29/49

        2,200,000        2,337,500  

#Barclays Bank 144A
6.05% 12/4/17

        5,675,000        5,773,569  

CIT Group

        

5.375% 5/15/20

        900,000        970,875  

#144A 5.50% 2/15/19

        836,000        879,890  

•DBS Bank 3.625% 9/21/22

        3,480,000        3,491,539  

•HBOS 1.923% 9/6/17

        7,000,000        6,997,130  

•HSBC Holdings 2.849% 5/25/21

        4,100,000        4,243,676  

ICICI Bank & Co. 4.80% 5/22/19

        3,500,000        3,648,260  

Industrial Bank of Korea
2.375% 7/17/17

        2,250,000        2,250,250  

Intesa Sanpaolo 3.875% 1/16/18

        600,000        605,628  

•JPMorgan Chase & Co.
7.90% 4/29/49

        700,000        728,525  

KEB Hana Bank 3.50% 10/25/17

        3,300,000        3,317,912  
 

 

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund–3


LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

            Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Banks (continued)

        

Mizuho Bank

        

•1.928% 12/12/17

        13,800,000      $ 13,834,400  

#144A 2.45% 4/16/19

        3,200,000        3,217,926  

•MUFG Americas Holdings
1.75% 2/9/18

        1,000,000        1,000,399  

Royal Bank of Scotland
6.934% 4/9/18

     EUR        2,300,000        2,761,248  

•Royal Bank of Scotland Group
3.498% 5/15/23

        5,000,000        5,038,015  

•Santander Holdings USA
2.642% 11/24/17

        1,000,000        1,004,043  

Santander U.K.

        

2.35% 9/10/19

        4,100,000        4,126,945  

2.50% 3/14/19

        2,000,000        2,016,688  

#Standard Chartered 144A
2.40% 9/8/19

        6,000,000        6,007,788  

•State Bank of India/London
2.252% 4/6/20

        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
2.058% 7/14/21

        2,500,000        2,459,300  

#Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
144A 2.05% 3/6/19

        11,800,000        11,802,797  

•United Overseas Bank
2.875% 10/17/22

        1,200,000        1,205,832  

•Wells Fargo & Co.
1.852% 1/30/20

        5,500,000        5,537,879  
        

 

 

 
           125,730,511  
        

 

 

 

Beverages–0.91%

  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance

        

2.65% 2/1/21

        4,400,000        4,462,691  

3.30% 2/1/23

        4,500,000        4,639,509  
        

 

 

 
           9,102,200  
        

 

 

 

Biotechnology–0.74%

  

AbbVie

        

2.30% 5/14/21

        5,000,000        4,992,170  

2.85% 5/14/23

        800,000        799,285  

3.20% 11/6/22

        1,600,000        1,643,002  
        

 

 

 
           7,434,457  
        

 

 

 

Capital Markets–3.95%

  

BGC Partners 5.125% 5/27/21

        5,200,000        5,485,568  

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey
3.45% 4/16/21

        4,000,000        4,109,804  

Goldman Sachs Group

        

•2.023% 12/27/20

        4,000,000        4,008,292  

•2.446% 9/15/20

        1,000,000        1,017,630  

Macquarie Group

        

3.00% 12/3/18

        6,000,000        6,076,698  

7.625% 8/13/19

        6,000,000        6,644,952  

#144A 7.625% 8/13/19

        1,000,000        1,107,492  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Capital Markets (continued)

 

  

Morgan Stanley

     

•2.553% 10/24/23

     1,500,000      $ 1,527,175  

6.625% 4/1/18

     400,000        414,279  

S&P Global 3.30% 8/14/20

     2,400,000        2,462,249  

UBS Group Funding Switzerland

     

#•144A 2.736% 9/24/20

     1,500,000        1,528,157  

#144A 3.00% 4/15/21

     5,200,000        5,284,448  
     

 

 

 
        39,666,744  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals–0.09%

  

#Solvay Finance America 144A
3.40% 12/3/20

     900,000        929,403  
     

 

 

 
        929,403  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–0.27%

  

#AP Moeller - Maersk 144A
2.875% 9/28/20

     2,500,000        2,550,383  

#Penske Truck Leasing 144A
4.875% 7/11/22

     175,000        191,388  
     

 

 

 
        2,741,771  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–4.21%

  

Ally Financial

     

3.60% 5/21/18

     1,500,000        1,518,750  

4.125% 3/30/20

     2,100,000        2,163,000  

4.75% 9/10/18

     200,000        206,000  

#BMW U.S. Capital 144A
1.50% 4/11/19

     4,000,000        3,985,252  

LeasePlan

     

#144A 2.50% 5/16/18

     4,091,000        4,102,786  

#144A 2.875% 1/22/19

     5,770,000        5,790,466  

#144A 3.00% 10/23/17

     7,000,000        7,022,099  

Navient

     

5.50% 1/15/19

     4,650,000        4,853,437  

8.00% 3/25/20

     300,000        336,000  

Synchrony Financial

     

1.875% 8/15/17

     2,000,000        2,000,476  

•2.402% 2/3/20

     4,200,000        4,233,306  

•2.58% 11/9/17

     6,000,000        6,019,350  
     

 

 

 
        42,230,922  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services–0.46%

#Hutchison Whampoa
International 12 II 144A
2.00% 11/8/17

     1,000,000        1,001,333  

#Hutchison Whampoa
International 14 144A
1.625% 10/31/17

     3,600,000        3,593,560  
     

 

 

 
        4,594,893  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund–4


LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Diversified Financial Services–0.11%

#Cantor Fitzgerald 144A
6.50% 6/17/22

     1,000,000      $ 1,120,608  
     

 

 

 
        1,120,608  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–1.47%

•AT&T 2.023% 7/15/21

     6,600,000        6,672,204  

Telecom Italia Capital
6.999% 6/4/18

     2,900,000        3,034,125  

Telefonica Emisiones
6.221% 7/3/17

     5,070,000        5,070,000  
     

 

 

 
        14,776,329  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–2.40%

  

#E.ON International Finance
144A 5.80% 4/30/18

     4,400,000        4,535,186  

#Enel Finance International
144A 6.25% 9/15/17

     828,000        835,335  

Entergy 4.00% 7/15/22

     636,000        672,936  

Exelon 2.45% 4/15/21

     1,300,000        1,297,589  

FirstEnergy 2.75% 3/15/18

     3,200,000        3,220,886  

#Iberdrola Finance Ireland 144A
5.00% 9/11/19

     4,555,000        4,826,596  

#Kentucky Power 144A
6.00% 9/15/17

     3,700,000        3,730,421  

#Korea East-West Power 144A
2.50% 7/16/17

     500,000        500,079  

Pennsylvania Electric
5.20% 4/1/20

     1,400,000        1,479,990  

Southern 2.35% 7/1/21

     3,000,000        2,980,956  
     

 

 

 
        24,079,974  
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–0.56%

#Crown Castle Towers 144A
3.222% 5/15/22

     4,500,000        4,609,530  

#SBA Tower Trust 144A
3.598% 4/10/18

     1,000,000        1,000,593  
     

 

 

 
        5,610,123  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–0.64%

CVS Health 3.50% 7/20/22

     1,000,000        1,038,222  

#Heathrow Funding 144A
4.875% 7/15/21

     300,000        323,513  

#Tesco 144A 5.50% 11/15/17

     1,500,000        1,518,177  

Walgreens Boots Alliance
1.75% 11/17/17

     3,000,000        3,002,145  

#Wesfarmers 144A
1.874% 3/20/18

     500,000        500,793  
     

 

 

 
        6,382,850  
     

 

 

 

Food Products–0.72%

  

Kraft Heinz Foods 2.00% 7/2/18

     4,300,000        4,311,937  

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Food Products (continued)

 

#Mondelez International
Holdings Netherlands 144A
2.00% 10/28/21

     3,000,000      $ 2,925,951  
     

 

 

 
        7,237,888  
     

 

 

 

Gas Utilities–0.12%

     

#Korea Gas 144A 2.25% 7/25/17

     1,200,000        1,200,332  
     

 

 

 
        1,200,332  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–1.11%

Boston Scientific

     

2.65% 10/1/18

     3,500,000        3,533,208  

3.375% 5/15/22

     5,800,000        5,977,294  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings
2.00% 4/1/18

     1,600,000        1,603,189  
     

 

 

 
        11,113,691  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–0.43%

Anthem 1.875% 1/15/18

     200,000        200,192  

Cardinal Health 1.95% 6/15/18

     1,800,000        1,805,182  

Humana 2.625% 10/1/19

     1,000,000        1,012,577  

#Universal Health Services 144A
3.75% 8/1/19

     1,300,000        1,330,875  
     

 

 

 
        4,348,826  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–0.52%

MGM Resorts International
8.625% 2/1/19

     3,800,000        4,199,000  

Wyndham Worldwide
2.50% 3/1/18

     1,000,000        1,004,520  
     

 

 

 
        5,203,520  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables–1.09%

  

DR Horton

     

3.75% 3/1/19

     2,000,000        2,046,654  

4.00% 2/15/20

     6,797,000        7,062,695  

Toll Brothers Finance
8.91% 10/15/17

     1,800,000        1,836,000  
     

 

 

 
        10,945,349  
     

 

 

 

Insurance–0.28%

     

#NUVEEN FINANCE 144A
2.95% 11/1/19

     2,800,000        2,841,602  
     

 

 

 
        2,841,602  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–0.48%

  

Thermo Fisher Scientific
3.30% 2/15/22

     4,600,000        4,758,226  
     

 

 

 
        4,758,226  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund–5


LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Media–0.74%

 

DISH DBS 4.25% 4/1/18

     2,000,000      $ 2,030,640  

Sky

     

#144A 2.625% 9/16/19

     1,000,000        1,007,299  

#144A 6.10% 2/15/18

     1,000,000        1,026,039  

#144A 9.50% 11/15/18

     2,000,000        2,198,844  

Time Warner Cable

     

6.75% 7/1/18

     500,000        523,229  

8.25% 4/1/19

     600,000        662,164  
     

 

 

 
        7,448,215  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–0.26%

 

#Minera y Metalurgica del Boleo
144A 2.875% 5/7/19

     2,611,000        2,637,225  
     

 

 

 
        2,637,225  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–0.12%

 

Dominion Energy Gas Holdings
2.50% 12/15/19

     1,200,000        1,208,711  
     

 

 

 
        1,208,711  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–7.01%

 

BG Energy Capital

     

#144A 4.00% 12/9/20

     2,800,000        2,947,944  

•6.50% 11/30/72

     4,200,000        4,274,747  

Central Nippon Expressway
2.369% 9/10/18

     5,000,000        5,019,575  

CNOOC Finance 2013
1.75% 5/9/18

     2,345,000        2,341,987  

Energy Transfer

     

9.00% 4/15/19

     3,000,000        3,337,599  

9.70% 3/15/19

     851,000        953,446  

Imperial Brands Finance

     

2.05% 2/11/18

     1,500,000        1,501,707  

#144A 2.05% 2/11/18

     1,800,000        1,802,048  

#144A 2.05% 7/20/18

     6,079,000        6,082,836  

#144A 2.95% 7/21/20

     2,000,000        2,035,264  

Kinder Morgan

     

2.00% 12/1/17

     1,200,000        1,200,768  

7.25% 6/1/18

     3,000,000        3,141,051  

#Kinder Morgan Finance 144A
6.00% 1/15/18

     1,800,000        1,837,616  

Petroleos Mexicanos

     

3.125% 1/23/19

     4,280,000        4,320,660  

•3.178% 7/18/18

     1,000,000        1,012,500  

3.50% 7/18/18

     3,600,000        3,652,560  

5.75% 3/1/18

     1,000,000        1,024,174  

9.25% 3/30/18

     4,500,000        4,718,461  

Pioneer Natural Resources

     

3.45% 1/15/21

     1,000,000        1,028,243  

6.875% 5/1/18

     1,100,000        1,144,289  

Regency Energy Partners
5.75% 9/1/20

     500,000        541,230  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

Sabine Pass Liquefaction
6.25% 3/15/22

     3,500,000      $ 3,967,197  

Statoil 1.25% 11/9/17

     1,711,000        1,709,771  

Western Gas Partners
2.60% 8/15/18

     1,100,000        1,103,319  

Woodside Finance

     

#144A 3.65% 3/5/25

     800,000        798,418  

#144A 3.70% 9/15/26

     2,500,000        2,466,463  

#144A 4.60% 5/10/21

     2,900,000        3,061,756  

#144A 8.75% 3/1/19

     3,000,000        3,314,244  
     

 

 

 
        70,339,873  
     

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products–1.14%

 

Georgia-Pacific

     

#144A 2.539% 11/15/19

     4,400,000        4,441,576  

#144A 3.734% 7/15/23

     3,400,000        3,568,099  

#144A 5.40% 11/1/20

     3,100,000        3,392,863  
     

 

 

 
        11,402,538  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–1.63%

 

•Allergan Funding
2.483% 3/12/20

     2,300,000        2,352,141  

Forest Laboratories

     

#144A 4.375% 2/1/19

     371,000        382,728  

#144A 5.00% 12/15/21

     5,400,000        5,901,347  

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland
2.875% 9/23/23

     4,300,000        4,268,064  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance
Netherlands III 2.80% 7/21/23

     2,200,000        2,142,765  

Zoetis 3.45% 11/13/20

     1,300,000        1,345,473  
     

 

 

 
        16,392,518  
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development–0.92%

 

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking

     

#144A 2.45% 10/16/19

     4,000,000        4,027,236  

#144A 2.65% 10/19/20

     5,200,000        5,235,547  
     

 

 

 
        9,262,783  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail–0.45%

 

#Asciano Finance 144A
5.00% 4/7/18

     3,000,000        3,055,290  

Kansas City Southern
2.35% 5/15/20

     1,500,000        1,498,477  
     

 

 

 
        4,553,767  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–0.56%

 

KLA-Tencor

     

2.375% 11/1/17

     2,060,000        2,064,967  

3.375% 11/1/19

     1,000,000        1,028,724  

NVIDIA 2.20% 9/16/21

     2,500,000        2,474,590  
     

 

 

 
        5,568,281  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund–6


LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

            Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

  

Software–0.21%

Symantec 4.20% 9/15/20

        2,000,000      $ 2,110,000  
        

 

 

 
           2,110,000  
        

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.35%

#Dell International 144A
3.48% 6/1/19

        1,000,000        1,023,846  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

        

2.45% 10/5/17

        636,000        637,629  

2.85% 10/5/18

        1,800,000        1,815,957  
        

 

 

 
           3,477,432  
        

 

 

 

Tobacco–0.83%

BAT International Finance

        

#•144A 1.756% 6/15/18

        2,000,000        2,005,708  

#144A 3.50% 6/15/22

        300,000        309,545  

Reynolds American
4.00% 6/12/22

        5,700,000        6,046,817  
        

 

 

 
           8,362,070  
        

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–1.17%

AerCap Ireland Capital

        

4.625% 10/30/20

        2,000,000        2,127,180  

5.00% 10/1/21

        300,000        324,980  

BOC Aviation

        

2.875% 10/10/17

        1,300,000        1,302,858  

3.00% 3/30/20

        2,000,000        2,016,868  

International Lease Finance

        

4.625% 4/15/21

        600,000        639,733  

5.875% 8/15/22

        500,000        565,731  

6.25% 5/15/19

        3,860,000        4,142,004  

8.25% 12/15/20

        500,000        589,955  
        

 

 

 
           11,709,309  
        

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services–1.02%

SingTel Group Treasury
2.375% 9/8/17

        9,000,000        9,010,386  

•Wind Acquisition Finance
3.668% 7/15/20

     EUR        1,100,000        1,262,835  
        

 

 

 
           10,273,221  
        

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $578,053,375)

           582,759,976  
        

 

 

 

«LOAN AGREEMENT–0.17%

Las Vegas Sands 1st Lien
3.23% 3/29/24

        1,674,745        1,679,041  
        

 

 

 

Total Loan Agreement
(Cost $1,670,040)

           1,679,041  
        

 

 

 
            Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

MUNICIPAL BOND–0.30%

•State of Texas
Series C-2 1.627% 6/1/19

        3,000,000      $ 3,001,170  
        

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bond
(Cost $3,000,000)

           3,001,170  
        

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES–8.77%

•Accredited Mortgage Loan
Trust Series 2004-3 2A2
2.416% 10/25/34

        22,351        22,211  

•Amortizing Residential
Collateral Trust Series 2004-1
A5 2.216% 10/25/34

        84,449        82,605  

#•Apidos CLO XVI Series
2013-16A A1R 144A
2.189% 1/19/25

        5,800,000        5,797,100  

#•Atlas Senior Loan Fund II
Series 2012-2A AR 144A
2.40% 1/30/24

        4,558,459        4,556,148  

#•Ballyrock CLO Series 2013-1A A 144A
2.352% 5/20/25

        900,000        899,951  

•Bear Stearns Asset-Backed
Securities I Trust Series 2004-BO1 M4
2.416% 10/25/34

        1,046,000        1,049,082  

•Bear Stearns Asset-Backed
Securities Trust Series 2003-2 A3
2.716% 3/25/43

        89,285        88,188  

#•BlueMountain CLO Series 2015-1A A1R 144A
2.485% 4/13/27

        700,000        702,547  

#•Cadogan Square CLO IV Series 4A C 144A
0.409% 7/24/23

     EUR        700,000        784,928  

#•Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO Series 2014-5A A1R 144A
2.298% 10/16/25

        5,800,000        5,797,077  

#•CELF Low Levered Partners
Series 2006-1A A3 144A
0.09% 3/4/24

     EUR        779,001        888,572  

#•CIFC Funding Series 2012-2A A1R 144A
2.568% 12/5/24

        1,718,278        1,719,130  

#•COA Summit CLO
Series 2014-1A A1 144A
2.506% 4/20/23

        365,200        365,240  

#•Colony Starwood Homes Trust
Series 2016-1A A 144A
2.709% 7/17/33

        3,091,271        3,134,359  

•CWABS Asset-Backed
Certificates Trust Series 2004-6 1A1
1.756% 12/25/34

        3,269,535        3,167,447  

#•Drug Royalty II Series 2014-1 A1 144A
4.008% 7/15/23

        143,956        144,802  

#Eagle I Series 2014-1A A1 144A
2.57% 12/15/39

        375,000        372,621  
 

 

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund–7


LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

            Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

#•Finn Square CLO Series 2012-1A A1R 144A
2.506% 12/24/23

        2,681,178      $ 2,678,550  

GCAT

        

#fSeries 2015-2 A1 144A
3.75% 7/25/20

        407,816        408,672  

#fSeries 2016-1 A1 144A
4.50% 3/25/21

        682,924        686,677  

•GSAA Home Equity Trust
Series 2004-11 2A2
1.856% 12/25/34

        64,316        64,511  

#•Halcyon Loan Advisors Funding
Series 2012-1A A1 144A
2.682% 8/15/23

        1,934,172        1,934,238  

#•LCM XII Series 12A AR 144A
2.418% 10/19/22

        3,899,078        3,899,947  

#•Malin CLO BV Series 2007-1A A1 144A
0.01% 5/7/23

     EUR        2,082,584        2,376,588  

Navient Private Education Loan Trust

        

#•Series 2014-CTA A 144A
1.859% 9/16/24

        374,958        375,074  

#•Series 2015-AA A2B 144A
2.359% 12/15/28

        2,468,753        2,503,147  

#fNYMT Residential Series 2016-RP1A A 144A
4.00% 3/25/21

        976,833        969,506  

#OneMain Financial Issuance Trust Series 2015-2A A 144A
2.57% 7/18/25

        3,509,772        3,513,728  

•Option One Mortgage Loan Trust Asset-Backed Certificates Series 2005-5 A3
1.426% 12/25/35

        452,846        451,463  

Securitized Asset-Backed Receivables Trust Series 2006-OP1
0.525% 10/25/35

        3,584,426        3,561,577  

•SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust Series 2005-A A3
1.446% 6/15/23

        2,782,933        2,774,338  

#Sofi Professional Loan Program Series 2016-F A2 144A
3.02% 2/25/40

        4,457,107        4,476,159  

#•Symphony CLO VIII Series 2012-8A AR 144A
2.255% 1/9/23

        4,023,682        4,023,115  

#•Venture XVII CLO Series 2014-17A AR 144A
2.384% 7/15/26

        5,000,000        5,000,000  

#fVOLT LIX Series 2017-NPL6 A1 144A
3.25% 5/25/47

        3,305,546        3,309,606  
            Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

#fVOLT LVIII Series 2017-NPL5 A1 144A 3.375% 5/28/47

        6,575,453      $ 6,572,988  

#fVOLT LX Series 2017-NPL7 A1 144A 3.25% 4/25/59

        1,900,000        1,898,303  

#fVOLT XL Series 2015-NP14 A1 144A 4.375% 11/27/45

        909,631        912,914  

Voya CLO

        

#•Series 2012-2A AR 144A
2.458% 10/15/22

        888,018        888,993  

#•Series 2012-3A AR 144A
2.478% 10/15/22

        299,499        299,771  

#•=WhiteHorse IX Series 2014-9A AR 144A 2.464% 7/17/26

        4,900,000        4,900,000  
        

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $87,463,006)

 

        88,051,873  
        

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS–0.30%

Bear Stearns ARM Trust

        

•Series 2003-1 5A1
3.10% 4/25/33

        76,017        76,594  

•Series 2005-5 A1
2.58% 8/25/35

        649,099        658,768  

•Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Series 2003-AR18 2A3
2.989% 7/25/33

        7,863        7,789  

•Eurosail-U.K. Series 2007-4X A2A 0.59% 6/13/45

     GBP        54,396        70,942  

•GSR Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2005-5F 8A1
1.716% 6/25/35

        549,666        525,814  

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust

        

•Series 2003-A3 1A
3.154% 5/25/33

        15,395        15,370  

•Series 2005-2 1A
2.665% 10/25/35

        40,408        40,345  

•New York Mortgage Trust
Series 2005-3 A1
1.696% 2/25/36

        1,069,538        1,017,821  

•Sequoia Mortgage Trust
Series 2004-6 A1
2.76% 7/20/34

        12,385        12,211  

•Structured ARM Loan Trust
Series 2004-6 3A2
3.351% 6/25/34

        155,818        161,549  

•Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Trust Series 2005-AR5 A3
1.459% 7/19/35

        401,006        390,223  
        

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(Cost $2,951,797)

 

        2,977,426  
        

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund–8


LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

            Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

NON-AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES–1.12%

BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

        

#•Series 2014-FL1 A 144A
2.559% 12/15/31

        2,000,000      $ 2,003,763  

#•Series 2015-ASHF A 144A
2.379% 1/15/28

        850,000        852,799  

#•BBCMS Trust Series 2015-RRI A 144A
2.409% 5/15/32

        6,407,511        6,409,526  

#•Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2007-MF1 A 144A
6.477% 11/12/43

        291,718        292,083  

#•Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Series 2004-C2 J 144A
5.362% 5/15/36

        500,000        517,970  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust Series 2007-IQ16 A4
5.809% 12/12/49

        1,192,869        1,196,343  
        

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $11,342,008)

 

     11,272,484  
        

 

 

 

DSOVEREIGN BONDS–5.68%

Czech Republic–2.40%

^Czech Republic Ministry of Finance Bill 0.00% 8/25/17

     CZK        550,000,000        24,068,361  
        

 

 

 
           24,068,361  
        

 

 

 

India–0.08%

Export-Import Bank of India
2.75% 4/1/20

        793,000        793,656  
        

 

 

 
           793,656  
        

 

 

 

Malaysia–0.89%

Malaysia Treasury Bill

        

3.028% 8/30/17

     MYR        22,190,000        5,144,272  

3.06% 7/28/17

     MYR        16,140,000        3,752,440  
        

 

 

 
           8,896,712  
        

 

 

 

Mexico–2.05%

Mexico Cetes 6.96% 8/31/17

     MXN        379,000,000        20,631,759  
        

 

 

 
           20,631,759  
        

 

 

 

Saudi Arabia–0.26%

#Saudi Government International Bond 144A
2.375% 10/26/21

        2,700,000        2,660,029  
        

 

 

 
           2,660,029  
        

 

 

 

Total Sovereign Bonds
(Cost $54,882,567)

 

        57,050,517  
        

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS–53.55%

^U.S. Treasury Bill
0.966% 8/31/17

     1,155,000      $ 1,153,263  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     

×1.25% 6/30/19

     150,800,000        150,399,475  

¥1.50% 8/31/18

     281,700,000        282,360,305  

¥2.375% 5/15/27

     102,800,000        103,464,602  
     

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(Cost $537,134,011)

        537,377,645  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Contracts
        

OPTIONS PURCHASED–0.01%

Call Swaptions–0.01%

2 yr IRS pay a fixed rate 2.67% and receive a floating rate based on 3-month USD-ICE LIBOR expiration date 9/8/17 (MSC)

     52,400,000        72,102  
     

 

 

 

Total Options Purchased
(Cost $74,830)

        72,102  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
        

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS–6.43%

Repurchase Agreements–6.43%

JPMorgan Securities 1.35%, dated 6/30/17, to be repurchased on 7/3/17, repurchase price $64,507,256 (collateralized by U.S.government obligations 1.123% 4/30/19; market value $65,846,695)

     64,500,000        64,500,000  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $64,500,000)

        64,500,000  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund–9


LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS–139.86% (Cost $1,395,711,701)

     $ 1,403,338,454  
    

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
    Value
(U.S. $)
 

SECURITY SOLD SHORT–(4.21%)

    

U.S. Treasury Obligation–(4.21%)

    

U.S. Treasury Note 1.75% 5/31/22

     (42,500,000     (42,255,965
    

 

 

 

Total Security Sold Short
(Proceeds $42,378,719)

       (42,255,965
    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(35.65%)

       (357,668,985
    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 98,961,319 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

     $ 1,003,413,504  
    

 

 

 

 

 

#

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At June 30, 2017, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $304,347,546, which represents 30.33% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 6 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

D

Securities have been classified by country of origin.

 

Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate as of June 30, 2017. Interest rates reset periodically.

 

f

Step coupon bond. Coupon increases/decreases periodically based on predetermined schedule. Stated rate in effect at June 30, 2017.

 

^

Zero coupon security. The rate shown is the yield at the time of purchase.

 

Pass Through Agreement. Security represents the contractual right to receive a proportionate amount of underlying payments due to the counterparty pursuant to various agreements related to the rescheduling of obligations and the exchange of certain notes.

 

=

The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs and is reported as a Level 3 security in the disclosure table located in Note 3 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

«

Loan agreements generally pay interest at rates which are periodically redetermined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. These base lending rates are generally: (i) the prime rate offered by one or more United States banks, (ii) the lending rate offered by one or more European banks such as the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR), or (iii) the certificate of deposit rate. Loan agreements may be subject to restrictions on resale. Stated rate in effect at June 30, 2017.

 

×

Fully or partially pledge as collateral for reverse repurchase agreements.

 

°

Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.

 

¥

Fully or partially pledged as collateral for open derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements.

 

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund–10


LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

The following foreign currency exchange contracts, futures contracts, reverse repurchase agreements and swap contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Counterparty

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

BNP

   EUR      (1,462,000        USD        1,646,095          7/5/17            $        $ (24,156

BNP

   EUR      (16,386,000        USD        18,666,439          8/2/17                       (83,254

BNP

   GBP      (5,020,000        USD        6,461,764          7/5/17                       (77,611

BNP

   JPY      3,350,400,000          USD        (29,927,646        7/5/17                       (133,232

BNP

   JPY      (3,350,400,000        USD        29,962,841          8/2/17              130,200           

BNP

   MXN      (13,286,531        USD        740,546          8/8/17              13,266           

BNP

   MXN      (379,000,000        USD        20,868,968          8/31/17              194,918           

GSC

   AUD      5,449,000          USD        (4,121,198        7/5/17              66,669           

GSC

   EUR      10,575,000          USD        (12,032,143        7/5/17              49,189           

GSC

   GBP      5,020,000          USD        (6,529,413        7/5/17              9,961           

GSC

   GBP      (6,400,000        USD        8,331,732          8/2/17                       (13,342

GSC

   JPY      (3,350,400,000        USD        30,259,978          7/5/17              465,565           

GSC

   MXN      9,837,000          USD        (540,347        8/8/17                       (1,888

GSC

   MYR      (16,087,401        USD        3,777,271          8/1/17              44,148           

JPMC

   AUD      (38,486,000        USD        28,609,909          7/5/17                       (968,780

JPMC

   CZK      (550,000,000        USD        21,810,683          8/25/17                       (2,328,188

JPMC

   JPY      (32,300,000        USD        287,283          7/5/17              46           

JPMC

   MXN      (12,137,819        USD        665,051          8/8/17              649           

JPMC

   MYR      (22,058,246        USD        5,179,815          9/5/17              67,646           
                       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

                        $ 1,042,257        $ (3,630,451
                       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)      Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
     Notional
Value
     Expiration
Date
       Unrealized
Appreciation
       Unrealized
Depreciation
 
 

Interest Rate Contracts:

                 
  464       Euro-BOBL      $ 70,516,662      $ 69,795,416        9/8/17        $        $ (721,246
  (83)      Euro-Buxl 30 yr Bonds        (15,782,184      (15,501,443      9/8/17          280,741           
  (219)      Long Gilt        (36,478,181      (35,817,153      9/28/17          661,028           
  (800)      U.S. Treasury 5 yr Notes        (94,464,643      (94,268,750      10/2/17          195,893           
                  

 

 

      

 

 

 
  Total                      $ 1,137,662        $ (721,246
                  

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund–11


LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements2

 

Counterparty

     Interest
Rate
       Trade
Date
       Maturity
Date
       Principal
Amount
       Face Value Including
Accrued Interest
 

JPM–collateralized U.S. Treasury Notes
1.25% 6/30/19; market value $64,827,360

       1.15%          6/30/17          7/3/17        $ (64,837,500        (64,839,571

JPM–collateralized U.S. Treasury Notes
1.50% 8/31/18; market value $146,442,458

       0.84%          6/13/17          7/17/17          (147,013,125        (147,071,440

RBC–collateralized U.S. Treasury Notes
2.38% 5/15/27; market value $96,463,307

       1.01%          6/20/17          7/6/17          (97,018,750        (97,045,969

RBS–collateralized U.S. Treasury Notes
1.50% 8/31/18; market value $4,911,486

       1.45%          6/30/17          7/3/17          (4,936,750        (4,936,949

SG–collateralized U.S. Treasury Notes
1.25% 6/30/19; market value $40,292,698

       1.45%          6/29/17          7/3/17          (40,299,000        (40,302,246

SG–collateralized U.S. Treasury Notes
2.38% 5/15/27; market value $7,447,841

       1.10%          6/29/17          7/7/17          (7,492,500        (7,492,729
                   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

                    $ (361,597,625      $ (361,688,904
                   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Swap Contracts

Interest Rate Swap Contracts

 

Counterparty &
Swap Referenced Obligation

   Notional Amount3      Fixed
Interest
Rate Paid
(Received)
    Floating
Interest
Rate Paid
(Received)
    Termination
Date
     Upfront
Payments
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

CME - CS-2 yr IRS

        142,500,000        (1.350%)       1.295%       12/28/18          $     $      $ (380,729

CME - CS-5 yr IRS

     MXN        983,000,000        (5.798%)       7.145%       9/6/21            (1,647,762            (208,329

CME - CS-5 yr IRS

     MXN        267,900,000        (7.199%)       7.145%       12/3/21            (151,280     425,713         

CME - CS-10 yr IRS

        108,600,000        (1.500%)       1.299%       6/21/27            9,213,461              (1,406,164
               

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
                  7,414,419       425,713        (1,995,222
               

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Counterparty &
Swap Referenced Obligation

   Notional Amount3      Floating
Interest
Rate Paid
(Received)
    Floating
Interest
Rate Paid
(Received)
    Termination
Date
     Upfront
Payments
Paid
(Received)
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

CME - CS-USD Receive 3 Month - Pay 1 Month IRS

     71,100,000        (1.299%)       1.227%       5/21/22          $      $      $ (29,000

CME - CS-USD Receive 3 Month - Pay 1 Month IRS

     954,000,000        (1.299%)       1.227%       6/21/20            25,771               (397,443
            

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
               25,771               (426,443
            

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

             $ 7,440,190      $ 425,713      $ (2,421,665
            

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts, futures contracts, and swap contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The foreign currency exchange contracts, notional values and notional amounts presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

 

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund–12


LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

2See Note 1 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

3Notional amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars unless noted that the swap is denominated in another currency.

Summary of Abbreviations:

ARM–Adjustable Rate Mortgage

AUD–Australian Dollar

BAMLL–Bank of America Merrill Lynch Large Loan

BNP–BNP Paribas

CLO–Collateralized Loan Obligation

CME–Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.

CS–Credit Suisse First Boston

CZK–Czech Republic Koruna

EUR–Euro

GBP–British Pound Sterling

GNMA–Government National Mortgage Association

GSC–Goldman Sachs Capital

HSBC–Hong Kong Shanghai Bank

IRS–Interest Rate Swap

JPM–JPMorgan

JPMC–JPMorgan Chase

JPY–Japanese Yen

MSC–Morgan Stanley Capital

MXN–Mexican Peso

MYR–Malaysian Ringgit

RBC–Royal Bank of Canada

RBS–Royal Bank of Scotland

REMIC–Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

SG–Societe Generale

USD–U.S. Dollar

yr–Year

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund–13


LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

ASSETS:

  

Investments, at value

   $ 1,338,766,352  

Short-term investments, at value

     64,500,000  

Receivable for securities sold

     44,314,060  

Upfront payments paid on interest rate swap contracts

     9,239,232  

Dividends and interest receivable

     6,966,874  

Foreign currencies, at value

     2,907,573  

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

     1,137,662  

Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts

     1,042,257  

Cash collateral held at brokers for certain open derivatives

     1,014,000  

Receivable for fund shares sold

     520,323  

Unrealized appreciation on interest rate swap contracts

     425,713  

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at value

     330,226  

Swap payments receivable

     182,825  

Options purchased, at value

     72,102  

Expense reimbursement receivable from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation

     18,726  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     1,471,437,925  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

  

Reverse repurchase agreements

     361,597,625  

Payable for securities purchased

     52,317,338  

Security sold short, at value

     42,255,965  

Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts

     3,630,451  

Unrealized depreciation on interest rate swap contracts

     2,421,665  

Upfront payments received on interest rate swap contracts

     1,799,042  

Payable for fund shares redeemed

     1,073,271  

Cash collateral due to brokers for certain open derivatives

     950,000  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

     721,246  

Due to manager and affiliates

     569,782  

Swap payments payable

     212,713  

Cash due to custodian

     198,665  

Other accrued expenses payable

     98,364  

Interest expense payable for reverse repurchase agreements

     91,279  

Interest expense payable for securities sold short

     57,804  

Cash collateral due to broker for futures contracts

     29,211  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     468,024,421  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 1,003,413,504  
  

 

 

 

Investments, at cost

   $ 1,331,136,871  

Short-term investments, at value

     64,500,000  

Options purchased, at cost

     74,830  

Foreign currencies, at cost

     2,871,818  

Security sold short, at proceeds

     (42,378,719

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at cost

     300,226  

 

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund–14


LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

 

Standard Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 582,129,923  

Shares Outstanding

     57,385,202  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 10.144  

Service Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 421,283,581  

Shares Outstanding

     41,576,117  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 10.133  

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 990,485,783  

Undistributed net investment income

     11,793,927  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (2,878,467

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

     4,012,261  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 1,003,413,504  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund–15


LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Interest

   $ 12,510,539  

Dividends

     7,964  
  

 

 

 
     12,518,503  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     2,877,984  

Interest expense on reverse repurchase agreements

     506,081  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     503,928  

Accounting and administration expenses

     143,996  

Interest expense on securities sold short

     57,936  

Shareholder servicing fees

     55,760  

Professional fees

     47,847  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     27,696  

Custodian fees

     17,371  

Pricing fees

     16,142  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     15,603  

Consulting fees

     2,113  

Other

     5,470  
  

 

 

 
     4,277,927  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (163,826

Expenses reimbursed

     (25,131
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     4,088,970  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     8,429,533  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments

     1,883,697  

Securities sold short

     (260,979

Foreign currencies

     871,457  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     (2,570,515

Futures contracts

     1,364,865  

Options purchased

     (127,925

Options written

     1,001,045  

Swap contracts

     53,483  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     2,215,128  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     7,313,852  

Securities sold short

     122,754  

Foreign currencies

     547,248  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     (3,232,223

Futures contracts

     (1,144,571

Options purchased

     (72,310

Options written

     (191,634

Swap contracts

     (189,900
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     3,153,216  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     5,368,344  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 13,797,877  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year
Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 8,429,533     $ 17,299,680  

Net realized gain (loss)

     2,215,128       (2,205,876

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     3,153,216       12,817,778  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     13,797,877       27,911,582  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (12,926,662

Service Class

           (5,227,925

Net realized gain:

    

Standard Class

           (1,625,968

Service Class

           (739,307
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (20,519,862
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     22,341,655       63,069,353  

Service Class

     87,536,860       254,656,841  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           14,552,630  

Service Class

           5,967,232  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     109,878,515       338,246,056  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (225,382,027     (99,227,295

Service Class

     (56,126,008     (114,430,179
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (281,508,035     (213,657,474
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (171,629,520     124,588,582  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

     (157,831,643     131,980,302  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     1,161,245,147       1,029,264,845  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 1,003,413,504     $ 1,161,245,147  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 11,793,927     $ 3,364,394  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund–16


LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Statement of Cash Flows

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Cash Flows Provided by (Used for) Operating Activities:

  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 13,797,877  
  

 

 

 

Adjustments to reconcile net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations to net cash provided by / (used for) operating activities:

  

Proceeds from sales and paydowns of long-term investments

     7,663,765,827  

Costs to cover securities sold short

     (1,873,611,317

Proceeds from securities sold short

     1,915,729,057  

Purchase of long-term investments

     (7,694,184,424

Net proceeds (costs) of short-term securities

     (128,498,098

Net amortization of premium/(discount) on investments

     3,824,650  

Non-cash adjustments for income from treasury inflation-protected securities

     44,873  

Net realized (gain) loss on sales of investments from changes in the foreign exchange rates

     (1,209,828

Net realized (gain) loss from investments

     (1,883,697

Net realized (gain) loss from securities sold short

     260,979  

Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation of investments

     (7,313,852

Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation of securities sold short

     (122,754

Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation of swap contracts

     189,900  

Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation of futures contracts

     1,144,571  

Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation of foreign currency exchange contracts

     3,232,223  

Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation of options purchased

     72,310  

Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation of options written

     191,634  

Costs of options purchased

     (275,881

Options purchased expired/exercised

     482,813  

Premiums on options written

     1,036,871  

Options written expired/exercised

     (1,434,418

(Increase) Decrease in receivable for securities sold

     (44,258,641

(Increase) Decrease in dividends and interest receivable

     1,251,544  

Net amortization of upfront payments on swap contracts

     59,358  

Premiums paid (received) for swap contracts

     (9,402,387

Increase (Decrease) in cash collateral due to brokers for certain open derivatives

     (40,000

(Increase) Decrease in cash collateral held at brokers for certain open derivatives

     1,628,000  

(Increase) Decrease in cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts

     20,000  

(Increase) Decrease in cash collateral due to broker for futures contracts

     (1,553,655

(Increase) Decrease in foreign currencies pledged as collateral for futures contracts

     (59,737

(Increase) Decrease in net swaps payments receivable/payable

     45,646  

Increase (Decrease) in payable for securities purchased

     47,307,022  

Increase (Decrease) in due to manager and affiliates

     30,856  

Increase (Decrease) in other accrued expenses

     (25,456

Increase (Decrease) in interest expense payable for reverse repurchase agreements and securities sold short

     110,649  

(Increase) Decrease in prepaid printing and mailing fees to Lincoln Life

     (18,726
  

 

 

 

Cash provided by (used for) operating activities

     (109,666,211
  

 

 

 

Cash provided by (used for) financing activities:

  

Costs to cover reverse repurchase agreements

     (6,906,259,375

Proceeds from reverse repurchase agreements

     7,179,546,750  

Proceeds from shares sold, net of amounts receivables

     110,222,870  

Shares redeemed, net of amounts payables

     (281,315,488
  

 

 

 

Cash provided by (used for) financing activities

     102,194,757  
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     (7,471,454
  

 

 

 

Cash and foreign currencies at beginning of year

     10,180,362  
  

 

 

 

Cash and foreign currencies at end of year

   $ 2,708,908  
  

 

 

 

Cash paid during the period for interest expenses

   $ 453,368  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund–17


LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Financial Highlights

Select data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund Standard Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
  

Year Ended

 

 

5/1/142

to
12/31/14

     (unaudited)    12/31/16   12/31/15  

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.018      $ 9.948     $ 9.939     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                 

Net investment income3

       0.078        0.164       0.134       0.062

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.048        0.097       0.032       (0.042 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.126        0.261       0.166       0.020
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                 

Net investment income

              (0.170 )       (0.127 )       (0.066 )

Net realized gain

              (0.021 )       (0.030 )       (0.015 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.191 )       (0.157 )       (0.081 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.144      $ 10.018     $ 9.948     $ 9.939
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       1.26%        2.63%       1.67%       0.20%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 582,130      $ 775,966     $ 791,901     $ 779,587

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

       0.63%        0.63%       0.57%       0.57%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.66%        0.63%       0.57%       0.57%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets6

       1.55%        1.63%       1.33%       0.92%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.52%        1.63%       1.33%       0.92%

Portfolio turnover

       576%        817%       489%       1,173%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

The ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2017, the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the period May 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014 was 0.53%, 0.54%, 0.54%, and 0.55%, respectively.

 

6 

The ratio of net investment income to average net assets excluding interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2017, the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the period May 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014 was 1.65%, 1.72%, 1.36%, and 0.94%, respectively.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Select data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
  

Year Ended

 

 

5/1/142

to

     (unaudited)    12/31/16   12/31/15   12/31/14

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.019      $ 9.950     $ 9.941     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                 

Net investment income3

       0.065        0.139       0.109       0.045

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.049        0.097       0.032       (0.040 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.114        0.236       0.141       0.005
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                 

Net investment income

              (0.146 )       (0.102 )       (0.049 )

Net realized gain

              (0.021 )       (0.030 )       (0.015 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.167 )       (0.132 )       (0.064 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.133      $ 10.019     $ 9.950     $ 9.941
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       1.14%        2.37%       1.42%       0.04%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 421,284      $ 385,279     $ 237,364     $ 57,110

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

       0.88%        0.88%       0.82%       0.82%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.91%        0.88%       0.82%       0.82%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets6

       1.30%        1.38%       1.08%       0.67%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.27%        1.38%       1.08%       0.67%

Portfolio turnover

       576%        817%       489%       1,173%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

The ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2017, the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the period May 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014 was 0.78%, 0.79%, 0.79%, and 0.80%, respectively.

 

6 

The ratio of net investment income to average net assets excluding interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2017, the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the period May 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014 was 1.40%, 1.45%, 1.11%, and 0.69%, respectively.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek a high level of current income consistent with preservation of capital.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–U.S. government and agency securities are valued at the mean between their bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Other debt securities, credit default swap (“CDS”)contracts and interest rate swap contracts are valued based upon valuations provided by an independent pricing service or broker and reviewed by management. To the extent current market prices are not available, the pricing service may take into account developments related to the specific security, as well as transactions in comparable securities. Swap prices are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments. Valuations for fixed income securities, including short-term debt securities, utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Open-end investment companies are valued at published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are used when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Futures contracts and options on futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Exchange-traded options are valued at the last reported sale price or, if no sales are reported, at the mean between the last reported bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2014-December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund generally separates the portion of realized gains and losses on investments in debt securities resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of debt securities. Gains or losses attributable to changes in foreign exchange rates are included in the Statement of Operations under “Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currencies.” The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Repurchase Agreements–The Fund may purchase certain U.S. government securities subject to the counterparty’s agreement to repurchase them at an agreed upon date and price. The counterparty will be required on a daily basis to maintain the value of the collateral subject to the agreement at not less than the repurchase price (including accrued interest). The agreements are conditioned upon the collateral being deposited under the Federal Reserve book-entry system with the Fund’s custodian or a third-party sub-custodian. In the event of default or bankruptcy

 

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LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

by the other party to the agreement, retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings. All open repurchase agreements as of the date of this report were entered into on June 30, 2017, and matured on the next business day.

Reverse Repurchase Agreements–The Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements. In a reverse repurchase agreement, the Fund sells securities to a bank or broker/dealer and agrees to repurchase the securities at an agreed upon date and price. The Fund will maintain, in a segregated account with its custodian, cash, cash equivalents or U.S. government securities in an amount sufficient to cover its obligations under reverse repurchase agreements. The Fund will subject its reverse repurchase agreements to the borrowing provisions set forth in the 1940 Act. The use of reverse repurchase agreements by the Fund creates leverage, which increases the Fund’s investment risk. If the income and gains on securities purchased with the proceeds of reverse repurchase agreements exceed the costs of the agreements, the Fund’s earnings or NAV will increase faster than otherwise would be the case; conversely, if the income and gains fail to exceed the costs, earnings or NAV would decline faster than otherwise would be the case. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund had average reverse repurchase agreements of $134,250,305, for which it paid interest at an average rate of 0.85%. At June 30, 2017, the Fund pledged $360,385,150 in securities as collateral for reverse repurchase agreements.

The type of underlying collateral and the remaining maturity of open reverse repurchase agreements in relation to the reverse repurchase agreements on the Schedule of Investments is as follows:

 

          Remaining Contracted Maturity of the Agreements       

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

   Open/Demand    Overnight    Up to 30 days     31-90 days    Greater Than 90
Days But Less
Than One Year
   Total  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

   $—    $—    $ (361,597,625   $—    $—    $ (361,597,625

Short Sales–The Fund may make short sales in an attempt to protect against declines in an individual security or the overall market, to manage duration, or for such other purposes consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and strategies. Typically, short sales are transactions in which the Fund sells a security it does not own and, at the time a short sale is effected, the Fund incurs an obligation to replace the security borrowed at whatever its price may be at the time the Fund purchases it for delivery to the lender. The price at such time may be more or less than the price at which the security was sold by the Fund. When a short sale transaction is closed out by delivery of the security, any gain or loss on the transaction generally is taxable as short-term capital gain or loss. Until the security is replaced, the Fund is required to pay the lender amounts equal to any dividends or interest that accrue during the period of the loan. To borrow the security, the Fund also may be required to pay a premium, which would increase the cost of the security sold. The proceeds of the short sale, and potentially additional margin, will be retained by the broker from whom the security is borrowed, to the extent necessary to meet margin requirements, until the short position is closed out.

Cash and Cash Equivalents–Cash and cash equivalents include deposits held at financial institutions, which are available for the Fund’s use with no restrictions, with original maturities of 90 days or less.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Realized gains (losses) on paydowns of asset- and mortgage-backed securities are classified as interest income. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

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LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.50% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.05% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess $500 million. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

Effective May 1, 2017, LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses exceed 0.54% of the average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.79% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

Pacific Investment Management Company (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 33,115  

Legal

     7,993  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $20,127 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivables due from and liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 18,726  

Management fees payable to LIAC

     436,380  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     86,477  

Printing and mailing fees to Lincoln Life

     20,127  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     26,798  

The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain affiliated funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under these procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund engaged in securities purchases of $20,470,025 and securities sales of $121,671,142.

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

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LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases other than U.S. government securities

   $ 137,459,083  

Purchases of U.S. government securities

     7,556,725,341  

Sales other than U.S. government securities

     403,352,956  

Sales of U.S. government securities

     7,260,412,872  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 1,353,258,152  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 9,410,269  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (1,658,034
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 7,752,235  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act) was enacted on December 22,2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses; however, there may be a greater likelihood that all or a portion of the Fund’s pre-enactment capital loss carryovers, if any, may expire without being utilized, due to the fact that post-enactment capital losses must be utilized before pre-enactment capital loss carryovers. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

Post-Enactment Losses (No Expiration)

 

Short-Term

   Long-Term      Total  
$1,897,914      $528,546        $2,426,460  

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs, including related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. The Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Valuations may also be based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which is received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations.

 

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LVIP PIMCO Low Duration Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1     Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Investments:

         

Assets:

         

Agency Asset-Backed Security

   $     $ 2,881,233     $      $ 2,881,233  

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

           10,905,022              10,905,022  

Agency Obligation

           40,809,965              40,809,965  

Corporate Bonds

           582,759,976              582,759,976  

Loan Agreements

           1,679,041              1,679,041  

Municipal Bonds

           3,001,170              3,001,170  

Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities

           83,151,873       4,900,000        88,051,873  

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

           2,977,426              2,977,426  

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

           11,272,484              11,272,484  

Sovereign Bonds

           57,050,517              57,050,517  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

           537,377,645              537,377,645  

Option Purchased

           72,102              72,102  

Short-Term Investments

           64,500,000              64,500,000  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $     $ 1,398,438,454     $ 4,900,000      $ 1,403,338,454  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

         

Security Sold Short

   $     $ (42,255,965   $      $ (42,255,965
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivatives:

         

Assets:

         

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

   $     $ 1,042,257     $      $ 1,042,257  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

   $ 1,137,662     $     $      $ 1,137,662  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Swap Contracts

   $     $ 425,713     $      $ 425,713  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

         

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

   $     $ (3,630,451   $      $ (3,630,451
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

   $ (721,246   $     $      $ (721,246
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Swap Contracts

   $     $ (2,421,665   $      $ (2,421,665
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

   $     $ (361,597,625   $      $ (361,597,625
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

 

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4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year
Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     2,220,329       6,279,545  

Service Class

     8,694,658       25,402,193  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           1,449,409  

Service Class

           594,362  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     10,914,987       33,725,509  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (22,292,446     (9,875,791

Service Class

     (5,573,063     (11,396,888
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (27,865,509     (21,272,679
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (16,950,522     12,452,830  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the futures but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. This risk is generally mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency exchange contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security between trade date and settlement date; and to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owned that were denominated in foreign currencies.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default. At June 30, 2017, the Fund pledged $613,435 in securities, $682,000 in cash, and $330,226 in foreign currencies as collateral for futures contracts. At June 30, 2017, the Fund also received $29,211 in cash as collateral for futures contracts.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions.

Options Contracts–During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund entered into options contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may buy or write options contracts for any number of reasons, including without limitation: to manage the Fund’s exposure to changes in securities prices caused by interest rates or market conditions and foreign currencies; as an efficient means of adjusting the Fund’s overall exposure to certain markets; to protect the value of portfolio securities; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; as a cash management tool; and to generate income. The Fund may buy or write call or put options on securities, futures, swaps, swaptions, financial indices, and foreign currencies. When the Fund buys an option, a premium is paid and an asset is recorded and adjusted on a daily basis to reflect the current market value of the option purchased. When the Fund writes an option, a premium is received and a liability is recorded and adjusted on a daily basis to reflect the current market value of the option written. Premiums received from writing options that expire unexercised are treated by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gains. The difference between the premium received and the amount paid at the close of the transaction, including brokerage commissions, is treated as realized gain or loss. If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security in determining whether the Fund has a realized gain or loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the securities purchased by the Fund. The Fund, as writer of an option, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option. When writing options, the Fund is subject to minimal counterparty risk because the counterparty is only obligated to pay premiums and does not bear the market risk of an unfavorable market change. When buying options, the Fund is subject to counterparty risk.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used options contracts to manage the Fund’s exposure to changes in securities prices caused by interest rates or market conditions; to protect the value of portfolio securities; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to generate income.

Transactions in options written during the six months ended June 30, 2017 for the Fund were as follows:

 

Put Options

   Number of contracts   Premiums

Options outstanding at
December 31, 2016

       168,400,000     $ 397,547

Options written

       290,400,000       1,036,871

Options exercised

       (458,800,000 )       (1,434,418 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Options outstanding at
June 30, 2017

           $
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Swap Contracts–The Fund enters into interest rate swap contracts and CDS contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may use interest rate swaps to manage the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates. The Fund may enter into CDS contracts in order to hedge against a credit event, to enhance total return, or to gain exposure to certain securities or markets.

Interest Rate Swaps–An interest rate swap contract is an exchange of interest rates between counterparties. An interest rate swap generally involves one party making payments based on a fixed interest rate in return for payments from a counterparty based on a variable or floating interest rate. The Fund may enter into either side of such a swap contract. Periodic payments on such contracts are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized appreciation/depreciation on swap contracts. Interest rate swaps may be used to adjust the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates. Upon periodic payment/receipt or termination of the contract, such amounts are recorded as realized gains or losses on swap contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from (paid to) the counterparty over the interest rate swap contract’s remaining life, to the extent that the amount is positive. This risk is mitigated by (1) for bilateral swap contracts, having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty, and (2) for cleared swaps, trading these instruments through a central counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used interest rate swap contracts to manage the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates.

Credit Default Swaps–A CDS contract is a risk-transfer instrument through which one party (a purchaser of protection) transfers to another party (a seller of protection) the financial risk of a credit event (as defined in the CDS agreement), as it relates to a particular referenced security or basket of securities, such as an index. In exchange for the protection offered by the seller of protection, the purchaser of protection agrees to pay the seller of protection a periodic amount at a stated rate that is applied to the notional amount of the CDS contract. In addition, an upfront payment may be made or received by the Fund in connection with an unwinding or assignment of a CDS contract. Upon the occurrence

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

of a credit event, the seller of protection would pay the counterparty the agreed-upon value for the reference security or basket of securities. Credit events generally include, among others, bankruptcy, failure to pay, and obligation default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund entered into CDS contracts as a seller of protection. Periodic payments (receipts) on such contracts are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized losses (gains) on swap contracts. Upon payment (receipt), such amounts are recorded as realized losses (gains) on swap contracts. Upfront payments made or received in connection with CDS contracts are amortized over the expected life of the CDS contracts as unrealized losses (gains) on swap contracts. The change in value of CDS contracts is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation daily. A realized gain or loss is recorded upon a credit event (as defined in the CDS agreement) or the maturity or termination of the agreement. Initial margin and variation margin are posted to counterparties for centrally cleared CDS basket trades, as determined by the applicable central counterparty. No CDS contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017.

CDS contracts may involve greater risks than if the Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly. CDS contracts are subject to general market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk, either as the seller of protection or the buyer of protection, is the fair value of the contract. This risk is mitigated by (1) for bilateral swap contracts, having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty, and (2) for cleared swaps, trading these instruments through a central counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used CDS contracts to hedge against credit events (including single name, baskets, and systemic); and to gain exposure to certain securities or markets.

Swaps Generally–The value of open swaps may differ from that which would be realized in the event the Fund terminated its position in the agreement. Risks of entering into these contracts include the potential inability of the counterparty to meet the terms of the contracts. This type of risk is generally limited to the amount of favorable movement in the value of the underlying security, instrument or basket of instruments, if any, at the day of default. Risks also arise from potential losses from adverse market movements and such losses could exceed the unrealized amounts shown on the Schedule of Investments.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund pledged $7,113,826 in securities and $332,000 in cash as collateral for certain open derivatives. At June 30, 2017, the Fund also received $950,000 in cash as collateral for certain open derivatives. The Fund bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the collateral available for return to the counterparty due to any loss on the collateral invested.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value     

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value  

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts    $ 1,042,257      Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts    $ (3,630,451

Options purchased (Interest rate contracts)

   Options purchased, at value      72,102      Options purchased, at value       

Futures contracts (Interest rate contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts      1,137,662      Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts      (721,246

Swap contracts (Interest rate contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on interest rate swap contracts      425,713      Unrealized depreciation on interest rate swap contracts      (2,421,665
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

      $ 2,677,734         $ (6,773,362
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
  Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts )

  

Net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts

     $ (2,570,515 )     $ (3,232,223 )

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

  

Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts

       879,929      

Futures contracts (Interest rate contracts)

  

Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts

       484,936       (1,144,571 )

Options purchased (Currency contracts)

  

Net realized gain (loss) from options purchased and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of options purchased

       (21,887 )      

Options purchased (Interest rate contracts)

  

Net realized gain (loss) from options purchased and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of options purchased

       (106,038 )       (72,310 )

Options written (Interest rate contracts)

  

Net realized gain (loss) from options written and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of options written

       1,001,045       (191,634 )

Swap contracts (Credit contracts)

  

Net realized gain (loss) from swap contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of swap contracts

             (8,625 )

Swap contracts (Interest rate contracts)

  

Net realized gain (loss) from swap contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of swap contracts

       53,483       (181,275 )
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

        $ (279,047 )     $ (4,830,638 )
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
     Short Derivative
Volume
 

Foreign currency exchange contracts (average cost)

   USD 7,333,693      USD     113,911,328  

Futures contracts (average notional value)

   USD 113,641,726      USD 291,306,320  

Options contracts (average notional value)

   USD 176,049      USD 110,737  

CDS contracts (average notional value)*

   USD      USD 1,029,600  

Interest rate swap contracts (average notional value)**

   MXN      1,248,498,400      MXN  

Interest rate swap contracts (average notional value)**

   USD 1,119,820,800      USD 65,865,600  

*Long represents buying protection and short represents selling protection.

**Long represent paying floating interest payments and short represent receiving floating interest payments.

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights to help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and foreign currency exchange contracts and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting items and netting provisions in the event of a default or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instrument payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of an ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out), netting including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had the following assets and liabilities subject to offsetting provisions:

Offsetting of Financial Assets and Liabilities and Derivative Assets and Liabilities

 

Counterparty

   Gross Value of
Derivative Assets
   Gross Value of
Derivative Liability
  Net Position

BNP Paribas

     $ 338,384      $ (318,253 )     $ 20,131

Credit Suisse First Boston

       1,563,375        (3,142,911 )       (1,579,536 )

Morgan Stanley Capital

              (2,728 )       (2,728 )

JPMorgan Chase Bank

       68,341        (3,296,968 )       (3,228,627 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

     $ 1,970,100      $ (6,760,860 )     $ (4,790,760 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Counterparty

  Net Position   Fair Value of
Non Cash
Collateral Received
  Cash Collateral
Received
  Fair Value of
Non Cash
Collateral Pledged
  Cash Collateral
Pledged
  Net Exposure(a)

BNP Paribas

    $ 20,131     $     $     $     $     $ 20,131

Credit Suisse First Boston

      (1,579,536 )                   565,536       1,014,000      

Morgan Stanley Capital

      (2,728 )                               (2,728 )

JPMorgan Chase Bank

      (3,228,627 )                   2,847,850             (380,777 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

    $ (4,790,760 )     $     $     $ 3,413,386     $ 1,014,000     $ (363,374 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements

Repurchase agreements are entered into by a the Fund under Master Repurchase Agreements (each, an “MRA”). The MRA permits the Fund, under certain circumstances including an event of default (such as bankruptcy or insolvency), to offset payables and/or receivables with collateral held by and/or posted to the counterparty. As a result, one single net payment is created. Bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of the MRA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Based on the terms of the MRA, the Fund receives securities as collateral with a market value in excess of the repurchase price at maturity. Upon a bankruptcy or insolvency of the MRA counterparty, the Fund would recognize a liability with respect to such excess collateral. The liability reflects the Fund’s obligation under bankruptcy law to return the excess to the counterparty. As of June 30, 2017, the following tables is a summary of the Fund’s repurchase agreements by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MRA:

 

Counterparty

   Repurchase Agreement    Fair Value of
Non Cash
Collateral Received
  Cash Collateral
Received
   Net Collateral
Received
  Net Exposurea

JPMorgan Securities

       $64,500,000      $ (64,500,000 )     $      $ (64,500,000 )       $—

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

Reverse repurchase agreements

Reverse repurchase transactions are entered into by the Fund under Master Reverse Repurchase Agreements (each, an “MRRA”), which permit the Fund, under certain circumstances, including an event of default (such as bankruptcy or insolvency), to offset payables and/or receivables under the MRRA with collateral held and/or posted to the counterparty and create one single net payment due to or from the Fund. With reverse repurchase transactions, typically the Fund and the counterparties are permitted to sell, repledge, or use the collateral associated with the transaction. Bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of the MRRA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Pursuant to the terms of the MRRA, the Fund receives or posts securities as collateral with a market value in excess of the repurchase price to be paid or received by the Fund upon the maturity of the transaction. Upon a bankruptcy or insolvency of the MRRA counterparty, the Fund is considered unsecured creditors with respect to excess collateral and, as such, the return of excess collateral may be delayed. As of June 30, 2017, the following table is a summary of the Fund’s reverse repurchase agreements by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MRRA:

 

Counterparty

   Reverse
Repurchase Agreements
  Fair Value of
Non Cash
Collateral Pledged
   Net Collateral
Pledged
   Net Exposure(a)

JPMorgan

     $ (211,850,625 )     $ 211,269,818      $ 211,269,818      $ (580,807 )

Royal Bank of Canada

       (97,018,750 )       96,463,307        96,463,307        (555,443 )

Royal Bank of Scotland

       (4,936,750 )       4,911,486        4,911,486        (25,264 )

Societe Generale

       (47,791,500 )       47,740,539        47,740,539        (50,961 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

     $ (361,597,625 )     $ 360,385,150      $ 360,385,150      $ (1,212,475 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

(a)Net exposure represents the receivable (payable) that would be due from (to) the counterparty in an event of default.

6. Credit and Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund invests in high yield fixed income securities, which are securities rated BB or lower by Standard & Poor’s or Ba or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, or similarly rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Investments in these higher yielding securities are generally accompanied by a greater degree of credit risk than higher rated securities. Additionally, lower rated securities may be more susceptible to adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than investment-grade securities.

The Fund invests in fixed income securities whose values are derived from an underlying pool of mortgages or consumer loans. The values of these securities are sensitive to changes in economic conditions, including delinquencies and defaults, and may be adversely affected by changes in interest rates and shifts in the market’s perception of issuers. Investors receive principal and interest payments as the underlying mortgages and consumer loans are paid back. Some of these securities are collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”). CMOs are debt securities issued by U.S. government agencies or by financial institutions and other mortgage lenders, which are collateralized by a pool of mortgages held under an indenture. Prepayment of mortgages may shorten the stated maturity of the obligations and can result in a loss of premium, if any has been paid. Certain of these securities may be stripped (securities which provide only the principal or interest feature of the underlying security). The yield to maturity on an interest-only CMO is extremely sensitive not only to changes in prevailing interest rates, but also to the rate of principal payments (including prepayments) on the related underlying mortgage assets. A rapid rate of principal payments may have a material adverse effect on a CMO’s yield to maturity. If the underlying mortgage assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may fail to fully recoup its initial investment in these securities, even if the securities are rated in the highest rating categories.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

6. Credit and Market Risk (continued)

 

so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC, the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. Rule 144A securities are identified on the Schedule of Investments.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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Disclosure of Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation      2  
Statement of Net Assets      3  
Statement of Operations      5  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      5  
Financial Highlights      6  
Notes to Financial Statements      8  

 

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Select Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,091.80       0.10 %         $0.52        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,090.00       0.45 %         2.33        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,024.30       0.10 %         $0.50        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.56       0.45 %         2.26        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies (Underlying Funds). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

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LVIP Select Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Investment Companies

     99.73

Equity Funds

     93.02

Money Market Fund

     6.71

Total Value of Securities

     99.73

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.27

Total Net Assets

     100.00
 

 

LVIP Select Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund–2


LVIP Select Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES–99.73%

 

Equity Funds–93.02%

     

Fidelity®

     

XVIP Contrafund® Portfolio

     8,388,964      $ 298,479,338  

XVIP Equity-Income Portfolio

     5,683,148        128,041,323  
     

 

 

 
        426,520,661  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES (continued)

 

Money Market Fund–6.71%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     30,789,845      $ 30,789,845  
     

 

 

 
        30,789,845  
     

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(Cost $407,034,684)

        457,310,506  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.73% (Cost $407,034,684)

     457,310,506  

« RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.27%

     1,216,410  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 36,013,656 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 458,526,916  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP SELECT CORE EQUITY MANAGED VOLATILITY FUND STANDARD CLASS ($130,563 / 10,234 Shares)

   $ 12.758  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP SELECT CORE EQUITY MANAGED VOLATILITY FUND SERVICE CLASS ($458,396,353 / 36,003,422 Shares)

   $ 12.732  
  

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 411,921,163  

Accumulated net investment loss

     (122,176

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (3,402,358

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and derivatives.

     50,130,287  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 458,526,916  
  

 

 

 

 

X

Initial Class.

 

«

Includes $15,884 cash due to broker, $272,050 foreign currencies held at broker, $1,049,716 cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts, $72,951 payable for fund shares redeemed, $187,973 due to manager and affiliates and $26,201 expense reimbursement receivable from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation as of June 30, 2017.

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

   Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
     Notional
Value
     Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Currency Contracts:

              

    6    British Pound

   $ 481,143      $ 489,188        9/19/17      $ 8,045      $  

    5    Euro

     708,671        716,688        9/19/17        8,017         

    5    Japanese Yen

     575,453        556,875        9/19/17               (18,578
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
              16,062        (18,578
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Equity Contracts:

              

207    E-mini S&P 500 Index

     25,114,120        25,056,315        9/18/17               (57,805

  20    E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index

     3,531,320        3,492,200        9/18/17               (39,120

  22    Euro STOXX 50 Index

     893,029        862,118        9/18/17               (30,911

    5    FTSE 100 Index

     484,274        471,649        9/18/17               (12,625

    3    Nikkei 225 Index (OSE)

     536,522        533,985        9/8/17               (2,537
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
                     (142,998
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

            $ 16,062      $ (161,576
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

LVIP Select Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund–3


LVIP Select Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amount recognized in the financial statements. The notional value presented above represents the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

FTSE–Financial Times Stock Exchange

OSE–Osaka Securities Exchange

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Select Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund–4


LVIP Select Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends from investment companies

   $ 870,155  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     1,588,822  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     794,158  

Accounting and administration expenses

     31,254  

Shareholder servicing fees

     22,281  

Professional fees

     21,984  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     17,693  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     6,157  

Custodian fees

     4,334  

Consulting fees

     2,294  

Pricing fees

     128  

Other

     1,926  
  

 

 

 
     2,491,031  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (1,407,242

Expenses reimbursed

     (62,657
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     1,021,132  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT LOSS

     (150,977
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Distributions from investment companies

     12,772,205  

Sale of investments in investment companies

     (87,745

Foreign currencies

     6,187  

Futures contracts

     2,519,895  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     15,210,542  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments in investment companies

     24,389,271  

Foreign currencies

     7  

Futures contracts

     (66,558
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     24,322,720  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     39,533,262  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 39,382,285  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Select Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (150,977   $ 3,074,512  

Net realized gain (loss)

     15,210,542       (10,148,502

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     24,322,720       35,622,530  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     39,382,285       28,548,540  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (2,275

Service Class

           (3,425,776
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (3,428,051
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     59       176,681  

Service Class

     10,395,974       52,561,579  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           2,275  

Service Class

           3,425,776  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     10,396,033       56,166,311  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (93,965     (604,095

Service Class

     (42,249,777     (73,865,272
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (42,343,742     (74,469,367
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (31,947,709     (18,303,056
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     7,434,576       6,817,433  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     451,092,340       444,274,907  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 458,526,916     $ 451,092,340  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (accumulated) net investment income (loss)

   $ (122,176   $ 28,801  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP Select Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund–5


LVIP Select Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Select Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund Standard Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/162   

Year Ended

 

12/31/15

   12/31/14   

5/1/133

to

12/31/13

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 11.684      $ 11.081      $ 11.839      $ 11.459      $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income4

       0.017        0.112        0.119        0.141        0.224

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.057        0.619        (0.688 )        0.570        1.346
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.074        0.731        (0.569 )        0.711        1.570
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

              (0.128 )        (0.189 )        (0.331 )        (0.111 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.128 )        (0.189 )        (0.331 )        (0.111 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 12.758      $ 11.684      $ 11.081      $ 11.839      $ 11.459
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total return5

       9.18%        6.59%        (4.81% )        6.18%        15.70%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 131      $ 210      $ 626      $ 448      $ 229

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

       0.10%        0.10%        0.10%        0.10%        0.10%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

       0.75%        0.75%        0.77%        0.80%        1.24%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.28%        1.03%        1.02%        1.20%        3.09%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.37% )        0.38%        0.35%        0.50%        1.95%

Portfolio turnover

       5%        44%        7%        6%        2%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Select Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund–6


LVIP Select Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Select Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/162   

Year Ended

 

12/31/15

   12/31/14   

5/1/133

to
12/31/13

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 11.681      $ 11.082      $ 11.838      $ 11.459      $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income (loss)4

       (0.004 )        0.076        0.078        0.100        0.202

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.055        0.612        (0.686 )        0.568        1.342
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.051        0.688        (0.608 )        0.668        1.544
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

              (0.089 )        (0.148 )        (0.289 )        (0.085 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.089 )        (0.148 )        (0.289 )        (0.085 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 12.732      $ 11.681      $ 11.082      $ 11.838      $ 11.459
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total return5

       9.00%        6.22%        (5.15% )        5.81%        15.44%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 458,396      $ 450,882      $ 443,649      $ 290,592      $ 101,106

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

       0.45%        0.45%        0.45%        0.45%        0.45%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

       1.10%        1.10%        1.12%        1.15%        1.59%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.07% )        0.68%        0.67%        0.85%        2.74%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.72% )        0.03%        0.00%        0.15%        1.60%

Portfolio turnover

       5%        44%        7%        6%        2%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Select Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund–7


LVIP Select Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Select Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund. The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in other open-end investment companies, primarily the Fidelity® - VIP Contrafund® Portfolio and VIP Equity-Income Portfolio (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Fund is advised by Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”). The Fidelity® - VIP Contrafund® Portfolio and VIP Equity-Income Portfolio, which are advised by an unaffiliated adviser, invest primarily in U.S. and foreign stocks, bonds and money market instruments. In addition to investment company investments, the Fund employs an actively managed risk-management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax return to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold is recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax return through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for the open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013-December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

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LVIP Select Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

LIAC is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.70% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is in addition to the management fees indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.62% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s volatility management overlay. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses (excluding Underlying Fund fees and expenses) exceed 0.10% of the average daily net assets for the Standard class and 0.45% for the Service class. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 12,944  

Legal

     3,124  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and Statements to Shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $13,924 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivables due from and liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 26,201  

Management fees payable to LIAC

     30,342  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     132,708  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     10,999  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     13,924  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 21,584,322  

Sales

     39,163,347  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 407,034,684  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 50,275,822  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

      
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 50,275,822  
  

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

Assets:

  

Investment Companies

   $ 457,310,506  
  

 

 

 

Derivatives:

  

Assets:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ 16,062  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ (161,576
  

 

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     5       16,613  

Service Class

     840,762       4,869,418  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           194  

Service Class

           292,263  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     840,767       5,178,488  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (7,754     (55,273

Service Class

     (3,436,316     (6,597,740
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (3,444,070     (6,653,013
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (2,603,303     (1,474,525
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market condition; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value     

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

   Receivables and other assets net of liabilities    $ 16,062      Receivables and other assets net of liabilities    $ (18,578

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Receivables and other assets net of liabilities           Receivables and other assets net of liabilities      (142,998
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

      $ 16,062         $ (161,576
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

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LVIP Select Core Equity Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

   

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

  Realized Gain (Loss)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
  Change in
Unrealized Appreciation
(Depreciation)

on Derivatives
Recognized in

Income

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts     $ 69,190     $ 17,597

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts       2.450,705       (84,155 )
     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

      $ 2,519,895     $ (66,558 )
     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
   Short Derivative
Volume

Futures contracts (Average notional value)

     $ 32,321,033      $

6. Market Risk

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no additional material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP SSGA Index Allocation Funds

 

LVIP SSGA Conservative Index Allocation Fund

 

LVIP SSGA Moderate Index Allocation Fund

 

LVIP SSGA Moderately Aggressive Index Allocation Fund

 

LVIP SSGA Structured Allocation Funds

 

LVIP SSGA Conservative Structured Allocation Fund

 

LVIP SSGA Moderate Structured Allocation Fund

 

LVIP SSGA Moderately Aggressive Structured Allocation Fund

 

each a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds

Index

 

Disclosure of Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocations      3  
Schedules of Investments      5  
Statements of Assets and Liabilities      11  
Statements of Operations      12  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      13  
Financial Highlights      15  
Notes to Financial Statements      27  

 

 

 

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Funds’ proxy voting procedures and information regarding how a Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

Each Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold each Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of a Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis tables. The Expense Analysis tables do not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. These Expense Analyses are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analyses are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the tables, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the tables, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the tables, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in a Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Funds do not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of each table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Funds’ actual expenses shown in the tables reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

LVIP SSGA Conservative Index Allocation Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,055.60       0.20 %         $1.02        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,054.30       0.45 %         2.29        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.80       0.20 %         $1.00        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.56       0.45 %         2.26        

LVIP SSGA Moderate Index Allocation Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,072.70       0.19 %         $0.98        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,071.40       0.44 %         2.26        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.85       0.19 %         $0.95        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.61       0.44 %         2.21        

LVIP SSGA Moderately Aggressive Index Allocation Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,084.40       0.20 %         $1.03        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,083.10       0.45 %         2.32        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.80       0.20 %         $1.00        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.56       0.45 %         2.26        
 

 

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LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited) (continued)

 

LVIP SSGA Conservative Structured Allocation Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,051.30       0.20 %         $1.02        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,050.00       0.45 %         2.29        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.80       0.20 %         $1.00        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.56       0.45 %         2.26        

LVIP SSGA Moderate Structured Allocation Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,067.10       0.19 %         $0.97        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,065.70       0.44 %         2.25        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.85       0.19 %         $0.95        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.61       0.44 %         2.21        

 

LVIP SSGA Moderately Aggressive Structured Allocation Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,076.90       0.19 %         $0.98        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,075.60       0.44 %         2.26        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.85       0.19 %         $0.95        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.61       0.44 %         2.21        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to each Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

Each Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. Each Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (collectively, the Underlying Funds). In addition to the Funds’ expenses reflected above, the Funds also indirectly bear their portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in each table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

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LVIP SSGA Index Allocation Funds

Security Type/Sector Allocations (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

LVIP SSGA Conservative Index Allocation Fund

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Affiliated Investments

     85.13

Equity Funds

     21.68

Fixed Income Fund

     49.63

International Equity Fund

     13.82

Unaffiliated Investments

     13.89

Fixed Income Fund

     9.94

International Equity Fund

     3.95

Total Value of Securities

     99.02

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.98

Total Net Assets

     100.00

LVIP SSGA Moderate Index Allocation Fund

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Affiliated Investments

     83.67

Equity Funds

     33.77

Fixed Income Fund

     30.01

International Equity Fund

     19.89

Unaffiliated Investments

     15.99

Fixed Income Fund

     10.02

International Equity Fund

     5.97

Total Value of Securities

     99.66

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.34

Total Net Assets

     100.00

LVIP SSGA Moderately Aggressive Index Allocation Fund

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Affiliated Investments

     85.01

Equity Funds

     37.92

Fixed Income Fund

     25.12

International Equity Fund

     21.97

Unaffiliated Investments

     15.03

Fixed Income Fund

     5.03

International Equity Fund

     10.00

Total Value of Securities

     100.04

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.04 %) 

Total Net Assets

     100.00
 

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–3


LVIP SSGA Structured Allocation Funds

Security Type/Sector Allocations (unaudited) (continued)

As of June 30, 2017

 

LVIP SSGA Conservative Structured Allocation Fund

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Affiliated Investments

     90.03

Equity Funds

     21.97

Fixed Income Fund

     50.05

International Equity Funds

     18.01

Unaffiliated Investment

     10.02

Fixed Income Fund

     10.02

Total Value of Securities

     100.05

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.05 %) 

Total Net Assets

     100.00

LVIP SSGA Moderate Structured Allocation Fund

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Affiliated Investments

     100.11

Equity Funds

     33.98

Fixed Income Funds

     40.10

International Equity Funds

     26.03

Total Value of Securities

     100.11

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.11 %) 

Total Net Assets

     100.00

LVIP SSGA Moderately Aggressive Structured Allocation Fund

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Affiliated Investments

     95.01

Equity Funds

     37.95

Fixed Income Fund

     25.02

International Equity Funds

     32.04

Unaffiliated Investments

     5.06

Fixed Income Fund

     5.01

Money Market Fund

     0.05

Total Value of Securities

     100.07

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.07 %) 

Total Net Assets

     100.00
 

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–4


LVIP SSGA Conservative Index Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–85.13%

 

Equity Funds–21.68%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

     247,679      $ 3,011,286  

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

     1,001,225        17,017,819  

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

     67,129        2,023,075  
     

 

 

 
        22,052,180  
     

 

 

 

Fixed Income Fund–49.63%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

     4,432,795        50,493,973  
     

 

 

 
        50,493,973  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Fund–13.82%

 

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

     1,510,228        14,054,186  
     

 

 

 
        14,054,186  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $74,287,803)

        86,600,339  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–13.89%

 

Fixed Income Fund–9.94%

     

SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays TIPS ETF

     180,029      $ 10,112,229  
     

 

 

 
        10,112,229  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Fund–3.95%

 

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     80,352        4,020,814  
     

 

 

 
        4,020,814  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $13,499,539)

        14,133,043  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.02% (Cost $87,787,342)

     100,733,382  

RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.98%

     1,001,793  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 7,962,208 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 101,735,175  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

Standard Class shares.

Summary of Abbreviations:

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

MSCI–Morgan Stanley Capital International

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

SPDR–Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt

TIPS–Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–5


LVIP SSGA Moderate Index Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    

Number of

Shares

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–83.67%

 

Equity Funds–33.77%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

     1,657,934      $ 20,157,165  

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

     4,730,932        80,411,650  

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

     449,357        13,542,257  
     

 

 

 
        114,111,072  
     

 

 

 

Fixed Income Fund–30.01%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

     8,901,439        101,396,294  
     

 

 

 
        101,396,294  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Fund–19.89%

 

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

     7,220,985        67,198,483  
     

 

 

 
        67,198,483  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $231,204,604)

        282,705,849  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–15.99%

 

Fixed Income Fund–10.02%

     

SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays TIPS ETF

     602,543      $ 33,844,840  
     

 

 

 
        33,844,840  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Fund–5.97%

 

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     403,422        20,187,237  
     

 

 

 
        20,187,237  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $52,304,741)

        54,032,077  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.66% (Cost $283,509,345)

     336,737,926  

RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.34%

     1,154,496  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 24,035,277 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 337,892,422  
  

 

 

 

 

 

* Standard Class shares.

Summary of Abbreviations:

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

MSCI–Morgan Stanley Capital International

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

SPDR–Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt

TIPS–Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–6


LVIP SSGA Moderately Aggressive Index Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–85.01%

 

Equity Funds–37.92%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

     1,762,485      $ 21,428,290  

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

     4,669,800        79,372,588  

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

     511,798        15,424,052  
     

 

 

 
        116,224,930  
     

 

 

 

Fixed Income Fund–25.12%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

     6,757,850        76,978,668  
     

 

 

 
        76,978,668  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Fund–21.97%

 

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

     7,237,428        67,351,501  
     

 

 

 
        67,351,501  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $208,513,353)

        260,555,099  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–15.03%

 

Fixed Income Fund–5.03%

     

SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays TIPS ETF

     274,455      $ 15,416,137  
     

 

 

 
        15,416,137  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Fund–10.00%

 

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     612,638        30,656,405  
     

 

 

 
        30,656,405  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $43,506,227)

        46,072,542  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.04% (Cost $252,019,580)

     306,627,641  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.04%)

     (116,512
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 21,269,868 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 306,511,129  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

Standard Class shares.

Summary of Abbreviations:

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

MSCI–Morgan Stanley Capital International

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

SPDR–Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt

TIPS–Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–7


LVIP SSGA Conservative Structured Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–90.03%

 

Equity Funds–21.97%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

     1,124,641      $ 16,760,531  

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

     342,411        4,163,039  

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

     977,143        16,608,503  

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

     139,212        4,195,417  

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

     295,318        4,237,221  
     

 

 

 
        45,964,711  
     

 

 

 

Fixed Income Fund–50.05%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

     9,194,303        104,732,304  
     

 

 

 
        104,732,304  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–18.01%

 

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

     1,641,460        14,661,518  

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

     885,298        8,436,002  

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

     1,565,967        14,572,887  
     

 

 

 
        37,670,407  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $163,686,422)

        188,367,422  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENT–10.02%

 

Fixed Income Fund–10.02%

     

SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays TIPS ETF

     373,397      $ 20,973,709  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investment
(Cost $20,565,750)

        20,973,709  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.05% (Cost $184,252,172)

     209,341,131  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.05%)

     (99,477
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 17,346,472 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 209,241,654  
  

 

 

 

 

 

*

Standard Class shares.

Summary of Abbreviations:

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

SPDR–Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt

TIPS–Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–8


LVIP SSGA Moderate Structured Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–100.11%

 

Equity Funds–33.98%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

     7,403,095      $ 110,328,323  

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

     3,005,378        36,539,384  

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

     6,432,212        109,328,303  

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

     916,393        27,617,345  

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

     1,943,926        27,891,453  
     

 

 

 
        311,704,808  
     

 

 

 

Fixed Income Funds–40.10%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

     24,207,297        275,745,320  

SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays TIPS ETF

     1,638,614        92,040,948  
     

 

 

 
        367,786,268  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

International Equity Funds–26.03%

 

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

     10,290,594      $ 91,915,589  

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

     5,827,519        55,530,430  

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

     9,817,399        91,360,713  
     

 

 

 
        238,806,732  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $782,146,790)

        918,297,808  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.11% (Cost $782,146,790)

     918,297,808  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.11%)

     (1,004,010
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 70,080,133 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 917,293,798  
  

 

 

 

 

 

*

Standard Class shares.

Summary of Abbreviations:

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

SPDR–Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt

TIPS–Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–9


LVIP SSGA Moderately Aggressive Structured Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–95.01%

 

Equity Funds–37.95%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

     4,570,343      $ 68,111,816  

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

     1,712,691        20,822,893  

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

     3,970,974        67,494,640  

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

     696,310        20,984,696  

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

     1,477,052        21,192,745  
     

 

 

 
        198,606,790  
     

 

 

 

Fixed Income Fund–25.02%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

     11,495,454        130,944,714  
     

 

 

 
        130,944,714  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–32.04%

 

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

     6,450,783        57,618,390  

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

     5,534,870        52,741,772  

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

     6,154,209        57,271,065  
     

 

 

 
        167,631,227  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $408,011,284)

        497,182,731  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–5.06%

 

Fixed Income Fund–5.01%

     

SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays TIPS ETF

     466,881      $ 26,224,706  
     

 

 

 
        26,224,706  
     

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–0.05%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     231,678        231,678  
     

 

 

 
        231,678  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $26,099,685)

        26,456,384  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.07% (Cost $434,110,969)

     523,639,115  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.07%)

     (362,759
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 38,726,749 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 523,276,356  
  

 

 

 

 

 

*

Standard Class shares.

Summary of Abbreviations:

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

SPDR–Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt

TIPS–Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–10


LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     LVIP SSGA
Conservative Index
Allocation Fund
  LVIP SSGA
Moderate Index
Allocation Fund
  LVIP SSGA
Moderately
Aggressive Index
Allocation Fund
  LVIP SSGA
Conservative
Structured
Allocation Fund
  LVIP SSGA
Moderate
Structured
Allocation Fund
  LVIP SSGA
Moderately
Aggressive
Structured
Allocation Fund

ASSETS:

                        

Affiliated investments, at value

     $ 86,600,339     $ 282,705,849     $ 260,555,099     $ 188,367,422     $ 918,297,808     $ 497,182,731

Unaffiliated investments, at value

       14,133,043       54,032,077       46,072,542       20,973,709             26,456,384
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

       100,733,382       336,737,926       306,627,641       209,341,131       918,297,808       523,639,115

Receivable for fund shares sold

       1,108,786       1,407,482       34,436       34,423       12,514       181,756

Cash

       31,256       559             50,828             625,646

Receivable for investments sold

       20,119       14,168       30,629       18,792       126,435       27,850

Expense reimbursement receivable from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation

       3,927                              

Dividends receivable from investments

       21       100       177       21       28       22
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

       101,897,491       338,160,235       306,692,883       209,445,195       918,436,785       524,474,389
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

                        

Payable for fund shares redeemed

       64,064       132,417       46,106       42,143       656,607       112,936

Payable for investments purchased

       51,301       14,718       452       69,584             885,117

Due to manager and affiliates

       31,902       102,016       86,552       74,172       330,907       177,590

Accrued expenses payable

       15,049       18,662       18,404       17,642       28,965       22,390

Cash due to custodian

                   30,240             126,508      
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

       162,316       267,813       181,754       203,541       1,142,987       1,198,033
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

     $ 101,735,175     $ 337,892,422     $ 306,511,129     $ 209,241,654     $ 917,293,798     $ 523,276,356
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

     $ 74,287,803     $ 231,204,604     $ 208,513,353     $ 163,686,422     $ 782,146,790     $ 408,011,284

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

       13,499,539       52,304,741       43,506,227       20,565,750             26,099,685
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

     $ 87,787,342     $ 283,509,345     $ 252,019,580     $ 184,252,172     $ 782,146,790     $ 434,110,969
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Standard Class:

                        

Net Assets

     $ 25,624,553     $ 100,622,685     $ 120,161,367     $ 15,319,799     $ 82,075,372     $ 64,524,802

Shares Outstanding

       2,003,382       7,150,124       8,324,326       1,268,365       6,260,894       4,767,993

Net Asset Value Per Share

     $ 12.791     $ 14.073     $ 14.435     $ 12.078     $ 13.109     $ 13.533

Service Class:

                        

Net Assets

     $ 76,110,622     $ 237,269,737     $ 186,349,762     $ 193,921,855     $ 835,218,426     $ 458,751,554

Shares Outstanding

       5,958,826       16,885,153       12,945,542       16,078,107       63,819,239       33,958,756

Net Asset Value Per Share

     $ 12.773     $ 14.052     $ 14.395     $ 12.061     $ 13.087     $ 13.509

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

                        

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

     $ 90,547,807     $ 288,427,506     $ 255,827,905     $ 187,598,971     $ 787,621,900     $ 445,619,581

Accumulated net investment loss

       (64,810 )       (88,971 )       (142,316 )       (250,952 )       (985,340 )       (787,944 )

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

       (1,693,862 )       (3,674,694 )       (3,782,521 )       (3,195,324 )       (5,493,780 )       (11,083,427 )

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

       12,946,040       53,228,581       54,608,061       25,088,959       136,151,018       89,528,146
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

     $ 101,735,175     $ 337,892,422     $ 306,511,129     $ 209,241,654     $ 917,293,798     $ 523,276,356
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–11


LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds

Statements of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    LVIP SSGA
Conservative Index
Allocation Fund
  LVIP SSGA
Moderate Index
Allocation Fund
  LVIP SSGA
Moderately
Aggressive Index
Allocation Fund
  LVIP SSGA
Conservative
Structured
Allocation Fund
  LVIP SSGA
Moderate
Structured
Allocation Fund
  LVIP SSGA
Moderately
Aggressive
Structured
Allocation Fund

INVESTMENT INCOME:

                       

Dividends from unaffiliated investments

    $ 126,203     $ 467,312     $ 368,753     $ 204,226     $ 164     $ 250,679

Dividends from affiliated investments

                              884,812      
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
      126,203       467,312       368,753       204,226       884,976       250,679
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

                       

Management fees

      121,950       400,323       361,510       260,418       1,127,090       635,744

Distribution expenses-Service Class

      93,452       286,460       227,572       242,119       1,031,630       560,542

Accounting and administration expenses

      18,611       26,279       25,228       22,476       47,248       33,051

Professional fees

      10,665       13,081       12,693       11,905       18,680       15,069

Shareholder servicing fees

      4,838       16,202       14,572       10,205       44,463       25,273

Reports and statements to shareholders

      3,212       6,179       5,402       5,011       26,677       8,532

Trustees’ fees and expenses

      1,357       4,224       3,825       2,810       12,099       6,786

Custodian fees

      1,248       2,444       2,549       2,267       7,088       4,142

Consulting fees

      958       1,198       1,164       1,079       1,828       1,401

Pricing fees

      9       23       20       13       50       27

Other

      527       1,162       1,138       1,042       4,299       2,354
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
      256,827       757,575       655,673       559,345       2,321,152       1,292,921

Less:

                       

Management fees waived

      (48,780 )       (160,129 )       (144,604 )       (104,167 )       (450,836 )       (254,298 )

Expenses reimbursed

      (17,034 )                              
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

      191,013       597,446       511,069       455,178       1,870,316       1,038,623
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT LOSS

      (64,810 )       (130,134 )       (142,316 )       (250,952 )       (985,340 )       (787,944 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

                       

Net realized gain (loss) from:

                       

Sale of affiliated investments

      159,372       (120,762 )       (80,489 )       1,070,943       3,099,709       327,903

Sale of unaffiliated investments

      (35,520 )       (185,635 )       (222,477 )       (15,656 )             (24,712 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

      123,852       (306,397 )       (302,966 )       1,055,287       3,099,709       303,191
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

                       

Affiliated investments

      4,466,027       19,242,542       18,596,768       9,455,215       55,731,886       37,659,047

Unaffiliated investments

      677,709       3,307,097       4,953,119       12,606             15,517
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

      5,143,736       22,549,639       23,549,887       9,467,821       55,731,886       37,674,564
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

      5,267,588       22,243,242       23,246,921       10,523,108       58,831,595       37,977,755
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

    $ 5,202,778     $ 22,113,108     $ 23,104,605     $ 10,272,156     $ 57,846,255     $ 37,189,811
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–12


LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    LVIP SSGA
Conservative Index
Allocation Fund
    LVIP SSGA
Moderate Index
Allocation Fund
    LVIP SSGA Moderately
Aggressive Index
Allocation Fund
 
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (64,810   $ 1,812,469     $ (130,134   $ 5,546,280     $ (142,316   $ 5,155,288  

Net realized gain (loss)

    123,852       (96,550     (306,397     36,059       (302,966     (86,238

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    5,143,736       2,893,430       22,549,639       11,632,949       23,549,887       12,689,494  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    5,202,778       4,609,349       22,113,108       17,215,288       23,104,605       17,758,544  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

           

Net investment income:

           

Standard Class

          (427,317           (1,644,457           (2,018,785

Service Class

          (1,419,848           (3,981,407           (3,275,794

Net realized gain:

           

Standard Class

          (142,582           (788,337           (1,162,670

Service Class

          (572,904           (2,537,160           (2,374,310
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (2,562,651           (8,951,361           (8,831,559
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

           

Proceeds from shares sold:

           

Standard Class

    5,502,491       7,105,831       16,771,053       29,853,228       17,580,807       28,585,645  

Service Class

    4,970,172       22,350,409       23,080,034       35,276,634       9,849,980       21,448,194  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

           

Standard Class

          569,899             2,432,794             3,181,455  

Service Class

          1,992,752             6,518,567             5,650,104  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    10,472,663       32,018,891       39,851,087       74,081,223       27,430,787       58,865,398  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

           

Standard Class

    (1,261,489     (1,411,387     (3,542,415     (4,656,637     (3,098,595     (4,004,243

Service Class

    (8,574,060     (20,008,638     (23,476,591     (34,130,536     (15,121,600     (25,146,351
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (9,835,549     (21,420,025     (27,019,006     (38,787,173     (18,220,195     (29,150,594
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    637,114       10,598,866       12,832,081       35,294,050       9,210,592       29,714,804  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

    5,839,892       12,645,564       34,945,189       43,557,977       32,315,197       38,641,789  

NET ASSETS:

           

Beginning of period

    95,895,283       83,249,719       302,947,233       259,389,256       274,195,932       235,554,143  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 101,735,175     $ 95,895,283     $ 337,892,422     $ 302,947,233     $ 306,511,129     $ 274,195,932  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (accumulated) net investment income (loss)

  $ (64,810   $     $ (88,971   $ 41,163     $ (142,316   $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–13


LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

     LVIP SSGA
Conservative Structured
Allocation Fund
    LVIP SSGA
Moderate Structured
Allocation Fund
    LVIP SSGA Moderately
Aggressive Structured
Allocation Fund
 
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

            

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (250,952   $ 4,060,170     $ (985,340   $ 17,381,916     $ (787,944   $ 9,935,643  

Net realized gain

     1,055,287       1,727,918       3,099,709       13,168,084       303,191       6,045,460  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     9,467,821       7,071,341       55,731,886       44,506,314       37,674,564       29,883,903  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     10,272,156       12,859,429       57,846,255       75,056,314       37,189,811       45,865,006  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

            

Net investment income:

            

Standard Class

           (312,253           (1,594,105           (1,309,673

Service Class

           (3,918,039           (16,689,435           (9,180,904

Net realized gain:

            

Standard Class

           (288,185           (1,928,492           (1,609,809

Service Class

           (4,643,580           (24,567,048           (13,855,741
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (9,162,057           (44,779,080           (25,956,127
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

            

Proceeds from shares sold:

            

Standard Class

     1,220,698       5,601,266       8,867,368       18,867,416       5,629,331       18,972,084  

Service Class

     9,494,323       30,812,022       26,766,656       56,821,753       23,515,713       37,847,326  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

            

Standard Class

           600,438             3,522,597             2,919,482  

Service Class

           8,561,619             41,256,483             23,036,645  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     10,715,021       45,575,345       35,634,024       120,468,249       29,145,044       82,775,537  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

            

Standard Class

     (505,940     (1,550,784     (1,757,250     (6,233,054     (1,840,762     (4,985,645

Service Class

     (19,855,437     (34,275,735     (61,650,890     (114,639,577     (36,055,205     (65,372,637
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (20,361,377     (35,826,519     (63,408,140     (120,872,631     (37,895,967     (70,358,282
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (9,646,356     9,748,826       (27,774,116     (404,382     (8,750,923     12,417,255  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     625,800       13,446,198       30,072,139       29,872,852       28,438,888       32,326,134  

NET ASSETS:

            

Beginning of period

     208,615,854       195,169,656       887,221,659       857,348,807       494,837,468       462,511,334  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 209,241,654     $ 208,615,854     $ 917,293,798     $ 887,221,659     $ 523,276,356     $ 494,837,468  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated net investment loss

   $ (250,952   $     $ (985,340   $     $ (787,944   $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–14


LVIP SSGA Conservative Index Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP SSGA Conservative

Index Allocation Fund

Standard Class

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 12.117     $ 11.876     $ 12.260     $ 11.996     $ 11.404     $ 10.751

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income2

       0.004       0.261       0.244       0.225       0.188       0.244

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.670       0.333       (0.359 )       0.342       0.587       0.730
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.674       0.594       (0.115 )       0.567       0.775       0.974
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.262 )       (0.250 )       (0.223 )       (0.183 )       (0.317 )

Net realized gain

             (0.091 )       (0.019 )       (0.080 )             (0.004 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.353 )       (0.269 )       (0.303 )       (0.183 )       (0.321 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 12.791     $ 12.117     $ 11.876     $ 12.260     $ 11.996     $ 11.404
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       5.56%       5.01%       (0.94% )       4.73%       6.80%       9.10%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 25,624     $ 20,170     $ 13,664     $ 11,603     $ 7,043     $ 1,649

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.20%       0.20%       0.20%       0.20%       0.20%       0.20%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.33%       0.33%       0.33%       0.34%       0.38%       0.43%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.06%       2.13%       1.97%       1.82%       1.59%       2.16%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.07% )       2.00%       1.84%       1.68%       1.41%       1.92%

Portfolio turnover

       9%       18%       22%       16%       39%       25%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–15


LVIP SSGA Conservative Index Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP SSGA Conservative

Index Allocation Fund

Service Class

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 12.115     $ 11.875     $ 12.258     $ 11.995     $ 11.404     $ 10.754

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income (loss)2

       (0.012 )       0.229       0.213       0.194       0.157       0.215

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.670       0.334       (0.358 )       0.341       0.588       0.730
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.658       0.563       (0.145 )       0.535       0.745       0.945
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.232 )       (0.219 )       (0.192 )       (0.154 )       (0.291 )

Net realized gain

             (0.091 )       (0.019 )       (0.080 )             (0.004 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.323 )       (0.238 )       (0.272 )       (0.154 )       (0.295 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 12.773     $ 12.115     $ 11.875     $ 12.258     $ 11.995     $ 11.404
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       5.43%       4.74%       (1.19% )       4.46%       6.53%       8.82%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 76,111     $ 75,725     $ 69,586     $ 65,920     $ 61,760     $ 59,305

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.45%       0.45%       0.45%       0.45%       0.45%       0.45%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.58%       0.58%       0.58%       0.59%       0.63%       0.68%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.19% )       1.88%       1.72%       1.57%       1.34%       1.91%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.32% )       1.75%       1.59%       1.43%       1.16%       1.67%

Portfolio turnover

       9%       18%       22%       16%       39%       25%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–16


LVIP SSGA Moderate Index Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP SSGA Moderate

Index Allocation Fund

Standard Class

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 13.119      $ 12.703     $ 13.159     $ 12.905     $ 11.638     $ 10.664

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.007        0.287       0.246       0.251       0.190       0.215

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.947        0.556       (0.440 )       0.319       1.260       1.029
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.954        0.843       (0.194 )       0.570       1.450       1.244
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.273 )       (0.236 )       (0.272 )       (0.183 )       (0.264 )

Net realized gain

              (0.154 )       (0.026 )       (0.044 )             (0.006 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.427 )       (0.262 )       (0.316 )       (0.183 )       (0.270 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 14.073      $ 13.119     $ 12.703     $ 13.159     $ 12.905     $ 11.638
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       7.27%        6.65%       (1.48% )       4.41%       12.47%       11.70%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 100,622      $ 81,080     $ 51,915     $ 32,003     $ 11,835     $ 2,641

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.19%        0.19%       0.19%       0.19%       0.20%       0.20%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.29%        0.29%       0.29%       0.29%       0.31%       0.34%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.10%        2.20%       1.85%       1.88%       1.53%       1.89%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.00%        2.10%       1.75%       1.78%       1.42%       1.75%

Portfolio turnover

       6%        10%       17%       9%       20%       21%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–17


LVIP SSGA Moderate Index Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP SSGA Moderate

Index Allocation Fund

Service Class

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 13.116     $ 12.702     $ 13.156     $ 12.903     $ 11.638     $ 10.666

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income (loss)2

       (0.010 )       0.253       0.213       0.216       0.158       0.186

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.946       0.555       (0.438 )       0.320       1.259       1.029
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.936       0.808       (0.225 )       0.536       1.417       1.215
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.240 )       (0.203 )       (0.239 )       (0.152 )       (0.237 )

Net realized gain

             (0.154 )       (0.026 )       (0.044 )             (0.006 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.394 )       (0.229 )       (0.283 )       (0.152 )       (0.243 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 14.052     $ 13.116     $ 12.702     $ 13.156     $ 12.903     $ 11.638
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       7.14%       6.37%       (1.71% )       4.15%       12.18%       11.43%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 237,270     $ 221,867     $ 207,474     $ 206,432     $ 187,311     $ 145,027

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.44%       0.44%       0.44%       0.44%       0.45%       0.45%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.54%       0.54%       0.54%       0.54%       0.56%       0.59%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.15% )       1.95%       1.60%       1.63%       1.28%       1.64%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.25% )       1.85%       1.50%       1.53%       1.17%       1.50%

Portfolio turnover

       6%       10%       17%       9%       20%       21%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–18


LVIP SSGA Moderately Aggressive Index Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP SSGA Moderately

Aggressive Index

Allocation Fund

Standard Class

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 13.311     $ 12.833     $ 13.380     $ 13.192     $ 11.654     $ 10.584

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income2

       0.004       0.291       0.258       0.259       0.197       0.207

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.120       0.652       (0.529 )       0.272       1.528       1.148
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.124       0.943       (0.271 )       0.531       1.725       1.355
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.283 )       (0.250 )       (0.291 )       (0.187 )       (0.276 )

Net realized gain

             (0.182 )       (0.026 )       (0.052 )             (0.009 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.465 )       (0.276 )       (0.343 )       (0.187 )       (0.285 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 14.435     $ 13.311     $ 12.833     $ 13.380     $ 13.192     $ 11.654
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       8.44%       7.37%       (2.04% )       4.01%       14.81%       12.86%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 120,161     $ 97,140     $ 66,606     $ 42,380     $ 19,904     $ 5,463

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.20%       0.19%       0.19%       0.19%       0.20%       0.20%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.30%       0.29%       0.29%       0.29%       0.31%       0.34%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.06%       2.21%       1.91%       1.91%       1.56%       1.83%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.04% )       2.11%       1.81%       1.81%       1.45%       1.69%

Portfolio turnover

       6%       10%       20%       12%       27%       23%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–19


LVIP SSGA Moderately Aggressive Index Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP SSGA Moderately

Aggressive Index

Allocation Fund

Service Class

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 13.291     $ 12.815     $ 13.361     $ 13.174     $ 11.640     $ 10.558

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income (loss)2

       (0.013 )       0.257       0.224       0.224       0.163       0.178

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.117       0.652       (0.528 )       0.272       1.527       1.144
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.104       0.909       (0.304 )       0.496       1.690       1.322
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.251 )       (0.216 )       (0.257 )       (0.156 )       (0.231 )

Net realized gain

             (0.182 )       (0.026 )       (0.052 )             (0.009 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.433 )       (0.242 )       (0.309 )       (0.156 )       (0.240 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 14.395     $ 13.291     $ 12.815     $ 13.361     $ 13.174     $ 11.640
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       8.31%       7.11%       (2.28% )       3.75%       14.52%       12.58%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 186,350     $ 177,056     $ 168,948     $ 176,575     $ 169,949     $ 134,350

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.45%       0.44%       0.44%       0.44%       0.45%       0.45%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.55%       0.54%       0.54%       0.54%       0.56%       0.59%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.19% )       1.96%       1.66%       1.66%       1.31%       1.58%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.29% )       1.86%       1.56%       1.56%       1.20%       1.44%

Portfolio turnover

       6%       10%       20%       12%       27%       23%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–20


LVIP SSGA Conservative Structured Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP SSGA Conservative

Structured Allocation Fund

Standard Class

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 11.489     $ 11.265     $ 11.877     $ 11.682     $ 11.138     $ 10.709

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income2

       3         0.259       0.247       0.234       0.190       0.236

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.589       0.509       (0.468 )       0.412       0.597       0.651
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.589       0.768       (0.221 )       0.646       0.787       0.887
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.265 )       (0.310 )       (0.296 )       (0.239 )       (0.436 )

Net realized gain

             (0.279 )       (0.081 )       (0.155 )       (0.004 )       (0.022 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.544 )       (0.391 )       (0.451 )       (0.243 )       (0.458 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 12.078     $ 11.489     $ 11.265     $ 11.877     $ 11.682     $ 11.138
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       5.13%       6.84%       (1.86% )       5.54%       7.07%       8.35%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 15,320     $ 13,873     $ 9,094     $ 8,095     $ 3,846     $ 524

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

       0.20%       0.20%       0.19%       0.19%       0.20%       0.20%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed5

       0.30%       0.30%       0.29%       0.29%       0.30%       0.31%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.01% )       2.23%       2.07%       1.93%       1.64%       2.13%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.11% )       2.13%       1.97%       1.83%       1.54%       2.02%

Portfolio turnover

       4%       17%       22%       16%       15%       19%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Amount rounds to less than $0.001 per share.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–21


LVIP SSGA Conservative Structured Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP SSGA Conservative

Structured Allocation Fund

Service Class

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 11.487     $ 11.264     $ 11.875     $ 11.681     $ 11.138     $ 10.711

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income (loss)2

       (0.015 )       0.229       0.217       0.203       0.160       0.208

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.589       0.509       (0.466 )       0.412       0.597       0.652
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.574       0.738       (0.249 )       0.615       0.757       0.860
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.236 )       (0.281 )       (0.266 )       (0.210 )       (0.411 )

Net realized gain

             (0.279 )       (0.081 )       (0.155 )       (0.004 )       (0.022 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.515 )       (0.362 )       (0.421 )       (0.214 )       (0.433 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 12.061     $ 11.487     $ 11.264     $ 11.875     $ 11.681     $ 11.138
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       5.00%       6.57%       (2.10% )       5.27%       6.81%       8.09%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 193,922     $ 194,743     $ 186,076     $ 202,181     $ 199,373     $ 208,671

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.45%       0.45%       0.44%       0.44%       0.45%       0.45%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.55%       0.55%       0.54%       0.54%       0.55%       0.56%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.26% )       1.98%       1.82%       1.68%       1.39%       1.88%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.36% )       1.88%       1.72%       1.58%       1.29%       1.77%

Portfolio turnover

       4%       17%       22%       16%       15%       19%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–22


LVIP SSGA Moderate Structured Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP SSGA Moderate

Structured Allocation Fund

Standard Class

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 12.285     $ 11.863     $ 12.650     $ 12.426     $ 11.276     $ 10.633

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income2

       0.001       0.274       0.264       0.259       0.237       0.227

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.823       0.816       (0.603 )       0.432       1.205       0.883
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.824       1.090       (0.339 )       0.691       1.442       1.110
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.286 )       (0.360 )       (0.352 )       (0.283 )       (0.437 )

Net realized gain

             (0.382 )       (0.088 )       (0.115 )       (0.009 )       (0.030 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.668 )       (0.448 )       (0.467 )       (0.292 )       (0.467 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 13.109     $ 12.285     $ 11.863     $ 12.650     $ 12.426     $ 11.276
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       6.71%       9.27%       (2.69% )       5.56%       12.81%       10.54%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 82,075     $ 70,035     $ 52,020     $ 39,714     $ 21,706     $ 5,172

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.19%       0.18%       0.17%       0.17%       0.18%       0.19%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.29%       0.28%       0.27%       0.27%       0.28%       0.29%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.01%       2.24%       2.08%       2.02%       1.96%       2.04%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.09% )       2.14%       1.98%       1.92%       1.86%       1.94%

Portfolio turnover

       4%       12%       17%       10%       16%       12%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–23


LVIP SSGA Moderate Structured Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP SSGA Moderate

Structured Allocation Fund

Service Class

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 12.280     $ 11.859     $ 12.646     $ 12.423     $ 11.274     $ 10.607

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income (loss)2

       (0.015 )       0.242       0.232       0.226       0.205       0.198

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.822       0.817       (0.603 )       0.432       1.206       0.882
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.807       1.059       (0.371 )       0.658       1.411       1.080
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net investment income

             (0.256 )       (0.328 )       (0.320 )       (0.253 )       (0.383 )

Net realized gain

             (0.382 )       (0.088 )       (0.115 )       (0.009 )       (0.030 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.638 )       (0.416 )       (0.435 )       (0.262 )       (0.413 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 13.087     $ 12.280     $ 11.859     $ 12.646     $ 12.423     $ 11.274
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       6.57%       9.01%       (2.95% )       5.29%       12.53%       10.27%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 835,219     $ 817,187     $ 805,329     $ 886,843     $ 922,379     $ 576,189

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.44%       0.43%       0.42%       0.42%       0.43%       0.44%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.54%       0.53%       0.52%       0.52%       0.53%       0.54%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.24% )       1.99%       1.83%       1.77%       1.72%       1.79%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.34% )       1.89%       1.73%       1.67%       1.62%       1.69%

Portfolio turnover

       4%       12%       17%       10%       16%       12%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–24


LVIP SSGA Moderately Aggressive Structured Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP SSGA Moderately

Aggressive Structured

Allocation Fund

Standard Class

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16    12/31/15   

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

   12/31/13    12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 12.567      $ 12.036      $ 12.945      $ 12.803      $ 11.407      $ 10.711

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                             

Net investment income (loss)2

       (0.006 )        0.291        0.300        0.292        0.225        0.223

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.972        0.957        (0.749 )        0.385        1.501        0.983
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.966        1.248        (0.449 )        0.677        1.726        1.206
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                             

Net investment income

              (0.300 )        (0.403 )        (0.385 )        (0.301 )        (0.474 )

Net realized gain

              (0.417 )        (0.057 )        (0.150 )        (0.029 )        (0.036 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.717 )        (0.460 )        (0.535 )        (0.330 )        (0.510 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 13.533      $ 12.567      $ 12.036      $ 12.945      $ 12.803      $ 11.407
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total return3

       7.69%        10.48%        (3.48% )        5.28%        15.15%        11.39%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                             

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 64,525      $ 56,314      $ 37,405      $ 28,117      $ 14,043      $ 4,150

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.19%        0.18%        0.18%        0.18%        0.19%        0.19%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.29%        0.28%        0.28%        0.28%        0.29%        0.29%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.09% )        2.35%        2.31%        2.21%        1.82%        1.99%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.19% )        2.25%        2.21%        2.11%        1.72%        1.89%

Portfolio turnover

       5%        15%        15%        12%        15%        12%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–25


LVIP SSGA Moderately Aggressive Structured Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP SSGA Moderately

Aggressive Structured

Allocation Fund

Service Class

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16    12/31/15   

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

   12/31/13    12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 12.560      $ 12.032      $ 12.940      $ 12.799      $ 11.404      $ 10.684

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                             

Net investment income (loss)2

       (0.022 )        0.259        0.267        0.257        0.192        0.194

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.971        0.955        (0.748 )        0.386        1.503        0.980
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.949        1.214        (0.481 )        0.643        1.695        1.174
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                             

Net investment income

              (0.269 )        (0.370 )        (0.352 )        (0.271 )        (0.418 )

Net realized gain

              (0.417 )        (0.057 )        (0.150 )        (0.029 )        (0.036 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.686 )        (0.427 )        (0.502 )        (0.300 )        (0.454 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 13.509      $ 12.560      $ 12.032      $ 12.940      $ 12.799      $ 11.404
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total return3

       7.56%        10.20%        (3.72% )        5.02%        14.88%        11.11%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                             

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 458,751      $ 438,523      $ 425,106      $ 451,218      $ 428,859      $ 377,863

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

       0.44%        0.43%        0.43%        0.43%        0.44%        0.44%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

       0.54%        0.53%        0.53%        0.53%        0.54%        0.54%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.34% )        2.10%        2.06%        1.96%        1.57%        1.74%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.44% )        2.00%        1.96%        1.86%        1.47%        1.64%

Portfolio turnover

       5%        15%        15%        12%        15%        12%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–26


LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP SSGA Conservative Index Allocation Fund, LVIP SSGA Moderate Index Allocation Fund, LVIP SSGA Moderately Aggressive Index Allocation Fund, LVIP SSGA Conservative Structured Allocation Fund, LVIP SSGA Moderate Structured Allocation Fund and LVIP SSGA Moderately Aggressive Structured Allocation Fund (each, a “Fund”, and collectively, the “Funds”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Funds are non-diversified management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act. Each Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold each Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

Each Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), and mutual funds that are advised by Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) or unaffiliated managers (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Underlying Funds invest in U.S. and foreign stocks, bonds and money market instruments. A significant portion of the Underlying Funds employ a passive investment style (i.e., index funds). In addition to investment company investments, the Funds may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The investment objective of the LVIP SSGA Conservative Index Allocation Fund and LVIP SSGA Conservative Structured Allocation Fund is to seek a high level of current income, with some consideration given to growth of capital.

The investment objective of the LVIP SSGA Moderate Index Allocation Fund and LVIP SSGA Moderate Structured Allocation Fund is to seek a balance between a high level of current income and growth of capital, with an emphasis on growth of capital.

The investment objective of the LVIP SSGA Moderately Aggressive Index Allocation Fund and LVIP SSGA Moderately Aggressive Structured Allocation Fund is to seek a balance between high level of current income and growth of capital, with a greater emphasis on growth of capital.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

Each Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, each Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Funds.

Security Valuation–ETFs, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on the valuation date. ETFs traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an ETF does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because each Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Funds evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing each Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Funds’ federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. If applicable, each Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statements of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Funds did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Funds on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–27


LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Funds declare and distribute dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Funds may receive earnings credits from their custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

LIAC is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of each Fund’s investment portfolio and providing certain administrative services to each Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of each Fund’s average daily net assets. This fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds (including LIAC). LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.10% of average daily net assets of each Fund. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the LVIP SSGA Conservative Index Allocation Fund to the extent that annual operating expenses (excluding Underlying Fund fees and expenses) exceed 0.20% of average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.45% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly.

SSGA Funds Management Inc. (“SSGA”) provides consulting services to LIAC, but has no management discretion over the Funds’ assets and LIAC pays no compensation to SSGA under the consulting agreement.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Funds. For these services, each Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statements of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA
Conservative Index
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderate Index
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderately
Aggressive Index
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Conservative
Structured
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderate
Structured
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderately
Aggressive
Structured
Allocation Fund

Administrative

     $ 2,876      $ 8,985      $ 8,148      $ 5,952      $ 25,686      $ 14,380

Legal

       694        2,169        1,967        1,437        6,200        3,471

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Funds. Effective May 1, 2017, the Funds pay Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Funds’ average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statements of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Funds. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statements of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Funds reimburse Lincoln Life for the cost of these services. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, these fees were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA
Conservative Index
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderate Index
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderately
Aggressive Index
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Conservative
Structured
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderate
Structured
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderately
Aggressive
Structured
Allocation Fund

Printing and mailing fees

     $ 1,606      $ 3,943      $ 3,301      $ 3,101      $ 22,882      $ 5,869

The Funds currently offer two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to their distribution and service plan, the Funds are authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25%

 

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–28


LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statements of Operations, the Funds indirectly bear the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which they invest. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Funds may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, the Funds had receivables due from and liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA
Conservative Index
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderate Index
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderately
Aggressive Index
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Conservative
Structured
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderate
Structured
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderately
Aggressive
Structured
Allocation Fund

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

     $ 3,927      $      $      $      $      $

Management fees payable to LIAC

       12,400        41,469        37,496        25,954        113,560        64,653

Distribution fees payable to LFD

       15,499        48,587        38,506        40,099        172,510        94,568
Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life       

1,606

      

3,943

      

3,301

      

3,101

      

22,882

      

5,869

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life       

2,397

      

8,017

      

7,249

      

5,018

      

21,955

      

12,500

The Funds are permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain affiliated funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by a Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under these procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Funds engaged in securities purchases and securities sales as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA
Conservative Index
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderate Index
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderately
Aggressive Index
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Conservative
Structured
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderate
Structured
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderately
Aggressive
Structured
Allocation Fund

Purchases

     $ 319,164      $ 1,058,673      $ 782,546      $ 215,770      $ 271,242      $ 369,012

Sales

       350,639        469,824        404,378        385,542        1,130,347        353,378

Certain officers and trustees of the Funds are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Funds. The Funds pay compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–29


LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated investments, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers whereby the Funds held 5% or more of the issuers’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds or ETFs). Affiliated investments of the Funds and the corresponding activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

LVIP SSGA Conservative Index Allocation Fund

 

     Value
12/31/16
   Purchases    Sales    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Value
6/30/17
   Dividends    Capital Gain
Distributions

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

     $ 48,060,685      $ 4,790,429      $ 3,379,638      $ (88,036 )     $ 1,110,533      $ 50,493,973      $      $

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

       13,455,191        871,482        2,135,674        68,814       1,794,373        14,054,186              

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

       2,862,567        205,190        222,741        7,869       158,401        3,011,286              

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

       16,357,653        1,058,229        1,878,113        165,264       1,314,786        17,017,819              

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

       1,919,723        145,142        135,185        5,461       87,934        2,023,075              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

     $ 82,655,819      $ 7,070,472      $ 7,751,351      $ 159,372     $ 4,466,027      $ 86,600,339      $      $
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

LVIP SSGA Moderate Index Allocation Fund

 

     Value
12/31/16
   Purchases    Sales    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Value
6/30/17
   Dividends    Capital Gain
Distributions

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

     $ 91,171,109      $ 11,536,209      $ 3,328,141      $ (132,808 )     $ 2,149,925      $ 101,396,294      $      $

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

       60,763,987        4,466,317        6,722,153        (61,277 )       8,751,609        67,198,483              

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

       18,091,635        1,664,813        665,628        (5,089 )       1,071,434        20,157,165              

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

       72,977,948        5,860,580        5,170,466        83,563       6,660,025        80,411,650              

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

       12,129,725        1,251,886        443,752        (5,151 )       609,549        13,542,257              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

     $ 255,134,404      $ 24,779,805      $ 16,330,140      $ (120,762 )     $ 19,242,542      $ 282,705,849      $      $
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–30


LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

LVIP SSGA Moderately Aggressive Index Allocation Fund

 

     Value
12/31/16
   Purchases    Sales    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Value
6/30/17
   Dividends    Capital Gain
Distributions

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

     $ 68,829,391      $ 9,310,147      $ 2,668,318      $ (106,481 )     $ 1,613,929      $ 76,978,668      $      $

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

       60,558,339        4,109,848        5,920,112        (111,428 )       8,714,854        67,351,501              

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

       19,122,340        1,924,422        747,129        (147 )       1,128,804        21,428,290              

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

       71,629,869        6,014,032        4,861,807        138,756       6,451,738        79,372,588              

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

       13,736,630        1,534,832        533,664        (1,189 )       687,443        15,424,052              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

     $ 233,876,569      $ 22,893,281      $ 14,731,030      $ (80,489 )     $ 18,596,768      $ 260,555,099      $      $
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

LVIP SSGA Conservative Structured Allocation Fund

 

     Value
12/31/16
   Purchases    Sales    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Value
6/30/17
   Dividends    Capital Gain
Distributions

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

     $ 104,765,363      $ 4,541,568      $ 6,769,471      $ (139,547 )     $ 2,334,391      $ 104,732,304      $      $

LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

       14,396,865        260,236        1,786,649        145,156       1,645,910        14,661,518              

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

       8,192,095        148,706        1,144,333        (96,550 )       1,336,084        8,436,002              

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

       14,664,725        260,235        2,359,697        210,167       1,797,457        14,572,887              

LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

       16,505,395        448,717        1,496,144        126,365       1,176,198        16,760,531              

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

       4,158,396        78,294        310,754        23,764       213,339        4,163,039              

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

       16,776,756        297,412        1,965,717        725,118       774,934        16,608,503              

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

       4,182,592        108,490        292,825        64,583       132,577        4,195,417              

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

       4,207,280        244,508        270,779        11,887       44,325        4,237,221              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

     $ 187,849,467      $ 6,388,166      $ 16,396,369      $ 1,070,943     $ 9,455,215      $ 188,367,422      $      $
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–31


LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

LVIP SSGA Moderate Structured Allocation Fund

 

     Value
12/31/16
   Purchases    Sales    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Value
6/30/17
   Dividends    Capital Gain
Distributions

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

     $ 267,897,559      $ 14,285,364      $ 12,134,677      $ (298,665 )     $ 5,995,739      $ 275,745,320      $      $

LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

       87,660,654        1,484,386        8,241,541        43,745       10,968,345        91,915,589              

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

       52,373,720        887,716        5,728,476        (528,893 )       8,526,363        55,530,430              

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

       89,282,408        1,177,698        11,446,730        286,449       12,060,888        91,360,713              

LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

       105,504,634        2,979,883        6,576,828        550,587       7,870,047        110,328,323              

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

       35,433,718        701,131        1,640,334        121,715       1,923,154        36,539,384              

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

       107,223,672        1,413,237        8,981,349        2,928,026       6,744,717        109,328,303              

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

       26,724,774        821,819        1,213,468        143,494       1,140,726        27,617,345              

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

       26,879,076        1,848,784        1,213,468        32,256       344,805        27,891,453              

SPDR® Barclays TIPS ETF

       88,908,245        7,197,773        4,043,167        (179,005 )       157,102        92,040,948        884,812       
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

     $ 887,888,460      $ 32,797,791      $ 61,220,038      $ 3,099,709     $ 55,731,886      $ 918,297,808      $ 884,812      $
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

LVIP SSGA Moderately Aggressive Structured Allocation Fund

 

     Value
12/31/16
   Purchases    Sales    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Value
6/30/17
   Dividends    Capital Gain
Distributions

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

     $ 124,606,961      $ 9,733,073      $ 6,085,156      $ (156,515 )     $ 2,846,351      $ 130,944,714      $      $

LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

       53,821,806        2,025,589        5,046,330        (7,128 )       6,824,453        57,618,390              

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

       48,716,900        1,766,792        5,199,421        (764,760 )       8,222,261        52,741,772              

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

       54,817,956        1,515,133        6,702,415        384,023       7,256,368        57,271,065              

LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

       63,795,738        3,031,941        3,827,394        192,596       4,918,935        68,111,816              

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

       19,776,060        873,631        973,625        26,435       1,120,392        20,822,893              

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

       64,835,298        1,968,201        5,175,207        572,472       5,293,876        67,494,640              

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

       19,886,545        1,105,535        973,625        63,875       902,366        20,984,696              

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

       20,000,956        1,874,464        973,625        16,905       274,045        21,192,745              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

     $ 470,258,220      $ 23,894,359      $ 34,956,798      $ 327,903     $ 37,659,047      $ 497,182,731      $      $
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds–32


LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, each Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA
Conservative Index
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderate Index
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderately
Aggressive Index
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Conservative
Structured
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderate
Structured
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderately
Aggressive
Structured
Allocation Fund

Purchases

     $ 8,545,116      $ 30,826,867      $ 26,999,029      $ 7,830,215      $ 32,797,791      $ 26,520,889

Sales

       9,011,354        19,372,418        17,849,093        17,748,041        61,220,038        36,172,003

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for each Fund were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA
Conservative Index
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderate Index
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderately
Aggressive Index
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Conservative
Structured
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderate
Structured
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderately
Aggressive
Structured
Allocation Fund

Cost of investments

     $ 87,787,342      $ 283,509,345      $ 252,019,580      $ 184,252,172      $ 782,146,790      $ 434,110,969
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

     $ 12,946,040      $ 53,228,581      $ 54,608,061      $ 25,088,959      $ 136,151,018      $ 89,528,146

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

                                         
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

     $ 12,946,040      $ 53,228,581      $ 54,608,061      $ 25,088,959      $ 136,151,018      $ 89,528,146
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that each Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including each Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following tables summarize the valuation of each Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

Level 1    LVIP SSGA
Conservative Index
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderate Index
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderately
Aggressive Index
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Conservative
Structured
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderate
Structured
Allocation Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Moderately
Aggressive
Structured
Allocation Fund

Investments:

                             

Assets:

                             

Affiliated Investments

     $ 86,600,339      $ 282,705,849      $ 260,555,099      $ 188,367,422      $ 918,297,808      $ 497,182,731

Unaffiliated Investments

       14,133,043        54,032,077        46,072,542        20,973,709               26,456,384
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

     $ 100,733,382      $ 336,737,926      $ 306,627,641      $ 209,341,131      $ 918,297,808      $ 523,639,115
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

 

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LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Funds’ policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA
Conservative Index
Allocation Fund
    LVIP SSGA
Moderate Index
Allocation Fund
    LVIP SSGA
Moderately
Aggressive Index
Allocation Fund
 
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

            

Standard Class

     439,220       582,309       1,225,189       2,266,795       1,247,433       2,174,826  

Service Class

     394,617       1,867,172       1,686,374       2,715,888       706,673       1,654,393  

Shares reinvested:

            

Standard Class

           46,784             184,756             238,151  

Service Class

           163,537             495,113             423,690  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     833,837       2,659,802       2,911,563       5,662,552       1,954,106       4,491,060  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

            

Standard Class

     (100,499     (114,941     (255,339     (357,984     (220,803     (305,455

Service Class

     (686,477     (1,639,828     (1,716,932     (2,629,900     (1,083,051     (1,939,382
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (786,976     (1,754,769     (1,972,271     (2,987,884     (1,303,854     (2,244,837
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     46,861       905,033       939,292       2,674,668       650,252       2,246,223  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     LVIP SSGA
Conservative
Structured
Allocation Fund
    LVIP SSGA
Moderate
Structured
Allocation Fund
    LVIP SSGA
Moderately
Aggressive Structured
Allocation Fund
 
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

            

Standard Class

     103,390       482,729       697,597       1,540,475       426,356       1,540,447  

Service Class

     801,758       2,671,953       2,102,173       4,706,693       1,797,650       3,060,599  

Shares reinvested:

            

Standard Class

           51,925             287,110             233,314  

Service Class

           740,418             3,367,656             1,844,493  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     905,148       3,947,025       2,799,770       9,901,934       2,224,006       6,678,853  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

            

Standard Class

     (42,547     (134,443     (137,583     (511,818     (139,577     (400,389

Service Class

     (1,677,076     (2,978,917     (4,831,270     (9,432,035     (2,752,588     (5,323,721
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (1,719,623     (3,113,360     (4,968,853     (9,943,853     (2,892,165     (5,724,110
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (814,475     833,665       (2,169,083     (41,919     (668,159     954,743  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Contractual Obligations

The Funds enter into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Funds’ existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

6. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially

 

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LVIP SSGA Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

6. Recent Accounting Pronouncements (continued)

 

consistent with the Funds’ current financial statement presentation and expects that the Funds will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

7. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.

 

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LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation and Credit Quality Breakdown      2  
Statement of Net Assets      4  
Statement of Operations      62  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      62  
Financial Highlights      63  
Notes to Financial Statements      65  

 

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”), and to unaffiliated insurance companies. Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses cannot be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,021.10       0.33 %         $1.65        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,019.70       0.58 %         2.90        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.16       0.33 %         $1.66        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,021.92       0.58 %         2.91        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Credit Quality Breakdown (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

 

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     0.69

Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

     28.10

Agency Obligations

     1.83

Corporate Bonds

     26.70

Aerospace & Defense

     0.40

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.12

Airlines

     0.08

Auto Components

     0.02

Automobiles

     0.44

Banks

     4.28

Beverages

     0.77

Biotechnology

     0.56

Building Products

     0.06

Capital Markets

     2.34

Chemicals

     0.46

Commercial Services & Supplies

     0.08

Communications Equipment

     0.19

Construction & Engineering

     0.02

Construction Materials

     0.01

Consumer Finance

     0.40

Containers & Packaging

     0.08

Diversified Consumer Services

     0.06

Diversified Financial Services

     0.39

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     1.10

Electric Utilities

     1.16

Electrical Equipment

     0.04

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     0.08

Energy Equipment & Services

     0.11

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     0.76

Food & Staples Retailing

     0.48

Food Products

     0.33

Gas Utilities

     0.06

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     0.48

Health Care Providers & Services

     0.57

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     0.16

Household Durables

     0.07

Household Products

     0.11

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     0.02

Industrial Conglomerates

     0.28

Insurance

     0.72

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     0.04

Internet Software & Services

     0.11

IT Services

     0.33

Leisure Products

     0.01

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     0.07

Machinery

     0.33

Media

     0.99
Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Metals & Mining

     0.31

Multiline Retail

     0.13

Multi-Utilities

     0.49

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     2.69

Paper & Forest Products

     0.03

Personal Products

     0.07

Pharmaceuticals

     0.96

Professional Services

     0.01

Real Estate Management & Development

     0.01

Road & Rail

     0.36

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     0.36

Software

     0.71

Specialty Retail

     0.28

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.62

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     0.03

Tobacco

     0.23

Trading Companies & Distributors

     0.06

Water Utilities

     0.02

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     0.16

Municipal Bonds

     0.63

Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities

     0.44

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     1.07

Regional Bonds

     0.23

Sovereign Bonds

     1.33

Supranational Banks

     1.67

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     36.63

Money Market Fund

     1.45

Total Value of Securities

     100.77

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.77 %) 

Total Net Assets

     100.00

IT–Information Technology

  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–2


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Credit Quality Breakdown (unaudited) (continued)

 

 

Credit Quality Breakdown

(as a % of fixed income investments)*

        

U.S. Government

     67.71

AAA

     4.57

AA

     5.45

A

     12.82

BBB

     9.35

Not Rated

     0.10

Total

     100.00

*For financial reporting purposes, credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either Standard & Poor’s Rating Services (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. (“Moody”) or Fitch Inc. (“Fitch”). Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities, Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities, Agency Obligations, and U.S. Treasury Obligations appear under “U.S. Government”. “Not Rated” is used to classify securities for which a rating is not available and does not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

 

 

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LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED

SECURITIES–0.69%

 

Fannie Mae-Aces

     

•Series 2013-M12 APT 2.471% 3/25/23

     535,859      $ 538,249  

•Series 2014-M1 ASQ2 2.323% 11/25/18

     2,055,487        2,072,320  

•Series 2014-M2 A2 3.513% 12/25/23

     1,285,000        1,358,776  

•Series 2014-M4 A2 3.346% 3/25/24

     1,000,000        1,048,215  

Series 2015-M1 A2 2.532% 9/25/24

     500,000        496,013  

•Series 2016-M13 A2 2.56% 9/25/26

     1,600,000        1,554,179  

Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates

     

◆Series K006 A1 3.398% 7/25/19

     548,984        559,960  

◆Series K025 A1 1.875% 4/25/22

     1,149,431        1,148,201  

◆Series K026 A2 2.51% 11/25/22

     1,000,000        1,009,414  

◆Series K030 A1 2.779% 9/25/22

     1,078,536        1,101,557  

•◆Series K030 A2 3.25% 4/25/23

     6,000,000        6,269,872  

•◆Series K050 A2 3.334% 8/25/25

     900,000        941,868  

◆Series K060 A2 3.30% 10/25/26

     1,000,000        1,035,776  

◆Series K710 A2 1.883% 5/25/19

     1,500,000        1,505,322  
     

 

 

 

Total Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $20,442,018)

        20,639,722  
     

 

 

 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES–28.10%

Fannie Mae S.F. 10 yr

     

4.00% 8/1/19

     20,739        21,470  

4.00% 6/1/20

     126,465        130,920  

4.00% 5/1/23

     74,243        76,858  

6.00% 12/1/17

     153        153  

6.00% 9/1/18

     2,416        2,455  

Fannie Mae S.F. 15 yr

     

2.50% 10/1/27

     1,135,927        1,149,436  

2.50% 3/1/28

     2,454,761        2,483,918  

2.50% 4/1/28

     2,898,258        2,931,689  

2.50% 7/1/28

     599,657        606,552  

2.50% 9/1/28

     1,170,315        1,183,791  

2.50% 10/1/28

     3,822,656        3,866,669  

2.50% 3/1/29

     3,005,115        3,039,712  

2.50% 2/1/30

     2,121,350        2,139,955  

2.50% 5/1/30

     763,699        770,383  

2.50% 2/1/31

     4,587,196        4,614,197  

2.50% 7/1/31

     1,832,040        1,842,824  

2.50% 10/1/31

     1,881,452        1,892,526  

3.00% 11/1/26

     2,098,126        2,159,390  

3.00% 6/1/27

     530,122        545,582  

3.00% 8/1/27

     979,214        1,007,724  

3.00% 9/1/27

     4,025,709        4,143,416  

3.00% 10/1/27

     612,056        629,927  

3.00% 12/1/27

     173,822        178,897  

3.00% 8/1/29

     2,617,765        2,688,620  

3.00% 4/1/30

     1,487,084        1,527,335  

3.00% 5/1/30

     3,854,490        3,966,643  

3.00% 6/1/30

     2,833,755        2,910,457  

3.00% 12/1/30

     1,242,002        1,275,620  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

(continued)

 

 

Fannie Mae S.F. 15 yr (continued)

     

3.50% 11/1/25

     509,178      $ 530,114  

3.50% 12/1/25

     1,250,959        1,304,053  

3.50% 12/1/26

     678,984        706,902  

3.50% 1/1/27

     1,789,359        1,862,932  

3.50% 10/1/29

     2,048,266        2,132,648  

3.50% 4/1/32

     983,120        1,024,968  

4.00% 4/1/24

     89,418        93,726  

4.00% 5/1/24

     155,482        162,978  

4.00% 6/1/24

     217,952        228,566  

4.00% 7/1/24

     90,968        95,409  

4.00% 10/1/24

     6,522        6,839  

4.00% 12/1/24

     210,928        221,194  

4.00% 1/1/25

     368,858        388,218  

4.00% 3/1/25

     431,330        456,017  

4.00% 5/1/25

     147,381        154,529  

4.00% 7/1/25

     2,415        2,542  

4.00% 8/1/25

     12,125        12,761  

4.00% 9/1/25

     177,102        186,395  

4.00% 10/1/25

     171,993        181,023  

4.00% 1/1/26

     6,768        7,128  

4.00% 3/1/26

     455,934        480,019  

4.00% 5/1/26

     4,329        4,555  

4.00% 7/1/26

     369,840        389,178  

4.50% 2/1/23

     65,429        67,932  

4.50% 4/1/23

     5,892        6,184  

4.50% 5/1/23

     6,443        6,687  

4.50% 6/1/23

     203,272        214,202  

4.50% 11/1/23

     8,893        9,171  

4.50% 1/1/24

     1,723        1,765  

4.50% 2/1/24

     1,814        1,914  

4.50% 3/1/24

     3,346        3,530  

4.50% 4/1/24

     88,797        93,663  

4.50% 5/1/24

     173,016        182,496  

4.50% 7/1/24

     153,799        162,207  

4.50% 8/1/24

     224,178        236,290  

4.50% 11/1/24

     92,746        97,595  

4.50% 4/1/25

     162,971        171,913  

4.50% 5/1/25

     16,701        17,610  

4.50% 6/1/25

     4,290        4,393  

5.00% 6/1/19

     301        308  

5.00% 4/1/23

     16,324        17,199  

5.00% 6/1/23

     325,646        344,665  

5.00% 9/1/23

     149,314        157,898  

5.00% 11/1/23

     77,629        82,293  

5.00% 12/1/23

     76,566        80,943  

5.00% 3/1/25

     37,329        39,580  

5.00% 6/1/25

     1,749        1,855  

5.50% 12/1/18

     5,738        5,774  

5.50% 3/1/20

     16,865        17,007  

5.50% 4/1/22

     33,482        35,266  

5.50% 7/1/22

     26,008        27,219  

6.00% 6/1/20

     5,530        5,701  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–4


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

(continued)

 

 

Fannie Mae S.F. 15 yr (continued)

 

  

6.00% 8/1/22

     7,184      $ 7,521  

6.00% 9/1/22

     24,758        26,197  

Fannie Mae S.F. 20 yr

     

3.00% 11/1/34

     1,419,054        1,446,933  

3.00% 12/1/34

     1,088,526        1,109,911  

3.00% 2/1/35

     1,935,600        1,973,631  

3.00% 3/1/36

     817,157        831,228  

3.00% 11/1/36

     3,359,126        3,411,811  

3.50% 6/1/34

     4,442,313        4,636,456  

3.50% 7/1/34

     5,203,817        5,418,352  

3.50% 2/1/37

     2,149,047        2,229,416  

4.00% 9/1/35

     421,162        447,413  

4.00% 10/1/35

     750,715        797,518  

4.00% 1/1/37

     940,996        999,874  

Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr

     

3.00% 9/1/42

     1,671,900        1,678,827  

3.00% 10/1/42

     2,951,911        2,965,408  

3.00% 11/1/42

     1,951,424        1,959,691  

3.00% 12/1/42

     1,837,499        1,846,388  

3.00% 1/1/43

     3,948,220        3,964,921  

3.00% 3/1/43

     8,218,791        8,252,976  

3.00% 4/1/43

     2,143,940        2,152,921  

3.00% 5/1/43

     1,352,482        1,358,144  

3.00% 6/1/43

     5,694,857        5,717,773  

3.00% 7/1/43

     3,391,073        3,404,736  

3.00% 8/1/43

     4,793,945        4,813,003  

3.00% 9/1/45

     2,880,441        2,880,980  

3.00% 11/1/45

     5,432,663        5,432,378  

3.00% 9/1/46

     6,752,629        6,748,284  

3.00% 10/1/46

     4,121,326        4,118,674  

3.00% 11/1/46

     4,357,364        4,354,560  

3.00% 12/1/46

     10,191,647        10,185,089  

3.00% 1/1/47

     7,832,831        7,827,791  

3.50% 10/1/40

     737,830        762,219  

3.50% 12/1/40

     474,874        490,303  

3.50% 2/1/41

     737,805        761,895  

3.50% 8/1/42

     633,933        653,772  

3.50% 9/1/42

     6,363,583        6,567,556  

3.50% 10/1/42

     3,915,423        4,037,420  

3.50% 11/1/42

     1,373,528        1,416,652  

3.50% 1/1/43

     2,510,471        2,587,735  

3.50% 2/1/43

     477,733        492,462  

3.50% 7/1/43

     5,055,694        5,204,164  

3.50% 10/1/44

     2,670,730        2,744,707  

3.50% 1/1/45

     2,087,741        2,145,570  

3.50% 4/1/45

     4,109,448        4,223,276  

3.50% 5/1/45

     3,598,960        3,698,648  

3.50% 8/1/45

     9,091,743        9,351,609  

3.50% 11/1/45

     5,991,447        6,157,404  

3.50% 12/1/45

     5,584,421        5,739,105  

3.50% 2/1/46

     17,713,902        18,204,560  

3.50% 5/1/46

     2,611,772        2,684,116  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

(continued)

 

 

Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr (continued)

     

3.50% 6/1/46

     1,174,275      $ 1,206,802  

3.50% 2/1/47

     2,793,216        2,870,586  

3.50% 3/1/47

     1,968,424        2,022,947  

4.00% 1/1/39

     36,109        38,202  

4.00% 2/1/39

     49,412        52,227  

4.00% 3/1/39

     2,248        2,376  

4.00% 4/1/39

     200,789        212,146  

4.00% 6/1/39

     127,432        134,582  

4.00% 8/1/39

     445,025        472,642  

4.00% 9/1/39

     601,326        641,090  

4.00% 11/1/39

     33,824        35,728  

4.00% 12/1/39

     828,574        874,972  

4.00% 1/1/40

     338,456        357,502  

4.00% 5/1/40

     224,684        237,503  

4.00% 8/1/40

     91,685        96,801  

4.00% 9/1/40

     147,275        155,431  

4.00% 10/1/40

     672,346        709,948  

4.00% 11/1/40

     969,545        1,023,759  

4.00% 12/1/40

     1,572,773        1,666,471  

4.00% 1/1/41

     3,476,638        3,669,425  

4.00% 2/1/41

     947,472        1,000,193  

4.00% 3/1/41

     12,678        13,348  

4.00% 4/1/41

     335,553        353,878  

4.00% 5/1/41

     1,601,547        1,690,033  

4.00% 6/1/41

     17,167        18,112  

4.00% 9/1/41

     326,327        344,292  

4.00% 10/1/41

     177,349        187,428  

4.00% 11/1/41

     361,697        381,644  

4.00% 12/1/41

     15,517        16,374  

4.00% 1/1/42

     12,642        13,341  

4.00% 3/1/42

     198,688        208,963  

4.00% 10/1/43

     4,766,963        5,017,564  

4.00% 12/1/43

     1,229,252        1,292,822  

4.00% 7/1/44

     2,426,065        2,551,528  

4.00% 9/1/44

     2,604,588        2,739,283  

4.00% 10/1/44

     3,741,348        3,934,830  

4.00% 3/1/45

     3,465,058        3,644,252  

4.00% 7/1/45

     3,518,724        3,700,693  

4.00% 9/1/45

     9,837,603        10,348,353  

4.00% 4/1/46

     2,728,057        2,869,137  

4.00% 7/1/46

     892,883        939,058  

4.00% 11/1/46

     3,764,815        3,960,047  

4.00% 4/1/47

     985,987        1,036,977  

4.50% 8/1/33

     22,422        24,148  

4.50% 1/1/34

     14,556        15,676  

4.50% 9/1/35

     66,235        71,332  

4.50% 2/1/38

     21,291        22,909  

4.50% 4/1/38

     22,340        23,961  

4.50% 7/1/38

     63,878        68,634  

4.50% 11/1/38

     115,409        124,062  

4.50% 2/1/39

     297,579        319,908  

4.50% 3/1/39

     226,487        243,522  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–5


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

(continued)

 

 

Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr (continued)

     

4.50% 4/1/39

     883,328      $ 953,731  

4.50% 5/1/39

     324,185        351,857  

4.50% 6/1/39

     104,963        112,895  

4.50% 7/1/39

     383,900        413,103  

4.50% 9/1/39

     254,217        275,926  

4.50% 1/1/40

     809,563        882,493  

4.50% 2/1/40

     1,424,704        1,546,106  

4.50% 5/1/40

     842,804        912,751  

4.50% 6/1/40

     420,799        455,127  

4.50% 8/1/40

     152,969        164,393  

4.50% 9/1/40

     425,627        460,439  

4.50% 10/1/40

     2,600,388        2,809,159  

4.50% 11/1/40

     406,720        437,142  

4.50% 2/1/41

     1,597,545        1,724,797  

4.50% 4/1/41

     20,940        22,462  

4.50% 5/1/41

     2,107,942        2,279,707  

4.50% 6/1/41

     250,425        270,955  

4.50% 1/1/42

     2,246,027        2,428,848  

4.50% 9/1/43

     1,046,650        1,124,722  

4.50% 12/1/43

     2,919,487        3,136,237  

4.50% 10/1/44

     316,516        339,607  

5.00% 9/1/33

     134,154        147,182  

5.00% 4/1/34

     451,978        495,189  

5.00% 7/1/34

     317,008        348,026  

5.00% 11/1/34

     152,228        166,890  

5.00% 4/1/35

     97,583        107,136  

5.00% 6/1/35

     163,199        178,867  

5.00% 7/1/35

     1,839,552        2,019,495  

5.00% 9/1/35

     26,956        29,575  

5.00% 10/1/35

     119,828        131,560  

5.00% 12/1/35

     555,891        610,263  

5.00% 2/1/36

     1,272,889        1,397,517  

5.00% 3/1/36

     71,570        78,568  

5.00% 11/1/36

     23,843        26,144  

5.00% 8/1/37

     4,816        5,257  

5.00% 4/1/38

     163,976        179,010  

5.00% 7/1/38

     24,286        26,513  

5.00% 11/1/38

     13,603        14,850  

5.00% 8/1/39

     781,319        854,242  

5.00% 12/1/39

     160,764        175,614  

5.00% 1/1/40

     340,047        374,230  

5.00% 7/1/40

     1,583,504        1,737,258  

5.00% 9/1/40

     425,346        464,797  

5.00% 6/1/41

     1,392,437        1,525,393  

5.50% 11/1/33

     55,237        61,689  

5.50% 1/1/34

     63,685        71,366  

5.50% 5/1/34

     82,349        91,923  

5.50% 7/1/34

     70,654        78,809  

5.50% 10/1/34

     150,190        168,160  

5.50% 9/1/35

     72,806        81,484  

5.50% 10/1/35

     64,917        72,169  

5.50% 12/1/35

     377,019        418,336  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

(continued)

 

 

Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr (continued)

     

5.50% 1/1/36

     384,269      $ 429,884  

5.50% 4/1/36

     1,000,194        1,118,863  

5.50% 8/1/36

     269,612        301,767  

5.50% 1/1/37

     281,636        314,580  

5.50% 3/1/37

     93,975        104,125  

5.50% 5/1/37

     117,709        131,752  

5.50% 6/1/37

     105,841        118,319  

5.50% 8/1/37

     36,329        40,361  

5.50% 11/1/37

     1,357        1,512  

5.50% 12/1/37

     198        220  

5.50% 1/1/38

     2,218,563        2,471,631  

5.50% 2/1/38

     41,082        45,574  

5.50% 5/1/38

     157,758        176,061  

5.50% 6/1/38

     10,310        11,512  

5.50% 7/1/38

     84,392        93,794  

5.50% 10/1/38

     36,456        40,654  

5.50% 1/1/39

     157,464        175,590  

5.50% 5/1/39

     341,189        380,685  

5.50% 6/1/39

     350,626        390,886  

5.50% 10/1/39

     147,745        164,486  

5.50% 7/1/41

     278,390        310,252  

6.00% 12/1/35

     117,257        134,681  

6.00% 2/1/36

     46,215        52,281  

6.00% 6/1/36

     30,070        34,073  

6.00% 7/1/36

     116,386        131,636  

6.00% 8/1/36

     56,334        64,006  

6.00% 9/1/36

     73,465        83,364  

6.00% 10/1/36

     80,017        90,840  

6.00% 11/1/36

     7,432        8,475  

6.00% 1/1/37

     80,462        91,727  

6.00% 2/1/37

     323,737        368,989  

6.00% 3/1/37

     37,835        42,938  

6.00% 4/1/37

     3,767        4,236  

6.00% 5/1/37

     96,141        109,202  

6.00% 6/1/37

     50,729        57,366  

6.00% 8/1/37

     117,155        133,006  

6.00% 9/1/37

     161,815        183,375  

6.00% 10/1/37

     235,086        266,104  

6.00% 11/1/37

     56,721        64,257  

6.00% 1/1/38

     30,079        34,019  

6.00% 2/1/38

     19,232        21,623  

6.00% 4/1/38

     3,921        4,421  

6.00% 5/1/38

     135,037        152,729  

6.00% 6/1/38

     52,400        59,013  

6.00% 8/1/38

     65,956        74,156  

6.00% 9/1/38

     24,065        27,057  

6.00% 10/1/38

     28,961        32,583  

6.00% 11/1/38

     18,427        20,718  

6.00% 12/1/38

     423,549        479,049  

6.00% 4/1/40

     394,094        447,302  

6.00% 6/1/40

     674,723        765,423  

6.50% 3/1/32

     1,154        1,288  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–6


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

(continued)

 

 

Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr (continued)

     

6.50% 7/1/36

     66,174      $ 75,406  

6.50% 9/1/36

     65,136        73,360  

6.50% 11/1/36

     112,611        133,059  

6.50% 9/1/37

     13,181        14,928  

6.50% 10/1/37

     141,036        158,408  

6.50% 2/1/38

     102,681        115,535  

6.50% 3/1/38

     310,894        364,299  

6.50% 5/1/38

     42,987        47,733  

6.50% 7/1/38

     121,670        139,682  

6.50% 10/1/38

     83,558        92,419  

7.00% 8/1/39

     222,967        249,345  

Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr TBA

     

3.00% 7/1/47

     3,000,000        2,995,955  

3.50% 7/1/47

     5,800,000        5,957,008  

4.00% 7/1/47

     5,100,000        5,361,176  

4.50% 7/1/47

     1,100,000        1,179,965  

Freddie Mac S.F. 15 yr

     

2.50% 4/1/28

     125,043        126,110  

2.50% 7/1/28

     398,030        402,936  

2.50% 8/1/28

     2,957,187        2,993,662  

2.50% 9/1/28

     2,236,378        2,263,955  

2.50% 10/1/28

     3,044,337        3,081,859  

2.50% 10/1/29

     1,884,191        1,897,718  

2.50% 1/1/31

     2,232,024        2,246,404  

2.50% 5/1/31

     871,857        877,473  

2.50% 6/1/31

     3,115,682        3,135,755  

2.50% 12/1/31

     2,752,345        2,771,134  

3.00% 11/1/26

     2,554,201        2,625,010  

3.00% 2/1/27

     242,780        249,510  

3.00% 3/1/27

     631,902        649,420  

3.00% 4/1/27

     866,065        890,074  

3.00% 11/1/27

     430,879        442,824  

3.00% 2/1/29

     1,284,290        1,319,893  

3.00% 4/1/30

     3,499,322        3,596,330  

3.00% 12/1/30

     3,772,117        3,876,689  

3.00% 5/1/31

     1,951,064        2,005,151  

3.00% 2/1/32

     1,361,048        1,398,965  

3.00% 5/1/32

     1,140,879        1,172,506  

3.50% 12/1/25

     1,302,344        1,363,318  

3.50% 3/1/26

     896,234        934,027  

3.50% 2/1/30

     345,482        360,632  

4.00% 2/1/24

     51,086        52,900  

4.00% 8/1/24

     86,427        90,708  

4.00% 2/1/25

     130,349        136,797  

4.00% 7/1/25

     358,798        376,604  

4.00% 4/1/26

     778,294        816,995  

4.50% 3/1/18

     10,691        10,929  

4.50% 4/1/18

     14,043        14,355  

4.50% 10/1/18

     7,048        7,205  

4.50% 11/1/18

     34,450        35,216  

4.50% 12/1/18

     15,426        15,769  

4.50% 1/1/19

     17,998        18,454  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

(continued)

 

 

Freddie Mac S.F. 15 yr (continued)

     

4.50% 2/1/19

     23,243      $ 23,852  

4.50% 7/1/19

     39,663        40,577  

4.50% 12/1/19

     12,566        12,846  

4.50% 4/1/21

     9,859        10,090  

4.50% 6/1/24

     4,240        4,506  

4.50% 7/1/24

     145,977        155,056  

4.50% 8/1/24

     64,207        67,876  

4.50% 11/1/24

     136,234        144,497  

4.50% 5/1/25

     49,122        52,213  

5.00% 10/1/17

     393        403  

5.00% 4/1/18

     27,443        28,142  

5.00% 4/1/23

     86,006        92,156  

5.00% 1/1/25

     9,890        10,142  

5.00% 3/1/25

     46,406        49,597  

5.50% 4/1/18

     12,219        12,331  

6.00% 11/1/23

     57,603        61,685  

Freddie Mac S.F. 15 yr TBA

     

2.50% 7/1/32

     1,075,000        1,081,131  

3.50% 7/1/32

     1,000,000        1,041,485  

Freddie Mac S.F. 20 yr

     

3.00% 5/1/35

     2,315,777        2,360,869  

3.00% 4/1/36

     2,103,655        2,144,671  

3.00% 2/1/37

     1,272,009        1,290,925  

Freddie Mac S.F. 30 yr

     

3.00% 10/1/42

     2,150,158        2,157,938  

3.00% 1/1/43

     4,303,230        4,319,463  

3.00% 3/1/43

     5,080,555        5,100,511  

3.00% 4/1/43

     3,293,287        3,305,251  

3.00% 7/1/43

     1,346,913        1,350,112  

3.00% 8/1/43

     565,953        567,300  

3.00% 10/1/43

     1,635,635        1,639,800  

3.00% 8/1/45

     9,495,076        9,480,692  

3.00% 4/1/46

     1,775,552        1,772,862  

3.00% 10/1/46

     6,849,768        6,839,392  

3.00% 11/1/46

     4,162,758        4,156,451  

3.00% 12/1/46

     2,506,653        2,502,855  

3.00% 1/1/47

     4,597,023        4,590,059  

3.00% 2/1/47

     8,358,994        8,347,496  

3.50% 2/1/42

     2,442,837        2,520,638  

3.50% 5/1/42

     2,231,806        2,302,799  

3.50% 10/1/42

     2,202,399        2,272,552  

3.50% 2/1/43

     1,390,233        1,435,784  

3.50% 5/1/43

     1,682,613        1,736,205  

3.50% 8/1/43

     3,307,967        3,412,488  

3.50% 2/1/44

     1,074,871        1,109,027  

3.50% 3/1/44

     77,803        80,275  

3.50% 6/1/44

     1,290,932        1,330,662  

3.50% 8/1/44

     1,444,434        1,487,440  

3.50% 11/1/44

     2,607,695        2,681,853  

3.50% 1/1/45

     3,169,208        3,258,358  

3.50% 7/1/45

     7,664,921        7,890,415  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–7


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

(continued)

 

 

Freddie Mac S.F. 30 yr (continued)

     

3.50% 10/1/45

     3,243,024      $ 3,334,250  

3.50% 12/1/45

     1,690,183        1,742,169  

3.50% 1/1/46

     4,330,183        4,453,345  

3.50% 3/1/46

     2,245,467        2,308,632  

3.50% 5/1/46

     1,766,289        1,815,975  

3.50% 6/1/46

     3,804,139        3,911,149  

3.50% 12/1/46

     4,342,649        4,464,807  

3.50% 2/1/47

     3,404,812        3,500,590  

3.50% 3/1/47

     1,968,476        2,023,849  

4.00% 5/1/39

     254,234        268,090  

4.00% 2/1/40

     95,668        101,023  

4.00% 5/1/40

     154,430        163,073  

4.00% 8/1/40

     43,649        46,088  

4.00% 9/1/40

     367,033        387,570  

4.00% 10/1/40

     1,292,278        1,364,574  

4.00% 11/1/40

     3,206,586        3,395,963  

4.00% 12/1/40

     1,551,778        1,638,630  

4.00% 2/1/41

     1,294,877        1,371,437  

4.00% 12/1/41

     1,907,114        2,013,900  

4.00% 1/1/42

     510,102        536,886  

4.00% 3/1/42

     107,766        113,902  

4.00% 4/1/42

     2,865,678        3,035,613  

4.00% 6/1/42

     10,039        10,601  

4.00% 5/1/44

     3,251,640        3,422,376  

4.00% 9/1/44

     1,020,861        1,074,464  

4.00% 4/1/45

     3,791,921        3,991,025  

4.00% 10/1/45

     1,769,313        1,862,215  

4.00% 11/1/45

     660,487        695,168  

4.00% 1/1/46

     2,024,886        2,131,207  

4.00% 2/1/46

     1,564,274        1,646,410  

4.00% 2/1/47

     970,168        1,021,109  

4.50% 2/1/39

     63,404        68,082  

4.50% 4/1/39

     27,107        29,127  

4.50% 5/1/39

     89,880        97,399  

4.50% 6/1/39

     696,298        752,722  

4.50% 7/1/39

     151,845        163,230  

4.50% 9/1/39

     642,804        699,403  

4.50% 10/1/39

     589,955        635,104  

4.50% 1/1/40

     1,575,306        1,707,676  

4.50% 2/1/40

     939,100        1,017,958  

4.50% 7/1/40

     140,387        150,968  

4.50% 8/1/40

     98,717        106,142  

4.50% 9/1/40

     884,544        960,727  

4.50% 2/1/41

     3,227,049        3,475,541  

4.50% 3/1/41

     452,677        492,791  

4.50% 9/1/41

     878,420        943,621  

4.50% 3/1/44

     423,096        453,154  

4.50% 5/1/44

     21,700        23,241  

4.50% 7/1/45

     1,402,611        1,505,019  

5.00% 10/1/34

     172,012        189,082  

5.00% 2/1/35

     44,830        48,886  

5.00% 8/1/35

     73,837        80,560  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

(continued)

 

 

Freddie Mac S.F. 30 yr (continued)

     

5.00% 10/1/35

     33,871      $ 37,017  

5.00% 11/1/35

     14,766        16,092  

5.00% 12/1/35

     116,026        126,546  

5.00% 2/1/37

     82,633        90,318  

5.00% 5/1/37

     90,132        98,511  

5.00% 12/1/37

     361,954        396,266  

5.00% 1/1/38

     4,689        5,134  

5.00% 4/1/38

     3,929        4,302  

5.00% 6/1/38

     160,394        175,523  

5.00% 7/1/38

     21,004        23,014  

5.00% 9/1/38

     8,490        9,299  

5.00% 10/1/38

     166,214        182,040  

5.00% 12/1/38

     479,405        524,633  

5.00% 1/1/39

     41,181        45,109  

5.00% 2/1/39

     756,286        828,500  

5.00% 3/1/39

     1,797,793        1,971,974  

5.00% 8/1/39

     98,915        108,983  

5.00% 9/1/39

     532,212        583,766  

5.00% 1/1/40

     488,591        535,831  

5.00% 5/1/40

     163,513        179,404  

5.00% 6/1/40

     1,059,564        1,158,617  

5.00% 9/1/40

     110,370        120,909  

5.00% 3/1/41

     183,102        200,160  

5.50% 8/1/33

     40,630        45,585  

5.50% 6/1/34

     102,344        114,381  

5.50% 6/1/35

     67,619        75,788  

5.50% 11/1/35

     111,733        124,844  

5.50% 1/1/37

     50,329        56,115  

5.50% 5/1/37

     68,912        76,748  

5.50% 7/1/37

     29,781        33,050  

5.50% 1/1/38

     283,906        316,576  

5.50% 2/1/38

     66,067        73,274  

5.50% 5/1/38

     538,981        600,951  

5.50% 6/1/38

     18,102        20,191  

5.50% 8/1/38

     67,628        75,688  

5.50% 12/1/38

     84,624        94,429  

5.50% 8/1/39

     118,933        132,696  

5.50% 12/1/39

     544,353        601,125  

5.50% 3/1/40

     361,311        400,450  

5.50% 4/1/40

     852,365        942,635  

5.50% 5/1/40

     252,761        281,466  

5.50% 6/1/41

     65,259        72,737  

6.00% 11/1/28

     13,856        15,738  

6.00% 7/1/33

     13,162        14,856  

6.00% 8/1/36

     17,239        19,454  

6.00% 11/1/36

     37,882        42,648  

6.00% 4/1/37

     684        774  

6.00% 5/1/37

     101,117        114,243  

6.00% 8/1/37

     228,299        258,294  

6.00% 9/1/37

     114,285        129,357  

6.00% 10/1/37

     17,080        19,192  

6.00% 11/1/37

     166,447        187,937  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–8


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

(continued)

 

 

Freddie Mac S.F. 30 yr (continued)

     

6.00% 12/1/37

     13,616      $ 15,300  

6.00% 1/1/38

     140,428        158,034  

6.00% 4/1/38

     12,810        14,433  

6.00% 6/1/38

     22,249        25,062  

6.00% 7/1/38

     30,390        34,155  

6.00% 8/1/38

     56,562        63,666  

6.00% 9/1/38

     23,298        26,226  

6.00% 10/1/38

     73,394        82,545  

6.00% 11/1/38

     20,621        23,171  

6.00% 3/1/39

     31,820        35,837  

6.00% 5/1/40

     823,852        930,002  

6.00% 7/1/40

     1,084,537        1,227,231  

6.50% 11/1/36

     149,143        166,598  

6.50% 8/1/37

     84,057        93,704  

6.50% 10/1/37

     21,259        23,500  

6.50% 6/1/38

     42,318        46,778  

6.50% 4/1/39

     89,272        99,266  

Freddie Mac S.F. 30 yr TBA

     

3.50% 7/1/47

     700,000        719,122  

4.00% 7/1/47

     4,600,000        4,837,780  

4.50% 7/1/47

     700,000        749,884  

GNMA I S.F. 30 yr

     

3.00% 9/15/42

     1,400,616        1,420,695  

3.00% 11/15/42

     1,332,801        1,351,908  

3.00% 12/15/42

     387,369        392,922  

3.00% 2/15/45

     864,394        875,134  

3.50% 10/15/40

     242,117        250,991  

3.50% 1/15/41

     84,656        87,758  

3.50% 7/15/41

     75,372        78,409  

3.50% 10/15/41

     581,866        604,546  

3.50% 3/15/42

     40,765        42,283  

3.50% 6/15/42

     2,367,838        2,459,441  

3.50% 10/15/42

     242,409        251,662  

4.00% 6/15/39

     84,986        89,467  

4.00% 4/15/40

     1,984,062        2,088,658  

4.00% 8/15/40

     485,043        511,708  

4.00% 10/15/40

     596,597        631,554  

4.00% 12/15/40

     924,461        984,339  

4.00% 1/15/41

     898,087        956,280  

4.00% 9/15/41

     350,145        369,657  

4.50% 2/15/39

     151,931        162,852  

4.50% 3/15/39

     932,662        1,000,407  

4.50% 4/15/39

     102,765        110,359  

4.50% 5/15/39

     85,991        93,871  

4.50% 6/15/39

     167,945        180,186  

4.50% 7/15/39

     341,583        367,307  

4.50% 8/15/39

     53,670        57,648  

4.50% 9/15/39

     294,044        315,933  

4.50% 10/15/39

     980,676        1,070,701  

4.50% 11/15/39

     423,224        456,629  

4.50% 12/15/39

     236,405        254,264  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

(continued)

 

 

GNMA I S.F. 30 yr (continued)

     

4.50% 1/15/40

     865,589      $ 930,051  

4.50% 4/15/40

     167,199        180,200  

4.50% 5/15/40

     261,250        284,886  

4.50% 6/15/40

     690,712        749,953  

4.50% 8/15/40

     265,624        286,280  

4.50% 9/15/40

     148,636        160,862  

4.50% 1/15/41

     467,208        513,824  

4.50% 2/15/41

     1,890,393        2,057,019  

4.50% 3/15/41

     214,025        231,051  

4.50% 6/15/41

     201,567        218,215  

4.50% 7/15/41

     25,820        27,830  

5.00% 3/15/35

     65,717        72,871  

5.00% 3/15/38

     20,610        22,659  

5.00% 4/15/38

     18,211        20,013  

5.00% 5/15/38

     2,874        3,151  

5.00% 8/15/38

     2,676        2,920  

5.00% 1/15/39

     184,856        203,321  

5.00% 4/15/39

     216,760        237,713  

5.00% 5/15/39

     867,838        955,991  

5.00% 6/15/39

     751,359        826,667  

5.00% 9/15/39

     1,645,005        1,797,461  

5.00% 10/15/39

     152,036        167,800  

5.00% 11/15/39

     417,999        464,057  

5.00% 1/15/40

     1,001,734        1,108,406  

5.00% 2/15/40

     536,373        595,281  

5.00% 4/15/40

     373,587        408,560  

5.00% 7/15/40

     377,594        414,956  

5.50% 10/15/33

     208,379        234,868  

5.50% 4/15/37

     47,879        53,774  

5.50% 7/15/37

     22,795        25,607  

5.50% 1/15/38

     194,700        216,602  

5.50% 2/15/38

     219,355        246,028  

5.50% 7/15/38

     90,707        101,716  

5.50% 8/15/38

     27,595        30,732  

5.50% 9/15/38

     423,675        474,894  

5.50% 12/15/38

     292,853        328,179  

5.50% 1/15/39

     175,009        194,816  

5.50% 5/15/39

     224,532        252,206  

5.50% 7/15/39

     5,819        6,502  

5.50% 10/15/39

     231,026        257,327  

5.50% 12/15/39

     67,527        75,202  

5.50% 4/15/40

     413,281        461,589  

5.50% 2/15/41

     58,471        65,117  

6.00% 5/15/37

     1,605        1,809  

6.00% 1/15/38

     95,712        107,898  

6.00% 3/15/38

     3,621        4,128  

6.00% 5/15/38

     191,815        218,612  

6.00% 7/15/38

     107,856        121,589  

6.00% 8/15/38

     63,533        71,629  

6.00% 10/15/38

     44,323        49,988  

6.00% 11/15/38

     73,474        82,829  

6.00% 12/15/38

     135,944        153,337  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–9


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

(continued)

 

 

GNMA I S.F. 30 yr (continued)

     

6.00% 1/15/39

     32,524      $ 36,665  

6.00% 5/15/39

     7,283        8,210  

6.00% 6/15/39

     6,035        6,803  

6.00% 8/15/39

     7,916        8,924  

6.00% 10/15/39

     9,348        10,654  

6.00% 6/15/40

     7,275        8,202  

6.00% 12/15/40

     580,186        654,053  

6.50% 3/15/38

     2,186        2,389  

6.50% 5/15/38

     12,693        13,871  

6.50% 7/15/38

     69,675        76,139  

6.50% 9/15/38

     5,483        5,991  

6.50% 10/15/38

     18,062        20,436  

6.50% 2/15/39

     138,978        156,807  

6.50% 8/15/39

     16,661        18,666  

GNMA II S.F. 30 yr

     

3.00% 9/20/42

     2,110,394        2,139,870  

3.00% 11/20/42

     1,068,709        1,083,636  

3.00% 12/20/42

     1,679,731        1,703,192  

3.00% 1/20/43

     1,647,853        1,670,868  

3.00% 2/20/43

     2,335,154        2,363,580  

3.00% 3/20/43

     3,760,490        3,809,392  

3.00% 6/20/43

     1,475,717        1,496,330  

3.00% 9/20/43

     2,584,680        2,620,784  

3.00% 12/20/44

     2,204,782        2,229,446  

3.00% 3/20/45

     2,311,392        2,337,134  

3.00% 4/20/45

     1,907,530        1,928,775  

3.00% 6/20/45

     3,071,824        3,106,035  

3.00% 8/20/45

     3,468,309        3,506,936  

3.00% 12/20/45

     807,490        816,483  

3.00% 5/20/46

     3,513,538        3,552,668  

3.00% 9/20/46

     4,008,461        4,053,104  

3.00% 10/20/46

     4,075,307        4,120,694  

3.00% 11/20/46

     3,304,799        3,341,605  

3.00% 12/20/46

     7,782,238        7,868,909  

3.00% 1/20/47

     7,106,518        7,185,664  

3.00% 2/20/47

     1,972,163        1,994,127  

3.00% 6/20/47

     2,500,000        2,527,843  

3.50% 4/20/42

     758,585        789,057  

3.50% 6/20/42

     2,283,910        2,377,751  

3.50% 10/20/42

     911,871        948,502  

3.50% 12/20/42

     1,877,581        1,953,008  

3.50% 2/20/43

     3,128,855        3,254,551  

3.50% 3/20/43

     2,394,661        2,491,957  

3.50% 5/20/43

     2,288,795        2,380,746  

3.50% 9/20/43

     2,802,572        2,915,171  

3.50% 1/20/44

     3,126,027        3,251,629  

3.50% 10/20/44

     2,575,515        2,671,859  

3.50% 12/20/44

     1,866,680        1,936,508  

3.50% 3/20/45

     1,722,508        1,786,020  

3.50% 4/20/45

     8,671,459        8,998,391  

3.50% 6/20/45

     3,388,465        3,513,404  

3.50% 10/20/45

     3,409,448        3,535,161  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

(continued)

 

 

GNMA II S.F. 30 yr (continued)

     

3.50% 11/20/45

     2,184,341      $ 2,264,882  

3.50% 12/20/45

     746,823        774,359  

3.50% 3/20/46

     3,068,084        3,181,210  

3.50% 5/20/46

     5,851,160        6,066,903  

3.50% 6/20/46

     7,359,249        7,630,599  

3.50% 7/20/46

     3,691,964        3,828,093  

3.50% 10/20/46

     6,619,220        6,863,283  

3.50% 1/20/47

     2,654,554        2,752,433  

3.50% 6/20/47

     4,000,000        4,147,488  

4.00% 8/20/40

     514,662        550,399  

4.00% 10/20/41

     97,043        102,732  

4.00% 11/20/41

     1,665,824        1,763,534  

4.00% 12/20/41

     661,376        699,994  

4.00% 5/20/42

     1,509,135        1,595,905  

4.00% 7/20/42

     956,876        1,011,851  

4.00% 8/20/42

     713,658        754,600  

4.00% 8/20/43

     1,227,340        1,294,150  

4.00% 3/20/44

     1,800,588        1,896,238  

4.00% 8/20/44

     2,402,610        2,530,240  

4.00% 10/20/44

     699,629        736,794  

4.00% 12/20/44

     2,442,619        2,572,375  

4.00% 1/20/45

     504,621        531,427  

4.00% 2/20/45

     1,304,438        1,373,732  

4.00% 8/20/45

     1,123,836        1,183,844  

4.00% 9/20/45

     1,605,999        1,691,312  

4.00% 10/20/45

     2,338,320        2,462,536  

4.00% 11/20/45

     1,482,106        1,560,838  

4.00% 1/20/46

     320,788        337,829  

4.00% 6/20/46

     1,491,399        1,570,624  

4.00% 1/20/47

     1,466,444        1,544,692  

4.00% 4/20/47

     2,983,353        3,147,726  

4.50% 7/20/41

     2,349,484        2,524,548  

4.50% 12/20/43

     1,520,103        1,616,425  

4.50% 1/20/44

     1,306,161        1,388,927  

4.50% 3/20/44

     987,230        1,061,231  

4.50% 4/20/45

     836,252        889,242  

4.50% 4/20/47

     1,092,994        1,163,182  

5.00% 4/20/43

     1,125,521        1,223,797  

GNMA II S.F. 30 yr TBA

     

3.00% 7/1/47

     3,300,000        3,333,258  

3.50% 7/1/47

     5,600,000        5,800,375  

4.00% 7/1/47

     4,100,000        4,314,289  
     

 

 

 

Total Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $830,477,085)

        833,249,228  
     

 

 

 

AGENCY OBLIGATIONS–1.83%

Federal Home Loan Banks

     

0.875% 8/5/19

     2,000,000        1,976,164  

1.125% 7/14/21

     2,000,000        1,949,892  

1.25% 1/16/19

     7,000,000        6,986,819  

1.375% 3/18/19

     2,000,000        1,999,460  

1.83% 7/29/20

     1,000,000        1,005,225  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–10


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (continued)

 

Federal Home Loan Banks (continued)

 

4.125% 3/13/20

     400,000      $ 426,740  

5.375% 5/15/19

     1,000,000        1,072,341  

5.50% 7/15/36

     300,000        406,836  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage

     

1.25% 8/1/19

     500,000        498,157  

1.25% 10/2/19

     1,000,000        994,828  

1.30% 8/28/19

     2,000,000        1,991,704  

1.33% 12/30/20

     1,000,000        977,844  

1.375% 5/1/20

     2,600,000        2,583,786  

1.75% 5/30/19

     500,000        503,465  

2.00% 7/30/19

     100,000        101,185  

2.375% 1/13/22

     4,500,000        4,597,398  

3.75% 3/27/19

     700,000        728,361  

6.25% 7/15/32

     750,000        1,067,870  

6.75% 9/15/29

     100,000        141,133  

6.75% 3/15/31

     300,000        434,043  

Federal National Mortgage Association

     

1.00% 8/28/19

     7,000,000        6,933,808  

1.00% 10/24/19

     1,000,000        989,258  

1.125% 7/20/18

     2,000,000        1,996,162  

1.25% 2/26/19

     2,000,000        1,992,356  

1.75% 9/12/19

     1,000,000        1,006,302  

1.875% 9/18/18

     1,000,000        1,006,364  

2.125% 4/24/26

     1,765,000        1,722,388  

2.625% 9/6/24

     2,085,000        2,141,237  

5.625% 7/15/37

     100,000        137,560  

6.25% 5/15/29

     500,000        679,393  

6.625% 11/15/30

     300,000        429,524  

7.125% 1/15/30

     500,000        730,857  

7.25% 5/15/30

     500,000        742,182  

Tennessee Valley Authority

     

3.875% 2/15/21

     400,000        429,822  

4.625% 9/15/60

     150,000        181,791  

4.65% 6/15/35

     500,000        601,071  

4.70% 7/15/33

     200,000        239,936  

5.25% 9/15/39

     1,025,000        1,345,723  

5.375% 4/1/56

     200,000        272,418  

5.88% 4/1/36

     75,000        102,988  

6.15% 1/15/38

     100,000        143,522  

7.125% 5/1/30

     100,000        145,071  
     

 

 

 

Total Agency Obligations
(Cost $53,085,786)

        54,412,984  
     

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS–26.70%

  

Aerospace & Defense–0.40%

  

Boeing

     

1.65% 10/30/20

     100,000        99,123  

1.875% 6/15/23

     250,000        240,744  

2.60% 10/30/25

     100,000        98,582  

4.875% 2/15/20

     200,000        215,365  

6.00% 3/15/19

     100,000        106,953  

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Aerospace & Defense (continued)

 

Boeing (continued)

 

  

6.125% 2/15/33

     50,000      $ 65,534  

6.875% 3/15/39

     100,000        145,595  

Boeing Capital
4.70% 10/27/19

     300,000        320,168  

Embraer Netherlands Finance
5.40% 2/1/27

     330,000        345,263  

General Dynamics

     

1.875% 8/15/23

     150,000        144,648  

2.125% 8/15/26

     150,000        140,900  

2.25% 11/15/22

     250,000        248,834  

Hexcel

     

3.95% 2/15/27

     50,000        51,301  

4.70% 8/15/25

     50,000        53,921  

L3 Technologies

     

3.85% 12/15/26

     75,000        77,463  

3.95% 5/28/24

     154,000        158,577  

4.75% 7/15/20

     100,000        106,846  

4.95% 2/15/21

     100,000        107,892  

Lockheed Martin

     

1.85% 11/23/18

     90,000        90,180  

2.50% 11/23/20

     150,000        152,179  

2.90% 3/1/25

     300,000        299,009  

3.10% 1/15/23

     50,000        51,218  

3.35% 9/15/21

     100,000        104,122  

3.55% 1/15/26

     250,000        259,515  

3.60% 3/1/35

     150,000        148,483  

3.80% 3/1/45

     500,000        494,277  

4.07% 12/15/42

     279,000        286,309  

4.25% 11/15/19

     200,000        210,729  

4.50% 5/15/36

     40,000        43,762  

4.70% 5/15/46

     109,000        122,979  

4.85% 9/15/41

     100,000        113,663  

Northrop Grumman

     

3.20% 2/1/27

     100,000        100,889  

3.25% 8/1/23

     350,000        362,480  

3.50% 3/15/21

     100,000        104,419  

5.05% 11/15/40

     100,000        115,681  

Northrop Grumman Systems
7.75% 2/15/31

     150,000        214,807  

Precision Castparts

     

2.50% 1/15/23

     200,000        199,625  

3.25% 6/15/25

     100,000        102,230  

3.90% 1/15/43

     50,000        50,925  

4.375% 6/15/45

     100,000        108,550  

Raytheon

     

2.50% 12/15/22

     125,000        125,606  

3.125% 10/15/20

     200,000        207,312  

4.40% 2/15/20

     100,000        106,373  

4.70% 12/15/41

     200,000        228,261  

7.20% 8/15/27

     100,000        134,488  

Rockwell Collins
1.95% 7/15/19

     40,000        40,079  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–11


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Aerospace & Defense (continued)

 

Rockwell Collins (continued)

     

2.80% 3/15/22

     150,000      $ 151,548  

3.20% 3/15/24

     150,000        152,271  

3.50% 3/15/27

     107,000        108,719  

3.70% 12/15/23

     150,000        156,327  

4.35% 4/15/47

     70,000        73,515  

4.80% 12/15/43

     100,000        110,338  

5.25% 7/15/19

     50,000        53,264  

Spirit AeroSystems
3.85% 6/15/26

     75,000        75,847  

Textron

     

3.65% 3/15/27

     50,000        50,295  

3.875% 3/1/25

     170,000        174,909  

United Technologies

     

1.50% 11/1/19

     150,000        149,321  

1.90% 5/4/20

     150,000        150,319  

1.95% 11/1/21

     150,000        148,367  

2.30% 5/4/22

     150,000        149,668  

2.65% 11/1/26

     85,000        82,748  

2.80% 5/4/24

     100,000        100,401  

3.10% 6/1/22

     409,000        423,633  

3.125% 5/4/27

     350,000        351,744  

3.75% 11/1/46

     100,000        98,176  

4.05% 5/4/47

     50,000        51,348  

4.15% 5/15/45

     250,000        259,484  

4.50% 4/15/20

     210,000        224,636  

4.50% 6/1/42

     400,000        437,790  

5.40% 5/1/35

     200,000        240,546  

6.05% 6/1/36

     150,000        193,539  

6.125% 7/15/38

     200,000        262,485  
     

 

 

 
        11,737,097  
     

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics–0.12%

FedEx

     

2.625% 8/1/22

     55,000        55,329  

3.20% 2/1/25

     200,000        202,752  

3.25% 4/1/26

     150,000        151,568  

3.30% 3/15/27

     100,000        100,421  

3.875% 8/1/42

     100,000        94,885  

4.00% 1/15/24

     120,000        128,124  

4.10% 4/15/43

     100,000        99,274  

4.10% 2/1/45

     200,000        197,013  

4.40% 1/15/47

     100,000        103,281  

4.55% 4/1/46

     150,000        158,201  

4.75% 11/15/45

     350,000        379,456  

4.90% 1/15/34

     60,000        66,979  

8.00% 1/15/19

     100,000        109,051  

United Parcel Service

     

2.35% 5/16/22

     250,000        250,996  

2.40% 11/15/26

     150,000        145,049  

2.45% 10/1/22

     125,000        126,362  

3.125% 1/15/21

     350,000        363,645  

3.40% 11/15/46

     150,000        143,291  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Air Freight & Logistics (continued)

 

United Parcel Service (continued)

     

3.625% 10/1/42

     75,000      $ 74,200  

4.875% 11/15/40

     55,000        64,860  

5.125% 4/1/19

     200,000        211,481  

6.20% 1/15/38

     255,000        347,725  
     

 

 

 
        3,573,943  
     

 

 

 

Airlines–0.08%

American Airlines Pass Through Trust

     

◆Series 2013-2 Class A 4.95% 1/15/23

     304,470        325,403  

◆Series 2015-1 Class A 3.375% 5/1/27

     90,393        91,070  

◆Series 2016-2 Class AA 3.20% 6/15/28

     487,000        483,932  

◆Series 2016-3 Class AA 3.00% 10/15/28

     60,000        58,950  

◆Series 2017-1 Class AA 3.65% 2/15/29

     100,000        103,250  

◆Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust Series 2012-1 Class A 4.15% 4/11/24

     200,781        210,820  

Delta Air Lines

     

2.875% 3/13/20

     65,000        65,892  

3.625% 3/15/22

     100,000        102,767  

Southwest Airlines

     

2.65% 11/5/20

     100,000        101,269  

2.75% 11/6/19

     50,000        50,807  

3.00% 11/15/26

     100,000        97,184  

◆Spirit Airlines Pass Through Trust Series 2015-1 Class A 4.10% 4/1/28

     23,244        24,261  

United Airlines Pass Through Trust

     

◆Series 2014-2 Class A 3.75% 9/3/26

     182,757        189,611  

◆Series 2015-1 Class AA 3.45% 12/1/27

     166,539        170,494  

◆Series 2016-1 Class A 3.45% 7/7/28

     95,000        96,069  

◆Series 2016-1 Class AA 3.10% 7/7/28

     100,000        100,000  

US Airways Pass Through Trust

     

◆Series 2012-2 Class A 4.625% 6/3/25

     73,826        79,528  

◆Series 2013-1 Class A 3.95% 11/15/25

     80,555        83,777  
     

 

 

 
        2,435,084  
     

 

 

 

Auto Components–0.02%

Delphi Automotive

     

3.15% 11/19/20

     50,000        51,117  

4.25% 1/15/26

     100,000        106,108  

Lear
5.25% 1/15/25

     225,000        238,217  

Magna International
3.625% 6/15/24

     200,000        205,537  
     

 

 

 
        600,979  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles–0.44%

American Honda Finance

     

1.20% 7/12/19

     150,000        148,610  

1.50% 11/19/18

     250,000        249,342  

1.60% 7/13/18

     200,000        200,176  

1.65% 7/12/21

     200,000        195,794  

1.70% 2/22/19

     50,000        50,068  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–12


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Automobiles (continued)

 

American Honda Finance (continued)

     

2.00% 2/14/20

     150,000      $ 150,386  

2.125% 10/10/18

     200,000        201,323  

2.45% 9/24/20

     150,000        152,103  

2.90% 2/16/24

     100,000        101,385  

Daimler Finance North America
8.50% 1/18/31

     200,000        300,942  

Ford Motor

     

4.346% 12/8/26

     500,000        515,691  

4.75% 1/15/43

     400,000        387,510  

5.291% 12/8/46

     300,000        309,047  

7.45% 7/16/31

     650,000        823,738  

Ford Motor Credit

     

2.021% 5/3/19

     200,000        199,779  

2.375% 3/12/19

     200,000        200,988  

2.425% 6/12/20

     200,000        200,077  

2.459% 3/27/20

     200,000        200,305  

2.551% 10/5/18

     200,000        201,378  

3.096% 5/4/23

     200,000        197,864  

3.157% 8/4/20

     300,000        305,946  

3.20% 1/15/21

     300,000        304,751  

3.336% 3/18/21

     200,000        204,038  

3.664% 9/8/24

     250,000        249,781  

3.81% 1/9/24

     200,000        202,788  

4.134% 8/4/25

     300,000        305,698  

5.75% 2/1/21

     200,000        220,247  

5.875% 8/2/21

     750,000        837,115  

General Motors

     

6.25% 10/2/43

     350,000        390,077  

6.60% 4/1/36

     305,000        354,364  

6.75% 4/1/46

     75,000        89,258  

General Motors Financial

     

2.35% 10/4/19

     250,000        250,111  

2.40% 5/9/19

     125,000        125,391  

2.65% 4/13/20

     125,000        125,665  

3.10% 1/15/19

     200,000        202,808  

3.15% 1/15/20

     800,000        814,195  

3.15% 6/30/22

     115,000        115,308  

3.20% 7/13/20

     200,000        203,925  

3.20% 7/6/21

     200,000        202,433  

3.45% 1/14/22

     250,000        254,237  

3.70% 11/24/20

     250,000        258,868  

3.70% 5/9/23

     140,000        142,345  

3.95% 4/13/24

     150,000        152,350  

4.00% 1/15/25

     600,000        603,496  

4.00% 10/6/26

     250,000        249,030  

4.20% 3/1/21

     250,000        262,434  

4.30% 7/13/25

     100,000        102,163  

4.35% 1/17/27

     180,000        182,561  

5.25% 3/1/26

     200,000        216,392  

Harley-Davidson

     

3.50% 7/28/25

     50,000        51,380  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Automobiles (continued)

 

Harley-Davidson (continued)

 

4.625% 7/28/45

     50,000      $ 52,803  
     

 

 

 
        13,018,464  
     

 

 

 

Banks–4.28%

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group

     

1.60% 7/15/19

     250,000        248,425  

2.05% 9/23/19

     250,000        250,192  

2.30% 6/1/21

     250,000        248,731  

2.55% 11/23/21

     250,000        250,422  

2.625% 5/19/22

     250,000        250,489  

2.70% 11/16/20

     250,000        253,339  

3.70% 11/16/25

     250,000        262,611  

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
3.00% 10/20/20

     200,000        203,961  

Banco Santander

     

3.50% 4/11/22

     200,000        204,919  

4.25% 4/11/27

     200,000        207,982  

Bancolombia
5.95% 6/3/21

     200,000        221,320  

Bank of America

     

2.25% 4/21/20

     250,000        250,271  

2.503% 10/21/22

     500,000        494,216  

2.60% 1/15/19

     543,000        548,318  

2.625% 10/19/20

     200,000        202,175  

2.625% 4/19/21

     350,000        351,867  

•3.124% 1/20/23

     250,000        253,011  

3.248% 10/21/27

     500,000        484,211  

3.30% 1/11/23

     1,000,000        1,020,466  

3.50% 4/19/26

     350,000        351,852  

•3.824% 1/20/28

     250,000        254,645  

3.875% 8/1/25

     400,000        414,234  

3.95% 4/21/25

     250,000        253,564  

4.00% 4/1/24

     475,000        498,178  

4.10% 7/24/23

     1,350,000        1,431,055  

4.183% 11/25/27

     250,000        254,763  

4.25% 10/22/26

     1,133,000        1,168,972  

•4.443% 1/20/48

     200,000        212,069  

4.45% 3/3/26

     430,000        448,324  

5.00% 5/13/21

     350,000        382,231  

5.00% 1/21/44

     650,000        737,622  

5.625% 7/1/20

     250,000        273,890  

5.875% 1/5/21

     250,000        278,081  

5.875% 2/7/42

     218,000        274,165  

6.11% 1/29/37

     200,000        245,538  

6.875% 11/15/18

     300,000        319,716  

7.625% 6/1/19

     300,000        330,950  

7.75% 5/14/38

     200,000        288,489  

Bank of America North America

     

2.05% 12/7/18

     750,000        753,634  

6.00% 10/15/36

     400,000        506,500  

Bank of Montreal

     

1.35% 8/28/18

     100,000        99,641  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–13


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Banks (continued)

 

Bank of Montreal (continued)

 

  

1.50% 7/18/19

     190,000      $ 188,272  

1.80% 7/31/18

     200,000        200,335  

1.90% 8/27/21

     250,000        245,479  

2.10% 12/12/19

     100,000        100,249  

2.10% 6/15/20

     350,000        349,779  

2.55% 11/6/22

     300,000        299,733  

Bank of Nova Scotia

     

1.65% 6/14/19

     500,000        498,106  

1.85% 4/14/20

     500,000        497,277  

1.875% 4/26/21

     300,000        297,249  

1.95% 1/15/19

     350,000        350,793  

2.35% 10/21/20

     150,000        150,670  

2.45% 3/22/21

     150,000        150,735  

2.80% 7/21/21

     550,000        557,968  

4.50% 12/16/25

     150,000        157,928  

Bank One
8.00% 4/29/27

     100,000        132,505  

Barclays

     

2.75% 11/8/19

     1,000,000        1,009,834  

2.875% 6/8/20

     500,000        505,703  

3.20% 8/10/21

     250,000        253,806  

3.25% 1/12/21

     200,000        203,618  

3.684% 1/10/23

     200,000        205,424  

4.337% 1/10/28

     200,000        206,002  

4.375% 1/12/26

     200,000        208,213  

4.836% 5/9/28

     200,000        204,697  

4.95% 1/10/47

     200,000        214,278  

5.20% 5/12/26

     500,000        528,027  

5.25% 8/17/45

     200,000        224,843  

Barclays Bank
5.14% 10/14/20

     200,000        214,219  

BB&T

     

2.05% 5/10/21

     250,000        248,186  

2.45% 1/15/20

     700,000        708,070  

Bear Stearns
4.65% 7/2/18

     500,000        514,171  

BNP Paribas

     

2.70% 8/20/18

     300,000        303,455  

3.25% 3/3/23

     500,000        513,261  

4.25% 10/15/24

     200,000        208,918  

5.00% 1/15/21

     300,000        328,159  

BPCE

     

2.25% 1/27/20

     550,000        550,916  

2.50% 12/10/18

     250,000        252,279  

2.50% 7/15/19

     250,000        252,469  

3.375% 12/2/26

     250,000        253,717  

Branch Banking & Trust

     

2.10% 1/15/20

     250,000        251,036  

2.30% 10/15/18

     250,000        251,635  

2.625% 1/15/22

     250,000        253,045  

3.625% 9/16/25

     250,000        260,288  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
1.60% 9/6/19

     200,000        198,171  

Citibank
2.10% 6/12/20

     1,000,000        1,000,736  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Banks (continued)

 

Citigroup

     

2.05% 12/7/18

     1,150,000      $ 1,152,111  

2.05% 6/7/19

     250,000        250,279  

2.35% 8/2/21

     350,000        347,156  

2.40% 2/18/20

     750,000        754,509  

2.50% 7/29/19

     500,000        504,743  

2.65% 10/26/20

     350,000        353,627  

2.70% 3/30/21

     300,000        302,151  

2.90% 12/8/21

     700,000        707,811  

3.20% 10/21/26

     300,000        292,105  

3.40% 5/1/26

     550,000        545,106  

3.70% 1/12/26

     400,000        405,291  

3.75% 6/16/24

     400,000        415,172  

3.875% 10/25/23

     350,000        365,766  

4.05% 7/30/22

     107,000        111,984  

4.125% 7/25/28

     380,000        386,600  

4.30% 11/20/26

     400,000        411,647  

4.45% 9/29/27

     600,000        624,780  

4.50% 1/14/22

     730,000        785,780  

4.60% 3/9/26

     105,000        110,378  

4.65% 7/30/45

     250,000        272,946  

4.75% 5/18/46

     150,000        158,084  

5.30% 5/6/44

     167,000        189,685  

5.50% 9/13/25

     200,000        222,775  

5.875% 2/22/33

     200,000        234,112  

5.875% 1/30/42

     150,000        189,707  

6.00% 10/31/33

     100,000        119,832  

6.625% 6/15/32

     100,000        125,334  

6.675% 9/13/43

     150,000        200,878  

8.125% 7/15/39

     350,000        539,043  

Citizens Bank

     

2.20% 5/26/20

     250,000        249,745  

2.55% 5/13/21

     250,000        250,361  

2.65% 5/26/22

     250,000        249,611  

Citizens Financial Group

     

2.375% 7/28/21

     30,000        29,769  

4.30% 12/3/25

     150,000        156,664  

Columbia Pipeline Group

     

4.50% 6/1/25

     250,000        266,554  

5.80% 6/1/45

     100,000        119,401  

Comerica
2.125% 5/23/19

     50,000        49,909  

Comerica Bank
4.00% 7/27/25

     250,000        258,800  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

     

1.75% 11/2/18

     250,000        250,249  

2.05% 3/15/19

     250,000        250,322  

2.25% 3/13/19

     250,000        251,533  

2.30% 9/6/19

     250,000        251,694  

2.55% 3/15/21

     250,000        250,781  

Compass Bank

     

2.875% 6/29/22

     250,000        249,334  

3.875% 4/10/25

     250,000        249,444  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–14


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Banks (continued)

 

Cooperatieve Rabobank

     

1.375% 8/9/19

     400,000      $ 395,629  

2.25% 1/14/19

     300,000        301,985  

2.50% 1/19/21

     250,000        251,607  

3.375% 5/21/25

     500,000        515,258  

3.75% 7/21/26

     250,000        250,435  

3.875% 2/8/22

     250,000        265,389  

3.95% 11/9/22

     250,000        261,417  

4.50% 1/11/21

     550,000        591,422  

4.625% 12/1/23

     350,000        377,697  

5.25% 5/24/41

     150,000        183,531  

5.25% 8/4/45

     250,000        293,127  

Fifth Third Bancorp

     

2.875% 7/27/20

     500,000        511,640  

3.50% 3/15/22

     200,000        207,072  

4.30% 1/16/24

     250,000        266,153  

8.25% 3/1/38

     100,000        150,012  

Fifth Third Bank

     

2.25% 6/14/21

     500,000        498,819  

2.30% 3/15/19

     200,000        201,303  

First Republic Bank
4.625% 2/13/47

     250,000        257,844  

HSBC Bank USA

     

5.625% 8/15/35

     500,000        604,923  

5.875% 11/1/34

     100,000        123,149  

7.00% 1/15/39

     100,000        140,195  

HSBC Finance
6.676% 1/15/21

     323,000        364,298  

HSBC Holdings

     

2.65% 1/5/22

     250,000        249,581  

2.95% 5/25/21

     500,000        506,636  

•3.262% 3/13/23

     200,000        203,922  

3.40% 3/8/21

     250,000        257,082  

3.60% 5/25/23

     500,000        517,115  

3.90% 5/25/26

     1,095,000        1,131,531  

4.00% 3/30/22

     500,000        527,691  

•4.041% 3/13/28

     200,000        207,404  

4.25% 3/14/24

     300,000        310,804  

4.30% 3/8/26

     250,000        265,287  

4.375% 11/23/26

     375,000        389,856  

5.10% 4/5/21

     300,000        326,329  

6.10% 1/14/42

     200,000        263,027  

6.50% 5/2/36

     200,000        256,875  

6.50% 9/15/37

     200,000        259,413  

6.80% 6/1/38

     200,000        268,263  

HSBC USA

     

2.00% 8/7/18

     150,000        150,447  

2.25% 6/23/19

     300,000        301,535  

2.75% 8/7/20

     100,000        101,680  

3.50% 6/23/24

     800,000        824,939  

5.00% 9/27/20

     300,000        322,626  

Huntington Bancshares

     

2.30% 1/14/22

     100,000        98,603  

2.60% 8/2/18

     250,000        251,747  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Banks (continued)

 

Huntington National Bank

     

2.20% 11/6/18

     250,000      $ 250,768  

2.40% 4/1/20

     250,000        251,829  

2.875% 8/20/20

     250,000        254,438  

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
3.231% 11/13/19

     500,000        508,891  

Intesa Sanpaolo
3.875% 1/15/19

     600,000        615,031  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

1.85% 3/22/19

     500,000        499,600  

2.40% 6/7/21

     350,000        349,532  

2.55% 10/29/20

     275,000        277,436  

2.55% 3/1/21

     500,000        502,713  

2.70% 5/18/23

     250,000        247,459  

2.75% 6/23/20

     800,000        813,704  

•2.776% 4/25/23

     113,000        113,279  

2.95% 10/1/26

     500,000        483,129  

2.972% 1/15/23

     650,000        658,225  

3.20% 1/25/23

     1,000,000        1,020,344  

3.20% 6/15/26

     450,000        445,233  

•3.22% 3/1/25

     270,000        270,749  

3.25% 9/23/22

     550,000        564,057  

3.30% 4/1/26

     500,000        497,061  

3.375% 5/1/23

     200,000        203,219  

•3.54% 5/1/28

     150,000        150,640  

3.625% 5/13/24

     250,000        258,074  

3.625% 12/1/27

     260,000        257,891  

3.875% 2/1/24

     750,000        786,731  

4.125% 12/15/26

     1,000,000        1,037,810  

4.25% 10/15/20

     750,000        796,778  

•4.26% 2/22/48

     1,000,000        1,048,811  

4.35% 8/15/21

     600,000        642,577  

4.40% 7/22/20

     700,000        745,771  

4.95% 6/1/45

     500,000        559,103  

5.40% 1/6/42

     200,000        242,531  

5.50% 10/15/40

     100,000        122,338  

5.60% 7/15/41

     500,000        621,399  

6.30% 4/23/19

     200,000        215,309  

6.40% 5/15/38

     450,000        604,082  

JPMorgan Chase Bank
1.65% 9/23/19

     250,000        248,685  

KeyBank

     

1.60% 8/22/19

     250,000        248,225  

2.35% 3/8/19

     250,000        251,684  

2.40% 6/9/22

     250,000        248,929  

2.50% 11/22/21

     250,000        250,953  

3.18% 5/22/22

     300,000        305,705  

KeyCorp

     

2.90% 9/15/20

     195,000        198,524  

5.10% 3/24/21

     300,000        328,521  

Korea Development Bank

     

1.375% 9/12/19

     500,000        491,272  

2.625% 2/27/22

     300,000        299,026  

3.00% 3/17/19

     500,000        507,397  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–15


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Banks (continued)

 

Lloyds Bank

     

2.70% 8/17/20

     200,000      $ 202,941  

6.375% 1/21/21

     300,000        337,504  

Lloyds Banking Group

     

3.00% 1/11/22

     200,000        202,187  

3.10% 7/6/21

     200,000        203,343  

3.75% 1/11/27

     235,000        236,401  

4.582% 12/10/25

     300,000        311,576  

4.65% 3/24/26

     200,000        208,777  

Manufacturers & Traders Trust

     

2.25% 7/25/19

     350,000        352,469  

2.30% 1/30/19

     250,000        251,941  

Mizuho Financial Group

     

2.273% 9/13/21

     300,000        295,390  

2.953% 2/28/22

     200,000        201,853  

3.663% 2/28/27

     200,000        206,473  

MUFG Americas Holdings

     

2.25% 2/10/20

     100,000        100,099  

3.00% 2/10/25

     150,000        147,631  

MUFG Union Bank
2.625% 9/26/18

     250,000        252,505  

National Australia Bank

     

1.375% 7/12/19

     250,000        247,023  

1.875% 7/12/21

     250,000        244,753  

2.125% 5/22/20

     250,000        250,190  

2.25% 1/10/20

     250,000        250,859  

2.50% 5/22/22

     250,000        248,791  

2.50% 7/12/26

     250,000        236,222  

2.625% 7/23/20

     250,000        253,511  

2.80% 1/10/22

     250,000        252,780  

3.00% 1/20/23

     500,000        505,671  

National Bank of Canada

     

2.10% 12/14/18

     250,000        251,207  

2.15% 6/12/20

     250,000        249,587  

National City
6.875% 5/15/19

     100,000        108,858  

People’s United Financial
3.65% 12/6/22

     150,000        153,334  

PNC Bank

     

1.45% 7/29/19

     250,000        247,699  

1.70% 12/7/18

     250,000        250,021  

1.80% 11/5/18

     250,000        250,399  

1.95% 3/4/19

     250,000        250,512  

2.00% 5/19/20

     250,000        249,717  

2.15% 4/29/21

     250,000        248,601  

2.30% 6/1/20

     250,000        251,484  

2.45% 11/5/20

     250,000        252,244  

2.60% 7/21/20

     250,000        253,647  

2.625% 2/17/22

     250,000        251,979  

2.70% 11/1/22

     250,000        250,252  

3.25% 6/1/25

     250,000        254,062  

4.20% 11/1/25

     500,000        537,823  

PNC Financial Services Group

     

3.15% 5/19/27

     250,000        249,067  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Banks (continued)

 

PNC Financial Services Group (continued)

 

  

3.30% 3/8/22

     300,000      $ 311,204  

5.125% 2/8/20

     100,000        107,610  

6.70% 6/10/19

     150,000        163,135  

Regions Bank
2.25% 9/14/18

     250,000        251,083  

Regions Financial
3.20% 2/8/21

     100,000        102,325  

Royal Bank of Canada

     

1.50% 7/29/19

     250,000        248,155  

1.625% 4/15/19

     500,000        497,972  

1.80% 7/30/18

     150,000        150,217  

2.00% 12/10/18

     500,000        501,842  

2.15% 3/15/19

     200,000        201,419  

2.15% 3/6/20

     250,000        250,771  

2.20% 7/27/18

     150,000        150,962  

2.20% 9/23/19

     550,000        552,298  

2.30% 3/22/21

     900,000        903,315  

2.35% 10/30/20

     600,000        602,957  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group

     

•3.498% 5/15/23

     400,000        403,041  

4.80% 4/5/26

     700,000        745,055  

Santander Holdings USA

     

2.65% 4/17/20

     300,000        299,433  

2.70% 5/24/19

     200,000        201,565  

#144A 3.70% 3/28/22

     90,000        91,260  

4.50% 7/17/25

     250,000        257,716  

Santander Issuances
5.179% 11/19/25

     200,000        214,741  

Santander UK

     

2.00% 8/24/18

     533,000        534,042  

2.35% 9/10/19

     335,000        337,202  

2.50% 3/14/19

     150,000        151,252  

3.05% 8/23/18

     250,000        253,175  

Santander UK Group Holdings

     

2.875% 10/16/20

     100,000        101,628  

2.875% 8/5/21

     250,000        250,800  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking

     

1.966% 1/11/19

     250,000        250,304  

2.05% 1/18/19

     250,000        250,527  

2.45% 1/10/19

     300,000        302,656  

2.45% 1/16/20

     600,000        603,932  

2.50% 7/19/18

     250,000        251,890  

2.65% 7/23/20

     400,000        405,008  

3.20% 7/18/22

     250,000        256,821  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

     

2.846% 1/11/22

     250,000        252,921  

2.934% 3/9/21

     200,000        203,284  

3.01% 10/19/26

     500,000        489,834  

3.446% 1/11/27

     250,000        254,321  

3.784% 3/9/26

     200,000        207,905  

SunTrust Bank/Atlanta
3.30% 5/15/26

     200,000        195,845  

SunTrust Banks

     

2.50% 5/1/19

     450,000        454,413  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–16


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Banks (continued)

 

SunTrust Banks (continued)

     

2.70% 1/27/22

     150,000      $ 150,471  

2.90% 3/3/21

     100,000        101,610  

SVB Financial Group
5.375% 9/15/20

     150,000        163,374  

Svenska Handelsbanken

     

1.50% 9/6/19

     250,000        247,580  

1.875% 9/7/21

     250,000        244,649  

2.40% 10/1/20

     400,000        402,806  

2.45% 3/30/21

     250,000        250,615  

2.50% 1/25/19

     250,000        252,588  

Toronto-Dominion Bank

     

1.45% 9/6/18

     300,000        299,467  

1.45% 8/13/19

     150,000        148,735  

1.80% 7/13/21

     150,000        147,027  

1.95% 1/22/19

     550,000        552,455  

2.125% 7/2/19

     200,000        201,038  

2.125% 4/7/21

     150,000        149,450  

2.25% 11/5/19

     250,000        251,940  

2.50% 12/14/20

     200,000        202,407  

2.625% 9/10/18

     100,000        101,119  

U.S. Bancorp

     

1.95% 11/15/18

     600,000        603,200  

2.35% 1/29/21

     150,000        150,818  

2.375% 7/22/26

     150,000        141,534  

2.95% 7/15/22

     200,000        203,573  

3.00% 3/15/22

     150,000        154,050  

3.10% 4/27/26

     65,000        64,319  

3.15% 4/27/27

     350,000        351,025  

3.60% 9/11/24

     250,000        259,923  

3.70% 1/30/24

     250,000        264,477  

U.S. Bank
1.40% 4/26/19

     700,000        695,870  

Wachovia
5.50% 8/1/35

     150,000        174,263  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

2.10% 7/26/21

     400,000        394,864  

2.15% 1/15/19

     1,187,000        1,193,212  

2.50% 3/4/21

     350,000        351,394  

2.55% 12/7/20

     300,000        303,589  

2.60% 7/22/20

     1,050,000        1,065,268  

3.00% 4/22/26

     150,000        146,666  

3.00% 10/23/26

     300,000        292,479  

3.30% 9/9/24

     250,000        253,821  

3.45% 2/13/23

     250,000        256,158  

3.50% 3/8/22

     600,000        623,719  

•3.584% 5/22/28

     755,000        763,974  

3.90% 5/1/45

     510,000        511,491  

4.10% 6/3/26

     740,000        767,104  

4.125% 8/15/23

     300,000        317,521  

4.30% 7/22/27

     750,000        786,527  

4.40% 6/14/46

     250,000        253,722  

4.60% 4/1/21

     350,000        377,478  

4.65% 11/4/44

     225,000        236,875  

4.75% 12/7/46

     350,000        374,597  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Banks (continued)

 

Wells Fargo & Co. (continued)

     

5.375% 11/2/43

     775,000      $ 898,575  

Wells Fargo Bank

     

1.75% 5/24/19

     250,000        249,584  

1.80% 11/28/18

     350,000        350,782  

2.15% 12/6/19

     350,000        351,744  

5.85% 2/1/37

     450,000        562,960  

6.60% 1/15/38

     450,000        614,744  

Wells Fargo Capital X
5.95% 12/15/36

     100,000        113,350  

Westpac Banking

     

1.60% 8/19/19

     200,000        198,508  

1.65% 5/13/19

     150,000        149,349  

1.95% 11/23/18

     500,000        501,084  

2.00% 8/19/21

     200,000        197,109  

2.10% 5/13/21

     150,000        148,709  

2.15% 3/6/20

     250,000        250,586  

2.25% 7/30/18

     100,000        100,549  

2.25% 1/17/19

     150,000        150,789  

2.30% 5/26/20

     100,000        100,322  

2.50% 6/28/22

     150,000        149,458  

2.60% 11/23/20

     150,000        151,689  

2.70% 8/19/26

     200,000        192,009  

2.80% 1/11/22

     300,000        304,552  

2.85% 5/13/26

     150,000        146,150  

3.35% 3/8/27

     250,000        251,770  

•4.322% 11/23/31

     250,000        256,751  

4.875% 11/19/19

     250,000        266,313  
     

 

 

 
        126,889,114  
     

 

 

 

Beverages–0.77%

     

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance

     

1.90% 2/1/19

     825,000        827,164  

2.625% 1/17/23

     450,000        448,765  

2.65% 2/1/21

     1,340,000        1,359,092  

3.30% 2/1/23

     860,000        886,662  

3.65% 2/1/26

     1,600,000        1,651,382  

4.00% 1/17/43

     100,000        100,520  

4.625% 2/1/44

     850,000        918,263  

4.70% 2/1/36

     950,000        1,048,866  

4.90% 2/1/46

     1,230,000        1,393,782  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide

     

2.50% 7/15/22

     450,000        449,892  

3.75% 1/15/22

     400,000        422,284  

3.75% 7/15/42

     136,000        132,155  

4.375% 2/15/21

     30,000        32,172  

#144A 4.439% 10/6/48

     395,000        420,865  

4.95% 1/15/42

     300,000        339,892  

5.375% 1/15/20

     400,000        433,368  

7.75% 1/15/19

     500,000        543,804  

8.20% 1/15/39

     200,000        310,829  

Coca-Cola
1.375% 5/30/19

     150,000        149,451  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–17


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Beverages (continued)

 

Coca-Cola (continued)

     

1.55% 9/1/21

     150,000      $ 147,098  

1.65% 11/1/18

     500,000        501,325  

2.20% 5/25/22

     70,000        69,979  

2.25% 9/1/26

     200,000        190,123  

2.45% 11/1/20

     500,000        508,775  

2.50% 4/1/23

     250,000        250,781  

2.55% 6/1/26

     100,000        97,068  

2.875% 10/27/25

     100,000        100,690  

2.90% 5/25/27

     100,000        99,345  

3.15% 11/15/20

     170,000        176,716  

3.30% 9/1/21

     250,000        261,717  

Coca-Cola Bottling Consolidated
3.80% 11/25/25

     50,000        51,743  

Coca-Cola European Partners US

     

3.50% 9/15/20

     100,000        103,955  

4.50% 9/1/21

     200,000        214,587  

Coca-Cola Femsa

     

2.375% 11/26/18

     200,000        201,133  

3.875% 11/26/23

     200,000        210,037  

Constellation Brands

     

2.70% 5/9/22

     30,000        29,997  

3.50% 5/9/27

     30,000        30,034  

3.70% 12/6/26

     100,000        101,969  

3.75% 5/1/21

     75,000        78,239  

3.875% 11/15/19

     60,000        62,362  

4.25% 5/1/23

     280,000        298,472  

4.50% 5/9/47

     45,000        46,512  

6.00% 5/1/22

     90,000        102,829  

Diageo Capital

     

2.625% 4/29/23

     350,000        353,347  

3.875% 4/29/43

     30,000        30,115  

4.828% 7/15/20

     100,000        107,950  

5.875% 9/30/36

     100,000        128,965  

Diageo Investment

     

2.875% 5/11/22

     200,000        205,022  

8.00% 9/15/22

     100,000        125,647  

Dr Pepper Snapple Group

     

3.13% 12/15/23

     100,000        101,683  

3.40% 11/15/25

     150,000        152,078  

3.43% 6/15/27

     70,000        70,719  

4.42% 12/15/46

     50,000        52,261  

Fomento Economico Mexicano

     

2.875% 5/10/23

     150,000        149,698  

4.375% 5/10/43

     200,000        204,491  

Molson Coors Brewing

     

1.45% 7/15/19

     80,000        79,064  

2.10% 7/15/21

     100,000        98,431  

3.00% 7/15/26

     110,000        106,010  

4.20% 7/15/46

     595,000        589,216  

5.00% 5/1/42

     250,000        277,015  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Beverages (continued)

 

PepsiCo

     

1.35% 10/4/19

     65,000      $ 64,447  

1.50% 2/22/19

     85,000        84,898  

1.55% 5/2/19

     150,000        149,990  

1.70% 10/6/21

     150,000        146,922  

2.15% 10/14/20

     150,000        151,026  

2.25% 5/2/22

     200,000        200,129  

2.375% 10/6/26

     80,000        76,287  

2.75% 3/1/23

     550,000        557,613  

2.85% 2/24/26

     90,000        89,864  

3.00% 8/25/21

     100,000        103,539  

3.125% 11/1/20

     250,000        259,068  

3.45% 10/6/46

     590,000        555,831  

3.60% 3/1/24

     779,000        824,808  

3.60% 8/13/42

     250,000        241,412  

4.00% 3/5/42

     100,000        102,466  

4.00% 5/2/47

     105,000        107,651  

4.45% 4/14/46

     120,000        131,134  

4.50% 1/15/20

     100,000        106,367  

4.875% 11/1/40

     100,000        115,986  

5.50% 1/15/40

     150,000        187,397  
     

 

 

 
        22,893,241  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology–0.56%

     

AbbVie

     

2.30% 5/14/21

     200,000        199,687  

2.50% 5/14/20

     500,000        506,134  

2.85% 5/14/23

     150,000        149,866  

2.90% 11/6/22

     500,000        505,324  

3.20% 11/6/22

     225,000        231,047  

3.20% 5/14/26

     200,000        198,016  

3.60% 5/14/25

     600,000        613,052  

4.30% 5/14/36

     150,000        153,140  

4.40% 11/6/42

     300,000        308,509  

4.45% 5/14/46

     200,000        207,279  

4.50% 5/14/35

     600,000        634,705  

4.70% 5/14/45

     665,000        709,436  

Amgen

     

1.85% 8/19/21

     100,000        97,865  

2.125% 5/1/20

     200,000        200,431  

2.20% 5/22/19

     650,000        654,262  

2.20% 5/11/20

     300,000        301,723  

2.25% 8/19/23

     200,000        194,190  

2.60% 8/19/26

     200,000        189,654  

2.65% 5/11/22

     200,000        200,891  

2.70% 5/1/22

     100,000        100,683  

3.125% 5/1/25

     200,000        200,778  

3.625% 5/15/22

     100,000        104,559  

3.625% 5/22/24

     150,000        156,703  

3.875% 11/15/21

     200,000        211,010  

4.10% 6/15/21

     100,000        106,157  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–18


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Biotechnology (continued)

 

Amgen (continued)

     

4.40% 5/1/45

     300,000      $ 309,379  

4.50% 3/15/20

     150,000        159,185  

5.15% 11/15/41

     250,000        279,660  

5.65% 6/15/42

     200,000        240,123  

5.75% 3/15/40

     200,000        239,298  

6.375% 6/1/37

     100,000        124,982  

6.40% 2/1/39

     50,000        63,639  

Baxalta

     

2.875% 6/23/20

     400,000        406,666  

3.60% 6/23/22

     100,000        103,667  

4.00% 6/23/25

     150,000        156,711  

5.25% 6/23/45

     45,000        52,938  

Biogen

     

2.90% 9/15/20

     250,000        255,205  

3.625% 9/15/22

     145,000        151,829  

4.05% 9/15/25

     145,000        153,350  

5.20% 9/15/45

     255,000        292,030  

Celgene

     

2.125% 8/15/18

     110,000        110,455  

2.30% 8/15/18

     143,000        143,859  

2.875% 8/15/20

     200,000        204,667  

3.25% 8/15/22

     250,000        257,306  

3.55% 8/15/22

     300,000        312,668  

3.625% 5/15/24

     200,000        207,474  

3.875% 8/15/25

     200,000        209,224  

3.95% 10/15/20

     100,000        105,235  

4.00% 8/15/23

     100,000        106,203  

4.625% 5/15/44

     300,000        316,387  

5.00% 8/15/45

     110,000        124,346  

Genzyme
5.00% 6/15/20

     100,000        108,093  

Gilead Sciences

     

1.85% 9/4/18

     115,000        115,291  

1.95% 3/1/22

     85,000        83,358  

2.55% 9/1/20

     500,000        507,435  

2.95% 3/1/27

     300,000        291,525  

3.25% 9/1/22

     125,000        129,347  

3.50% 2/1/25

     670,000        688,247  

3.65% 3/1/26

     300,000        308,833  

4.15% 3/1/47

     380,000        382,738  

4.40% 12/1/21

     200,000        215,884  

4.50% 4/1/21

     100,000        107,891  

4.50% 2/1/45

     80,000        83,128  

4.60% 9/1/35

     200,000        214,838  

4.75% 3/1/46

     250,000        275,114  

4.80% 4/1/44

     400,000        436,885  

5.65% 12/1/41

     250,000        303,689  
     

 

 

 
        16,473,883  
     

 

 

 

Building Products–0.06%

     

Fortune Brands Home & Security

     

3.00% 6/15/20

     50,000        50,669  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Building Products (continued)

 

Fortune Brands Home & Security (continued)

 

4.00% 6/15/25

     50,000      $ 52,024  

Johnson Controls International

     

f3.625% 7/2/24

     107,000        110,922  

3.90% 2/14/26

     75,000        78,667  

4.25% 3/1/21

     60,000        63,757  

4.50% 2/15/47

     145,000        154,760  

f4.95% 7/2/64

     94,000        101,147  

5.00% 3/30/20

     100,000        106,879  

5.125% 9/14/45

     75,000        86,581  

Lennox International
3.00% 11/15/23

     25,000        24,998  

Masco

     

3.50% 4/1/21

     210,000        216,714  

3.50% 11/15/27

     60,000        59,604  

4.375% 4/1/26

     160,000        171,472  

4.50% 5/15/47

     100,000        100,866  

Owens Corning

     

4.20% 12/15/22

     212,000        223,938  

4.30% 7/15/47

     100,000        96,600  

7.00% 12/1/36

     100,000        130,326  
     

 

 

 
        1,829,924  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–2.34%

     

Affiliated Managers Group
4.25% 2/15/24

     100,000        104,762  

Ameriprise Financial

     

2.875% 9/15/26

     100,000        97,211  

5.30% 3/15/20

     200,000        216,346  

7.30% 6/28/19

     200,000        220,421  

Apollo Investment
5.25% 3/3/25

     50,000        50,016  

Ares Capital

     

3.625% 1/19/22

     150,000        151,891  

3.875% 1/15/20

     30,000        30,606  

4.875% 11/30/18

     100,000        103,533  

Bank of New York Mellon

     

2.10% 8/1/18

     500,000        502,565  

2.10% 1/15/19

     200,000        200,928  

2.15% 2/24/20

     150,000        150,921  

2.20% 8/16/23

     100,000        97,045  

2.30% 9/11/19

     500,000        505,083  

2.45% 11/27/20

     150,000        151,535  

2.45% 8/17/26

     250,000        238,595  

2.60% 8/17/20

     100,000        101,522  

2.60% 2/7/22

     300,000        302,289  

•2.661% 5/16/23

     150,000        150,578  

3.00% 2/24/25

     100,000        99,925  

3.00% 10/30/28

     55,000        53,304  

3.25% 5/16/27

     150,000        151,518  

•3.442% 2/7/28

     180,000        182,883  

3.55% 9/23/21

     200,000        209,009  

3.95% 11/18/25

     100,000        106,581  

4.15% 2/1/21

     100,000        106,344  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–19


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Capital Markets (continued)

 

Bank of New York Mellon (continued)

 

5.45% 5/15/19

     100,000      $ 106,569  

BlackRock

     

3.20% 3/15/27

     167,000        169,242  

3.375% 6/1/22

     150,000        156,595  

5.00% 12/10/19

     100,000        107,409  

Brookfield Asset Management
4.00% 1/15/25

     150,000        153,450  

Brookfield Finance
4.00% 4/1/24

     100,000        102,725  

CBOE Holdings
3.65% 1/12/27

     100,000        101,058  

Charles Schwab

     

3.00% 3/10/25

     100,000        100,112  

3.20% 3/2/27

     100,000        100,588  

3.45% 2/13/26

     70,000        71,803  

4.45% 7/22/20

     100,000        106,741  

CME Group

     

3.00% 9/15/22

     300,000        307,360  

5.30% 9/15/43

     100,000        124,520  

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey

 

  

2.75% 3/26/20

     600,000        605,113  

3.45% 4/16/21

     300,000        308,235  

3.80% 9/15/22

     400,000        416,081  

3.80% 6/9/23

     1,000,000        1,032,318  

4.55% 4/17/26

     350,000        372,478  

4.875% 5/15/45

     400,000        442,008  

Credit Suisse New York

     

2.30% 5/28/19

     250,000        251,715  

3.625% 9/9/24

     700,000        723,785  

4.375% 8/5/20

     200,000        212,370  

5.30% 8/13/19

     100,000        106,843  

Deutsche Bank

     

2.85% 5/10/19

     300,000        303,334  

2.95% 8/20/20

     150,000        151,001  

3.125% 1/13/21

     200,000        201,163  

3.375% 5/12/21

     300,000        304,121  

3.70% 5/30/24

     490,000        490,645  

4.10% 1/13/26

     200,000        203,202  

Eaton Vance
3.50% 4/6/27

     100,000        101,085  

Export-Import Bank of Korea

     

1.75% 5/26/19

     300,000        298,371  

2.125% 1/25/20

     200,000        199,144  

2.375% 8/12/19

     800,000        804,764  

2.625% 5/26/26

     300,000        289,602  

2.75% 1/25/22

     200,000        200,715  

2.875% 1/21/25

     500,000        493,369  

3.25% 11/10/25

     200,000        202,261  

4.00% 1/29/21

     100,000        105,059  

5.00% 4/11/22

     250,000        275,999  

5.125% 6/29/20

     100,000        107,744  

Franklin Resources

     

2.85% 3/30/25

     100,000        98,848  

4.625% 5/20/20

     100,000        106,999  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Capital Markets (continued)

 

FS Investment
4.00% 7/15/19

     100,000      $ 101,059  

Goldman Sachs Group

     

2.00% 4/25/19

     50,000        50,000  

2.30% 12/13/19

     530,000        531,750  

2.35% 11/15/21

     225,000        222,201  

2.55% 10/23/19

     750,000        758,606  

2.60% 12/27/20

     750,000        754,444  

2.625% 4/25/21

     75,000        75,215  

2.75% 9/15/20

     625,000        632,999  

2.875% 2/25/21

     250,000        252,893  

2.90% 7/19/18

     500,000        505,807  

•2.908% 6/5/23

     150,000        149,873  

3.00% 4/26/22

     330,000        332,714  

3.50% 11/16/26

     500,000        497,939  

3.625% 1/22/23

     450,000        465,035  

•3.691% 6/5/28

     135,000        135,704  

3.75% 5/22/25

     750,000        769,263  

3.85% 7/8/24

     400,000        415,782  

3.85% 1/26/27

     300,000        305,525  

4.75% 10/21/45

     150,000        166,367  

5.15% 5/22/45

     360,000        400,799  

5.25% 7/27/21

     400,000        438,662  

5.375% 3/15/20

     200,000        215,990  

5.75% 1/24/22

     750,000        844,918  

5.95% 1/15/27

     700,000        818,575  

6.00% 6/15/20

     500,000        551,987  

6.125% 2/15/33

     250,000        313,385  

6.25% 2/1/41

     255,000        333,791  

6.45% 5/1/36

     600,000        754,789  

6.75% 10/1/37

     800,000        1,040,330  

7.50% 2/15/19

     825,000        895,223  

Intercontinental Exchange

     

2.75% 12/1/20

     85,000        86,669  

3.75% 12/1/25

     85,000        89,077  

4.00% 10/15/23

     200,000        210,688  

Invesco Finance

     

3.75% 1/15/26

     100,000        103,793  

4.00% 1/30/24

     500,000        530,825  

Janus Capital Group
4.875% 8/1/25

     150,000        161,476  

Jefferies Group

     

4.85% 1/15/27

     310,000        324,652  

5.125% 1/20/23

     150,000        163,542  

6.25% 1/15/36

     100,000        109,314  

8.50% 7/15/19

     200,000        223,966  

Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau

     

1.00% 7/15/19

     1,000,000        989,568  

1.25% 9/30/19

     1,000,000        992,265  

1.375% 12/14/18

     1,500,000        1,498,433  

1.50% 6/15/21

     700,000        689,483  

1.625% 3/15/21

     1,000,000        991,932  

1.75% 3/31/20

     2,000,000        2,002,222  

1.875% 11/30/20

     500,000        500,503  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–20


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Capital Markets (continued)

 

Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (continued)

 

  

2.00% 11/30/21

     500,000      $ 500,607  

2.00% 10/4/22

     700,000        696,584  

2.00% 5/2/25

     1,200,000        1,173,269  

2.125% 1/17/23

     1,000,000        999,426  

2.50% 11/20/24

     1,000,000        1,014,394  

2.625% 1/25/22

     400,000        411,334  

2.75% 9/8/20

     2,500,000        2,575,277  

4.00% 1/27/20

     750,000        793,797  

^4.188% 4/18/36

     200,000        114,905  

^4.297% 6/29/37

     500,000        277,291  

4.50% 7/16/18

     800,000        825,323  

4.875% 6/17/19

     500,000        531,660  

Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank

     

1.375% 10/23/19

     300,000        298,352  

1.75% 4/15/19

     1,125,000        1,129,490  

Lazard Group

     

3.625% 3/1/27

     100,000        98,974  

3.75% 2/13/25

     100,000        101,000  

4.25% 11/14/20

     106,000        111,919  

Legg Mason

     

4.75% 3/15/26

     150,000        158,773  

5.625% 1/15/44

     100,000        106,588  

Moody’s

     

#144A 2.625% 1/15/23

     100,000        99,550  

2.75% 12/15/21

     125,000        126,178  

#144A 3.25% 1/15/28

     65,000        64,143  

4.50% 9/1/22

     250,000        270,531  

Morgan Stanley

     

2.45% 2/1/19

     170,000        171,201  

2.50% 1/24/19

     250,000        252,025  

2.50% 4/21/21

     425,000        424,902  

2.625% 11/17/21

     400,000        399,656  

2.65% 1/27/20

     500,000        505,584  

2.75% 5/19/22

     415,000        415,192  

3.125% 7/27/26

     235,000        228,746  

3.625% 1/20/27

     350,000        352,940  

3.70% 10/23/24

     1,125,000        1,155,644  

3.75% 2/25/23

     500,000        520,302  

3.875% 1/27/26

     265,000        273,109  

3.95% 4/23/27

     300,000        303,317  

4.00% 7/23/25

     200,000        208,962  

4.10% 5/22/23

     1,050,000        1,097,587  

4.30% 1/27/45

     500,000        518,323  

4.35% 9/8/26

     300,000        312,481  

4.375% 1/22/47

     1,150,000        1,202,710  

4.875% 11/1/22

     250,000        271,756  

5.00% 11/24/25

     175,000        190,633  

5.50% 1/26/20

     200,000        215,867  

5.50% 7/28/21

     300,000        332,962  

5.625% 9/23/19

     350,000        376,208  

5.75% 1/25/21

     650,000        719,532  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Capital Markets (continued)

 

Morgan Stanley (continued)

     

6.25% 8/9/26

     100,000      $ 119,927  

6.375% 7/24/42

     850,000        1,133,907  

7.25% 4/1/32

     100,000        136,813  

7.30% 5/13/19

     300,000        328,123  

Nasdaq

     

3.85% 6/30/26

     45,000        45,744  

5.55% 1/15/20

     100,000        108,146  

Nomura Holdings

     

2.75% 3/19/19

     350,000        353,649  

6.70% 3/4/20

     83,000        91,995  

Northern Trust

     

3.45% 11/4/20

     100,000        104,289  

3.95% 10/30/25

     250,000        264,952  

6.50% 8/15/18

     850,000        893,629  

Oesterreichische Kontrollbank

     

1.375% 2/10/20

     300,000        297,319  

1.875% 1/20/21

     900,000        898,272  

Private Export Funding

     

1.875% 7/15/18

     250,000        251,184  

2.45% 7/15/24

     250,000        251,113  

4.30% 12/15/21

     100,000        109,652  

Prospect Capital
5.00% 7/15/19

     200,000        204,432  

Raymond James Financial

     

4.95% 7/15/46

     50,000        54,477  

8.60% 8/15/19

     200,000        226,116  

S&P Global

     

2.95% 1/22/27

     150,000        144,693  

6.55% 11/15/37

     400,000        516,359  

TD Ameritrade Holding

     

2.95% 4/1/22

     250,000        255,987  

3.30% 4/1/27

     90,000        89,998  

UBS
2.35% 3/26/20

     700,000        704,432  
     

 

 

 
        69,316,200  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals–0.46%

     

Agrium

     

3.15% 10/1/22

     100,000        102,139  

4.125% 3/15/35

     500,000        499,124  

6.125% 1/15/41

     245,000        298,308  

6.75% 1/15/19

     100,000        106,687  

Air Products & Chemicals

     

3.35% 7/31/24

     250,000        258,674  

4.375% 8/21/19

     50,000        52,603  

Airgas
3.05% 8/1/20

     100,000        102,518  

Albemarle
5.45% 12/1/44

     500,000        583,019  

Celanese US Holdings

     

4.625% 11/15/22

     90,000        97,060  

5.875% 6/15/21

     70,000        78,592  

Dow Chemical
4.25% 11/15/20

     700,000        743,817  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–21


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Chemicals (continued)

 

Dow Chemical (continued)

 

  

4.375% 11/15/42

     400,000      $ 414,720  

5.25% 11/15/41

     100,000        116,295  

7.375% 11/1/29

     125,000        168,213  

8.55% 5/15/19

     355,000        397,787  

9.40% 5/15/39

     100,000        168,579  

Eastman Chemical

     

3.60% 8/15/22

     225,000        233,705  

3.80% 3/15/25

     100,000        103,075  

4.65% 10/15/44

     70,000        74,349  

4.80% 9/1/42

     250,000        269,356  

Ecolab

     

2.00% 1/14/19

     100,000        100,473  

2.25% 1/12/20

     200,000        201,419  

2.70% 11/1/26

     45,000        43,490  

3.25% 1/14/23

     100,000        103,285  

4.35% 12/8/21

     200,000        217,715  

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.

     

2.20% 5/1/20

     100,000        100,584  

3.625% 1/15/21

     100,000        104,731  

4.15% 2/15/43

     100,000        102,220  

4.25% 4/1/21

     150,000        160,408  

5.75% 3/15/19

     100,000        106,312  

6.00% 7/15/18

     400,000        417,902  

6.50% 1/15/28

     150,000        187,263  

FMC

     

3.95% 2/1/22

     100,000        103,822  

4.10% 2/1/24

     100,000        103,656  

HB Fuller
4.00% 2/15/27

     100,000        102,314  

International Flavors & Fragrances

     

3.20% 5/1/23

     50,000        50,843  

4.375% 6/1/47

     55,000        56,228  

Lubrizol
8.875% 2/1/19

     150,000        165,645  

LYB International Finance
4.00% 7/15/23

     200,000        212,180  

LYB International Finance II
3.50% 3/2/27

     159,000        157,051  

LyondellBasell Industries

     

5.00% 4/15/19

     300,000        313,748  

6.00% 11/15/21

     350,000        395,758  

Methanex
5.65% 12/1/44

     200,000        189,804  

Monsanto

     

2.125% 7/15/19

     400,000        401,009  

4.70% 7/15/64

     250,000        252,986  

Mosaic

     

4.25% 11/15/23

     125,000        131,706  

5.45% 11/15/33

     104,000        110,017  

5.625% 11/15/43

     200,000        204,891  

NewMarket
4.10% 12/15/22

     50,000        51,774  

Potash of Saskatchewan
3.00% 4/1/25

     300,000        290,341  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Chemicals (continued)

 

Potash of Saskatchewan (continued)

 

  

4.00% 12/15/26

     200,000      $ 206,618  

4.875% 3/30/20

     10,000        10,609  

6.50% 5/15/19

     145,000        156,093  

PPG Industries

     

2.30% 11/15/19

     100,000        100,746  

3.60% 11/15/20

     100,000        104,302  

Praxair

     

1.25% 11/7/18

     100,000        99,750  

2.20% 8/15/22

     100,000        99,018  

2.25% 9/24/20

     250,000        252,525  

2.70% 2/21/23

     100,000        100,400  

4.05% 3/15/21

     100,000        106,533  

4.50% 8/15/19

     100,000        105,483  

Rohm & Haas
7.85% 7/15/29

     150,000        207,189  

RPM International

     

3.75% 3/15/27

     100,000        101,821  

5.25% 6/1/45

     100,000        112,650  

6.125% 10/15/19

     100,000        108,557  

Sherwin-Williams

     

2.25% 5/15/20

     250,000        250,732  

2.75% 6/1/22

     250,000        250,135  

3.125% 6/1/24

     100,000        100,658  

3.45% 6/1/27

     145,000        146,256  

#144A 3.95% 1/15/26

     250,000        258,432  

4.50% 6/1/47

     88,000        92,591  

#144A 7.25% 6/15/19

     50,000        54,824  

Syngenta Finance
3.125% 3/28/22

     100,000        98,822  

Westlake Chemical

     

3.60% 8/15/26

     150,000        149,162  

4.625% 2/15/21

     150,000        156,000  

5.00% 8/15/46

     100,000        106,040  
     

 

 

 
        13,544,141  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–0.08%

Cintas No. 2

     

2.90% 4/1/22

     100,000        101,673  

3.70% 4/1/27

     100,000        103,330  

Pitney Bowes
4.625% 3/15/24

     200,000        205,329  

Republic Services

     

2.90% 7/1/26

     110,000        108,058  

3.20% 3/15/25

     250,000        252,382  

4.75% 5/15/23

     100,000        110,066  

5.25% 11/15/21

     100,000        111,309  

5.50% 9/15/19

     299,000        321,174  

Waste Management

     

2.40% 5/15/23

     100,000        98,816  

3.125% 3/1/25

     100,000        101,678  

3.50% 5/15/24

     250,000        260,795  

3.90% 3/1/35

     550,000        569,566  

4.10% 3/1/45

     55,000        57,878  
     

 

 

 
        2,402,054  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–22


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Communications Equipment–0.19%

Cisco Systems

     

1.60% 2/28/19

     275,000      $ 275,049  

1.85% 9/20/21

     600,000        592,961  

2.20% 2/28/21

     150,000        150,889  

2.45% 6/15/20

     100,000        101,648  

2.50% 9/20/26

     300,000        288,026  

2.60% 2/28/23

     150,000        150,780  

2.90% 3/4/21

     615,000        632,835  

2.95% 2/28/26

     150,000        150,209  

3.00% 6/15/22

     60,000        61,723  

3.50% 6/15/25

     45,000        46,952  

3.625% 3/4/24

     100,000        105,865  

4.45% 1/15/20

     300,000        319,718  

4.95% 2/15/19

     450,000        473,558  

5.50% 1/15/40

     200,000        249,938  

5.90% 2/15/39

     300,000        390,873  

Harris

     

2.70% 4/27/20

     30,000        30,330  

3.832% 4/27/25

     450,000        465,179  

4.854% 4/27/35

     70,000        76,876  

5.054% 4/27/45

     70,000        78,869  

Juniper Networks

     

3.125% 2/26/19

     50,000        50,867  

4.60% 3/15/21

     100,000        106,520  

5.95% 3/15/41

     100,000        112,353  

Motorola Solutions

     

3.50% 3/1/23

     100,000        100,570  

4.00% 9/1/24

     250,000        251,724  

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
4.125% 5/15/22

     250,000        254,984  
     

 

 

 
        5,519,296  
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering–0.02%

ABB Finance USA

     

2.875% 5/8/22

     250,000        255,857  

4.375% 5/8/42

     187,000        204,029  

Fluor
3.50% 12/15/24

     100,000        103,896  
     

 

 

 
        563,782  
     

 

 

 

Construction Materials–0.01%

Martin Marietta Materials

     

3.45% 6/1/27

     43,000        42,865  

4.25% 7/2/24

     55,000        57,804  

Vulcan Materials

     

3.90% 4/1/27

     45,000        46,337  

7.50% 6/15/21

     250,000        295,298  
     

 

 

 
        442,304  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–0.40%

American Express

     

2.65% 12/2/22

     115,000        115,277  

4.05% 12/3/42

     135,000        138,776  

8.125% 5/20/19

     100,000        111,170  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Consumer Finance (continued)

 

American Express Credit

     

1.70% 10/30/19

     115,000      $ 114,419  

1.80% 7/31/18

     150,000        150,057  

1.875% 11/5/18

     265,000        265,461  

1.875% 5/3/19

     200,000        200,038  

2.125% 7/27/18

     500,000        502,060  

2.20% 3/3/20

     100,000        100,513  

2.25% 8/15/19

     200,000        201,785  

2.25% 5/5/21

     700,000        699,301  

2.60% 9/14/20

     200,000        203,011  

2.70% 3/3/22

     100,000        100,986  

3.30% 5/3/27

     230,000        230,097  

Capital One

     

2.35% 1/31/20

     350,000        350,324  

2.40% 9/5/19

     300,000        301,221  

Capital One Bank USA

     

2.15% 11/21/18

     400,000        400,665  

2.25% 2/13/19

     500,000        501,527  

Capital One Financial

     

2.45% 4/24/19

     350,000        352,019  

3.20% 2/5/25

     150,000        147,074  

3.50% 6/15/23

     600,000        612,861  

3.75% 3/9/27

     250,000        249,595  

4.20% 10/29/25

     200,000        202,017  

4.75% 7/15/21

     100,000        107,991  

Discover Bank

     

2.60% 11/13/18

     455,000        459,023  

4.20% 8/8/23

     250,000        263,292  

Discover Financial Services

     

3.75% 3/4/25

     100,000        98,970  

3.95% 11/6/24

     100,000        101,705  

4.10% 2/9/27

     115,000        115,421  

5.20% 4/27/22

     100,000        108,971  

Synchrony Financial

     

2.60% 1/15/19

     150,000        150,854  

2.70% 2/3/20

     500,000        502,837  

3.70% 8/4/26

     200,000        193,377  

4.25% 8/15/24

     150,000        153,438  

4.50% 7/23/25

     100,000        103,003  

Toyota Motor Credit

     

1.40% 5/20/19

     200,000        198,845  

1.55% 10/18/19

     150,000        149,391  

1.70% 1/9/19

     150,000        150,107  

1.70% 2/19/19

     150,000        150,214  

1.90% 4/8/21

     150,000        148,547  

1.95% 4/17/20

     150,000        150,014  

2.10% 1/17/19

     350,000        352,230  

2.125% 7/18/19

     200,000        201,448  

2.25% 10/18/23

     150,000        146,891  

2.60% 1/11/22

     150,000        151,678  

2.75% 5/17/21

     250,000        254,967  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–23


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)  

Consumer Finance (continued)

     

Toyota Motor Credit (continued)

     

2.90% 4/17/24

     150,000      $ 151,263  

3.20% 1/11/27

     100,000        101,498  

3.30% 1/12/22

     400,000        414,854  

3.40% 9/15/21

     600,000        627,375  
     

 

 

 
        11,958,458  
     

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging–0.08%

     

Bemis

     

4.50% 10/15/21

     300,000        320,194  

6.80% 8/1/19

     10,000        10,957  

International Paper

     

3.00% 2/15/27

     150,000        144,659  

4.75% 2/15/22

     200,000        218,139  

4.80% 6/15/44

     200,000        214,302  

5.00% 9/15/35

     100,000        109,693  

5.15% 5/15/46

     200,000        223,768  

6.00% 11/15/41

     135,000        165,198  

7.30% 11/15/39

     100,000        135,659  

7.50% 8/15/21

     80,000        94,902  

Packaging Corporation of America

     

3.90% 6/15/22

     50,000        52,521  

4.50% 11/1/23

     150,000        161,160  

Sonoco Products 5.75% 11/1/40

     100,000        119,965  

WestRock MWV 8.20% 1/15/30

     150,000        211,629  

WestRock RKT 4.90% 3/1/22

     200,000        218,193  
     

 

 

 
        2,400,939  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services–0.06%

Block Financial 4.125% 10/1/20

     250,000        258,215  

Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University

 

3.647% 5/1/48

     70,000        73,259  

4.75% 5/1/19

     250,000        264,183  

California Institute of Technology 4.321% 8/1/45

     60,000        65,676  

George Washington University 4.30% 9/15/44

     100,000        106,429  

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

3.885% 7/1/16

     55,000        50,428  

5.60% 7/1/11

     200,000        262,149  

President & Fellows of Harvard College

 

3.15% 7/15/46

     100,000        95,837  

3.30% 7/15/56

     100,000        95,955  

Princeton University

     

4.95% 3/1/19

     100,000        105,397  

5.70% 3/1/39

     50,000        68,032  

University of Southern California

     

3.028% 10/1/39

     200,000        187,868  

3.841% 10/1/47

     55,000        57,286  
    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)  

Diversified Consumer Services (continued)

 

William Marsh Rice University 3.574% 5/15/45

     100,000      $ 102,890  
     

 

 

 
        1,793,604  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services–0.39%

AerCap Ireland Capital

     

3.50% 5/26/22

     150,000        154,106  

3.75% 5/15/19

     475,000        488,106  

3.95% 2/1/22

     600,000        625,349  

4.50% 5/15/21

     450,000        477,867  

4.625% 10/30/20

     500,000        531,795  

Berkshire Hathaway

     

1.15% 8/15/18

     105,000        104,640  

2.10% 8/14/19

     200,000        201,589  

2.20% 3/15/21

     145,000        146,189  

3.00% 2/11/23

     100,000        102,541  

3.125% 3/15/26

     515,000        521,371  

3.40% 1/31/22

     300,000        316,201  

3.75% 8/15/21

     300,000        319,561  

4.50% 2/11/43

     250,000        275,362  

Berkshire Hathaway Finance

     

1.30% 8/15/19

     140,000        139,027  

1.70% 3/15/19

     240,000        240,630  

3.00% 5/15/22

     100,000        103,232  

4.25% 1/15/21

     100,000        107,708  

4.30% 5/15/43

     100,000        106,698  

4.40% 5/15/42

     100,000        109,163  

5.75% 1/15/40

     100,000        128,315  

GE Capital International Funding Unlimited

 

2.342% 11/15/20

     1,100,000        1,109,329  

4.418% 11/15/35

     1,354,000        1,476,507  

Leucadia National 5.50% 10/18/23

     200,000        214,288  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

     

2.527% 9/13/23

     200,000        196,088  

2.95% 3/1/21

     400,000        406,698  

2.998% 2/22/22

     350,000        355,428  

3.677% 2/22/27

     350,000        361,677  

3.85% 3/1/26

     400,000        418,221  

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance

 

1.50% 11/1/19

     115,000        113,729  

1.65% 2/8/19

     15,000        14,969  

2.30% 11/1/20

     100,000        100,163  

2.35% 6/15/20

     300,000        302,095  

2.40% 4/25/22

     50,000        50,267  

2.70% 2/15/23

     50,000        50,097  

2.95% 2/7/24

     60,000        60,620  

3.05% 4/25/27

     100,000        99,878  

3.25% 11/1/25

     100,000        101,437  

4.023% 11/1/32

     100,000        106,283  

•4.75% 4/30/43

     100,000        102,386  

8.00% 3/1/32

     150,000        220,113  

10.375% 11/1/18

     100,000        111,233  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–24


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)  

Diversified Financial Services (continued)

 

Voya Financial

     

3.65% 6/15/26

     100,000      $ 100,380  

4.80% 6/15/46

     60,000        62,744  

5.70% 7/15/43

     100,000        116,792  
     

 

 

 
        11,450,872  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–1.10%

AT&T

     

2.375% 11/27/18

     600,000        604,356  

2.45% 6/30/20

     550,000        553,210  

2.625% 12/1/22

     500,000        490,659  

2.80% 2/17/21

     250,000        252,863  

3.00% 2/15/22

     400,000        402,212  

3.00% 6/30/22

     640,000        641,068  

3.20% 3/1/22

     100,000        101,327  

3.40% 5/15/25

     550,000        541,623  

3.60% 2/17/23

     250,000        256,180  

3.80% 3/15/22

     200,000        207,229  

3.80% 3/1/24

     150,000        153,611  

3.875% 8/15/21

     30,000        31,348  

3.95% 1/15/25

     225,000        229,677  

4.125% 2/17/26

     550,000        564,892  

4.25% 3/1/27

     500,000        517,977  

4.35% 6/15/45

     532,000        495,687  

4.45% 5/15/21

     100,000        106,346  

4.45% 4/1/24

     300,000        316,254  

4.50% 5/15/35

     220,000        217,092  

4.50% 3/9/48

     693,000        651,033  

4.60% 2/15/21

     300,000        320,209  

4.75% 5/15/46

     665,000        654,634  

4.80% 6/15/44

     987,000        981,831  

5.00% 3/1/21

     200,000        216,432  

5.15% 3/15/42

     150,000        153,717  

5.20% 3/15/20

     565,000        607,495  

5.25% 3/1/37

     150,000        160,297  

5.35% 9/1/40

     338,000        359,109  

5.45% 3/1/47

     300,000        324,176  

5.55% 8/15/41

     40,000        43,613  

5.70% 3/1/57

     150,000        164,707  

5.80% 2/15/19

     150,000        159,182  

5.875% 10/1/19

     40,000        43,312  

6.00% 8/15/40

     200,000        226,567  

6.30% 1/15/38

     200,000        235,843  

6.35% 3/15/40

     50,000        58,930  

6.50% 9/1/37

     150,000        180,361  

6.55% 2/15/39

     550,000        669,093  

8.25% 11/15/31

     360,000        501,213  

British Telecommunications

     

2.35% 2/14/19

     300,000        301,777  

9.125% 12/15/30

     350,000        533,354  

Deutsche Telekom International Finance

 

6.00% 7/8/19

     250,000        269,558  
    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)  

Diversified Telecommunication Services (continued)

 

Deutsche Telekom International Finance (continued)

 

8.75% 6/15/30

     460,000      $ 683,712  

Koninklijke KPN 8.375% 10/1/30

     100,000        137,615  

Orange

     

1.625% 11/3/19

     150,000        148,776  

4.125% 9/14/21

     100,000        106,419  

5.375% 1/13/42

     100,000        117,381  

9.00% 3/1/31

     800,000        1,212,782  

Qwest

     

6.75% 12/1/21

     250,000        276,816  

6.875% 9/15/33

     213,000        210,123  

Telefonica Emisiones

     

5.134% 4/27/20

     690,000        744,654  

5.213% 3/8/47

     300,000        325,184  

5.462% 2/16/21

     140,000        154,117  

5.877% 7/15/19

     100,000        107,494  

7.045% 6/20/36

     175,000        230,556  

Telefonica Europe 8.25% 9/15/30

     200,000        281,194  

Telefonos de Mexico 5.50% 11/15/19

     100,000        107,325  

TELUS

     

2.80% 2/16/27

     100,000        94,446  

3.70% 9/15/27

     100,000        101,375  

Verizon Communications

     

1.75% 8/15/21

     150,000        145,230  

2.625% 8/15/26

     230,000        211,975  

#144A 2.946% 3/15/22

     99,000        99,797  

3.125% 3/16/22

     150,000        152,379  

3.45% 3/15/21

     800,000        828,410  

3.50% 11/1/24

     900,000        909,738  

3.65% 9/14/18

     1,150,000        1,175,828  

3.85% 11/1/42

     650,000        568,916  

4.125% 3/16/27

     200,000        206,968  

4.125% 8/15/46

     35,000        31,275  

4.272% 1/15/36

     904,000        875,251  

4.40% 11/1/34

     600,000        596,301  

4.50% 9/15/20

     686,000        733,361  

4.522% 9/15/48

     1,324,000        1,257,719  

4.60% 4/1/21

     250,000        268,339  

4.672% 3/15/55

     1,182,000        1,111,300  

#144A 5.012% 4/15/49

     1,293,000        1,311,015  

5.012% 8/21/54

     500,000        495,762  

5.05% 3/15/34

     800,000        849,322  

5.15% 9/15/23

     950,000        1,056,658  

5.25% 3/16/37

     100,000        107,836  

5.50% 3/16/47

     150,000        164,600  
     

 

 

 
        32,698,003  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–1.16%

     

Alabama Power

     

2.45% 3/30/22

     100,000        100,408  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–25


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)  

Electric Utilities (continued)

     

Alabama Power (continued)

     

3.75% 3/1/45

     150,000      $ 148,580  

4.30% 1/2/46

     150,000        159,514  

6.125% 5/15/38

     100,000        126,461  

American Electric Power 2.95% 12/15/22

     125,000        127,417  

Appalachian Power 4.60% 3/30/21

     150,000        161,205  

Arizona Public Service

     

3.15% 5/15/25

     100,000        100,669  

4.35% 11/15/45

     100,000        108,121  

4.50% 4/1/42

     100,000        109,471  

5.05% 9/1/41

     100,000        115,887  

Baltimore Gas & Electric

     

3.35% 7/1/23

     100,000        103,004  

3.50% 8/15/46

     200,000        191,193  

6.35% 10/1/36

     100,000        130,894  

Berkshire Hathaway Energy

     

3.75% 11/15/23

     400,000        421,334  

5.15% 11/15/43

     200,000        235,902  

5.95% 5/15/37

     125,000        158,617  

6.125% 4/1/36

     250,000        322,149  

6.50% 9/15/37

     100,000        134,697  

Cleco Corporate Holdings

     

3.743% 5/1/26

     100,000        100,475  

4.973% 5/1/46

     70,000        74,803  

Cleveland Electric Illuminating 5.95% 12/15/36

     100,000        120,147  

Commonwealth Edison

     

2.55% 6/15/26

     100,000        96,335  

3.40% 9/1/21

     100,000        104,135  

3.65% 6/15/46

     100,000        97,446  

4.00% 8/1/20

     300,000        315,799  

6.45% 1/15/38

     100,000        134,866  

Connecticut Light & Power 4.15% 6/1/45

     75,000        79,540  

Delmarva Power & Light

     

3.50% 11/15/23

     150,000        156,847  

4.15% 5/15/45

     50,000        53,011  

Duke Energy

     

1.80% 9/1/21

     150,000        146,572  

2.65% 9/1/26

     165,000        157,021  

3.75% 9/1/46

     190,000        181,279  

4.80% 12/15/45

     100,000        110,985  

5.05% 9/15/19

     100,000        106,489  

Duke Energy Carolinas

     

2.95% 12/1/26

     350,000        348,772  

3.90% 6/15/21

     100,000        106,221  

4.00% 9/30/42

     150,000        155,125  

4.30% 6/15/20

     100,000        106,693  

5.30% 2/15/40

     100,000        123,179  

6.10% 6/1/37

     170,000        220,060  

7.00% 11/15/18

     100,000        107,123  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)  

Electric Utilities (continued)

     

Duke Energy Florida

     

3.20% 1/15/27

     150,000      $ 152,101  

3.85% 11/15/42

     100,000        100,424  

6.40% 6/15/38

     300,000        410,676  

Duke Energy Florida Project Finance 2.538% 9/1/29

     100,000        97,244  

Duke Energy Indiana

     

3.75% 5/15/46

     150,000        148,240  

6.12% 10/15/35

     100,000        124,249  

6.45% 4/1/39

     130,000        177,655  

Duke Energy Ohio

     

3.70% 6/15/46

     68,000        66,834  

3.80% 9/1/23

     500,000        531,679  

5.45% 4/1/19

     50,000        53,076  

Duke Energy Progress

     

4.10% 3/15/43

     100,000        104,077  

5.30% 1/15/19

     100,000        105,557  

6.30% 4/1/38

     250,000        334,147  

Edison International 2.95% 3/15/23

     250,000        252,770  

El Paso Electric 5.00% 12/1/44

     150,000        162,239  

Emera U.S. Finance

     

2.15% 6/15/19

     65,000        64,970  

2.70% 6/15/21

     100,000        100,244  

4.75% 6/15/46

     105,000        111,251  

Emera US Finance 3.55% 6/15/26

     100,000        100,418  

Enel Americas 4.00% 10/25/26

     35,000        35,429  

Entergy

     

2.95% 9/1/26

     90,000        86,351  

5.125% 9/15/20

     100,000        107,841  

Entergy Arkansas

     

3.50% 4/1/26

     60,000        62,012  

3.70% 6/1/24

     200,000        209,664  

Entergy Louisiana

     

2.40% 10/1/26

     100,000        94,374  

3.25% 4/1/28

     150,000        149,976  

4.05% 9/1/23

     150,000        160,695  

4.95% 1/15/45

     110,000        113,553  

Entergy Mississippi 2.85% 6/1/28

     50,000        48,529  

Entergy Texas 7.125% 2/1/19

     200,000        215,159  

Eversource Energy

     

3.15% 1/15/25

     100,000        100,453  

4.50% 11/15/19

     110,000        116,087  

Exelon

     

2.45% 4/15/21

     65,000        64,879  

2.85% 6/15/20

     150,000        152,494  

3.40% 4/15/26

     100,000        99,851  

3.497% 6/1/22

     200,000        204,554  

4.45% 4/15/46

     100,000        103,773  

4.95% 6/15/35

     105,000        115,294  

5.10% 6/15/45

     105,000        118,112  

5.15% 12/1/20

     200,000        215,871  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–26


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)  

Electric Utilities (continued)

     

Exelon Generation

     

4.25% 6/15/22

     250,000      $ 263,329  

5.60% 6/15/42

     292,000        294,196  

6.25% 10/1/39

     100,000        109,454  

FirstEnergy

     

2.85% 7/15/22

     60,000        60,013  

3.90% 7/15/27

     125,000        125,653  

4.25% 3/15/23

     130,000        136,908  

4.85% 7/15/47

     55,000        56,018  

7.375% 11/15/31

     230,000        303,328  

Florida Power & Light

     

3.125% 12/1/25

     250,000        255,225  

3.80% 12/15/42

     100,000        102,002  

4.05% 6/1/42

     150,000        158,247  

5.69% 3/1/40

     50,000        64,778  

5.95% 2/1/38

     200,000        261,368  

5.96% 4/1/39

     100,000        130,820  

Fortis

     

#144A 2.10% 10/4/21

     125,000        122,554  

#144A 3.055% 10/4/26

     200,000        193,383  

Georgia Power

     

1.95% 12/1/18

     100,000        100,139  

2.40% 4/1/21

     50,000        50,133  

3.25% 4/1/26

     50,000        49,931  

4.25% 12/1/19

     80,000        83,832  

4.30% 3/15/42

     200,000        205,573  

4.30% 3/15/43

     100,000        103,189  

4.75% 9/1/40

     100,000        108,296  

5.95% 2/1/39

     100,000        123,257  

Great Plains Energy

     

2.50% 3/9/20

     125,000        126,248  

3.15% 4/1/22

     150,000        151,749  

3.90% 4/1/27

     200,000        202,724  

4.85% 6/1/21

     50,000        53,329  

4.85% 4/1/47

     88,000        90,909  

Hydro-Quebec

     

8.05% 7/7/24

     250,000        328,324  

8.50% 12/1/29

     115,000        169,681  

Iberdrola International 6.75% 7/15/36

     100,000        130,538  

Indiana Michigan Power

     

3.75% 7/1/47

     100,000        97,556  

7.00% 3/15/19

     100,000        107,953  

Interstate Power & Light 6.25% 7/15/39

     130,000        169,014  

ITC Holdings

     

3.25% 6/30/26

     90,000        88,703  

3.65% 6/15/24

     75,000        76,455  

Jersey Central Power & Light 7.35% 2/1/19

     100,000        107,746  

Kansas City Power & Light

     

3.65% 8/15/25

     250,000        254,145  

4.20% 6/15/47

     100,000        102,273  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)  

Electric Utilities (continued)

     

Kentucky Utilities

     

3.25% 11/1/20

     100,000      $ 103,195  

5.125% 11/1/40

     100,000        120,127  

MidAmerican Energy

     

2.40% 3/15/19

     250,000        252,667  

3.10% 5/1/27

     100,000        100,807  

3.50% 10/15/24

     100,000        104,367  

3.95% 8/1/47

     100,000        103,106  

4.40% 10/15/44

     100,000        109,372  

4.80% 9/15/43

     250,000        286,310  

5.75% 11/1/35

     25,000        31,234  

Nevada Power

     

6.50% 8/1/18

     50,000        52,565  

6.75% 7/1/37

     100,000        135,239  

7.125% 3/15/19

     100,000        108,816  

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings

     

1.649% 9/1/18

     45,000        44,877  

2.30% 4/1/19

     35,000        35,176  

2.40% 9/15/19

     500,000        503,676  

4.50% 6/1/21

     100,000        107,270  

6.00% 3/1/19

     200,000        212,803  

Northern States Power

     

2.20% 8/15/20

     100,000        100,300  

2.60% 5/15/23

     100,000        100,441  

3.60% 5/15/46

     50,000        48,580  

4.00% 8/15/45

     100,000        103,982  

5.35% 11/1/39

     40,000        49,089  

6.20% 7/1/37

     100,000        133,001  

Ohio Edison 6.875% 7/15/36

     100,000        134,258  

Oklahoma Gas & Electric 4.15% 4/1/47

     50,000        52,291  

Oncor Electric Delivery

     

2.95% 4/1/25

     100,000        100,004  

3.75% 4/1/45

     100,000        98,175  

4.10% 6/1/22

     100,000        106,578  

4.55% 12/1/41

     150,000        164,163  

5.30% 6/1/42

     200,000        242,256  

6.80% 9/1/18

     100,000        105,641  

7.00% 9/1/22

     100,000        120,514  

7.00% 5/1/32

     50,000        69,030  

Pacific Gas & Electric

     

2.95% 3/1/26

     100,000        99,420  

3.25% 6/15/23

     250,000        258,080  

3.40% 8/15/24

     150,000        154,834  

3.50% 6/15/25

     350,000        362,232  

4.00% 12/1/46

     100,000        103,183  

4.30% 3/15/45

     210,000        225,488  

5.125% 11/15/43

     200,000        238,133  

6.05% 3/1/34

     500,000        646,287  

6.25% 3/1/39

     300,000        398,252  

8.25% 10/15/18

     200,000        216,148  

PacifiCorp

     

2.95% 6/1/23

     100,000        102,055  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–27


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)  

Electric Utilities (continued)

     

PacifiCorp (continued)

     

4.10% 2/1/42

     100,000      $ 103,953  

5.75% 4/1/37

     100,000        126,796  

6.00% 1/15/39

     100,000        130,109  

6.35% 7/15/38

     25,000        33,520  

7.70% 11/15/31

     100,000        145,842  

PECO Energy

     

3.15% 10/15/25

     500,000        507,313  

5.95% 10/1/36

     100,000        126,635  

Portland General Electric 6.10% 4/15/19

     100,000        107,438  

Potomac Electric Power 4.15% 3/15/43

     100,000        105,928  

PPL Capital Funding

     

3.40% 6/1/23

     200,000        205,804  

3.50% 12/1/22

     100,000        103,457  

3.95% 3/15/24

     200,000        210,757  

4.20% 6/15/22

     150,000        159,005  

PPL Electric Utilities

     

3.00% 9/15/21

     100,000        102,647  

4.125% 6/15/44

     100,000        104,499  

4.15% 10/1/45

     250,000        266,205  

6.25% 5/15/39

     30,000        40,056  

Progress Energy

     

6.00% 12/1/39

     50,000        63,124  

7.05% 3/15/19

     100,000        108,295  

7.75% 3/1/31

     150,000        211,462  

Public Service Co of Colorado

     

3.20% 11/15/20

     100,000        103,160  

3.80% 6/15/47

     200,000        201,862  

5.125% 6/1/19

     135,000        143,096  

6.25% 9/1/37

     100,000        132,701  

Sierra Pacific Power 2.60% 5/1/26

     400,000        386,565  

Southern

     

1.55% 7/1/18

     95,000        94,773  

1.85% 7/1/19

     105,000        104,644  

2.15% 9/1/19

     300,000        300,286  

2.35% 7/1/21

     250,000        248,413  

2.45% 9/1/18

     90,000        90,618  

2.75% 6/15/20

     100,000        101,233  

2.95% 7/1/23

     75,000        74,621  

3.25% 7/1/26

     250,000        245,037  

4.25% 7/1/36

     85,000        86,804  

4.40% 7/1/46

     250,000        255,580  

Southern California Edison

     

3.50% 10/1/23

     150,000        156,779  

3.875% 6/1/21

     70,000        74,064  

3.90% 3/15/43

     100,000        102,037  

4.05% 3/15/42

     300,000        314,586  

4.50% 9/1/40

     100,000        111,130  

4.65% 10/1/43

     100,000        114,292  

5.95% 2/1/38

     25,000        32,325  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)  

Electric Utilities (continued)

     

Southern California Edison (continued)

 

6.00% 1/15/34

     200,000      $ 255,974  

6.05% 3/15/39

     170,000        224,509  

6.65% 4/1/29

     100,000        128,693  

Southern Power

     

1.95% 12/15/19

     100,000        99,686  

2.375% 6/1/20

     100,000        100,288  

2.50% 12/15/21

     100,000        99,193  

4.15% 12/1/25

     200,000        209,221  

4.95% 12/15/46

     100,000        103,666  

5.25% 7/15/43

     120,000        128,169  

Southwestern Electric Power

     

2.75% 10/1/26

     150,000        144,057  

3.90% 4/1/45

     300,000        295,480  

6.20% 3/15/40

     200,000        257,818  

Tampa Electric

     

4.10% 6/15/42

     100,000        99,125  

4.35% 5/15/44

     50,000        51,400  

Westar Energy

     

2.55% 7/1/26

     50,000        48,287  

4.10% 4/1/43

     300,000        311,700  

4.25% 12/1/45

     50,000        52,737  

Xcel Energy

     

2.40% 3/15/21

     100,000        100,262  

2.60% 3/15/22

     100,000        100,654  

3.30% 6/1/25

     100,000        101,052  

3.35% 12/1/26

     100,000        101,118  

4.70% 5/15/20

     100,000        105,920  

6.50% 7/1/36

     100,000        131,929  
     

 

 

 
        34,282,632  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–0.04%

Eaton

     

2.75% 11/2/22

     250,000        251,672  

4.15% 11/2/42

     150,000        154,031  

6.95% 3/20/19

     50,000        54,067  

Emerson Electric

     

2.625% 12/1/21

     100,000        101,956  

3.15% 6/1/25

     150,000        154,053  

4.25% 11/15/20

     50,000        53,711  

5.25% 10/15/18

     225,000        234,970  

5.25% 11/15/39

     50,000        58,796  

Hubbell 3.35% 3/1/26

     150,000        150,351  
     

 

 

 
        1,213,607  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–0.08%

Amphenol

     

2.20% 4/1/20

     50,000        50,165  

2.55% 1/30/19

     150,000        151,435  

3.20% 4/1/24

     100,000        101,168  

Arrow Electronics

     

3.50% 4/1/22

     100,000        102,266  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–28


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (continued)

 

Arrow Electronics (continued)

     

3.875% 1/12/28

     200,000      $ 198,760  

Avnet

     

3.75% 12/1/21

     50,000        50,858  

4.625% 4/15/26

     50,000        51,772  

4.875% 12/1/22

     100,000        106,058  

Corning

     

2.90% 5/15/22

     150,000        152,124  

4.25% 8/15/20

     65,000        68,564  

4.75% 3/15/42

     250,000        263,152  

5.75% 8/15/40

     25,000        29,203  

Flex 4.75% 6/15/25

     125,000        132,987  

FLIR Systems 3.125% 6/15/21

     50,000        50,444  

Keysight Technologies

     

4.55% 10/30/24

     250,000        262,820  

4.60% 4/6/27

     60,000        63,150  

Tech Data

     

3.70% 2/15/22

     100,000        102,147  

4.95% 2/15/27

     100,000        106,207  

Trimble 4.75% 12/1/24

     100,000        106,944  

Tyco Electronics Group

     

2.375% 12/17/18

     60,000        60,403  

3.50% 2/3/22

     150,000        155,405  

3.70% 2/15/26

     100,000        103,361  
     

 

 

 
        2,469,393  
     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services–0.11%

Baker Hughes a GE

     

5.125% 9/15/40

     200,000        229,318  

6.875% 1/15/29

     100,000        124,909  

Halliburton

     

2.00% 8/1/18

     250,000        250,267  

3.25% 11/15/21

     200,000        205,236  

3.80% 11/15/25

     290,000        297,716  

4.75% 8/1/43

     200,000        205,325  

4.85% 11/15/35

     100,000        107,235  

5.00% 11/15/45

     283,000        302,266  

7.45% 9/15/39

     200,000        272,718  

Nabors Industries

     

4.625% 9/15/21

     150,000        143,220  

5.10% 9/15/23

     200,000        189,000  

#144A 5.50% 1/15/23

     25,000        23,781  

9.25% 1/15/19

     150,000        163,500  

National Oilwell Varco

     

2.60% 12/1/22

     200,000        193,621  

3.95% 12/1/42

     150,000        124,676  

Oceaneering International 4.65% 11/15/24

     100,000        98,772  

Schlumberger Investment 3.65% 12/1/23

     204,000        214,608  

#TechnipFMC 144A 3.45% 10/1/22

     100,000        99,744  
     

 

 

 
        3,245,912  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–0.76%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities

     

3.95% 1/15/27

     25,000      $ 25,512  

3.95% 1/15/28

     100,000        101,902  

4.30% 1/15/26

     250,000        262,292  

4.50% 7/30/29

     110,000        116,869  

American Campus Communities Operating Partnership

 

3.35% 10/1/20

     100,000        102,671  

4.125% 7/1/24

     100,000        104,664  

American Tower

     

2.25% 1/15/22

     200,000        195,222  

2.80% 6/1/20

     100,000        101,427  

3.125% 1/15/27

     200,000        192,356  

3.375% 10/15/26

     200,000        196,064  

3.45% 9/15/21

     250,000        258,061  

3.50% 1/31/23

     250,000        256,719  

4.00% 6/1/25

     100,000        103,751  

4.70% 3/15/22

     225,000        243,875  

5.00% 2/15/24

     100,000        110,650  

5.05% 9/1/20

     100,000        107,795  

5.90% 11/1/21

     65,000        73,303  

AvalonBay Communities

     

2.90% 10/15/26

     50,000        48,420  

3.45% 6/1/25

     100,000        101,776  

3.50% 11/15/24

     200,000        205,226  

3.50% 11/15/25

     50,000        50,964  

3.625% 10/1/20

     200,000        207,386  

3.90% 10/15/46

     50,000        48,325  

4.15% 7/1/47

     50,000        50,664  

Boston Properties

     

2.75% 10/1/26

     300,000        283,822  

3.65% 2/1/26

     100,000        101,375  

3.70% 11/15/18

     100,000        102,109  

3.85% 2/1/23

     125,000        131,667  

4.125% 5/15/21

     250,000        263,855  

5.625% 11/15/20

     150,000        164,814  

5.875% 10/15/19

     100,000        107,273  

Brixmor Operating Partnership

     

3.25% 9/15/23

     150,000        146,817  

3.85% 2/1/25

     70,000        69,193  

3.875% 8/15/22

     95,000        97,247  

3.90% 3/15/27

     100,000        97,733  

4.125% 6/15/26

     50,000        49,802  

CBL & Associates

     

5.25% 12/1/23

     67,000        65,444  

5.95% 12/15/26

     85,000        84,319  

CC Holdings GS V 3.849% 4/15/23

     150,000        157,896  

Columbia Property Trust Operating Partnership 3.65% 8/15/26

     100,000        97,063  

Corporate Office Properties 3.70% 6/15/21

     350,000        358,843  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–29


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)

 

Crown Castle International

     

3.40% 2/15/21

     140,000      $ 143,878  

3.70% 6/15/26

     365,000        368,806  

4.00% 3/1/27

     40,000        41,252  

4.45% 2/15/26

     365,000        388,369  

4.75% 5/15/47

     25,000        25,542  

CubeSmart

     

3.125% 9/1/26

     50,000        47,605  

4.375% 12/15/23

     65,000        68,740  

DDR

     

3.50% 1/15/21

     150,000        151,998  

4.25% 2/1/26

     100,000        98,217  

4.70% 6/1/27

     100,000        100,256  

Digital Realty Trust

     

3.40% 10/1/20

     100,000        102,638  

3.95% 7/1/22

     150,000        157,407  

4.75% 10/1/25

     100,000        107,737  

5.25% 3/15/21

     100,000        108,390  

Duke Realty

     

3.75% 12/1/24

     250,000        257,153  

4.375% 6/15/22

     100,000        106,680  

EPR Properties

     

4.50% 6/1/27

     100,000        100,795  

4.75% 12/15/26

     100,000        102,946  

5.75% 8/15/22

     100,000        110,581  

ERP Operating

     

2.375% 7/1/19

     150,000        150,952  

2.85% 11/1/26

     140,000        134,890  

3.375% 6/1/25

     100,000        100,789  

4.50% 7/1/44

     150,000        160,519  

4.50% 6/1/45

     50,000        53,296  

4.625% 12/15/21

     90,000        97,343  

4.75% 7/15/20

     100,000        106,680  

Essex Portfolio

     

3.25% 5/1/23

     100,000        100,353  

3.375% 4/15/26

     50,000        49,129  

3.625% 5/1/27

     200,000        199,916  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

     

3.25% 7/15/27

     100,000        98,198  

4.50% 12/1/44

     100,000        104,440  

Government Properties Income Trust 3.75% 8/15/19

     100,000        100,827  

HCP

     

2.625% 2/1/20

     200,000        201,580  

3.75% 2/1/19

     100,000        102,132  

3.875% 8/15/24

     200,000        204,202  

4.00% 12/1/22

     150,000        157,080  

4.00% 6/1/25

     250,000        256,508  

4.25% 11/15/23

     186,000        195,287  

5.375% 2/1/21

     200,000        218,443  

Healthcare Realty Trust 5.75% 1/15/21

     200,000        219,223  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)

 

Healthcare Trust of America Holdings

     

2.95% 7/1/22

     50,000      $ 50,073  

3.375% 7/15/21

     100,000        102,093  

3.50% 8/1/26

     35,000        34,291  

3.75% 7/1/27

     50,000        49,525  

Highwoods Realty

     

3.20% 6/15/21

     200,000        202,202  

3.875% 3/1/27

     60,000        60,080  

Hospitality Properties Trust

     

4.25% 2/15/21

     50,000        52,178  

4.50% 6/15/23

     100,000        104,927  

4.95% 2/15/27

     70,000        73,231  

5.00% 8/15/22

     300,000        321,905  

5.25% 2/15/26

     50,000        53,193  

Host Hotels & Resorts

     

4.75% 3/1/23

     150,000        160,690  

5.25% 3/15/22

     400,000        435,422  

Kilroy Realty

     

4.25% 8/15/29

     150,000        153,687  

4.80% 7/15/18

     100,000        102,258  

Kimco Realty

     

2.70% 3/1/24

     100,000        95,586  

2.80% 10/1/26

     100,000        92,448  

3.20% 5/1/21

     150,000        152,432  

3.40% 11/1/22

     50,000        51,030  

3.80% 4/1/27

     100,000        100,221  

4.125% 12/1/46

     100,000        93,703  

6.875% 10/1/19

     150,000        165,253  

Kite Realty Group 4.00% 10/1/26

     50,000        47,451  

Liberty Property

     

4.125% 6/15/22

     50,000        52,490  

4.40% 2/15/24

     100,000        105,923  

LifeStorage 3.50% 7/1/26

     100,000        95,885  

Mid-America Apartments

     

3.75% 6/15/24

     100,000        102,650  

4.00% 11/15/25

     50,000        51,831  

4.30% 10/15/23

     50,000        52,995  

National Retail Properties

     

3.30% 4/15/23

     100,000        101,260  

3.60% 12/15/26

     100,000        99,383  

4.00% 11/15/25

     65,000        66,583  

5.50% 7/15/21

     100,000        109,837  

Omega Healthcare Investors

     

4.375% 8/1/23

     50,000        51,339  

4.50% 4/1/27

     200,000        200,338  

4.95% 4/1/24

     57,000        59,783  

5.25% 1/15/26

     100,000        106,407  

Physicians Realty 4.30% 3/15/27

     50,000        50,769  

Prologis

     

3.75% 11/1/25

     45,000        46,929  

4.25% 8/15/23

     150,000        162,139  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–30


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)

 

Realty Income

     

3.875% 7/15/24

     65,000      $ 67,223  

4.65% 8/1/23

     400,000        433,224  

Regency Centers

     

3.60% 2/1/27

     160,000        159,216  

4.40% 2/1/47

     165,000        165,326  

Select Income REIT 4.25% 5/15/24

     250,000        248,130  

Simon Property Group

     

2.35% 1/30/22

     100,000        99,155  

2.50% 9/1/20

     100,000        100,947  

2.625% 6/15/22

     200,000        200,864  

3.25% 11/30/26

     100,000        99,458  

3.375% 10/1/24

     450,000        458,568  

3.375% 6/15/27

     200,000        199,592  

4.125% 12/1/21

     300,000        319,115  

4.25% 11/30/46

     100,000        100,054  

6.75% 2/1/40

     300,000        402,492  

Tanger Properties

     

3.125% 9/1/26

     50,000        46,948  

3.875% 7/15/27

     100,000        99,089  

UDR

     

2.95% 9/1/26

     50,000        47,337  

4.00% 10/1/25

     50,000        51,798  

4.625% 1/10/22

     100,000        106,943  

Ventas Realty

     

2.70% 4/1/20

     100,000        100,932  

3.125% 6/15/23

     30,000        29,862  

3.75% 5/1/24

     150,000        152,791  

3.85% 4/1/27

     100,000        100,724  

4.00% 4/30/19

     200,000        205,627  

4.125% 1/15/26

     156,000        160,718  

4.25% 3/1/22

     200,000        211,494  

4.75% 6/1/21

     100,000        107,064  

VEREIT Operating Partnership

     

3.00% 2/6/19

     115,000        116,201  

4.125% 6/1/21

     60,000        62,884  

4.60% 2/6/24

     75,000        78,708  

4.875% 6/1/26

     95,000        100,787  

Vornado Realty 2.50% 6/30/19

     100,000        100,837  

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust 3.95% 10/15/22

     100,000        101,686  

Weingarten Realty Investors 3.375% 10/15/22

     150,000        151,902  

Welltower

     

4.25% 4/1/26

     200,000        209,511  

4.50% 1/15/24

     250,000        267,169  

5.25% 1/15/22

     100,000        109,893  

6.125% 4/15/20

     135,000        148,249  

6.50% 3/15/41

     250,000        314,532  

Weyerhaeuser

     

4.625% 9/15/23

     250,000        272,928  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)

 

Weyerhaeuser (continued)

     

4.70% 3/15/21

     100,000      $ 106,545  

7.375% 3/15/32

     250,000        345,075  

WP Carey

     

4.25% 10/1/26

     100,000        101,249  

4.60% 4/1/24

     100,000        104,285  
     

 

 

 
        22,683,495  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–0.48%

     

Costco Wholesale

     

2.25% 2/15/22

     300,000        300,688  

2.30% 5/18/22

     250,000        249,639  

3.00% 5/18/27

     250,000        249,731  

CVS Health

     

2.125% 6/1/21

     550,000        543,800  

2.25% 8/12/19

     250,000        251,633  

2.75% 12/1/22

     200,000        200,488  

2.80% 7/20/20

     600,000        611,290  

2.875% 6/1/26

     250,000        242,743  

3.50% 7/20/22

     200,000        207,644  

3.875% 7/20/25

     400,000        416,597  

4.00% 12/5/23

     200,000        211,551  

4.125% 5/15/21

     100,000        105,818  

4.875% 7/20/35

     725,000        807,705  

5.125% 7/20/45

     215,000        247,436  

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize 5.70% 10/1/40

     500,000        585,381  

Kroger

     

2.00% 1/15/19

     25,000        24,986  

2.30% 1/15/19

     250,000        251,101  

2.60% 2/1/21

     50,000        50,044  

3.30% 1/15/21

     250,000        255,765  

3.40% 4/15/22

     50,000        51,197  

3.50% 2/1/26

     100,000        98,737  

4.45% 2/1/47

     500,000        483,899  

5.00% 4/15/42

     100,000        102,958  

6.90% 4/15/38

     100,000        126,604  

7.50% 4/1/31

     250,000        332,282  

Sysco

     

1.90% 4/1/19

     60,000        60,016  

2.50% 7/15/21

     105,000        105,385  

2.60% 10/1/20

     250,000        253,287  

3.25% 7/15/27

     200,000        197,337  

3.30% 7/15/26

     100,000        99,399  

3.75% 10/1/25

     125,000        129,807  

4.50% 4/1/46

     75,000        79,311  

4.85% 10/1/45

     85,000        94,562  

Walgreen 3.10% 9/15/22

     150,000        153,194  

Walgreens Boots Alliance

     

3.45% 6/1/26

     45,000        44,990  

3.80% 11/18/24

     700,000        728,153  

4.65% 6/1/46

     40,000        42,035  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–31


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Food & Staples Retailing (continued)

 

Walgreens Boots Alliance (continued)

 

4.80% 11/18/44

     500,000      $ 534,131  

Wal-Mart Stores

     

2.55% 4/11/23

     300,000        302,354  

3.25% 10/25/20

     300,000        312,577  

3.625% 7/8/20

     100,000        105,235  

4.00% 4/11/43

     325,000        343,655  

4.125% 2/1/19

     100,000        103,875  

4.875% 7/8/40

     300,000        356,926  

5.00% 10/25/40

     200,000        241,378  

5.25% 9/1/35

     300,000        366,577  

5.625% 4/15/41

     250,000        325,340  

5.875% 4/5/27

     100,000        123,728  

6.20% 4/15/38

     300,000        410,893  

6.50% 8/15/37

     350,000        493,930  

7.55% 2/15/30

     700,000        1,024,141  

Whole Foods Market 5.20% 12/3/25

     100,000        115,766  
     

 

 

 
        14,157,699  
     

 

 

 

Food Products–0.33%

     

Archer-Daniels-Midland

     

2.50% 8/11/26

     250,000        239,605  

4.016% 4/16/43

     100,000        104,070  

4.479% 3/1/21

     235,000        254,170  

Bunge Limited Finance

     

3.25% 8/15/26

     45,000        43,081  

3.50% 11/24/20

     75,000        76,952  

8.50% 6/15/19

     135,000        151,056  

Campbell Soup

     

2.50% 8/2/22

     61,000        61,045  

4.25% 4/15/21

     250,000        266,255  

4.50% 2/15/19

     35,000        36,440  

Conagra Foods

     

3.20% 1/25/23

     196,000        197,797  

8.25% 9/15/30

     100,000        138,364  

Flowers Foods 3.50% 10/1/26

     105,000        103,222  

General Mills

     

2.20% 10/21/19

     300,000        302,134  

3.15% 12/15/21

     200,000        206,398  

3.20% 2/10/27

     150,000        149,043  

3.65% 2/15/24

     111,000        115,817  

5.40% 6/15/40

     45,000        52,691  

5.65% 2/15/19

     100,000        105,952  

Hershey

     

2.30% 8/15/26

     100,000        94,205  

4.125% 12/1/20

     200,000        213,738  

Ingredion 3.20% 10/1/26

     100,000        98,616  

JM Smucker

     

2.50% 3/15/20

     100,000        101,105  

3.00% 3/15/22

     150,000        153,040  

3.50% 3/15/25

     150,000        154,422  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Food Products (continued)

 

JM Smucker (continued)

     

4.25% 3/15/35

     100,000      $ 104,441  

4.375% 3/15/45

     50,000        52,475  

Kellogg

     

2.65% 12/1/23

     200,000        196,929  

3.125% 5/17/22

     150,000        153,944  

3.25% 4/1/26

     95,000        94,904  

4.00% 12/15/20

     64,000        67,657  

4.50% 4/1/46

     100,000        103,251  

Kraft Heinz Foods

     

2.00% 7/2/18

     95,000        95,264  

2.80% 7/2/20

     550,000        558,615  

3.00% 6/1/26

     575,000        551,367  

3.50% 6/6/22

     150,000        155,155  

3.50% 7/15/22

     200,000        206,427  

3.95% 7/15/25

     150,000        154,498  

4.375% 6/1/46

     790,000        776,812  

5.00% 7/15/35

     105,000        113,882  

5.00% 6/4/42

     250,000        264,878  

5.20% 7/15/45

     85,000        92,303  

5.375% 2/10/20

     250,000        269,609  

6.125% 8/23/18

     150,000        157,177  

6.50% 2/9/40

     150,000        188,258  

Mead Johnson Nutrition

     

3.00% 11/15/20

     95,000        97,494  

4.125% 11/15/25

     95,000        102,539  

4.90% 11/1/19

     100,000        106,155  

5.90% 11/1/39

     50,000        62,428  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

     

2.30% 3/11/20

     250,000        251,025  

2.625% 3/15/21

     250,000        252,115  

2.80% 3/11/22

     250,000        252,987  

Tyson Foods

     

2.65% 8/15/19

     400,000        405,243  

3.55% 6/2/27

     155,000        157,127  

3.95% 8/15/24

     240,000        251,517  

4.55% 6/2/47

     105,000        110,996  

WhiteWave Foods 5.375% 10/1/22

     75,000        84,696  
     

 

 

 
        9,911,386  
     

 

 

 

Gas Utilities–0.06%

     

Atmos Energy

     

3.00% 6/15/27

     65,000        64,650  

4.125% 10/15/44

     150,000        158,251  

8.50% 3/15/19

     100,000        110,748  

National Fuel Gas 3.75% 3/1/23

     156,000        155,991  

ONE Gas

     

3.61% 2/1/24

     100,000        104,336  

4.658% 2/1/44

     50,000        55,173  

Piedmont Natural Gas

     

3.64% 11/1/46

     50,000        46,971  

4.65% 8/1/43

     50,000        54,129  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–32


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Gas Utilities (continued)

 

Southern Gas Capital

     

3.95% 10/1/46

     200,000      $ 191,717  

4.40% 6/1/43

     100,000        102,054  

4.40% 5/30/47

     200,000        204,833  

5.25% 8/15/19

     100,000        106,051  

5.875% 3/15/41

     70,000        84,976  

Southern Natural Gas 4.40% 6/15/21

     300,000        317,807  
     

 

 

 
        1,757,687  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–0.48%

Abbott Laboratories

     

2.35% 11/22/19

     355,000        357,875  

2.80% 9/15/20

     100,000        101,638  

2.90% 11/30/21

     500,000        506,095  

3.25% 4/15/23

     200,000        204,264  

3.40% 11/30/23

     300,000        307,534  

3.75% 11/30/26

     600,000        613,669  

3.875% 9/15/25

     120,000        123,634  

4.75% 11/30/36

     350,000        382,174  

4.90% 11/30/46

     400,000        442,346  

5.125% 4/1/19

     478,000        503,529  

5.30% 5/27/40

     250,000        284,039  

6.00% 4/1/39

     50,000        61,145  

6.15% 11/30/37

     50,000        61,726  

Ascension Health 3.945% 11/15/46

     135,000        137,090  

Baxter International

     

1.70% 8/15/21

     100,000        97,687  

2.60% 8/15/26

     150,000        143,028  

3.50% 8/15/46

     100,000        90,002  

Baylor Scott & White Holdings

     

3.967% 11/15/46

     50,000        49,574  

4.185% 11/15/45

     95,000        97,529  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

     

2.133% 6/6/19

     150,000        150,298  

2.404% 6/5/20

     70,000        70,162  

2.675% 12/15/19

     127,000        128,631  

2.894% 6/6/22

     135,000        135,574  

3.125% 11/8/21

     700,000        713,733  

3.25% 11/12/20

     100,000        102,470  

3.363% 6/6/24

     150,000        150,568  

3.70% 6/6/27

     300,000        301,556  

3.734% 12/15/24

     350,000        356,293  

4.669% 6/6/47

     125,000        130,474  

5.00% 11/12/40

     35,000        37,438  

Boston Scientific

     

2.65% 10/1/18

     125,000        126,186  

2.85% 5/15/20

     100,000        101,456  

3.85% 5/15/25

     100,000        103,558  

6.00% 1/15/20

     100,000        108,900  

7.375% 1/15/40

     201,000        269,524  

Covidien International Finance

     

3.20% 6/15/22

     150,000        155,189  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)

 

Covidien International Finance (continued)

 

4.20% 6/15/20

     100,000      $ 106,082  

6.55% 10/15/37

     100,000        131,535  

CR Bard

     

3.00% 5/15/26

     150,000        150,769  

4.40% 1/15/21

     65,000        68,286  

Danaher

     

1.65% 9/15/18

     95,000        94,995  

3.35% 9/15/25

     125,000        130,377  

4.375% 9/15/45

     115,000        125,973  

Edwards Lifesciences 2.875% 10/15/18

     150,000        151,449  

Medtronic

     

2.75% 4/1/23

     1,125,000        1,127,849  

3.125% 3/15/22

     150,000        154,757  

3.50% 3/15/25

     575,000        598,755  

3.625% 3/15/24

     500,000        526,797  

4.375% 3/15/35

     150,000        164,148  

4.50% 3/15/42

     100,000        108,171  

4.625% 3/15/45

     590,000        665,630  

5.55% 3/15/40

     100,000        121,156  

Medtronic Global Holdings

     

1.70% 3/28/19

     150,000        150,133  

3.35% 4/1/27

     150,000        153,106  

Stryker

     

2.00% 3/8/19

     90,000        90,285  

2.625% 3/15/21

     150,000        151,689  

3.375% 5/15/24

     150,000        154,214  

3.375% 11/1/25

     100,000        101,948  

3.50% 3/15/26

     75,000        76,954  

4.375% 1/15/20

     100,000        105,689  

4.375% 5/15/44

     100,000        101,393  

4.625% 3/15/46

     95,000        104,209  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings

     

2.70% 4/1/20

     350,000        353,416  

3.15% 4/1/22

     250,000        254,077  

3.55% 4/1/25

     180,000        182,113  
     

 

 

 
        14,112,543  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–0.57%

Aetna

     

2.75% 11/15/22

     550,000        552,590  

2.80% 6/15/23

     135,000        134,949  

6.625% 6/15/36

     100,000        135,321  

6.75% 12/15/37

     100,000        138,754  

AmerisourceBergen

     

3.40% 5/15/24

     250,000        257,257  

4.875% 11/15/19

     200,000        212,854  

Anthem

     

2.30% 7/15/18

     250,000        251,471  

3.125% 5/15/22

     250,000        254,944  

3.50% 8/15/24

     250,000        257,370  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–33


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Health Care Providers & Services (continued)

 

Anthem (continued)

     

4.35% 8/15/20

     100,000      $ 106,203  

4.625% 5/15/42

     100,000        108,367  

4.65% 1/15/43

     125,000        135,233  

4.65% 8/15/44

     100,000        108,744  

5.85% 1/15/36

     125,000        150,887  

6.375% 6/15/37

     100,000        128,834  

7.00% 2/15/19

     400,000        430,560  

Cardinal Health

     

1.948% 6/14/19

     100,000        100,147  

2.616% 6/15/22

     150,000        150,309  

3.079% 6/15/24

     100,000        100,394  

3.20% 3/15/23

     100,000        102,102  

3.41% 6/15/27

     250,000        251,091  

3.50% 11/15/24

     300,000        306,954  

3.75% 9/15/25

     100,000        104,094  

4.368% 6/15/47

     100,000        103,762  

4.625% 12/15/20

     100,000        107,501  

4.90% 9/15/45

     100,000        110,636  

Children’s Hospital 4.115% 1/1/47

     65,000        69,009  

Children’s Hospital Medical Center 4.268% 5/15/44

     50,000        53,473  

Cigna

     

5.375% 2/15/42

     400,000        482,695  

5.875% 3/15/41

     200,000        252,324  

7.875% 5/15/27

     25,000        33,607  

Coventry Health Care 5.45% 6/15/21

     80,000        88,337  

Duke University Health System 3.92% 6/1/47

     75,000        75,715  

Express Scripts Holding

     

3.00% 7/15/23

     150,000        149,173  

3.30% 2/25/21

     40,000        41,231  

3.40% 3/1/27

     105,000        101,544  

3.90% 2/15/22

     450,000        471,561  

4.50% 2/25/26

     150,000        159,250  

4.75% 11/15/21

     200,000        216,342  

4.80% 7/15/46

     485,000        495,253  

6.125% 11/15/41

     300,000        353,028  

Hackensack Meridian Health 4.50% 7/1/57

     100,000        106,065  

Howard Hughes Medical Institute 3.50% 9/1/23

     150,000        158,578  

Humana

     

3.15% 12/1/22

     100,000        101,845  

4.625% 12/1/42

     175,000        187,714  

4.95% 10/1/44

     300,000        338,220  

Johns Hopkins Health System 3.837% 5/15/46

     70,000        70,126  

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

     

3.15% 5/1/27

     125,000        125,236  

3.50% 4/1/22

     50,000        52,235  

4.15% 5/1/47

     105,000        109,075  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Health Care Providers & Services (continued)

 

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings

 

4.625% 11/15/20

     150,000      $ 159,356  

4.70% 2/1/45

     500,000        517,275  

Mayo Clinic 4.128% 11/15/52

     100,000        104,720  

McKesson

     

2.284% 3/15/19

     250,000        251,538  

2.70% 12/15/22

     100,000        99,620  

3.796% 3/15/24

     200,000        208,469  

4.75% 3/1/21

     300,000        322,079  

4.883% 3/15/44

     125,000        136,500  

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 4.20% 7/1/55

     127,000        131,323  

New York and Presbyterian Hospital

 

4.024% 8/1/45

     75,000        76,593  

4.063% 8/1/56

     50,000        50,063  

Northwell Healthcare 3.979% 11/1/46

     250,000        239,190  

NYU Hospitals Center 4.368% 7/1/47

     100,000        104,728  

Providence St Joseph Health Obligated Group

 

2.746% 10/1/26

     100,000        95,893  

3.744% 10/1/47

     100,000        95,957  

Quest Diagnostics

     

2.70% 4/1/19

     150,000        151,819  

3.45% 6/1/26

     55,000        55,207  

3.50% 3/30/25

     300,000        305,191  

4.75% 1/30/20

     60,000        63,921  

RWJ Barnabas Health 3.949% 7/1/46

     50,000        49,323  

SSM Health Care 3.823% 6/1/27

     71,000        72,845  

Texas Health Resources 4.33% 11/15/55

     30,000        31,535  

UnitedHealth Group

     

1.70% 2/15/19

     200,000        199,912  

1.90% 7/16/18

     590,000        592,260  

2.125% 3/15/21

     200,000        199,608  

2.70% 7/15/20

     145,000        148,116  

2.75% 2/15/23

     107,000        107,879  

2.875% 12/15/21

     400,000        409,098  

2.875% 3/15/23

     250,000        254,038  

3.375% 4/15/27

     150,000        153,463  

3.45% 1/15/27

     100,000        102,945  

3.75% 7/15/25

     500,000        527,174  

4.20% 1/15/47

     55,000        58,168  

4.25% 3/15/43

     100,000        105,922  

4.375% 3/15/42

     100,000        107,616  

4.625% 11/15/41

     200,000        220,814  

4.70% 2/15/21

     100,000        108,102  

4.75% 7/15/45

     600,000        690,885  

6.50% 6/15/37

     150,000        202,870  

6.625% 11/15/37

     100,000        138,083  

6.875% 2/15/38

     100,000        142,308  
     

 

 

 
        16,885,370  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–0.16%

Carnival 3.95% 10/15/20

     133,000        140,852  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–34


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)

 

Darden Restaurants 6.80% 10/15/37

     84,000      $ 107,624  

Hyatt Hotels 4.85% 3/15/26

     50,000        54,706  

Marriott International

     

2.30% 1/15/22

     100,000        98,789  

2.875% 3/1/21

     100,000        101,561  

3.125% 6/15/26

     100,000        98,293  

3.375% 10/15/20

     208,000        214,931  

3.75% 10/1/25

     50,000        51,519  

McDonald’s

     

1.875% 5/29/19

     250,000        250,063  

2.10% 12/7/18

     60,000        60,359  

2.20% 5/26/20

     150,000        151,082  

2.625% 1/15/22

     100,000        100,705  

2.75% 12/9/20

     265,000        270,020  

3.25% 6/10/24

     300,000        307,723  

3.375% 5/26/25

     150,000        153,673  

3.50% 3/1/27

     150,000        152,781  

3.625% 5/20/21

     100,000        104,695  

3.625% 5/1/43

     100,000        93,152  

3.70% 1/30/26

     285,000        295,680  

4.45% 3/1/47

     150,000        158,439  

4.60% 5/26/45

     94,000        101,752  

4.70% 12/9/35

     270,000        298,919  

4.875% 12/9/45

     275,000        307,808  

6.30% 3/1/38

     50,000        64,626  

Starbucks

     

2.10% 2/4/21

     60,000        60,405  

2.45% 6/15/26

     100,000        96,561  

2.70% 6/15/22

     100,000        101,928  

3.85% 10/1/23

     100,000        107,765  

4.30% 6/15/45

     105,000        115,484  

Wyndham Worldwide

     

4.25% 3/1/22

     300,000        316,032  

4.50% 4/1/27

     70,000        72,301  

5.10% 10/1/25

     60,000        64,910  
     

 

 

 
        4,675,138  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables–0.07%

DR Horton

     

3.75% 3/1/19

     135,000        138,149  

4.00% 2/15/20

     175,000        181,841  

Harman International Industries 4.15% 5/15/25

     100,000        104,120  

Leggett & Platt 3.40% 8/15/22

     50,000        50,671  

Newell Brands

     

2.15% 10/15/18

     125,000        125,356  

3.15% 4/1/21

     100,000        102,411  

3.85% 4/1/23

     115,000        120,894  

3.90% 11/1/25

     250,000        259,332  

4.20% 4/1/26

     120,000        127,551  

5.375% 4/1/36

     60,000        69,473  

5.50% 4/1/46

     380,000        458,600  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Household Durables (continued)

     

Tupperware Brands 4.75% 6/1/21

     100,000      $ 106,717  

Whirlpool

     

4.50% 6/1/46

     70,000        73,397  

4.70% 6/1/22

     100,000        109,027  
     

 

 

 
        2,027,539  
     

 

 

 

Household Products–0.11%

Church & Dwight 2.45% 12/15/19

     100,000        100,977  

Clorox 3.50% 12/15/24

     150,000        155,408  

Colgate-Palmolive

     

1.75% 3/15/19

     344,000        345,028  

2.30% 5/3/22

     100,000        100,953  

4.00% 8/15/45

     100,000        103,855  

Kimberly-Clark

     

1.90% 5/22/19

     250,000        251,333  

3.05% 8/15/25

     50,000        50,554  

3.20% 7/30/46

     50,000        45,550  

3.90% 5/4/47

     100,000        102,535  

5.30% 3/1/41

     200,000        247,063  

6.625% 8/1/37

     100,000        139,761  

7.50% 11/1/18

     100,000        107,806  

Procter & Gamble

     

1.70% 11/3/21

     150,000        148,131  

1.85% 2/2/21

     300,000        298,416  

1.90% 11/1/19

     200,000        200,984  

2.30% 2/6/22

     250,000        253,125  

2.45% 11/3/26

     150,000        146,766  

2.70% 2/2/26

     100,000        99,764  

3.10% 8/15/23

     200,000        207,709  

5.55% 3/5/37

     200,000        268,550  
     

 

 

 
        3,374,268  
     

 

 

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity
Producers–0.02%

Enel Generacion Chile 4.25% 4/15/24

     100,000        104,099  

Oglethorpe Power

     

4.25% 4/1/46

     75,000        71,153  

5.95% 11/1/39

     100,000        119,725  

TransAlta 6.50% 3/15/40

     250,000        244,117  
     

 

 

 
        539,094  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–0.28%

3M

     

1.375% 8/7/18

     100,000        99,947  

2.00% 8/7/20

     100,000        100,506  

2.00% 6/26/22

     500,000        496,987  

3.00% 8/7/25

     100,000        101,409  

3.875% 6/15/44

     150,000        153,248  

5.70% 3/15/37

     100,000        128,059  

6.375% 2/15/28

     25,000        32,201  

General Electric

     

2.70% 10/9/22

     1,150,000        1,170,561  

3.45% 5/15/24

     800,000        841,391  

4.125% 10/9/42

     311,000        328,077  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–35


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Industrial Conglomerates (continued)

 

General Electric (continued)

     

4.50% 3/11/44

     700,000      $ 779,545  

5.30% 2/11/21

     900,000        995,797  

5.50% 1/8/20

     100,000        108,963  

5.875% 1/14/38

     272,000        352,689  

6.00% 8/7/19

     100,000        108,713  

6.75% 3/15/32

     224,000        307,498  

6.875% 1/10/39

     201,000        291,922  

Honeywell International

     

1.40% 10/30/19

     200,000        198,711  

1.85% 11/1/21

     200,000        196,918  

2.50% 11/1/26

     200,000        192,222  

3.35% 12/1/23

     200,000        208,230  

4.25% 3/1/21

     50,000        53,683  

5.375% 3/1/41

     65,000        81,027  

5.70% 3/15/36

     150,000        190,741  

5.70% 3/15/37

     100,000        128,662  

Koninklijke Philips

     

3.75% 3/15/22

     100,000        105,531  

5.00% 3/15/42

     100,000        110,147  

6.875% 3/11/38

     50,000        66,895  

Roper Technologies

     

2.80% 12/15/21

     50,000        50,477  

3.00% 12/15/20

     200,000        204,862  

3.80% 12/15/26

     55,000        56,619  

3.85% 12/15/25

     100,000        103,139  

6.25% 9/1/19

     100,000        108,596  
     

 

 

 
        8,453,973  
     

 

 

 

Insurance–0.72%

Aflac 4.00% 10/15/46

     300,000        296,349  

Alleghany

     

4.90% 9/15/44

     95,000        100,916  

4.95% 6/27/22

     100,000        109,674  

Allied World Assurance Holdings 4.35% 10/29/25

     100,000        101,695  

Allstate

     

3.28% 12/15/26

     150,000        152,540  

4.20% 12/15/46

     150,000        157,042  

4.50% 6/15/43

     100,000        109,737  

5.55% 5/9/35

     150,000        184,063  

•5.75% 8/15/53

     225,000        246,937  

7.45% 5/16/19

     100,000        109,897  

American Financial Group

     

4.50% 6/15/47

     50,000        51,090  

9.875% 6/15/19

     100,000        114,314  

American International Group

     

2.30% 7/16/19

     350,000        352,023  

3.30% 3/1/21

     85,000        87,524  

3.75% 7/10/25

     70,000        71,420  

3.90% 4/1/26

     600,000        614,920  

4.50% 7/16/44

     500,000        510,415  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Insurance (continued)

 

American International Group (continued)

 

4.70% 7/10/35

     100,000      $ 106,613  

4.80% 7/10/45

     100,000        107,145  

4.875% 6/1/22

     500,000        549,229  

6.40% 12/15/20

     200,000        226,496  

Aon

     

2.80% 3/15/21

     150,000        150,766  

3.50% 6/14/24

     100,000        102,113  

3.875% 12/15/25

     100,000        104,680  

4.00% 11/27/23

     150,000        158,613  

4.75% 5/15/45

     100,000        108,627  

5.00% 9/30/20

     100,000        107,765  

Arch Capital Finance

     

4.011% 12/15/26

     100,000        103,354  

5.031% 12/15/46

     100,000        111,617  

Arch Capital Group US 5.144% 11/1/43

     105,000        118,938  

Aspen Insurance Holdings 4.65% 11/15/23

     100,000        106,793  

Assured Guaranty US Holdings 5.00% 7/1/24

     100,000        107,371  

AXA 8.60% 12/15/30

     200,000        282,500  

AXIS Specialty Finance 5.875% 6/1/20

     100,000        109,225  

Brighthouse Financial

     

#144A 3.70% 6/22/27

     250,000        247,473  

#144A 4.70% 6/22/47

     200,000        198,234  

Chubb

     

6.00% 5/11/37

     100,000        130,620  

6.50% 5/15/38

     200,000        277,846  

Chubb INA Holdings

     

2.30% 11/3/20

     655,000        659,042  

2.70% 3/13/23

     100,000        100,161  

3.35% 5/15/24

     300,000        310,934  

3.35% 5/3/26

     95,000        97,275  

4.15% 3/13/43

     100,000        105,931  

5.90% 6/15/19

     125,000        134,646  

Cincinnati Financial 6.92% 5/15/28

     100,000        129,761  

CNA Financial

     

3.95% 5/15/24

     125,000        129,851  

4.50% 3/1/26

     100,000        107,471  

5.75% 8/15/21

     30,000        33,512  

7.35% 11/15/19

     120,000        134,172  

Enstar Group 4.50% 3/10/22

     50,000        51,638  

Everest Reinsurance Holdings 4.868% 6/1/44

     100,000        103,326  

First American Financial 4.60% 11/15/24

     100,000        102,443  

Hanover Insurance Group 4.50% 4/15/26

     100,000        104,477  

Hartford Financial Services Group

     

4.30% 4/15/43

     43,000        43,896  

5.125% 4/15/22

     100,000        111,124  

5.50% 3/30/20

     100,000        108,735  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–36


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Insurance (continued)

 

Hartford Financial Services Group (continued)

 

5.95% 10/15/36

     250,000      $ 309,418  

6.10% 10/1/41

     50,000        63,759  

Kemper 4.35% 2/15/25

     70,000        70,808  

ÞLincoln National 4.00% 9/1/23

     500,000        527,483  

Loews

     

4.125% 5/15/43

     500,000        497,492  

6.00% 2/1/35

     100,000        123,245  

Manulife Financial

     

•4.061% 2/24/32

     250,000        252,729  

4.15% 3/4/26

     100,000        105,805  

5.375% 3/4/46

     100,000        120,433  

Markel 5.00% 4/5/46

     250,000        274,560  

Marsh & McLennan

     

2.35% 3/6/20

     150,000        150,863  

2.75% 1/30/22

     60,000        60,650  

3.30% 3/14/23

     100,000        102,901  

3.50% 3/10/25

     150,000        154,204  

3.75% 3/14/26

     75,000        78,227  

4.35% 1/30/47

     45,000        48,295  

4.80% 7/15/21

     100,000        108,811  

Mercury General 4.40% 3/15/27

     50,000        50,772  

MetLife

     

3.00% 3/1/25

     150,000        150,600  

4.05% 3/1/45

     150,000        151,647  

4.368% 9/15/23

     367,000        402,108  

4.60% 5/13/46

     200,000        220,602  

4.75% 2/8/21

     200,000        217,622  

4.875% 11/13/43

     200,000        226,599  

5.70% 6/15/35

     50,000        61,743  

5.875% 2/6/41

     100,000        126,907  

6.375% 6/15/34

     100,000        130,954  

6.40% 12/15/36

     100,000        115,750  

6.50% 12/15/32

     100,000        130,185  

6.817% 8/15/18

     400,000        422,408  

7.717% 2/15/19

     200,000        218,505  

10.75% 8/1/39

     150,000        250,125  

Montpelier Re Holdings 4.70% 10/15/22

     100,000        108,107  

Old Republic International 4.875% 10/1/24

     100,000        107,129  

PartnerRe Finance B 5.50% 6/1/20

     100,000        108,767  

Primerica 4.75% 7/15/22

     100,000        107,922  

Principal Financial Group

     

3.10% 11/15/26

     300,000        296,201  

3.40% 5/15/25

     100,000        102,230  

•4.70% 5/15/55

     50,000        51,750  

Progressive

     

3.75% 8/23/21

     100,000        105,671  

4.125% 4/15/47

     200,000        209,067  

4.35% 4/25/44

     250,000        269,225  

Protective Life 7.375% 10/15/19

     50,000        55,701  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Insurance (continued)

 

Prudential Financial

     

2.30% 8/15/18

     250,000      $ 251,473  

5.10% 8/15/43

     250,000        291,271  

•5.20% 3/15/44

     100,000        106,125  

5.70% 12/14/36

     350,000        428,968  

•5.875% 9/15/42

     250,000        278,863  

6.625% 12/1/37

     400,000        535,306  

6.625% 6/21/40

     200,000        271,542  

Reinsurance Group of America

     

3.95% 9/15/26

     30,000        30,548  

4.70% 9/15/23

     150,000        162,960  

6.45% 11/15/19

     90,000        98,515  

RenaissanceRe Finance 3.45% 7/1/27

     130,000        127,994  

Swiss Re Solutions Holding 7.00% 2/15/26

     100,000        123,132  

Transatlantic Holdings 8.00% 11/30/39

     100,000        136,729  

Travelers

     

3.75% 5/15/46

     50,000        49,166  

3.90% 11/1/20

     100,000        105,639  

4.00% 5/30/47

     80,000        82,051  

4.60% 8/1/43

     250,000        279,501  

5.90% 6/2/19

     100,000        107,364  

6.25% 6/15/37

     100,000        133,565  

6.75% 6/20/36

     100,000        138,648  

Trinity Acquisition 4.40% 3/15/26

     100,000        104,606  

Unum Group

     

3.00% 5/15/21

     30,000        30,313  

5.75% 8/15/42

     50,000        59,509  

Willis North America 3.60% 5/15/24

     100,000        101,157  

WR Berkley 7.375% 9/15/19

     100,000        110,245  

XLIT

     

2.30% 12/15/18

     100,000        100,475  

5.25% 12/15/43

     200,000        227,545  

5.75% 10/1/21

     100,000        112,033  
     

 

 

 
        21,488,192  
     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–0.04%

Amazon.com 3.80% 12/5/24

     500,000        533,532  

Expedia

     

4.50% 8/15/24

     200,000        210,780  

5.95% 8/15/20

     100,000        109,357  

JD.com 3.875% 4/29/26

     200,000        198,101  

Priceline Group 3.60% 6/1/26

     200,000        202,828  
     

 

 

 
        1,254,598  
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–0.11%

Alibaba Group Holding

     

2.50% 11/28/19

     500,000        504,166  

3.60% 11/28/24

     633,000        653,028  

Alphabet

     

1.998% 8/15/26

     250,000        234,197  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–37


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Internet Software & Services (continued)

 

Alphabet (continued)

     

3.375% 2/25/24

     200,000      $ 210,444  

3.625% 5/19/21

     100,000        105,917  

Baidu

     

3.00% 6/30/20

     200,000        203,054  

3.25% 8/6/18

     200,000        202,545  

3.50% 11/28/22

     200,000        205,632  

4.125% 6/30/25

     200,000        209,329  

eBay

     

2.60% 7/15/22

     250,000        248,090  

2.875% 8/1/21

     350,000        354,323  

3.25% 10/15/20

     100,000        102,848  

3.80% 3/9/22

     150,000        156,915  
     

 

 

 
        3,390,488  
     

 

 

 

IT Services–0.33%

Automatic Data Processing

     

2.25% 9/15/20

     250,000        253,206  

3.375% 9/15/25

     125,000        130,043  

Broadridge Financial Solutions 3.95% 9/1/20

     100,000        104,808  

Fidelity National Information Services

 

2.85% 10/15/18

     105,000        106,272  

3.50% 4/15/23

     311,000        323,562  

3.625% 10/15/20

     420,000        440,300  

3.875% 6/5/24

     100,000        104,898  

4.50% 10/15/22

     80,000        87,026  

4.50% 8/15/46

     50,000        51,499  

5.00% 10/15/25

     200,000        223,710  

Fiserv

     

2.70% 6/1/20

     150,000        151,870  

3.50% 10/1/22

     150,000        155,347  

3.85% 6/1/25

     150,000        156,078  

4.625% 10/1/20

     100,000        107,034  

#Genpact Luxembourg 144A 3.70% 4/1/22

     50,000        50,683  

International Business Machines

     

1.625% 5/15/20

     550,000        545,593  

1.80% 5/17/19

     500,000        501,307  

1.875% 8/1/22

     600,000        585,320  

1.90% 1/27/20

     150,000        150,097  

1.95% 2/12/19

     200,000        201,269  

2.50% 1/27/22

     150,000        151,419  

2.875% 11/9/22

     150,000        152,885  

2.90% 11/1/21

     150,000        153,551  

3.30% 1/27/27

     100,000        101,657  

3.45% 2/19/26

     150,000        153,860  

4.00% 6/20/42

     200,000        200,214  

5.60% 11/30/39

     210,000        260,025  

5.875% 11/29/32

     120,000        151,472  

7.625% 10/15/18

     300,000        322,413  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

IT Services (continued)

 

Mastercard

     

2.00% 11/21/21

     100,000      $ 99,413  

2.95% 11/21/26

     150,000        150,605  

3.375% 4/1/24

     500,000        521,949  

3.80% 11/21/46

     100,000        101,843  

Total System Services

     

3.75% 6/1/23

     125,000        129,864  

3.80% 4/1/21

     50,000        52,113  

4.80% 4/1/26

     100,000        109,046  

Visa

     

2.20% 12/14/20

     500,000        504,425  

2.80% 12/14/22

     300,000        305,665  

3.15% 12/14/25

     750,000        762,272  

4.15% 12/14/35

     115,000        124,838  

4.30% 12/14/45

     530,000        582,749  

Western Union

     

3.65% 8/22/18

     100,000        101,721  

5.253% 4/1/20

     107,000        114,596  
     

 

 

 
        9,738,517  
     

 

 

 

Leisure Products–0.01%

Hasbro

     

3.15% 5/15/21

     75,000        76,653  

5.10% 5/15/44

     65,000        69,966  

6.35% 3/15/40

     65,000        78,371  

Mattel 2.35% 5/6/19

     200,000        200,013  
     

 

 

 
        425,003  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–0.07%

Agilent Technologies

     

3.875% 7/15/23

     150,000        157,131  

5.00% 7/15/20

     100,000        107,652  

Life Technologies 6.00% 3/1/20

     150,000        163,578  

Thermo Fisher Scientific

     

3.00% 4/15/23

     105,000        105,988  

3.30% 2/15/22

     650,000        672,358  

3.60% 8/15/21

     100,000        104,292  

4.15% 2/1/24

     200,000        213,591  

4.50% 3/1/21

     240,000        256,908  

4.70% 5/1/20

     100,000        106,842  

5.30% 2/1/44

     200,000        234,254  
     

 

 

 
        2,122,594  
     

 

 

 

Machinery–0.33%

Caterpillar

     

2.60% 6/26/22

     50,000        50,456  

3.803% 8/15/42

     168,000        169,066  

3.90% 5/27/21

     150,000        159,440  

4.75% 5/15/64

     250,000        280,435  

6.05% 8/15/36

     200,000        259,780  

7.90% 12/15/18

     100,000        108,806  

Caterpillar Financial Services

     

1.70% 8/9/21

     250,000        244,539  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–38


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Machinery (continued)

 

Caterpillar Financial Services (continued)

 

1.90% 3/22/19

     150,000      $ 150,603  

2.10% 1/10/20

     100,000        100,701  

2.40% 6/6/22

     400,000        399,248  

2.40% 8/9/26

     100,000        95,859  

2.45% 9/6/18

     250,000        252,401  

7.15% 2/15/19

     200,000        216,885  

Crane 4.45% 12/15/23

     100,000        105,247  

Cummins

     

3.65% 10/1/23

     139,000        146,986  

4.875% 10/1/43

     64,000        72,455  

Deere

     

2.60% 6/8/22

     100,000        101,343  

3.90% 6/9/42

     150,000        156,954  

4.375% 10/16/19

     350,000        369,638  

5.375% 10/16/29

     100,000        121,166  

Dover

     

4.30% 3/1/21

     100,000        106,305  

5.375% 3/1/41

     100,000        122,564  

Flowserve 4.00% 11/15/23

     64,000        66,459  

Fortive

     

2.35% 6/15/21

     100,000        99,515  

3.15% 6/15/26

     150,000        150,205  

4.30% 6/15/46

     50,000        52,258  

Illinois Tool Works

     

1.95% 3/1/19

     300,000        302,273  

2.65% 11/15/26

     150,000        146,664  

3.375% 9/15/21

     60,000        62,462  

3.90% 9/1/42

     150,000        156,144  

4.875% 9/15/41

     100,000        117,093  

6.25% 4/1/19

     100,000        107,672  

Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding

     

4.25% 6/15/23

     250,000        270,475  

5.75% 6/15/43

     100,000        126,451  

6.875% 8/15/18

     250,000        263,905  

John Deere Capital

     

1.60% 7/13/18

     50,000        50,055  

1.65% 10/15/18

     155,000        155,101  

1.70% 1/15/20

     350,000        348,893  

1.95% 6/22/20

     20,000        20,061  

2.25% 4/17/19

     200,000        201,986  

2.30% 9/16/19

     500,000        505,959  

2.65% 1/6/22

     250,000        254,157  

2.65% 6/24/24

     50,000        49,707  

2.65% 6/10/26

     300,000        293,121  

2.80% 3/6/23

     200,000        202,550  

Kennametal 2.65% 11/1/19

     150,000        150,810  

PACCAR Financial

     

1.30% 5/10/19

     130,000        129,001  

1.95% 2/27/20

     60,000        60,019  

Parker-Hannifin

     

3.30% 11/21/24

     60,000        61,922  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Machinery (continued)

 

Parker-Hannifin (continued)

     

4.20% 11/21/34

     140,000      $ 149,418  

6.25% 5/15/38

     550,000        727,032  

Stanley Black & Decker

     

2.451% 11/17/18

     100,000        101,008  

2.90% 11/1/22

     150,000        152,257  

5.20% 9/1/40

     100,000        114,564  

•5.75% 12/15/53

     100,000        105,375  

Timken 3.875% 9/1/24

     70,000        69,836  

Xylem

     

3.25% 11/1/26

     55,000        54,878  

4.375% 11/1/46

     50,000        51,964  
     

 

 

 
        9,722,127  
     

 

 

 

Media–0.99%

21st Century Fox America

     

3.00% 9/15/22

     400,000        406,312  

3.375% 11/15/26

     60,000        59,975  

3.70% 10/15/25

     40,000        41,069  

4.50% 2/15/21

     150,000        160,874  

4.75% 9/15/44

     60,000        63,406  

4.75% 11/15/46

     50,000        53,576  

4.95% 10/15/45

     30,000        32,601  

5.65% 8/15/20

     300,000        330,237  

6.15% 3/1/37

     30,000        37,596  

6.15% 2/15/41

     450,000        569,918  

6.40% 12/15/35

     300,000        381,302  

6.65% 11/15/37

     175,000        231,583  

6.90% 8/15/39

     100,000        132,429  

8.15% 10/17/36

     100,000        143,842  

CBS

     

2.30% 8/15/19

     200,000        201,406  

2.50% 2/15/23

     250,000        247,922  

2.90% 1/15/27

     100,000        94,908  

3.375% 3/1/22

     100,000        103,283  

3.375% 2/15/28

     145,000        142,428  

4.00% 1/15/26

     355,000        367,990  

4.85% 7/1/42

     150,000        157,170  

4.90% 8/15/44

     125,000        131,773  

7.875% 7/30/30

     200,000        276,388  

Charter Communications Operating

     

3.579% 7/23/20

     305,000        315,401  

#144A 3.75% 2/15/28

     100,000        98,738  

4.464% 7/23/22

     500,000        533,318  

4.908% 7/23/25

     850,000        919,766  

#144A 5.375% 5/1/47

     200,000        212,389  

6.384% 10/23/35

     190,000        225,850  

6.484% 10/23/45

     565,000        680,511  

Comcast

     

1.625% 1/15/22

     150,000        145,941  

2.35% 1/15/27

     105,000        98,675  

2.75% 3/1/23

     300,000        303,164  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–39


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Media (continued)

 

Comcast (continued)

     

3.00% 2/1/24

     250,000      $ 253,661  

3.125% 7/15/22

     100,000        103,494  

3.15% 3/1/26

     350,000        352,198  

3.20% 7/15/36

     150,000        140,681  

3.30% 2/1/27

     250,000        253,375  

3.375% 2/15/25

     425,000        437,839  

3.375% 8/15/25

     65,000        66,753  

3.40% 7/15/46

     110,000        100,434  

4.20% 8/15/34

     83,000        88,052  

4.25% 1/15/33

     200,000        213,521  

4.40% 8/15/35

     192,000        206,772  

4.60% 8/15/45

     77,000        84,171  

4.65% 7/15/42

     24,000        26,374  

4.75% 3/1/44

     350,000        390,390  

5.70% 7/1/19

     200,000        215,300  

6.40% 5/15/38

     250,000        333,115  

6.45% 3/15/37

     200,000        266,610  

6.50% 11/15/35

     200,000        265,615  

6.95% 8/15/37

     250,000        353,341  

7.05% 3/15/33

     500,000        684,475  

Discovery Communications

     

3.30% 5/15/22

     150,000        150,731  

3.80% 3/13/24

     100,000        101,260  

4.375% 6/15/21

     100,000        105,645  

4.875% 4/1/43

     100,000        93,696  

4.90% 3/11/26

     100,000        106,181  

5.625% 8/15/19

     123,000        131,488  

6.35% 6/1/40

     150,000        165,848  

Grupo Televisa

     

4.625% 1/30/26

     200,000        210,973  

6.625% 1/15/40

     100,000        116,262  

8.50% 3/11/32

     200,000        259,810  

Historic TW 6.625% 5/15/29

     300,000        377,536  

NBCUniversal Media

     

2.875% 1/15/23

     575,000        584,391  

4.375% 4/1/21

     200,000        215,689  

4.45% 1/15/43

     675,000        718,292  

5.15% 4/30/20

     670,000        729,906  

5.95% 4/1/41

     200,000        256,623  

Omnicom Group

     

3.60% 4/15/26

     200,000        201,598  

3.625% 5/1/22

     200,000        208,981  

4.45% 8/15/20

     35,000        37,316  

6.25% 7/15/19

     250,000        270,916  

RELX Capital 8.625% 1/15/19

     100,000        109,424  

Scripps Networks Interactive

     

2.75% 11/15/19

     50,000        50,644  

2.80% 6/15/20

     100,000        101,241  

3.50% 6/15/22

     100,000        103,244  

3.90% 11/15/24

     150,000        155,665  

3.95% 6/15/25

     100,000        102,350  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Media (continued)

 

Time Warner

     

2.95% 7/15/26

     125,000      $ 118,156  

3.55% 6/1/24

     200,000        202,963  

3.80% 2/15/27

     105,000        105,917  

3.875% 1/15/26

     150,000        152,810  

4.70% 1/15/21

     100,000        107,486  

4.75% 3/29/21

     150,000        161,678  

4.875% 3/15/20

     200,000        213,910  

4.90% 6/15/42

     200,000        206,359  

6.10% 7/15/40

     100,000        120,255  

6.25% 3/29/41

     400,000        490,312  

6.50% 11/15/36

     100,000        123,405  

7.625% 4/15/31

     325,000        444,308  

7.70% 5/1/32

     330,000        460,511  

Time Warner Cable

     

4.00% 9/1/21

     500,000        523,125  

5.00% 2/1/20

     145,000        154,779  

5.50% 9/1/41

     100,000        107,831  

5.875% 11/15/40

     100,000        111,828  

6.55% 5/1/37

     200,000        239,530  

6.75% 7/1/18

     300,000        313,938  

6.75% 6/15/39

     450,000        552,514  

7.30% 7/1/38

     150,000        192,293  

8.25% 4/1/19

     250,000        275,901  

8.75% 2/14/19

     200,000        220,065  

Time Warner Entertainment

     

8.375% 3/15/23

     250,000        314,935  

8.375% 7/15/33

     200,000        275,263  

Viacom

     

3.125% 6/15/22

     300,000        300,882  

3.25% 3/15/23

     250,000        248,109  

3.875% 4/1/24

     200,000        204,018  

4.375% 3/15/43

     477,000        425,562  

5.625% 9/15/19

     200,000        213,674  

5.85% 9/1/43

     150,000        162,541  

6.875% 4/30/36

     125,000        146,466  

Walt Disney

     

0.875% 7/12/19

     60,000        59,126  

1.50% 9/17/18

     70,000        70,005  

1.80% 6/5/20

     100,000        99,827  

1.85% 7/30/26

     95,000        86,579  

1.95% 3/4/20

     60,000        60,211  

2.15% 9/17/20

     100,000        100,728  

2.30% 2/12/21

     500,000        504,609  

2.35% 12/1/22

     300,000        300,881  

2.45% 3/4/22

     70,000        70,582  

2.95% 6/15/27

     200,000        198,526  

3.00% 2/13/26

     300,000        301,890  

3.00% 7/30/46

     50,000        43,834  

3.15% 9/17/25

     100,000        102,341  

3.70% 12/1/42

     150,000        148,977  

3.75% 6/1/21

     200,000        212,066  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–40


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Media (continued)

 

Walt Disney (continued)

     

4.125% 12/1/41

     100,000      $ 105,029  

4.125% 6/1/44

     83,000        87,337  

WPP Finance 2010

     

4.75% 11/21/21

     100,000        108,287  

5.625% 11/15/43

     250,000        289,704  
     

 

 

 
        29,245,485  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–0.31%

Barrick Gold

     

4.10% 5/1/23

     63,000        68,247  

5.25% 4/1/42

     300,000        342,580  

Barrick North America Finance

     

4.40% 5/30/21

     49,000        52,911  

5.70% 5/30/41

     500,000        594,125  

5.75% 5/1/43

     150,000        182,730  

Barrick PD Australia Finance 5.95% 10/15/39

     100,000        121,227  

BHP Billiton Finance USA

     

3.85% 9/30/23

     200,000        213,027  

4.125% 2/24/42

     125,000        128,279  

5.00% 9/30/43

     500,000        579,934  

Goldcorp 3.70% 3/15/23

     200,000        206,970  

Newmont Mining

     

3.50% 3/15/22

     150,000        155,276  

4.875% 3/15/42

     650,000        689,296  

6.25% 10/1/39

     100,000        123,130  

Nucor

     

4.00% 8/1/23

     139,000        147,109  

4.125% 9/15/22

     100,000        107,105  

5.20% 8/1/43

     100,000        117,780  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum 4.50% 4/15/23

     150,000        158,642  

Rio Tinto Alcan 6.125% 12/15/33

     150,000        184,941  

Rio Tinto Finance USA

     

2.875% 8/21/22

     6,000        6,100  

3.75% 6/15/25

     700,000        737,517  

4.125% 8/21/42

     150,000        155,147  

5.20% 11/2/40

     100,000        118,492  

7.125% 7/15/28

     75,000        99,828  

Southern Copper

     

3.50% 11/8/22

     89,000        90,701  

5.25% 11/8/42

     150,000        149,971  

5.375% 4/16/20

     125,000        135,952  

5.875% 4/23/45

     69,000        74,132  

6.75% 4/16/40

     110,000        127,245  

7.50% 7/27/35

     200,000        248,227  

Thomson Reuters

     

3.35% 5/15/26

     55,000        55,016  

4.30% 11/23/23

     200,000        214,739  

4.70% 10/15/19

     400,000        420,748  

6.50% 7/15/18

     150,000        157,070  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Metals & Mining (continued)

 

Vale 5.625% 9/11/42

     150,000      $ 143,250  

Vale Overseas

     

4.375% 1/11/22

     250,000        255,075  

4.625% 9/15/20

     100,000        103,694  

5.625% 9/15/19

     300,000        317,250  

5.875% 6/10/21

     500,000        538,000  

6.25% 8/10/26

     300,000        324,375  

6.875% 11/21/36

     350,000        377,125  

6.875% 11/10/39

     170,000        183,175  

Yamana Gold 4.95% 7/15/24

     50,000        50,590  
     

 

 

 
        9,256,728  
     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–0.13%

Dollar General

     

3.25% 4/15/23

     200,000        203,965  

3.875% 4/15/27

     100,000        102,610  

4.15% 11/1/25

     75,000        79,296  

Kohl’s

     

4.00% 11/1/21

     200,000        205,026  

4.25% 7/17/25

     50,000        49,258  

4.75% 12/15/23

     150,000        154,046  

5.55% 7/17/45

     50,000        45,951  

Macy’s Retail Holdings

     

2.875% 2/15/23

     100,000        91,802  

3.45% 1/15/21

     100,000        99,801  

3.625% 6/1/24

     150,000        138,014  

4.375% 9/1/23

     90,000        88,558  

6.70% 7/15/34

     150,000        155,702  

6.90% 4/1/29

     150,000        160,457  

Nordstrom

     

4.00% 3/15/27

     60,000        58,830  

4.75% 5/1/20

     100,000        104,215  

5.00% 1/15/44

     281,000        268,687  

Target

     

2.30% 6/26/19

     200,000        202,525  

2.50% 4/15/26

     100,000        94,991  

2.90% 1/15/22

     300,000        308,221  

3.625% 4/15/46

     490,000        458,360  

3.875% 7/15/20

     100,000        105,702  

4.00% 7/1/42

     150,000        148,519  

6.35% 11/1/32

     100,000        128,542  

7.00% 1/15/38

     200,000        282,759  
     

 

 

 
        3,735,837  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–0.49%

Ameren

     

2.70% 11/15/20

     50,000        50,636  

3.65% 2/15/26

     50,000        51,139  

Black Hills

     

3.15% 1/15/27

     100,000        96,887  

3.95% 1/15/26

     50,000        51,641  

4.20% 9/15/46

     100,000        98,111  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–41


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Multi-Utilities (continued)

 

Black Hills (continued)

     

4.25% 11/30/23

     100,000      $ 106,023  

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric

     

2.25% 8/1/22

     250,000        247,153  

2.40% 9/1/26

     350,000        333,083  

3.00% 2/1/27

     100,000        99,604  

CenterPoint Energy Resources

     

4.50% 1/15/21

     65,000        68,311  

5.85% 1/15/41

     115,000        141,919  

CMS Energy

     

3.00% 5/15/26

     40,000        39,211  

3.45% 8/15/27

     100,000        101,139  

4.875% 3/1/44

     100,000        111,888  

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York

     

3.95% 3/1/43

     150,000        152,055  

4.30% 12/1/56

     100,000        104,538  

4.45% 3/15/44

     200,000        219,525  

4.50% 12/1/45

     100,000        110,294  

4.625% 12/1/54

     500,000        553,322  

5.50% 12/1/39

     250,000        307,345  

5.85% 3/15/36

     100,000        124,537  

6.30% 8/15/37

     20,000        26,473  

6.65% 4/1/19

     200,000        215,942  

6.75% 4/1/38

     25,000        34,904  

7.125% 12/1/18

     200,000        214,463  

Consumers Energy

     

2.85% 5/15/22

     100,000        102,285  

3.25% 8/15/46

     100,000        91,922  

3.375% 8/15/23

     200,000        209,347  

3.95% 5/15/43

     150,000        155,547  

5.65% 4/15/20

     100,000        110,131  

Dominion Energy

     

1.60% 8/15/19

     100,000        99,204  

1.875% 1/15/19

     150,000        149,728  

2.00% 8/15/21

     40,000        39,270  

2.50% 12/1/19

     400,000        403,341  

2.75% 1/15/22

     150,000        150,972  

2.75% 9/15/22

     250,000        249,852  

2.85% 8/15/26

     60,000        57,307  

4.45% 3/15/21

     100,000        107,047  

4.90% 8/1/41

     60,000        65,801  

5.20% 8/15/19

     80,000        85,221  

5.95% 6/15/35

     25,000        30,771  

Dominion Energy Gas Holdings

     

2.50% 12/15/19

     50,000        50,363  

3.60% 12/15/24

     25,000        25,649  

4.60% 12/15/44

     850,000        891,659  

4.80% 11/1/43

     94,000        99,696  

DTE Electric

     

3.65% 3/15/24

     250,000        263,747  

3.70% 6/1/46

     50,000        49,246  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Multi-Utilities (continued)

 

DTE Energy

     

2.40% 12/1/19

     150,000      $ 150,763  

2.85% 10/1/26

     200,000        190,604  

3.30% 6/15/22

     200,000        205,443  

3.50% 6/1/24

     100,000        101,710  

NiSource Finance

     

3.49% 5/15/27

     100,000        100,893  

4.375% 5/15/47

     100,000        103,539  

4.80% 2/15/44

     100,000        108,742  

5.25% 2/15/43

     59,000        68,241  

NorthWestern 4.176% 11/15/44

     150,000        153,340  

PSEG Power 5.125% 4/15/20

     60,000        64,262  

Public Service Electric & Gas

     

1.90% 3/15/21

     50,000        49,588  

2.375% 5/15/23

     200,000        198,580  

3.00% 5/15/25

     100,000        101,080  

3.00% 5/15/27

     300,000        300,981  

3.80% 3/1/46

     100,000        101,950  

5.50% 3/1/40

     100,000        126,418  

Public Service Enterprise Group 2.00% 11/15/21

     200,000        195,696  

Puget Energy

     

3.65% 5/15/25

     200,000        200,703  

6.00% 9/1/21

     200,000        224,812  

Puget Sound Energy

     

5.638% 4/15/41

     80,000        99,877  

5.795% 3/15/40

     100,000        127,724  

San Diego Gas & Electric

     

3.00% 8/15/21

     175,000        180,130  

3.60% 9/1/23

     200,000        210,976  

6.00% 6/1/39

     110,000        145,070  

Sempra Energy

     

1.625% 10/7/19

     70,000        69,399  

2.40% 3/15/20

     250,000        251,281  

2.85% 11/15/20

     100,000        101,574  

2.875% 10/1/22

     150,000        150,543  

3.75% 11/15/25

     100,000        103,203  

6.00% 10/15/39

     125,000        158,751  

South Carolina Electric & Gas

     

4.50% 6/1/64

     35,000        35,168  

6.05% 1/15/38

     225,000        273,939  

Southern California Gas

     

2.60% 6/15/26

     100,000        97,291  

3.15% 9/15/24

     100,000        102,878  

Union Electric

     

2.95% 6/15/27

     100,000        99,096  

3.50% 4/15/24

     100,000        104,225  

3.65% 4/15/45

     100,000        98,830  

3.90% 9/15/42

     250,000        258,821  

8.45% 3/15/39

     80,000        128,663  

Virginia Electric & Power

     

2.75% 3/15/23

     100,000        100,444  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–42


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Multi-Utilities (continued)

 

Virginia Electric & Power (continued)

 

2.95% 11/15/26

     100,000      $ 99,140  

3.15% 1/15/26

     70,000        70,518  

3.50% 3/15/27

     150,000        154,546  

4.00% 11/15/46

     45,000        46,599  

4.45% 2/15/44

     325,000        356,477  

4.65% 8/15/43

     150,000        169,832  

5.00% 6/30/19

     200,000        211,742  

6.00% 5/15/37

     25,000        32,176  

6.35% 11/30/37

     100,000        133,385  

8.875% 11/15/38

     100,000        169,876  

WEC Energy Group

     

2.45% 6/15/20

     50,000        50,481  

3.55% 6/15/25

     50,000        51,646  

Wisconsin Electric Power 2.95% 9/15/21

     100,000        102,684  

Wisconsin Public Service 4.752% 11/1/44

     200,000        232,626  
     

 

 

 
        14,675,205  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–2.69%

Anadarko Finance 7.50% 5/1/31

     250,000        313,124  

Anadarko Petroleum

     

5.55% 3/15/26

     400,000        447,765  

6.45% 9/15/36

     250,000        295,131  

7.95% 6/15/39

     200,000        253,228  

8.70% 3/15/19

     200,000        220,670  

Apache

     

3.25% 4/15/22

     473,000        480,398  

4.25% 1/15/44

     100,000        94,029  

4.75% 4/15/43

     200,000        201,320  

5.10% 9/1/40

     350,000        358,794  

5.25% 2/1/42

     100,000        105,188  

6.00% 1/15/37

     50,000        58,023  

Boardwalk Pipelines

     

3.375% 2/1/23

     100,000        99,333  

4.45% 7/15/27

     70,000        71,812  

4.95% 12/15/24

     50,000        53,049  

5.75% 9/15/19

     100,000        106,546  

5.95% 6/1/26

     50,000        55,773  

BP Capital Markets

     

1.676% 5/3/19

     60,000        59,814  

2.112% 9/16/21

     250,000        247,934  

2.237% 5/10/19

     400,000        403,188  

2.241% 9/26/18

     400,000        402,355  

2.315% 2/13/20

     650,000        656,213  

2.75% 5/10/23

     250,000        249,149  

3.017% 1/16/27

     250,000        243,526  

3.119% 5/4/26

     75,000        74,420  

3.216% 11/28/23

     150,000        152,463  

3.245% 5/6/22

     200,000        205,875  

3.535% 11/4/24

     100,000        102,756  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

BP Capital Markets (continued)

     

3.723% 11/28/28

     90,000      $ 92,453  

3.994% 9/26/23

     250,000        265,527  

4.742% 3/11/21

     500,000        543,625  

4.75% 3/10/19

     300,000        314,765  

Buckeye Partners

     

3.95% 12/1/26

     35,000        34,711  

4.875% 2/1/21

     260,000        275,472  

5.85% 11/15/43

     500,000        538,201  

Burlington Resources Finance 7.20% 8/15/31

     100,000        132,346  

Canadian Natural Resources

     

2.95% 1/15/23

     200,000        198,657  

3.80% 4/15/24

     43,000        43,580  

3.85% 6/1/27

     250,000        248,481  

3.90% 2/1/25

     200,000        201,553  

4.95% 6/1/47

     100,000        101,884  

5.85% 2/1/35

     200,000        222,441  

6.25% 3/15/38

     150,000        175,366  

Cenovus Energy

     

3.00% 8/15/22

     150,000        143,590  

#144A 4.25% 4/15/27

     250,000        238,625  

4.45% 9/15/42

     320,000        261,436  

#144A 5.25% 6/15/37

     105,000        98,356  

#144A 5.40% 6/15/47

     200,000        187,345  

5.70% 10/15/19

     205,000        216,471  

Chevron

     

1.561% 5/16/19

     200,000        199,472  

1.686% 2/28/19

     150,000        150,141  

1.79% 11/16/18

     150,000        150,490  

1.991% 3/3/20

     94,000        94,282  

2.10% 5/16/21

     200,000        199,506  

2.193% 11/15/19

     500,000        505,097  

2.355% 12/5/22

     500,000        498,067  

2.498% 3/3/22

     200,000        202,000  

2.566% 5/16/23

     200,000        200,496  

2.895% 3/3/24

     150,000        151,350  

2.954% 5/16/26

     200,000        198,733  

3.191% 6/24/23

     550,000        569,686  

3.326% 11/17/25

     150,000        153,896  

4.95% 3/3/19

     100,000        105,345  

Cimarex Energy 3.90% 5/15/27

     215,000        216,607  

CNOOC Finance 2013

     

3.00% 5/9/23

     250,000        247,636  

4.25% 5/9/43

     1,000,000        1,006,454  

CNOOC Finance 2015 Australia

     

2.625% 5/5/20

     200,000        200,793  

4.20% 5/5/45

     200,000        200,060  

CNOOC Finance 2015 USA 3.50% 5/5/25

     200,000        200,382  

ConocoPhillips

     

2.40% 12/15/22

     450,000        442,889  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–43


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

ConocoPhillips (continued)

     

3.35% 5/15/25

     180,000      $ 183,181  

4.15% 11/15/34

     90,000        90,714  

4.20% 3/15/21

     200,000        212,227  

4.30% 11/15/44

     150,000        153,764  

4.95% 3/15/26

     250,000        278,916  

5.75% 2/1/19

     95,000        100,590  

5.90% 5/15/38

     450,000        552,970  

5.95% 3/15/46

     100,000        125,541  

6.50% 2/1/39

     380,000        500,552  

ConocoPhillips Holding 6.95% 4/15/29

     200,000        257,060  

Devon Energy

     

3.25% 5/15/22

     250,000        248,738  

4.00% 7/15/21

     100,000        103,147  

4.75% 5/15/42

     100,000        97,301  

5.00% 6/15/45

     70,000        70,981  

5.60% 7/15/41

     300,000        312,604  

5.85% 12/15/25

     150,000        170,739  

7.95% 4/15/32

     100,000        130,697  

Devon Financing 7.875% 9/30/31

     200,000        260,137  

Ecopetrol

     

4.125% 1/16/25

     500,000        491,250  

5.375% 6/26/26

     210,000        218,925  

5.875% 9/18/23

     200,000        219,200  

5.875% 5/28/45

     155,000        143,065  

7.625% 7/23/19

     200,000        221,500  

Enable Midstream Partners

     

3.90% 5/15/24

     200,000        198,633  

4.40% 3/15/27

     100,000        100,553  

5.00% 5/15/44

     70,000        65,820  

Enbridge

     

2.90% 7/15/22

     200,000        199,832  

3.50% 6/10/24

     100,000        100,109  

3.70% 7/15/27

     200,000        200,268  

4.00% 10/1/23

     150,000        157,701  

4.25% 12/1/26

     100,000        104,412  

4.50% 6/10/44

     100,000        98,241  

5.50% 12/1/46

     100,000        112,277  

Enbridge Energy Partners

     

5.20% 3/15/20

     100,000        106,113  

7.50% 4/15/38

     300,000        377,339  

9.875% 3/1/19

     50,000        55,936  

Encana 3.90% 11/15/21

     600,000        612,149  

Energy Transfer

     

3.60% 2/1/23

     100,000        100,584  

4.05% 3/15/25

     100,000        100,562  

4.15% 10/1/20

     150,000        155,903  

4.20% 4/15/27

     150,000        150,252  

4.75% 1/15/26

     400,000        416,839  

5.15% 3/15/45

     150,000        146,265  

5.20% 2/1/22

     250,000        269,057  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

Energy Transfer (continued)

     

5.30% 4/15/47

     150,000      $ 148,953  

5.95% 10/1/43

     125,000        132,869  

6.125% 12/15/45

     400,000        434,456  

6.50% 2/1/42

     150,000        168,091  

7.50% 7/1/38

     200,000        243,274  

EnLink Midstream Partners

     

4.85% 7/15/26

     120,000        125,073  

5.45% 6/1/47

     350,000        350,265  

Enterprise Products Operating

     

2.85% 4/15/21

     355,000        359,332  

3.35% 3/15/23

     350,000        359,834  

3.70% 2/15/26

     150,000        153,049  

3.75% 2/15/25

     640,000        660,130  

3.90% 2/15/24

     200,000        208,318  

3.95% 2/15/27

     245,000        253,731  

4.05% 2/15/22

     100,000        105,587  

4.45% 2/15/43

     125,000        124,694  

4.85% 8/15/42

     200,000        212,450  

4.85% 3/15/44

     125,000        133,008  

4.90% 5/15/46

     100,000        107,957  

5.20% 9/1/20

     100,000        108,612  

5.25% 1/31/20

     100,000        107,410  

5.70% 2/15/42

     150,000        176,195  

5.95% 2/1/41

     100,000        118,868  

6.125% 10/15/39

     50,000        60,133  

6.50% 1/31/19

     100,000        106,706  

7.55% 4/15/38

     100,000        135,465  

EOG Resources

     

2.625% 3/15/23

     150,000        148,246  

3.15% 4/1/25

     250,000        246,278  

3.90% 4/1/35

     350,000        340,508  

4.15% 1/15/26

     100,000        105,252  

4.40% 6/1/20

     150,000        158,647  

6.875% 10/1/18

     25,000        26,455  

EQT

     

4.875% 11/15/21

     100,000        106,758  

8.125% 6/1/19

     75,000        82,798  

EQT Midstream Partners

     

4.00% 8/1/24

     55,000        55,895  

4.125% 12/1/26

     65,000        65,710  

Exxon Mobil

     

1.708% 3/1/19

     250,000        250,609  

1.819% 3/15/19

     500,000        502,092  

2.222% 3/1/21

     105,000        105,743  

2.726% 3/1/23

     170,000        172,141  

3.043% 3/1/26

     750,000        757,258  

3.567% 3/6/45

     800,000        771,526  

4.114% 3/1/46

     165,000        174,501  

Hess

     

4.30% 4/1/27

     150,000        146,806  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–44


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

Hess (continued)

     

5.60% 2/15/41

     200,000      $ 197,250  

5.80% 4/1/47

     150,000        151,781  

7.125% 3/15/33

     100,000        113,243  

7.30% 8/15/31

     250,000        288,425  

Husky Energy

     

3.95% 4/15/22

     150,000        155,213  

4.00% 4/15/24

     50,000        50,773  

7.25% 12/15/19

     125,000        138,965  

Kerr-McGee 6.95% 7/1/24

     100,000        117,443  

Kinder Morgan

     

4.30% 6/1/25

     200,000        208,274  

5.55% 6/1/45

     700,000        744,483  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners

     

2.65% 2/1/19

     300,000        302,155  

3.50% 3/1/21

     520,000        532,903  

3.50% 9/1/23

     500,000        505,475  

3.95% 9/1/22

     100,000        103,434  

5.00% 8/15/42

     500,000        490,500  

5.00% 3/1/43

     250,000        242,030  

5.30% 9/15/20

     250,000        269,324  

5.80% 3/15/35

     150,000        162,741  

6.50% 9/1/39

     100,000        113,590  

6.55% 9/15/40

     200,000        229,482  

7.75% 3/15/32

     200,000        251,743  

Magellan Midstream Partners

     

4.25% 2/1/21

     150,000        158,118  

4.25% 9/15/46

     180,000        176,484  

5.00% 3/1/26

     100,000        110,472  

6.55% 7/15/19

     50,000        54,251  

Marathon Oil

     

2.80% 11/1/22

     125,000        119,990  

6.60% 10/1/37

     100,000        110,671  

Marathon Petroleum

     

3.625% 9/15/24

     250,000        252,996  

5.00% 9/15/54

     500,000        459,327  

5.125% 3/1/21

     135,000        146,455  

6.50% 3/1/41

     145,000        167,997  

MPLX

     

4.125% 3/1/27

     165,000        165,882  

4.875% 12/1/24

     500,000        533,889  

5.20% 3/1/47

     165,000        170,574  

Nexen Energy

     

6.20% 7/30/19

     130,000        139,400  

6.40% 5/15/37

     150,000        191,858  

7.50% 7/30/39

     200,000        289,373  

Noble Energy

     

4.15% 12/15/21

     100,000        105,470  

5.05% 11/15/44

     800,000        824,661  

6.00% 3/1/41

     135,000        151,557  

8.25% 3/1/19

     100,000        109,738  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

Occidental Petroleum

     

2.60% 4/15/22

     250,000      $ 251,373  

2.70% 2/15/23

     200,000        200,117  

3.00% 2/15/27

     250,000        243,742  

3.125% 2/15/22

     150,000        154,126  

3.40% 4/15/26

     180,000        181,828  

3.50% 6/15/25

     100,000        102,233  

4.10% 2/15/47

     250,000        249,609  

4.40% 4/15/46

     250,000        260,499  

ONEOK Partners

     

3.20% 9/15/18

     100,000        101,198  

3.375% 10/1/22

     150,000        151,546  

3.80% 3/15/20

     100,000        102,858  

4.90% 3/15/25

     100,000        107,236  

6.125% 2/1/41

     100,000        114,411  

6.20% 9/15/43

     178,000        205,160  

6.65% 10/1/36

     100,000        120,698  

8.625% 3/1/19

     100,000        110,046  

Petro-Canada

     

5.95% 5/15/35

     200,000        240,329  

6.80% 5/15/38

     100,000        130,727  

9.25% 10/15/21

     50,000        63,135  

Petroleos Mexicanos

     

2.378% 4/15/25

     152,000        152,271  

3.125% 1/23/19

     80,000        80,760  

3.50% 7/18/18

     200,000        202,920  

3.50% 1/30/23

     800,000        768,800  

4.50% 1/23/26

     250,000        243,633  

4.625% 9/21/23

     300,000        304,350  

4.875% 1/24/22

     1,250,000        1,290,887  

4.875% 1/18/24

     500,000        507,700  

#144A 5.375% 3/13/22

     700,000        737,800  

5.50% 1/21/21

     400,000        420,100  

5.625% 1/23/46

     500,000        445,125  

6.00% 3/5/20

     260,000        279,370  

6.375% 1/23/45

     609,000        596,820  

#144A 6.50% 3/13/27

     700,000        752,850  

6.50% 6/2/41

     800,000        798,400  

6.625% 6/15/35

     250,000        259,687  

6.75% 9/21/47

     300,000        303,714  

8.00% 5/3/19

     550,000        602,937  

Phillips 66

     

4.65% 11/15/34

     350,000        369,483  

5.875% 5/1/42

     250,000        303,119  

Phillips 66 Partners

     

3.55% 10/1/26

     100,000        97,320  

4.90% 10/1/46

     100,000        98,819  

Pioneer Natural Resources

     

3.45% 1/15/21

     100,000        102,824  

3.95% 7/15/22

     100,000        104,900  

4.45% 1/15/26

     100,000        105,510  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–45


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

Plains All American Pipeline

     

4.30% 1/31/43

     100,000      $ 85,875  

4.50% 12/15/26

     100,000        101,324  

4.65% 10/15/25

     200,000        205,340  

4.70% 6/15/44

     600,000        548,927  

5.15% 6/1/42

     200,000        192,747  

5.75% 1/15/20

     100,000        107,593  

6.65% 1/15/37

     125,000        140,870  

8.75% 5/1/19

     150,000        166,830  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction

     

#144A 4.20% 3/15/28

     70,000        70,868  

5.625% 2/1/21

     700,000        762,651  

5.625% 3/1/25

     545,000        602,085  

5.75% 5/15/24

     545,000        607,707  

Shell International Finance

     

1.375% 5/10/19

     400,000        397,754  

1.375% 9/12/19

     150,000        148,954  

1.625% 11/10/18

     150,000        150,195  

1.75% 9/12/21

     150,000        147,278  

1.875% 5/10/21

     200,000        197,657  

2.00% 11/15/18

     300,000        301,987  

2.125% 5/11/20

     350,000        352,061  

2.25% 11/10/20

     150,000        151,102  

2.375% 8/21/22

     250,000        248,738  

2.50% 9/12/26

     150,000        143,585  

2.875% 5/10/26

     400,000        395,164  

3.25% 5/11/25

     650,000        664,674  

3.40% 8/12/23

     650,000        675,473  

3.75% 9/12/46

     150,000        142,315  

4.00% 5/10/46

     600,000        593,957  

4.125% 5/11/35

     156,000        162,732  

4.30% 9/22/19

     200,000        210,621  

4.375% 3/25/20

     75,000        79,847  

4.375% 5/11/45

     167,000        175,199  

4.55% 8/12/43

     600,000        643,527  

5.50% 3/25/40

     100,000        121,771  

6.375% 12/15/38

     300,000        399,956  

Spectra Energy Capital 5.65% 3/1/20

     100,000        107,516  

Spectra Energy Partners

     

2.95% 9/25/18

     350,000        354,040  

3.375% 10/15/26

     145,000        142,012  

4.50% 3/15/45

     50,000        49,471  

Statoil

     

2.45% 1/17/23

     200,000        198,074  

2.65% 1/15/24

     100,000        98,797  

3.15% 1/23/22

     200,000        205,703  

3.70% 3/1/24

     600,000        630,807  

3.95% 5/15/43

     250,000        245,253  

4.80% 11/8/43

     150,000        168,198  

5.10% 8/17/40

     200,000        231,039  

5.25% 4/15/19

     250,000        264,761  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

Suncor Energy

     

3.60% 12/1/24

     250,000      $ 256,201  

6.50% 6/15/38

     250,000        321,141  

6.85% 6/1/39

     100,000        133,776  

7.15% 2/1/32

     25,000        32,565  

Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations

     

3.45% 1/15/23

     200,000        200,956  

3.90% 7/15/26

     100,000        98,304  

4.40% 4/1/21

     100,000        105,162  

5.30% 4/1/44

     200,000        195,663  

5.95% 12/1/25

     100,000        112,644  

TC PipeLines 4.375% 3/13/25

     150,000        156,564  

Tennessee Gas Pipeline 7.625% 4/1/37

     150,000        186,679  

Tesoro

     

#144A 4.75% 12/15/23

     150,000        162,375  

#144A 5.125% 12/15/26

     150,000        163,983  

Tosco 8.125% 2/15/30

     100,000        139,375  

Total Capital

     

4.125% 1/28/21

     100,000        106,554  

4.45% 6/24/20

     100,000        107,132  

Total Capital Canada 2.75% 7/15/23

     300,000        301,866  

Total Capital International

     

2.10% 6/19/19

     300,000        302,633  

2.70% 1/25/23

     200,000        201,176  

2.875% 2/17/22

     200,000        203,874  

3.70% 1/15/24

     100,000        105,299  

TransCanada PipeLines

     

2.50% 8/1/22

     150,000        149,921  

3.125% 1/15/19

     25,000        25,447  

3.75% 10/16/23

     150,000        157,502  

3.80% 10/1/20

     100,000        105,008  

4.625% 3/1/34

     200,000        219,855  

4.875% 1/15/26

     100,000        111,970  

6.10% 6/1/40

     100,000        128,721  

6.50% 8/15/18

     200,000        210,114  

7.25% 8/15/38

     100,000        139,425  

7.625% 1/15/39

     250,000        365,800  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 4.45% 8/1/42

     100,000        99,409  

Valero Energy

     

3.65% 3/15/25

     100,000        102,135  

4.90% 3/15/45

     150,000        156,869  

6.125% 2/1/20

     65,000        71,305  

6.625% 6/15/37

     300,000        371,639  

7.50% 4/15/32

     100,000        128,615  

9.375% 3/15/19

     200,000        223,903  

Valero Energy Partners 4.375% 12/15/26

     85,000        87,050  

Western Gas Partners

     

3.95% 6/1/25

     150,000        149,275  

4.00% 7/1/22

     150,000        153,929  

5.45% 4/1/44

     100,000        101,867  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–46


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

Williams Partners

     

3.75% 6/15/27

     750,000      $ 743,896  

3.90% 1/15/25

     725,000        734,119  

4.00% 11/15/21

     100,000        104,147  

4.30% 3/4/24

     195,000        203,117  

5.25% 3/15/20

     200,000        215,373  

6.30% 4/15/40

     470,000        546,435  

XTO Energy 6.50% 12/15/18

     100,000        106,870  
     

 

 

 
        79,854,503  
     

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products–0.03%

Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion

     

4.50% 8/1/24

     200,000        205,201  

5.00% 1/21/21

     100,000        106,109  

Domtar 4.40% 4/1/22

     100,000        105,197  

Fibria Overseas Finance 5.50% 1/17/27

     100,000        102,390  

Georgia-Pacific 8.00% 1/15/24

     250,000        321,129  
     

 

 

 
        840,026  
     

 

 

 

Personal Products–0.07%

     

Estee Lauder

     

1.80% 2/7/20

     70,000        70,071  

3.15% 3/15/27

     100,000        100,913  

4.15% 3/15/47

     65,000        68,216  

4.375% 6/15/45

     250,000        269,612  

Unilever Capital

     

1.375% 7/28/21

     120,000        115,899  

1.80% 5/5/20

     100,000        99,857  

2.00% 7/28/26

     100,000        92,133  

2.20% 3/6/19

     250,000        251,770  

2.20% 5/5/22

     150,000        149,075  

2.60% 5/5/24

     100,000        98,910  

2.90% 5/5/27

     150,000        148,164  

4.25% 2/10/21

     200,000        214,049  

4.80% 2/15/19

     100,000        104,806  

5.90% 11/15/32

     133,000        173,610  
     

 

 

 
        1,957,085  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–0.96%

     

Actavis

     

3.25% 10/1/22

     250,000        255,722  

4.625% 10/1/42

     125,000        130,818  

6.125% 8/15/19

     45,000        48,619  

Allergan Funding

     

2.45% 6/15/19

     210,000        211,375  

3.45% 3/15/22

     500,000        515,947  

3.80% 3/15/25

     500,000        518,011  

4.55% 3/15/35

     1,000,000        1,070,550  

4.85% 6/15/44

     650,000        705,641  

AstraZeneca

     

1.75% 11/16/18

     150,000        150,153  

2.375% 11/16/20

     250,000        251,559  

2.375% 6/12/22

     150,000        149,751  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Pharmaceuticals (continued)

 

AstraZeneca (continued)

     

3.125% 6/12/27

     150,000      $ 149,581  

3.375% 11/16/25

     450,000        460,126  

4.00% 9/18/42

     150,000        152,547  

4.375% 11/16/45

     95,000        102,296  

6.45% 9/15/37

     450,000        607,156  

Bristol-Myers Squibb

     

1.75% 3/1/19

     200,000        200,593  

2.00% 8/1/22

     100,000        98,381  

3.25% 8/1/42

     100,000        90,622  

4.50% 3/1/44

     500,000        552,843  

Eli Lilly & Co.

     

1.95% 3/15/19

     250,000        251,169  

2.35% 5/15/22

     75,000        75,256  

3.10% 5/15/27

     98,000        99,086  

3.95% 5/15/47

     107,000        110,772  

5.50% 3/15/27

     100,000        120,169  

GlaxoSmithKline Capital

     

2.85% 5/8/22

     750,000        766,795  

5.375% 4/15/34

     100,000        120,467  

6.375% 5/15/38

     450,000        619,036  

Johnson & Johnson

     

1.125% 3/1/19

     95,000        94,524  

1.65% 12/5/18

     800,000        802,122  

1.65% 3/1/21

     150,000        148,601  

2.05% 3/1/23

     150,000        148,600  

2.25% 3/3/22

     200,000        201,193  

2.45% 12/5/21

     150,000        152,649  

2.45% 3/1/26

     150,000        146,437  

2.95% 9/1/20

     100,000        103,517  

2.95% 3/3/27

     200,000        202,640  

3.55% 5/15/21

     100,000        106,022  

3.55% 3/1/36

     70,000        72,299  

3.625% 3/3/37

     127,000        133,079  

3.70% 3/1/46

     80,000        82,401  

3.75% 3/3/47

     200,000        207,788  

4.375% 12/5/33

     183,000        208,502  

4.85% 5/15/41

     100,000        120,808  

5.15% 7/15/18

     250,000        259,342  

5.85% 7/15/38

     100,000        133,023  

Merck & Co.

     

1.85% 2/10/20

     400,000        400,924  

2.40% 9/15/22

     150,000        151,322  

2.75% 2/10/25

     900,000        898,025  

2.80% 5/18/23

     250,000        254,945  

3.60% 9/15/42

     100,000        97,939  

3.875% 1/15/21

     400,000        423,864  

4.15% 5/18/43

     242,000        258,490  

6.50% 12/1/33

     100,000        133,951  

6.55% 9/15/37

     100,000        138,231  

Merck Sharp & Dohme

     

5.00% 6/30/19

     100,000        106,281  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–47


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Pharmaceuticals (continued)

 

Merck Sharp & Dohme (continued)

     

5.85% 6/30/39

     50,000      $ 65,405  

Mylan

     

2.50% 6/7/19

     145,000        146,227  

2.55% 3/28/19

     75,000        75,573  

3.00% 12/15/18

     65,000        65,901  

3.15% 6/15/21

     250,000        254,566  

3.75% 12/15/20

     100,000        104,023  

3.95% 6/15/26

     250,000        253,773  

5.25% 6/15/46

     160,000        175,695  

5.40% 11/29/43

     133,000        146,927  

Novartis Capital

     

1.80% 2/14/20

     110,000        110,119  

2.40% 5/17/22

     200,000        201,711  

2.40% 9/21/22

     250,000        251,250  

3.00% 11/20/25

     250,000        252,848  

3.10% 5/17/27

     125,000        126,732  

3.40% 5/6/24

     250,000        261,119  

3.70% 9/21/42

     150,000        151,048  

4.00% 11/20/45

     250,000        262,503  

4.40% 4/24/20

     100,000        106,871  

4.40% 5/6/44

     250,000        278,051  

Novartis Securities Investment 5.125% 2/10/19

     400,000        421,256  

Perrigo Finance Unlimited 4.375% 3/15/26

     200,000        206,632  

Pfizer

     

1.45% 6/3/19

     150,000        149,450  

1.70% 12/15/19

     150,000        150,292  

1.95% 6/3/21

     150,000        149,854  

2.10% 5/15/19

     300,000        302,780  

2.20% 12/15/21

     150,000        150,379  

2.75% 6/3/26

     150,000        147,820  

3.00% 6/15/23

     200,000        206,507  

3.00% 12/15/26

     450,000        451,809  

3.40% 5/15/24

     400,000        418,480  

4.00% 12/15/36

     100,000        105,862  

4.125% 12/15/46

     455,000        483,837  

4.40% 5/15/44

     400,000        440,281  

7.20% 3/15/39

     300,000        449,655  

Sanofi 4.00% 3/29/21

     325,000        345,858  

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland

     

1.90% 9/23/19

     500,000        497,947  

2.40% 9/23/21

     500,000        494,661  

2.875% 9/23/23

     300,000        297,772  

3.20% 9/23/26

     300,000        293,936  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance

     

2.95% 12/18/22

     175,000        174,208  

6.15% 2/1/36

     100,000        117,879  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance IV

     

2.25% 3/18/20

     250,000        249,913  

3.65% 11/10/21

     250,000        258,416  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Pharmaceuticals (continued)

 

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III

 

1.40% 7/20/18

     200,000      $ 199,580  

1.70% 7/19/19

     415,000        411,492  

2.20% 7/21/21

     250,000        245,650  

2.80% 7/21/23

     310,000        301,935  

3.15% 10/1/26

     480,000        456,747  

4.10% 10/1/46

     385,000        356,074  

Wyeth

     

5.95% 4/1/37

     350,000        453,309  

6.00% 2/15/36

     100,000        127,512  

6.50% 2/1/34

     100,000        131,893  

Zoetis

     

3.25% 2/1/23

     163,000        167,260  

3.45% 11/13/20

     75,000        77,623  

4.50% 11/13/25

     200,000        218,724  

4.70% 2/1/43

     150,000        163,561  
     

 

 

 
        28,339,746  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services–0.01%

Equifax 2.30% 6/1/21

     125,000        124,257  

Verisk Analytics

     

4.00% 6/15/25

     100,000        103,499  

4.125% 9/12/22

     100,000        105,506  
     

 

 

 
        333,262  
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development–0.01%

CBRE Services 4.875% 3/1/26

     300,000        319,947  
     

 

 

 
        319,947  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail–0.36%

     

Burlington Northern Santa Fe

     

3.00% 3/15/23

     500,000        513,125  

3.00% 4/1/25

     250,000        253,037  

3.05% 3/15/22

     150,000        155,010  

3.25% 6/15/27

     100,000        102,285  

3.45% 9/15/21

     200,000        208,608  

3.65% 9/1/25

     100,000        105,352  

3.85% 9/1/23

     100,000        107,293  

3.90% 8/1/46

     105,000        107,062  

4.125% 6/15/47

     100,000        105,430  

4.15% 4/1/45

     114,000        119,462  

4.40% 3/15/42

     100,000        107,954  

4.45% 3/15/43

     100,000        108,889  

4.70% 9/1/45

     100,000        112,895  

4.95% 9/15/41

     100,000        116,189  

5.05% 3/1/41

     100,000        117,129  

5.15% 9/1/43

     150,000        179,969  

5.75% 5/1/40

     200,000        253,079  

6.15% 5/1/37

     100,000        132,066  

Canadian National Railway

     

2.75% 3/1/26

     50,000        49,607  

2.95% 11/21/24

     100,000        101,878  

3.20% 8/2/46

     100,000        91,531  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–48


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Road & Rail (continued)

 

Canadian National Railway (continued)

     

5.55% 3/1/19

     200,000      $ 212,254  

6.20% 6/1/36

     100,000        131,723  

6.25% 8/1/34

     100,000        132,174  

Canadian Pacific Railway

     

2.90% 2/1/25

     150,000        148,911  

4.45% 3/15/23

     100,000        108,018  

4.80% 9/15/35

     65,000        72,685  

4.80% 8/1/45

     100,000        113,556  

6.125% 9/15/15

     65,000        81,947  

7.125% 10/15/31

     150,000        205,146  

7.25% 5/15/19

     65,000        71,161  

CSX

     

3.25% 6/1/27

     100,000        100,845  

3.35% 11/1/25

     250,000        256,631  

3.70% 10/30/20

     275,000        287,581  

3.70% 11/1/23

     94,000        98,959  

3.80% 11/1/46

     150,000        147,470  

3.95% 5/1/50

     90,000        88,150  

4.10% 3/15/44

     100,000        102,933  

4.25% 11/1/66

     100,000        99,081  

4.40% 3/1/43

     200,000        213,854  

5.50% 4/15/41

     200,000        241,667  

6.15% 5/1/37

     120,000        154,735  

6.22% 4/30/40

     100,000        131,991  

Kansas City Southern

     

4.30% 5/15/43

     100,000        98,971  

4.95% 8/15/45

     100,000        109,473  

Norfolk Southern

     

2.90% 6/15/26

     165,000        162,696  

2.903% 2/15/23

     121,000        122,499  

3.00% 4/1/22

     118,000        120,755  

3.15% 6/1/27

     50,000        49,931  

3.25% 12/1/21

     100,000        103,350  

3.85% 1/15/24

     150,000        158,862  

4.45% 6/15/45

     100,000        107,205  

4.65% 1/15/46

     100,000        111,175  

4.80% 8/15/43

     125,000        140,965  

4.837% 10/1/41

     111,000        125,204  

5.90% 6/15/19

     100,000        107,655  

6.00% 5/23/11

     100,000        121,003  

Ryder System

     

2.25% 9/1/21

     120,000        118,587  

2.45% 9/3/19

     250,000        252,401  

2.80% 3/1/22

     60,000        60,274  

2.875% 9/1/20

     50,000        50,593  

3.45% 11/15/21

     25,000        25,823  

Union Pacific

     

2.75% 3/1/26

     250,000        247,165  

3.25% 1/15/25

     495,000        510,705  

3.25% 8/15/25

     50,000        51,443  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Road & Rail (continued)

 

Union Pacific (continued)

     

3.35% 8/15/46

     150,000      $ 140,204  

3.375% 2/1/35

     200,000        198,183  

3.646% 2/15/24

     185,000        195,803  

3.799% 10/1/51

     332,000        326,019  

3.875% 2/1/55

     94,000        90,997  

4.00% 2/1/21

     65,000        68,924  

4.00% 4/15/47

     100,000        102,819  

4.05% 11/15/45

     50,000        51,859  

4.163% 7/15/22

     190,000        205,726  

4.375% 11/15/65

     30,000        31,456  
     

 

 

 
        10,718,047  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–0.36%

Altera 2.50% 11/15/18

     250,000        253,249  

Analog Devices

     

2.50% 12/5/21

     60,000        60,116  

3.125% 12/5/23

     150,000        151,814  

3.50% 12/5/26

     150,000        151,463  

3.90% 12/15/25

     60,000        62,475  

5.30% 12/15/45

     100,000        114,982  

Applied Materials

     

2.625% 10/1/20

     100,000        101,768  

3.30% 4/1/27

     80,000        81,399  

3.90% 10/1/25

     70,000        74,651  

4.35% 4/1/47

     70,000        74,487  

5.10% 10/1/35

     70,000        82,474  

5.85% 6/15/41

     350,000        446,082  

Broadcom

     

#144A 2.375% 1/15/20

     350,000        350,722  

#144A 3.00% 1/15/22

     350,000        353,494  

#144A 3.625% 1/15/24

     350,000        358,556  

#144A 3.875% 1/15/27

     350,000        360,113  

Intel

     

1.70% 5/19/21

     100,000        98,758  

2.35% 5/11/22

     200,000        200,602  

2.45% 7/29/20

     480,000        488,322  

2.60% 5/19/26

     150,000        145,158  

2.70% 12/15/22

     150,000        152,033  

3.30% 10/1/21

     254,000        265,752  

3.70% 7/29/25

     365,000        383,580  

4.00% 12/15/32

     250,000        264,223  

4.10% 5/19/46

     150,000        155,860  

4.25% 12/15/42

     250,000        265,153  

4.80% 10/1/41

     172,000        197,468  

4.90% 7/29/45

     520,000        605,626  

KLA-Tencor 4.65% 11/1/24

     300,000        324,479  

Lam Research

     

2.75% 3/15/20

     100,000        101,337  

2.80% 6/15/21

     150,000        152,298  

Maxim Integrated Products

     

2.50% 11/15/18

     200,000        201,694  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–49


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)

 

Maxim Integrated Products (continued)

 

3.375% 3/15/23

     100,000      $ 101,659  

NVIDIA

     

2.20% 9/16/21

     120,000        118,780  

3.20% 9/16/26

     200,000        198,698  

QUALCOMM

     

1.85% 5/20/19

     120,000        120,307  

2.10% 5/20/20

     90,000        90,449  

2.25% 5/20/20

     300,000        302,971  

2.60% 1/30/23

     300,000        299,137  

2.90% 5/20/24

     200,000        199,777  

3.00% 5/20/22

     300,000        307,869  

3.25% 5/20/27

     200,000        200,704  

3.45% 5/20/25

     300,000        308,664  

4.30% 5/20/47

     115,000        117,770  

4.65% 5/20/35

     200,000        218,352  

4.80% 5/20/45

     200,000        220,024  

Texas Instruments

     

1.65% 8/3/19

     100,000        100,100  

2.25% 5/1/23

     250,000        247,019  

2.625% 5/15/24

     48,000        47,864  

2.75% 3/12/21

     75,000        76,602  

Xilinx

     

2.95% 6/1/24

     100,000        100,361  

3.00% 3/15/21

     200,000        204,707  
     

 

 

 
        10,662,002  
     

 

 

 

Software–0.71%

Activision Blizzard

     

2.30% 9/15/21

     95,000        94,475  

2.60% 6/15/22

     50,000        49,908  

3.40% 9/15/26

     100,000        100,357  

3.40% 6/15/27

     45,000        44,941  

4.50% 6/15/47

     60,000        59,942  

Adobe Systems

     

3.25% 2/1/25

     95,000        97,194  

4.75% 2/1/20

     85,000        91,212  

Autodesk

     

3.125% 6/15/20

     100,000        102,036  

3.50% 6/15/27

     100,000        98,544  

4.375% 6/15/25

     100,000        105,665  

CA

     

3.60% 8/1/20

     50,000        50,804  

4.70% 3/15/27

     100,000        102,235  

5.375% 12/1/19

     100,000        105,044  

Cadence Design Systems 4.375% 10/15/24

     75,000        78,022  

Electronic Arts

     

3.70% 3/1/21

     100,000        104,152  

4.80% 3/1/26

     100,000        109,904  

Microsoft

     

1.10% 8/8/19

     325,000        321,247  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Software (continued)

 

Microsoft (continued)

     

1.30% 11/3/18

     115,000      $ 114,840  

1.55% 8/8/21

     500,000        489,503  

1.85% 2/6/20

     200,000        200,585  

2.00% 11/3/20

     700,000        702,850  

2.00% 8/8/23

     250,000        243,827  

2.375% 5/1/23

     150,000        149,510  

2.40% 2/6/22

     200,000        202,009  

2.40% 8/8/26

     850,000        819,012  

2.65% 11/3/22

     200,000        202,999  

2.875% 2/6/24

     65,000        66,115  

3.00% 10/1/20

     300,000        311,096  

3.125% 11/3/25

     200,000        204,285  

3.30% 2/6/27

     2,115,000        2,181,221  

3.45% 8/8/36

     250,000        250,668  

3.50% 11/15/42

     150,000        148,037  

3.625% 12/15/23

     300,000        318,058  

3.70% 8/8/46

     850,000        843,339  

3.75% 2/12/45

     500,000        498,210  

3.95% 8/8/56

     200,000        200,622  

4.10% 2/6/37

     200,000        215,858  

4.20% 6/1/19

     200,000        209,882  

4.20% 11/3/35

     200,000        218,950  

4.25% 2/6/47

     200,000        217,088  

4.45% 11/3/45

     200,000        223,087  

4.50% 10/1/40

     100,000        112,092  

4.50% 2/6/57

     200,000        220,837  

4.75% 11/3/55

     200,000        229,097  

4.875% 12/15/43

     800,000        940,334  

5.20% 6/1/39

     200,000        243,546  

5.30% 2/8/41

     400,000        491,727  

Oracle

     

1.90% 9/15/21

     455,000        451,270  

2.25% 10/8/19

     300,000        303,796  

2.375% 1/15/19

     200,000        202,347  

2.40% 9/15/23

     150,000        148,181  

2.50% 5/15/22

     1,000,000        1,010,158  

2.50% 10/15/22

     550,000        553,375  

2.65% 7/15/26

     460,000        441,926  

2.95% 5/15/25

     500,000        502,958  

3.85% 7/15/36

     150,000        155,373  

3.875% 7/15/20

     100,000        105,724  

3.90% 5/15/35

     355,000        366,513  

4.00% 7/15/46

     150,000        151,871  

4.30% 7/8/34

     700,000        760,873  

4.375% 5/15/55

     800,000        842,470  

4.50% 7/8/44

     500,000        546,175  

5.00% 7/8/19

     250,000        266,370  

5.375% 7/15/40

     400,000        487,518  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–50


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Software (continued)

 

Oracle (continued)

     

6.125% 7/8/39

     150,000      $ 196,705  

6.50% 4/15/38

     200,000        273,701  
     

 

 

 
        20,952,270  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–0.28%

Advance Auto Parts

     

4.50% 1/15/22

     100,000        106,445  

4.50% 12/1/23

     100,000        106,273  

AutoNation

     

3.35% 1/15/21

     50,000        50,947  

4.50% 10/1/25

     45,000        47,032  

AutoZone

     

2.875% 1/15/23

     100,000        99,203  

3.125% 4/21/26

     75,000        72,307  

3.75% 6/1/27

     250,000        250,584  

4.00% 11/15/20

     75,000        78,637  

Bed Bath & Beyond

     

3.749% 8/1/24

     50,000        49,691  

4.915% 8/1/34

     530,000        498,913  

Home Depot

     

1.80% 6/5/20

     176,000        176,155  

2.00% 6/15/19

     900,000        906,544  

2.00% 4/1/21

     250,000        249,431  

2.125% 9/15/26

     155,000        145,082  

2.25% 9/10/18

     143,000        144,221  

2.70% 4/1/23

     150,000        152,301  

3.00% 4/1/26

     125,000        125,808  

3.35% 9/15/25

     265,000        275,463  

3.50% 9/15/56

     135,000        122,690  

3.75% 2/15/24

     200,000        212,770  

3.90% 6/15/47

     200,000        203,279  

4.20% 4/1/43

     150,000        159,435  

4.25% 4/1/46

     100,000        107,558  

4.40% 4/1/21

     100,000        107,837  

4.875% 2/15/44

     96,000        111,473  

5.40% 9/15/40

     100,000        124,095  

5.875% 12/16/36

     350,000        456,793  

5.95% 4/1/41

     100,000        132,494  

Lowe’s

     

3.10% 5/3/27

     250,000        249,173  

3.12% 4/15/22

     100,000        103,473  

3.375% 9/15/25

     120,000        124,082  

3.70% 4/15/46

     200,000        193,278  

3.875% 9/15/23

     200,000        215,191  

4.05% 5/3/47

     147,000        149,884  

4.25% 9/15/44

     250,000        262,196  

4.375% 9/15/45

     45,000        47,768  

4.625% 4/15/20

     150,000        159,197  

4.65% 4/15/42

     100,000        110,801  

O’Reilly Automotive

     

3.55% 3/15/26

     150,000        151,302  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Specialty Retail (continued)

 

O’Reilly Automotive (continued)

     

3.80% 9/1/22

     100,000      $ 105,253  

4.875% 1/14/21

     45,000        48,432  

QVC 4.375% 3/15/23

     600,000        607,625  

Signet UK Finance 4.70% 6/15/24

     50,000        48,736  

TJX

     

2.25% 9/15/26

     250,000        232,411  

2.50% 5/15/23

     100,000        99,424  
     

 

 

 
        8,181,687  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.62%

Apple

     

1.10% 8/2/19

     250,000        247,405  

1.55% 2/7/20

     950,000        945,681  

1.55% 8/4/21

     250,000        244,387  

1.70% 2/22/19

     85,000        85,254  

1.90% 2/7/20

     150,000        150,433  

2.00% 5/6/20

     100,000        100,521  

2.10% 5/6/19

     250,000        252,412  

2.15% 2/9/22

     250,000        248,528  

2.25% 2/23/21

     500,000        503,571  

2.30% 5/11/22

     150,000        149,828  

2.40% 5/3/23

     822,000        816,193  

2.45% 8/4/26

     250,000        239,343  

2.50% 2/9/22

     150,000        151,425  

2.50% 2/9/25

     250,000        244,760  

2.70% 5/13/22

     100,000        101,896  

2.85% 2/23/23

     450,000        458,149  

3.00% 6/20/27

     925,000        921,534  

3.20% 5/13/25

     150,000        153,355  

3.20% 5/11/27

     154,000        155,991  

3.25% 2/23/26

     415,000        422,894  

3.35% 2/9/27

     200,000        204,712  

3.45% 5/6/24

     350,000        364,432  

3.45% 2/9/45

     125,000        117,764  

3.85% 5/4/43

     350,000        350,758  

3.85% 8/4/46

     635,000        636,225  

4.25% 2/9/47

     25,000        26,583  

4.375% 5/13/45

     100,000        108,384  

4.45% 5/6/44

     600,000        654,375  

4.50% 2/23/36

     250,000        281,064  

4.65% 2/23/46

     530,000        595,547  

Dell International

     

#144A 3.48% 6/1/19

     765,000        783,242  

#144A 4.42% 6/15/21

     900,000        949,638  

#144A 5.45% 6/15/23

     905,000        983,301  

#144A 6.02% 6/15/26

     250,000        275,848  

#144A 8.10% 7/15/36

     135,000        170,128  

#144A 8.35% 7/15/46

     130,000        168,308  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

     

2.85% 10/5/18

     650,000        655,762  
 

 

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LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (continued)

 

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (continued)

 

3.60% 10/15/20

     550,000      $ 567,531  

4.90% 10/15/25

     450,000        472,562  

6.20% 10/15/35

     250,000        271,060  

6.35% 10/15/45

     250,000        265,104  

HP

     

4.30% 6/1/21

     200,000        212,756  

4.375% 9/15/21

     150,000        160,025  

4.65% 12/9/21

     350,000        378,122  

6.00% 9/15/41

     305,000        324,117  

HP Enterprise Services 7.45% 10/15/29

     25,000        30,520  

NetApp 3.375% 6/15/21

     150,000        154,006  

Seagate HDD Cayman

     

3.75% 11/15/18

     600,000        614,775  

#144A 4.25% 3/1/22

     100,000        101,753  

#144A 4.875% 3/1/24

     100,000        102,061  

Xerox

     

2.80% 5/15/20

     250,000        249,496  

3.50% 8/20/20

     100,000        101,860  

4.50% 5/15/21

     345,000        361,690  
     

 

 

 
        18,287,069  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–0.03%

Coach

     

3.00% 7/15/22

     150,000        148,066  

4.125% 7/15/27

     150,000        148,669  

NIKE

     

2.25% 5/1/23

     100,000        99,066  

2.375% 11/1/26

     150,000        142,475  

3.375% 11/1/46

     100,000        92,259  

3.625% 5/1/43

     100,000        96,112  

3.875% 11/1/45

     100,000        100,922  

Ralph Lauren 2.125% 9/26/18

     50,000        50,280  
     

 

 

 
        877,849  
     

 

 

 

Tobacco–0.23%

Altria Group

     

2.625% 1/14/20

     1,000,000        1,015,861  

2.625% 9/16/26

     145,000        139,774  

2.85% 8/9/22

     200,000        203,264  

3.875% 9/16/46

     200,000        194,773  

4.00% 1/31/24

     89,000        95,036  

4.50% 5/2/43

     100,000        106,704  

4.75% 5/5/21

     200,000        218,257  

5.375% 1/31/44

     63,000        76,116  

9.70% 11/10/18

     119,000        131,354  

Philip Morris International

     

1.375% 2/25/19

     65,000        64,590  

1.625% 2/21/19

     100,000        99,710  

1.875% 1/15/19

     500,000        500,872  

1.875% 2/25/21

     100,000        98,821  

2.00% 2/21/20

     100,000        100,252  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Tobacco (continued)

 

Philip Morris International (continued)

 

2.125% 5/10/23

     50,000      $ 48,427  

2.625% 2/18/22

     75,000        75,558  

2.75% 2/25/26

     100,000        97,762  

2.90% 11/15/21

     250,000        256,049  

3.375% 8/11/25

     100,000        102,549  

3.60% 11/15/23

     600,000        625,618  

4.125% 3/4/43

     150,000        151,905  

4.25% 11/10/44

     85,000        87,712  

4.375% 11/15/41

     200,000        210,554  

4.50% 3/26/20

     100,000        106,709  

4.50% 3/20/42

     100,000        106,616  

6.375% 5/16/38

     150,000        198,222  

Reynolds American

     

3.25% 6/12/20

     49,000        50,483  

4.00% 6/12/22

     490,000        519,814  

4.45% 6/12/25

     105,000        112,675  

4.85% 9/15/23

     225,000        248,398  

5.70% 8/15/35

     50,000        59,423  

5.85% 8/15/45

     480,000        590,110  

6.15% 9/15/43

     125,000        156,649  

8.125% 6/23/19

     100,000        111,583  
     

 

 

 
        6,962,200  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–0.06%

Air Lease

     

2.625% 9/4/18

     100,000        100,772  

2.625% 7/1/22

     200,000        198,458  

3.375% 1/15/19

     250,000        254,740  

3.375% 6/1/21

     100,000        102,748  

3.875% 4/1/21

     125,000        130,501  

4.25% 9/15/24

     300,000        315,121  

GATX

     

2.50% 3/15/19

     167,000        168,397  

2.60% 3/30/20

     100,000        101,100  

3.25% 9/15/26

     50,000        48,343  

3.85% 3/30/27

     50,000        50,420  

5.20% 3/15/44

     50,000        53,723  

WW Grainger

     

3.75% 5/15/46

     150,000        143,553  

4.20% 5/15/47

     100,000        103,346  

4.60% 6/15/45

     55,000        59,900  
     

 

 

 
        1,831,122  
     

 

 

 

Water Utilities–0.02%

American Water Capital

     

3.85% 3/1/24

     250,000        265,473  

4.00% 12/1/46

     50,000        51,982  

4.30% 12/1/42

     100,000        108,211  

United Utilities 5.375% 2/1/19

     100,000        104,275  
     

 

 

 
        529,941  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.16%

America Movil

     

3.125% 7/16/22

     200,000      $ 204,315  

4.375% 7/16/42

     200,000        202,850  

5.00% 10/16/19

     500,000        534,039  

5.00% 3/30/20

     200,000        215,118  

6.125% 11/15/37

     150,000        182,013  

6.125% 3/30/40

     250,000        304,940  

6.375% 3/1/35

     25,000        31,010  

Rogers Communications

     

2.90% 11/15/26

     200,000        192,990  

3.00% 3/15/23

     125,000        125,906  

3.625% 12/15/25

     65,000        66,651  

4.10% 10/1/23

     300,000        318,633  

4.50% 3/15/43

     100,000        103,734  

5.00% 3/15/44

     100,000        113,541  

6.80% 8/15/18

     150,000        158,277  

7.50% 8/15/38

     25,000        34,242  

Vodafone Group

     

2.50% 9/26/22

     300,000        297,993  

2.95% 2/19/23

     225,000        226,492  

4.375% 2/19/43

     150,000        148,691  

5.45% 6/10/19

     300,000        319,467  

6.15% 2/27/37

     700,000        851,085  

7.875% 2/15/30

     100,000        135,352  
     

 

 

 
        4,767,339  
     

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $761,309,201)

 

     791,799,987  
     

 

 

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS–0.63%

  

American Municipal Power, Ohio Taxable Build America Bonds Series B

 

  

6.449% 2/15/44

     50,000        64,773  

7.834% 2/15/41

     55,000        81,159  

8.084% 2/15/50

     800,000        1,291,776  

Bay Area Toll Authority, California Toll Bridge Revenue Taxable Build America Bonds

 

  

Series F-2 6.263% 4/1/49

     200,000        284,862  

Series S1 6.918% 4/1/40

     100,000        141,506  

Series S1 7.043% 4/1/50

     100,000        153,174  

California State Department of Water Resources Power Supply Revenue Series P 2.00% 5/1/22

     100,000        98,975  

California State Taxable Build America Bonds

 

  

7.30% 10/1/39

     1,100,000        1,607,991  

7.60% 11/1/40

     80,000        124,609  

7.625% 3/1/40

     85,000        129,944  

7.95% 3/1/36

     100,000        114,225  

California State University Systemwide-Taxable Series B 3.899% 11/1/47

     50,000        51,443  

California State Various Purposes

 

6.20% 10/1/19

     100,000        109,568  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS (continued)

 

California State Various Purposes (continued)

 

7.50% 4/1/34

     325,000      $ 473,398  

7.55% 4/1/39

     600,000        916,632  

Central Puget Sound, Washington Regional Transportation Authority Sales & Use Tax Revenue Taxable Build America Bonds 5.491% 11/1/39

     50,000        63,793  

Chicago, Illinios Taxable

 

Series B 7.375% 1/1/33

     100,000        103,112  

Series B 7.75% 1/1/42

     100,000        102,023  

Chicago, Illinois Transit Authority Transfer Tax Receipts Revenue

 

  

Series A 6.899% 12/1/40

     100,000        127,302  

Series B 6.899% 12/1/40

     40,000        50,921  

Clark County, Nevada Airport Revenue Taxable Build America Bonds

 

  

6.881% 7/1/42

     50,000        54,787  

Series C 6.82% 7/1/45

     75,000        108,848  

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Consolidated Loan Taxable Build America Bonds 5.456% 12/1/39

     100,000        126,239  

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Taxable Build America Bonds

 

  

4.91% 5/1/29

     100,000        116,602  

Series E 4.20% 12/1/21

     100,000        106,881  

Connecticut State Taxable Build America Bonds

 

Series A 5.85% 3/15/32

     100,000        119,334  

Series D 5.09% 10/1/30

     200,000        220,448  

Dallas Area, Texas Rapid Transit 5.999% 12/1/44

     200,000        267,958  

Dallas, Texas Independent School District Taxable Build America Bonds Series C 6.45% 2/15/35
(PSF-GTD)

     100,000        114,608  

East Bay, California Municipal Utility District Taxable Build America Bonds 5.874% 6/1/40

     100,000        132,347  

Greater Chicago Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Taxable Build America Bonds 5.72% 12/1/38

     150,000        183,473  

Illinois State Taxable Pension

 

4.95% 6/1/23

     100,000        100,493  

5.10% 6/1/33

     800,000        749,696  

Kansas Development Finance Authority Series H 4.927% 4/15/45

     100,000        109,539  

Los Angeles, California Community College District 6.75% 8/1/49

     100,000        152,624  

Los Angeles, California County Public Works Financing Authority 7.618% 8/1/40

     100,000        148,056  
 

 

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LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

MUNICIPAL BONDS (continued)

 

Los Angeles, California Unified School District Taxable Build America Bonds 6.758% 7/1/34

     315,000      $ 434,067  

Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County, Tennessee Convention Center Authority Taxable Build America Bonds

 

  

Series B 4.053% 7/1/26

     10,000        10,439  

Series B 6.731% 7/1/43

     50,000        67,444  

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York Revenue Taxable Build America Bonds

 

  

5.871% 11/15/39

     100,000        125,133  

6.668% 11/15/39

     130,000        177,893  

Series E 6.814% 11/15/40

     500,000        699,240  

Mississippi State Taxable Build America Bonds Series F 5.245% 11/1/34

     100,000        119,391  

Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Taxable (Washington Univesity) Series A 3.652% 8/15/57

     150,000        148,103  

Municipal Electric Authority, Georgia Build America Bonds (PLT Vogtle Units 3 & 4 Project)

 

  

6.655% 4/1/57

     125,000        153,475  

Taxable 6.637% 4/1/57

     150,000        184,062  

Taxable 7.055% 4/1/57

     100,000        115,431  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority

 

  

Series A 7.425% 2/15/29 (NATL)

     225,000        276,759  

^Series B 0.623% 2/15/22 (AGM)

     200,000        171,040  

New Jersey State Transportation Trust Fund Authority Taxable Build America Bonds

 

  

6.561% 12/15/40

     100,000        116,664  

Series C 5.754% 12/15/28

     100,000        106,283  

Series C 6.104% 12/15/28

     200,000        209,852  

New Jersey State Turnpike Authority Revenue Taxable Build America Bonds

 

  

Series A 7.102% 1/1/41

     350,000        513,996  

Series F 7.414% 1/1/40

     90,000        136,058  

New York City, New York 5.517% 10/1/37

     85,000        105,353  

New York City, New York Municipal Water Finance Authority Taxable Build America Bonds

 

  

5.724% 6/15/42

     65,000        85,000  

5.75% 6/15/41

     100,000        132,162  

5.952% 6/15/42

     100,000        135,119  

6.011% 6/15/42

     35,000        47,570  

New York City, New York Taxable Build America Bonds

 

  

Series A2 5.206% 10/1/31

     100,000        116,227  

Series F-1 6.271% 12/1/37

     100,000        135,699  

New York City, New York Transitional Finance Authority 5.508% 8/1/37

     200,000        251,110  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

MUNICIPAL BONDS (continued)

 

New York City, New York Transitional Finance Authority Taxable Build America Bonds 5.572% 11/1/38

     65,000      $ 81,385  

New York State Dormitory Authority Taxable Build America Bonds 5.60% 3/15/40

     100,000        125,331  

New York State Urban Development Taxable Build America Bonds 5.77% 3/15/39

     50,000        61,678  

Ohio State University Taxable Series A 3.798% 12/1/46

     100,000        102,682  

Ohio State University Taxable Build America Bonds Series C 4.91% 6/1/40

     100,000        119,663  

Oregon School Boards Association Taxable Pension Series B 5.55% 6/30/28 (NATL)

     250,000        293,827  

Oregon State Department of Transportation Taxable Series A
Sub-Lien 5.834% 11/15/34

     75,000        95,519  

Pennsylvania State Public School Building Authority Revenue Qualified School Construction Bond Taxable (Direct Subsidiary) Series A 5.00% 9/15/27

     100,000        109,610  

Pennsylvania State Turnpike Commission Revenue Taxable Build America Bonds Series B 5.511% 12/1/45

     150,000        185,670  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Consolidated

 

  

Series 165th 5.647% 11/1/40

     250,000        315,645  

Series 168th 4.926% 10/1/51

     350,000        411,757  

Series 174th 4.458% 10/1/62

     250,000        273,835  

Series 181st 4.96% 8/1/46

     155,000        184,548  

Series 192nd 4.81% 10/15/65

     250,000        289,965  

Rutgers State University of New Jersey/New Brunswick Taxable Build America Bonds 5.665% 5/1/40

     155,000        186,409  

Salt River, Arizona Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District 4.839% 1/1/41

     60,000        70,856  

San Antonio, Texas Electric & Gas Taxable Build America Bonds

 

  

4.427% 2/1/42

     250,000        274,977  

5.985% 2/1/39

     50,000        64,983  

San Diego County, California Regional Transportation Commission 5.911% 4/1/48

     100,000        131,616  

San Diego County, California Water Authority Financing Agency Revenue Taxable Build America Bonds Series B 6.138% 5/1/49

     100,000        135,961  
 

 

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LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS (continued)

 

South Carolina State Public Service Authority Taxable Obligations Series D 2.388% 12/1/23

     150,000      $ 141,257  

Texas State Taxable Build America Bonds 5.517% 4/1/39

     100,000        131,055  

Texas State Transportation Commission 1st Tier 5.178% 4/1/30

     200,000        236,858  

University of California Build America Bonds Series H 6.548% 5/15/48

     100,000        135,655  

University of California Taxable

 

  

Series AD 4.858% 5/15/12

     250,000        258,683  

Series AQ 4.767% 5/15/15

     250,000        253,365  

Series AX 3.063% 7/1/25

     100,000        101,095  

University of Texas System Revenue Taxable Build America Bonds Series C 4.794% 8/15/46

     90,000        106,322  

Utah State Taxable Build America Bonds

 

Series B 3.539% 7/1/25

     100,000        105,407  

Series D 4.554% 7/1/24

     60,000        65,870  
     

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds
(Cost $15,834,379)

 

     18,728,173  
     

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES–0.44%

Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2015-2 A2 1.83% 1/15/21

     700,000        700,119  

American Express Credit Account Master Trust Series 2017-1 A 1.93% 9/15/22

     1,000,000        1,002,222  

BA Credit Card Trust Series 2017-A1 A1 1.95% 8/15/22

     350,000        351,169  

BMW Vehicle Lease Trust Series 2017-1 A3 1.98% 5/20/20

     750,000        752,531  

Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust
Series 2015-A2 A2 2.08% 3/15/23

     1,600,000        1,607,391  

Chase Issuance Trust Series 2014-A2 A2 2.77% 3/15/23

     1,100,000        1,129,946  

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

 

Series 2007-A3 A3 6.15% 6/15/39

     750,000        993,766  

Series 2014-A5 A5 2.68% 6/7/23

     1,000,000        1,023,287  

Discover Card Execution Note Trust Series 2014-A4 A4 2.12% 12/15/21

     1,000,000        1,007,414  

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2017-A A3 1.67% 6/15/21

     700,000        699,481  

Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2016-1 A4 1.38% 4/18/22

     1,285,000        1,278,535  

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust

 

Series 2014-3 D 2.65% 8/17/20

     860,000        865,571  

Series 2016-3 C 2.46% 3/15/22

     1,000,000        1,001,247  

Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2017-B A3 1.76% 7/15/21

     700,000        700,436  
     

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $13,032,451)

 

     13,113,115  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 
NON-AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES–1.07%

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

 

Series 2012-GC8 A4 3.024% 9/10/45

     1,250,000      $ 1,278,569  

Series 2013-GC11 AS 3.422% 4/10/46

     770,000        790,259  

Series 2013-GC15 A3 4.095% 9/10/46

     800,000        856,011  

•Series 2015-GC33 B 4.723% 9/10/58

     500,000        533,452  

COMM Mortgage Trust

 

Series 2013-LC6 AM 3.282% 1/10/46

     1,000,000        1,016,165  

Series 2014-CR17 A5 3.977% 5/10/47

     1,365,000        1,448,399  

Series 2014-UBS3 A4 3.819% 6/10/47

     1,500,000        1,569,901  

Series 2015-CR26 A3 3.359% 10/10/48

     1,000,000        1,018,242  

Series 2015-LC21 A4 3.708% 7/10/48

     1,000,000        1,042,627  

◆Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates Series 2014-CR14 A3 3.955% 2/10/47

     545,000        576,816  

CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2015-C3 A4 3.718% 8/15/48

     1,000,000        1,040,736  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

 

Series 2013-GC12 A3 2.86% 6/10/46

     1,500,000        1,512,774  

Series 2015-GC28 A5 3.396% 2/10/48

     1,500,000        1,531,295  

JPM-BB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

 

•Series 2013-C14 AS 4.409% 8/15/46

     1,475,000        1,587,132  

Series 2016-C1 A5 3.576% 3/15/49

     2,000,000        2,066,830  

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

 

  

Series 2013-C10 ASB 2.702% 12/15/47

     1,000,000        1,015,335  

Series 2016-JP2 B 3.46% 8/15/49

     1,163,000        1,146,011  

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust

 

  

Series 2013-C9 A4 3.102% 5/15/46

     725,000        739,576  

Series 2013-C11 A2 3.085% 8/15/46

     604,698        612,145  

Series 2014-C17 A2 3.119% 8/15/47

     1,000,000        1,021,632  

Series 2015-C24 A4 3.732% 5/15/48

     1,250,000        1,308,400  

Series 2015-C25 ASB 3.383% 10/15/48

     800,000        833,995  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust Series 2015-MS1 A3 3.51% 5/15/48

     500,000        515,288  

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2012-C2 A4 3.525% 5/10/63

     1,000,000        1,041,160  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust

 

•Series 2013-LC12 B 4.431% 7/15/46

     400,000        418,020  

Series 2015-C30 A3 3.411% 9/15/58

     500,000        511,362  

Series 2015-C30 A4 3.664% 9/15/58

     1,000,000        1,039,087  

Series 2015-P2 A4 3.809% 12/15/48

     665,000        700,127  

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

 

Series 2012-C9 A3 2.87% 11/15/45

     940,000        952,449  

•Series 2013-C15 C 4.628% 8/15/46

     1,000,000        1,016,687  

Series 2014-C22 A5 3.752% 9/15/57

     1,000,000        1,046,226  
     

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Commercial
Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $31,721,601)

 

     31,786,708  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–55


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DREGIONAL BONDS–0.23%

Canada–0.22%

Province of British Columbia Canada

 

2.00% 10/23/22

     150,000      $ 148,771  

6.50% 1/15/26

     100,000        126,698  

7.25% 9/1/36

     100,000        154,717  

Province of Manitoba Canada 2.10% 9/6/22

     63,000        62,421  

Province of Ontario Canada

 

1.625% 1/18/19

     900,000        900,277  

1.65% 9/27/19

     100,000        99,741  

1.875% 5/21/20

     500,000        499,511  

2.00% 9/27/18

     300,000        301,775  

2.40% 2/8/22

     750,000        756,277  

2.45% 6/29/22

     150,000        151,340  

3.00% 7/16/18

     200,000        203,019  

4.00% 10/7/19

     200,000        209,786  

4.40% 4/14/20

     400,000        426,770  

Province of Quebec Canada

 

2.50% 4/20/26

     1,000,000        984,534  

2.625% 2/13/23

     350,000        355,613  

2.75% 4/12/27

     300,000        299,060  

3.50% 7/29/20

     300,000        314,126  

7.50% 7/15/23

     200,000        252,104  

7.50% 9/15/29

     175,000        250,087  

Province of Saskatchewan Canada 8.50% 7/15/22

     100,000        126,216  
     

 

 

 
        6,622,843  
     

 

 

 

Japan–0.01%

     

Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities 4.00% 1/13/21

     100,000        105,414  
     

 

 

 
        105,414  
     

 

 

 

Total Regional Bonds
(Cost $6,576,485)

 

     6,728,257  
     

 

 

 

DSOVEREIGN BONDS–1.33%

  

Canada–0.08%

  

Canada Government International Bond 1.625% 2/27/19

     1,000,000        1,003,504  

Export Development Canada

 

1.25% 12/10/18

     80,000        79,785  

1.50% 5/26/21

     200,000        197,160  

1.75% 7/21/20

     1,000,000        1,001,670  
     

 

 

 
        2,282,119  
     

 

 

 

Chile–0.03%

     

Chile Government International Bonds

 

2.25% 10/30/22

     100,000        99,150  

3.125% 1/21/26

     826,000        844,544  
     

 

 

 
        943,694  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DSOVEREIGN BONDS (continued)

 

Colombia–0.12%

Colombia Government International Bonds

 

2.625% 3/15/23

     700,000      $ 684,250  

4.00% 2/26/24

     250,000        260,125  

5.00% 6/15/45

     500,000        505,500  

6.125% 1/18/41

     200,000        231,600  

7.375% 3/18/19

     700,000        764,050  

7.375% 9/18/37

     500,000        645,500  

8.125% 5/21/24

     250,000        319,437  
     

 

 

 
        3,410,462  
     

 

 

 

Hungary–0.11%

     

Hungary Government International Bonds

 

5.375% 3/25/24

     700,000        789,189  

6.375% 3/29/21

     1,150,000        1,294,877  

7.625% 3/29/41

     700,000        1,045,514  
     

 

 

 
        3,129,580  
     

 

 

 

Iraq–0.02%

     

Iraq Government AID Bond 2.149% 1/18/22

     695,000        697,883  
     

 

 

 
        697,883  
     

 

 

 

Israel–0.04%

     

Israel Government AID Bond 5.50% 4/26/24

     200,000        238,965  

Israel Government International Bonds

 

2.875% 3/16/26

     200,000        199,652  

3.15% 6/30/23

     200,000        206,240  

4.00% 6/30/22

     150,000        160,996  

4.50% 1/30/43

     200,000        215,600  

5.125% 3/26/19

     175,000        185,577  
     

 

 

 
        1,207,030  
     

 

 

 

Italy–0.04%

     

Republic of Italy Government International Bonds

 

5.375% 6/15/33

     800,000        916,667  

6.875% 9/27/23

     350,000        412,618  
     

 

 

 
        1,329,285  
     

 

 

 

Japan–0.14%

     

Japan Bank for International Cooperation

 

1.75% 7/31/18

     500,000        499,979  

1.75% 11/13/18

     500,000        499,650  

1.75% 5/29/19

     200,000        199,177  

1.875% 4/20/21

     300,000        295,325  

2.00% 11/4/21

     200,000        196,833  

2.125% 6/1/20

     200,000        200,061  

2.25% 11/4/26

     200,000        191,101  

2.375% 4/20/26

     300,000        291,146  

2.50% 6/1/22

     200,000        201,038  

2.50% 5/28/25

     700,000        691,844  

2.875% 6/1/27

     350,000        350,576  

3.375% 7/31/23

     200,000        210,092  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–56


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DSOVEREIGN BONDS (continued)

 

Japan (continued)

 

Japan International Cooperation Agency 2.125% 10/20/26

     200,000      $ 189,316  
     

 

 

 
        4,016,138  
     

 

 

 

Mexico–0.24%

     

Mexico Government International Bonds

 

3.50% 1/21/21

     420,000        438,060  

3.60% 1/30/25

     1,400,000        1,420,790  

3.625% 3/15/22

     868,000        902,286  

4.00% 10/2/23

     550,000        576,620  

4.125% 1/21/26

     285,000        296,970  

4.15% 3/28/27

     370,000        383,598  

4.35% 1/15/47

     200,000        188,340  

4.75% 3/8/44

     1,000,000        1,003,500  

5.75% 10/12/10

     800,000        834,000  

6.05% 1/11/40

     475,000        561,711  

6.75% 9/27/34

     500,000        639,885  
     

 

 

 
        7,245,760  
     

 

 

 

Panama–0.06%

     

Panama Government International Bonds

 

3.875% 3/17/28

     300,000        308,250  

5.20% 1/30/20

     800,000        866,000  

6.70% 1/26/36

     200,000        258,500  

7.125% 1/29/26

     100,000        127,500  

8.875% 9/30/27

     100,000        143,000  

9.375% 4/1/29

     100,000        148,000  
     

 

 

 
        1,851,250  
     

 

 

 

Peru–0.06%

     

Peruvian Government International Bonds

 

4.125% 8/25/27

     350,000        382,375  

5.625% 11/18/50

     100,000        121,400  

6.55% 3/14/37

     500,000        659,750  

7.125% 3/30/19

     225,000        246,937  

7.35% 7/21/25

     100,000        130,850  

8.75% 11/21/33

     200,000        307,000  
     

 

 

 
        1,848,312  
     

 

 

 

Philippines–0.15%

     

Philippine Government International Bonds

 

3.70% 2/2/42

     200,000        202,060  

3.95% 1/20/40

     500,000        522,995  

5.00% 1/13/37

     500,000        595,247  

7.75% 1/14/31

     1,000,000        1,444,124  

8.375% 6/17/19

     1,000,000        1,126,300  

9.50% 2/2/30

     300,000        481,913  
     

 

 

 
        4,372,639  
     

 

 

 

Poland–0.08%

     

Republic of Poland Government International Bonds

 

3.00% 3/17/23

     250,000        254,670  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DSOVEREIGN BONDS (continued)

 

Poland (continued)

 

Republic of Poland Government International Bonds (continued)

 

3.25% 4/6/26

     400,000      $ 407,742  

5.00% 3/23/22

     500,000        555,875  

5.125% 4/21/21

     700,000        771,976  

6.375% 7/15/19

     380,000        413,422  
     

 

 

 
        2,403,685  
     

 

 

 

Republic of Korea–0.03%

     

Korea International Bonds

 

2.75% 1/19/27

     500,000        491,373  

3.875% 9/11/23

     200,000        214,190  

7.125% 4/16/19

     200,000        218,220  
     

 

 

 
        923,783  
     

 

 

 

Sweden–0.03%

     

Svensk Exportkredit

 

1.25% 4/12/19

     600,000        596,191  

1.875% 6/23/20

     400,000        400,161  
     

 

 

 
        996,352  
     

 

 

 

Ukraine–0.03%

     

Ukraine Government AID Bond 1.847% 5/29/20

     753,000        756,772  
     

 

 

 
        756,772  
     

 

 

 

Uruguay–0.07%

     

Uruguay Government International Bonds

 

4.375% 10/27/27

     300,000        320,250  

5.10% 6/18/50

     1,000,000        1,020,500  

7.625% 3/21/36

     250,000        338,750  

8.00% 11/18/22

     200,000        245,000  
     

 

 

 
        1,924,500  
     

 

 

 

Total Sovereign Bonds
(Cost $38,254,865)

 

     39,339,244  
     

 

 

 

SUPRANATIONAL BANKS–1.67%

  

African Development Bank

 

1.00% 5/15/19

     400,000        396,125  

1.125% 3/4/19

     600,000        596,434  

1.125% 9/20/19

     400,000        395,932  

1.375% 12/17/18

     129,000        128,756  

1.875% 3/16/20

     500,000        502,373  

Andina de Fomento

 

2.00% 5/10/19

     300,000        301,214  

4.375% 6/15/22

     250,000        270,955  

8.125% 6/4/19

     140,000        155,904  

Asian Development Bank

 

1.00% 8/16/19

     100,000        98,857  

1.375% 1/15/19

     800,000        798,959  

1.375% 3/23/20

     200,000        198,649  

1.50% 9/28/18

     400,000        400,438  

1.625% 3/16/21

     400,000        396,745  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–57


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

SUPRANATIONAL BANKS (continued)

 

Asian Development Bank (continued)

 

1.75% 9/11/18

     500,000      $ 502,085  

1.75% 3/21/19

     350,000        351,541  

1.75% 1/10/20

     1,000,000        1,003,280  

1.75% 8/14/26

     100,000        94,677  

1.875% 4/12/19

     300,000        301,931  

1.875% 2/18/22

     600,000        596,885  

2.00% 4/24/26

     600,000        581,113  

2.625% 1/12/27

     1,000,000        1,017,492  

5.593% 7/16/18

     700,000        727,422  

Council of Europe Development Bank

 

1.75% 11/14/19

     400,000        401,263  

1.875% 1/27/20

     450,000        452,094  

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development

 

0.875% 7/22/19

     100,000        98,288  

1.00% 9/17/18

     150,000        149,084  

1.50% 3/16/20

     250,000        248,643  

1.625% 11/15/18

     500,000        500,751  

1.875% 2/23/22

     400,000        397,630  

European Investment Bank

 

1.125% 8/15/19

     200,000        198,164  

1.25% 5/15/19

     500,000        497,335  

1.25% 12/16/19

     1,000,000        990,523  

1.625% 3/16/20

     1,500,000        1,496,841  

1.625% 6/15/21

     600,000        593,368  

1.75% 6/17/19

     1,500,000        1,505,292  

1.875% 3/15/19

     500,000        502,919  

2.00% 3/15/21

     800,000        802,857  

2.25% 8/15/22

     1,000,000        1,006,736  

2.375% 6/15/22

     1,000,000        1,013,593  

2.50% 4/15/21

     1,500,000        1,533,411  

2.875% 9/15/20

     350,000        361,516  

3.25% 1/29/24

     1,400,000        1,479,675  

4.00% 2/16/21

     400,000        429,320  

4.875% 2/15/36

     700,000        894,844  

FMS Wertmanagement

 

1.375% 6/8/21

     500,000        490,283  

1.625% 11/20/18

     500,000        500,968  

Inter-American Development Bank

 

1.00% 5/13/19

     300,000        296,890  

1.25% 9/14/21

     700,000        680,686  

1.375% 7/15/20

     1,250,000        1,235,189  

1.625% 5/12/20

     600,000        598,686  

1.75% 8/24/18

     500,000        501,826  

1.875% 3/15/21

     500,000        499,743  

2.00% 6/2/26

     250,000        240,910  

2.125% 11/9/20

     400,000        403,355  

3.00% 10/4/23

     500,000        522,918  

3.00% 2/21/24

     400,000        417,162  

3.20% 8/7/42

     100,000        99,343  

3.875% 2/14/20

     200,000        210,972  

3.875% 10/28/41

     100,000        112,272  

4.375% 1/24/44

     56,000        67,515  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

SUPRANATIONAL BANKS (continued)

 

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development

 

  

0.875% 7/19/18

     2,000,000      $ 1,989,472  

0.875% 8/15/19

     1,000,000        986,066  

1.00% 10/5/18

     1,400,000        1,392,454  

1.125% 11/27/19

     1,000,000        989,303  

1.25% 7/26/19

     500,000        497,241  

1.375% 5/24/21

     300,000        293,901  

1.375% 9/20/21

     300,000        292,836  

1.625% 3/9/21

     1,000,000        991,063  

1.625% 2/10/22

     600,000        591,256  

1.875% 3/15/19

     1,000,000        1,006,091  

1.875% 10/7/19

     700,000        704,146  

1.875% 4/21/20

     1,000,000        1,005,091  

2.125% 11/1/20

     1,000,000        1,009,468  

2.125% 2/13/23

     100,000        99,391  

2.50% 11/25/24

     900,000        908,794  

2.50% 7/29/25

     1,200,000        1,204,246  

4.75% 2/15/35

     50,000        62,332  

7.625% 1/19/23

     100,000        128,355  

International Finance

 

1.125% 7/20/21

     200,000        193,981  

1.25% 11/27/18

     156,000        155,613  

1.625% 7/16/20

     700,000        698,496  

1.75% 9/16/19

     400,000        401,838  

1.75% 3/30/20

     500,000        500,893  

Nordic Investment Bank

 

0.875% 9/27/18

     300,000        297,881  

1.125% 2/25/19

     600,000        596,809  

2.25% 9/30/21

     200,000        202,275  
     

 

 

 

Total Supranational Banks
(Cost $49,237,787)

 

     49,449,924  
     

 

 

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS–36.63%

  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

 

2.25% 8/15/46

     8,000,000        7,043,440  

2.50% 2/15/45

     12,900,000        12,041,853  

2.50% 2/15/46

     6,350,000        5,911,952  

2.50% 5/15/46

     7,200,000        6,698,815  

2.75% 8/15/42

     2,600,000        2,572,323  

2.75% 11/15/42

     3,500,000        3,459,327  

2.875% 5/15/43

     13,500,000        13,634,204  

2.875% 8/15/45

     1,200,000        1,206,984  

3.00% 5/15/42

     2,850,000        2,952,255  

3.00% 11/15/45

     8,100,000        8,344,580  

3.00% 2/15/47

     9,700,000        10,008,237  

3.00% 5/15/47

     3,000,000        3,096,621  

3.125% 11/15/41

     4,000,000        4,236,796  

3.125% 2/15/42

     3,050,000        3,230,676  

3.125% 2/15/43

     9,000,000        9,510,642  

3.125% 8/15/44

     21,000,000        22,192,317  

3.50% 2/15/39

     2,650,000        2,994,913  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–58


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS (continued)

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds (continued)

 

3.625% 8/15/43

     5,000,000      $ 5,753,125  

3.625% 2/15/44

     3,000,000        3,457,617  

3.75% 8/15/41

     3,850,000        4,508,785  

3.875% 8/15/40

     3,750,000        4,463,670  

4.25% 11/15/40

     4,000,000        5,027,892  

4.375% 5/15/40

     2,500,000        3,191,505  

4.375% 5/15/41

     2,750,000        3,525,855  

4.50% 8/15/39

     3,350,000        4,340,933  

4.625% 2/15/40

     4,100,000        5,407,597  

4.75% 2/15/41

     3,750,000        5,050,343  

5.00% 5/15/37

     3,000,000        4,117,206  

5.25% 11/15/28

     500,000        643,877  

5.375% 2/15/31

     500,000        672,188  

5.50% 8/15/28

     500,000        653,975  

6.125% 11/15/27

     800,000        1,080,750  

6.125% 8/15/29

     300,000        418,090  

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

0.75% 10/31/18

     23,900,000        23,717,954  

0.75% 8/15/19

     14,000,000        13,811,602  

0.875% 7/31/19

     6,000,000        5,937,186  

1.00% 11/30/18

     35,000,000        34,835,255  

1.00% 11/30/19

     28,500,000        28,202,204  

1.125% 1/31/19

     13,000,000        12,954,552  

1.125% 2/28/19

     5,000,000        4,981,640  

1.125% 5/31/19

     2,000,000        1,990,938  

1.125% 4/30/20

     17,000,000        16,815,720  

1.125% 6/30/21

     7,000,000        6,832,791  

1.125% 8/31/21

     12,000,000        11,687,112  

1.25% 11/30/18

     3,000,000        2,996,484  

1.25% 3/31/19

     15,000,000        14,969,820  

1.25% 5/31/19

     15,000,000        14,965,140  

1.25% 6/30/19

     3,000,000        2,992,032  

1.25% 3/31/21

     10,000,000        9,835,740  

1.375% 7/31/18

     12,000,000        12,011,484  

1.375% 9/30/18

     2,000,000        2,001,250  

1.375% 11/30/18

     3,000,000        3,001,347  

1.375% 12/31/18

     3,500,000        3,501,845  

1.375% 1/31/20

     23,000,000        22,939,809  

1.375% 2/29/20

     10,000,000        9,966,410  

1.375% 3/31/20

     18,000,000        17,935,668  

1.375% 8/31/20

     15,000,000        14,896,575  

1.375% 1/31/21

     14,000,000        13,855,352  

1.375% 6/30/23

     9,400,000        9,051,542  

1.50% 8/31/18

     6,000,000        6,014,064  

1.50% 12/31/18

     18,300,000        18,342,895  

1.50% 5/31/20

     7,000,000        6,990,704  

1.50% 2/28/23

     12,000,000        11,684,064  

1.50% 3/31/23

     4,500,000        4,377,303  

1.50% 8/15/26

     11,000,000        10,291,017  

1.625% 4/30/19

     13,000,000        13,058,396  

1.625% 6/30/19

     16,000,000        16,073,744  

1.625% 8/31/19

     11,000,000        11,051,128  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS (continued)

 

U.S. Treasury Notes (continued)

 

1.625% 11/30/20

     11,000,000      $ 10,995,919  

1.625% 11/15/22

     16,750,000        16,474,211  

1.625% 5/31/23

     16,000,000        15,650,320  

1.625% 10/31/23

     18,000,000        17,534,880  

1.625% 2/15/26

     11,000,000        10,456,226  

1.625% 5/15/26

     6,500,000        6,163,450  

1.75% 10/31/18

     2,000,000        2,011,446  

1.75% 12/31/20

     8,000,000        8,023,904  

1.75% 5/15/22

     9,000,000        8,951,661  

1.75% 5/15/23

     25,000,000        24,634,275  

1.875% 2/28/22

     4,000,000        4,005,392  

1.875% 3/31/22

     15,000,000        15,010,545  

2.00% 9/30/20

     14,000,000        14,172,816  

2.00% 8/31/21

     5,000,000        5,044,630  

2.00% 11/15/21

     4,700,000        4,740,298  

2.00% 2/15/22

     8,000,000        8,061,248  

2.00% 2/15/23

     14,150,000        14,159,127  

2.00% 5/31/24

     10,000,000        9,920,700  

2.00% 2/15/25

     11,000,000        10,851,324  

2.00% 11/15/26

     5,000,000        4,876,170  

2.125% 8/31/20

     19,000,000        19,309,130  

2.125% 8/15/21

     7,500,000        7,606,350  

2.125% 12/31/22

     3,000,000        3,024,375  

2.125% 11/30/23

     22,000,000        22,078,210  

2.125% 2/29/24

     12,000,000        12,016,176  

2.25% 3/31/21

     7,700,000        7,853,399  

2.25% 4/30/21

     10,000,000        10,195,700  

2.25% 11/15/25

     15,000,000        15,006,150  

2.25% 2/15/27

     16,000,000        15,928,432  

2.375% 8/15/24

     35,000,000        35,540,050  

2.375% 5/15/27

     2,500,000        2,516,163  

2.50% 8/15/23

     18,250,000        18,732,986  

2.625% 8/15/20

     6,000,000        6,189,258  

2.625% 11/15/20

     6,500,000        6,709,599  

2.75% 2/15/19

     5,000,000        5,112,400  

2.75% 11/15/23

     5,000,000        5,205,665  

2.75% 2/15/24

     26,000,000        27,057,264  

3.125% 5/15/19

     4,000,000        4,129,608  

3.125% 5/15/21

     3,500,000        3,682,998  

3.375% 11/15/19

     6,500,000        6,792,370  

3.50% 5/15/20

     4,000,000        4,220,468  

3.625% 8/15/19

     5,500,000        5,754,590  

3.625% 2/15/20

     6,000,000        6,327,420  

3.625% 2/15/21

     9,000,000        9,614,358  

3.75% 11/15/18

     3,630,000        3,748,472  

4.00% 8/15/18

     5,550,000        5,715,851  

6.00% 2/15/26

     750,000        972,539  

6.25% 8/15/23

     1,600,000        1,991,781  

6.625% 2/15/27

     750,000        1,031,631  

6.75% 8/15/26

     500,000        686,094  

6.875% 8/15/25

     1,000,000        1,351,133  

7.125% 2/15/23

     1,000,000        1,274,863  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–59


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS (continued)

 

U.S. Treasury Notes (continued)

 

  

7.25% 8/15/22

     500,000      $ 630,020  

7.50% 11/15/24

     500,000        684,102  

7.625% 11/15/22

     500,000        645,069  

7.625% 2/15/25

     500,000        693,692  

7.875% 2/15/21

     750,000        912,452  

8.00% 11/15/21

     1,700,000        2,142,864  

8.125% 8/15/19

     750,000        855,337  

8.125% 5/15/21

     500,000        619,375  

8.125% 8/15/21

     700,000        876,504  

8.50% 2/15/20

     150,000        177,164  

8.75% 5/15/20

     900,000        1,082,724  

8.75% 8/15/20

     800,000        974,297  

8.875% 2/15/19

     750,000        841,406  
     

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(Cost $1,070,979,353)

 

     1,086,269,141  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–1.45%

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     42,983,080      $ 42,983,080  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $42,983,080)

 

     42,983,080  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.77% (Cost $2,933,934,091)

     2,988,499,563  

«LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.77%)

     (22,946,486
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 260,429,002 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 2,965,553,077  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP SSGA BOND INDEX FUND STANDARD CLASS ($1,925,903,623 /169,072,430 Shares)

   $ 11.391  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP SSGA BOND INDEX FUND SERVICE CLASS ($1,039,649,454 /91,356,572 Shares)

   $ 11.380  
  

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 2,875,235,874  

Undistributed net investment income

     37,996,649  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (2,244,918

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     54,565,472  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 2,965,553,077  
  

 

 

 

 

 

#

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At June 30, 2017, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $11,016,231, which represents 0.37% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

D

Securities have been classified by country of origin.

 

 

Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate as of June 30, 2017. Interest rates reset periodically.

 

f

Step coupon bond. Coupon increases/decreases periodically based on predetermined schedule. Stated rate in effect at June 30, 2017.

 

^

Zero coupon security. The rate shown is the yield at the time of purchase.

 

«

Includes $50,077,728 payable for securities purchased, $573,701 payable for fund shares redeemed and $1,025,735 due to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

 

Pass Through Agreement. Security represents the contractual right to receive a proportionate amount of underlying payments due to the counterparty pursuant to various agreements related to the rescheduling of obligations and the exchange of certain notes.

 

Þ

Considered an affiliated company. See Note 2 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

°

Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–60


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

Summary of Abbreviations:

AGM–Insured by Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation

AID–Agency for International Development

GNMA–Government National Mortgage Association

GS–Goldman Sachs

IT–Information Technology

NATL–Insured by the National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation

PSF-GTD–Permanent School Fund Guaranteed

REIT–Real Estate Investment Trust

S.F.–Single Family

TBA–To Be Announced

yr–year

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–61


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Interest from unaffiliated investments

   $ 38,265,571  

Interest from affiliated investments

     9,890  

Dividends

     79,105  
  

 

 

 
     38,354,566  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     5,884,049  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     1,287,468  

Accounting and administration expenses

     367,260  

Shareholder servicing fees

     145,118  

Pricing fees

     96,732  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     78,487  

Professional fees

     58,005  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     39,731  

Custodian fees

     19,346  

Consulting fees

     4,075  

Other

     15,914  
  

 

 

 
     7,996,185  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (1,834,267
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     6,161,918  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     32,192,648  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN:

  

Net realized gain on:

  

Sale of unaffiliated investments

     2,616,632  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain on investments

     2,616,632  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Affiliated investments

     5,486  

Unaffiliated investments

     26,447,678  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     26,453,164  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     29,069,796  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 61,262,444  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year
Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 32,192,648     $ 59,756,112  

Net realized gain

     2,616,632       2,901,722  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     26,453,164       (4,059,912
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     61,262,444       58,597,922  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (42,695,713

Service Class

           (20,895,586
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (63,591,299
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     153,865,467       394,508,428  

Service Class

     61,506,699       177,089,898  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           42,695,713  

Service Class

           20,895,586  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     215,372,166       635,189,625  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (192,486,482     (307,033,194

Service Class

     (67,370,979     (150,191,109
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (259,857,461     (457,224,303
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (44,485,295     177,965,322  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     16,777,149       172,971,945  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     2,948,775,928       2,775,803,983  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 2,965,553,077     $ 2,948,775,928  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 37,996,649     $ 5,804,001  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–62


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund Standard Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 11.156      $ 11.163     $ 11.425     $ 11.012     $ 11.571     $ 11.420

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.127        0.249       0.246       0.248       0.227       0.251

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.108        0.005       (0.217 )       0.385       (0.524 )       0.189
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.235        0.254       0.029       0.633       (0.297 )       0.440
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.261 )       (0.291 )       (0.214 )       (0.225 )       (0.288 )

Net realized gain

                          (0.006 )       (0.037 )       (0.001 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.261 )       (0.291 )       (0.220 )       (0.262 )       (0.289 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 11.391      $ 11.156     $ 11.163     $ 11.425     $ 11.012     $ 11.571
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       2.11%        2.28%       0.25%       5.75%       (2.57% )       3.86%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 1,925,904      $ 1,923,620     $ 1,796,385     $ 1,434,764     $ 1,255,800     $ 721,970

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.33%        0.32%       0.33%       0.33%       0.38%       0.38%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.46%        0.44%       0.45%       0.45%       0.49%       0.49%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       2.28%        2.16%       2.15%       2.18%       2.00%       2.16%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       2.15%        2.04%       2.03%       2.06%       1.89%       2.05%

Portfolio turnover

       26%        56%       76%       63%       55%       70%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund–63


LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 11.160      $ 11.165     $ 11.427     $ 11.015     $ 11.574     $ 11.423

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.113        0.220       0.218       0.219       0.199       0.222

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.107        0.007       (0.218 )       0.385       (0.524 )       0.189
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.220        0.227             0.604       (0.325 )       0.411
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.232 )       (0.262 )       (0.186 )       (0.197 )       (0.259 )

Net realized gain

                          (0.006 )       (0.037 )       (0.001 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.232 )       (0.262 )       (0.192 )       (0.234 )       (0.260 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 11.380      $ 11.160     $ 11.165     $ 11.427     $ 11.015     $ 11.574
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       1.97%        2.04%       0.00%       5.49%       (2.81% )       3.60%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 1,039,649      $ 1,025,156     $ 979,419     $ 1,026,096     $ 1,031,366     $ 1,037,599

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.58%        0.57%       0.58%       0.58%       0.63%       0.63%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.71%        0.69%       0.70%       0.70%       0.74%       0.74%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       2.03%        1.91%       1.90%       1.93%       1.75%       1.91%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.90%        1.79%       1.78%       1.81%       1.64%       1.80%

Portfolio turnover

       26%        56%       76%       63%       55%       70%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”) and to unaffiliated insurance companies. Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek to match as closely as practicable, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Bloomberg Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–U.S. government and agency securities are valued at the mean between their bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Other debt securities are valued based upon valuations provided by an independent pricing service or broker and reviewed by management. To the extent current market prices are not available, the pricing service may take into account developments related to the specific security, as well as transactions in comparable securities. Valuations for fixed income securities, including short-term debt securities, utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under the policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

To Be Announced Securities (TBA) –The Fund may contract to purchase securities for a fixed price at a transaction date beyond the customary settlement period (e.g., “when issued”, “delayed delivery”, “forward commitment”, or “TBA transactions”) consistent with the Fund’s ability to manage its investment portfolio and meet redemption requests. These transactions involve a commitment by the Fund to purchase securities for a predetermined price or yield with payment and delivery taking place more than three days in the future, or after a period longer than the customary settlement period for that type of security. No interest will be earned by the Fund on such purchases until the securities are delivered; however, the market value may change prior to delivery.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Realized gains (losses) on paydowns of asset- and mortgage-backed securities are classified as interest income. The Fund declares and pays dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

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LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.40% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee as follows: 0.08% of the first $500 million of average daily net assets of the Fund; 0.122% of the next $1.5 billion of average daily net assets of the Fund; and 0.152% in excess of $2 billion of average daily net assets of the Fund. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018 and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 83,886  

Legal

     20,248  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $61,620 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 677,777  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     214,867  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     71,471  

Printing and mailing fees payble to Lincoln Life

     61,620  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

The Fund has investments in Lincoln National Corporation, the parent company of LIAC. Investments in companies considered to be affiliates of the Fund and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/16
   Purchases    Sales    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
   Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Value
6/30/17
   Interest Income

Lincoln National
4.00% 9/1/23

     $ 521,997      $      $      $      $ 5,486      $ 527,483      $ 9,890

 

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LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases other than U.S. government securities

   $ 615,746,091  

Purchases of U.S. government securities

     137,190,340  

Sales other than U.S. government securities

     640,934,674  

Sales of U.S. government securities

     124,145,447  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 2,933,934,091  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 70,341,797  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (15,776,325
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 54,565,472  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

  Post-Enactment Losses (No  Expiration)  

  Short-Term      Long-Term           Total      
$1,580,426    $2,842,173    $4,422,599

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

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LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Total  

Investments:

        

Assets:

        

Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

   $      $ 20,639,722      $ 20,639,722  

Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

            833,249,228        833,249,228  

Agency Obligations

            54,412,984        54,412,984  

Corporate Bonds

            791,799,987        791,799,987  

Municipal Bonds

            18,728,173        18,728,173  

Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities

            13,113,115        13,113,115  

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

            31,786,708        31,786,708  

Regional Bonds

            6,728,257        6,728,257  

Sovereign Bonds

            39,339,244        39,339,244  

Supranational Banks

            49,449,924        49,449,924  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

            1,086,269,141        1,086,269,141  

Money Market Fund

     42,983,080               42,983,080  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 42,983,080      $ 2,945,516,483      $ 2,988,499,563  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     13,698,827       34,388,108  

Service Class

     5,471,165       15,358,372  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           3,822,243  

Service Class

           1,869,433  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     19,169,992       55,438,156  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (17,048,644     (26,714,625

Service Class

     (5,977,661     (13,084,232
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (23,026,305     (39,798,857
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (3,856,313     15,639,299  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Credit and Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

The Fund invests in fixed income securities whose values are derived from an underlying pool of mortgages or consumer loans. The values of these securities are sensitive to changes in economic conditions, including delinquencies and defaults, and may be adversely affected by changes in interest rates and shifts in the market’s perception of issuers. Investors receive principal and interest payments as the underlying mortgages

 

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LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

5. Credit and Market Risk (continued)

 

and consumer loans are paid back. Some of these securities are collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”). CMOs are debt securities issued by U.S. government agencies or by financial institutions and other mortgage lenders, which are collateralized by a pool of mortgages held under an indenture. Prepayment of mortgages may shorten the stated maturity of the obligations and can result in a loss of premium, if any has been paid. Certain of these securities may be stripped (securities which provide only the principal or interest feature of the underlying security). The yield to maturity on an interest-only CMO is extremely sensitive not only to changes in prevailing interest rates, but also to the rate of principal payments (including prepayments) on the related underlying mortgage assets. A rapid rate of principal payments may have a material adverse effect on a CMO’s yield to maturity. If the underlying mortgage assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may fail to fully recoup its initial investment in these securities even if the securities are rated in the highest rating categories.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC, the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. Rule 144A securities are identified on the Statement of Net Assets.

6. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

7. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

8. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no additional material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP SSGA Funds

 

LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

 

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

 

LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

 

each a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP SSGA Funds

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Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Country and Sector Allocations and Top 10 Equity Holdings      3  
Statements of Net Assets      7  
Statements of Operations      22  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      23  
Financial Highlights      24  
Notes to Financial Statements      32  

 

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP SSGA Funds

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

Each Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”), and to unaffiliated companies. Lincoln Life and LNY hold each Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis tables. The Expense Analysis tables does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. These Expense Analyses are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analyses are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the tables, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the tables, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled, “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the tables, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Funds do not charge transaction fees such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of each table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Funds’ actual expenses shown in the tables reflect fee waivers in effect.

LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,127.20       0.38 %         $2.00        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,125.60       0.63 %         3.32        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,022.91       0.38 %         $1.91        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,021.67       0.63 %         3.16        

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,157.60       0.42 %         $2.25        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,156.00       0.67 %         3.58        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,022.71       0.42 %         $2.11        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,021.47       0.67 %         3.36        

LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,081.00       0.35 %         $1.81        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,079.70       0.60 %         3.09        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.06       0.35 %         $1.76        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,021.82       0.60 %         3.01        
 

 

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LVIP SSGA Funds

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited) (continued)

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,013.10       0.40 %         $2.00        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,011.80       0.65 %         3.24        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,022.81       0.40 %         $2.01        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,021.57       0.65 %         3.26        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Funds’ annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–2


LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

Security Type/Country and Sector Allocations and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

 

Security Type/Country    Percentage
of Net Assets

Common Stock

     97.36

Australia

     6.68

Austria

     1.53

Belgium

     0.69

Canada

     0.67

Finland

     2.01

France

     9.40

Germany

     3.92

Hong Kong

     3.90

Ireland

     0.65

Italy

     3.41

Japan

     33.52

Netherlands

     3.18

New Zealand

     0.66

Norway

     2.56

Portugal

     0.64

Singapore

     1.80

Spain

     3.44

Sweden

     2.71

Switzerland

     1.99

United Kingdom

     14.00

Right

     0.01

Money Market Fund

     1.61

Total Value of Securities

     98.98

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     1.02

Total Net Assets

     100.00

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Aerospace & Defense

     0.70

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.65

Auto Components

     3.12

Automobiles

     4.76

Banks

     10.63

Beverages

     1.21

Building Products

     0.62

Capital Markets

     0.82

Chemicals

     4.67

Commercial Services & Supplies

     1.90

Communications Equipment

     0.67

Construction & Engineering

     4.30

Construction Materials

     1.40

Diversified Financial Services

     0.72

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     2.48

Electric Utilities

     2.51

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     1.95
Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     4.52

Food & Staples Retailing

     2.41

Food Products

     3.25

Gas Utilities

     0.68

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     0.69

Health Care Providers & Services

     0.71

Household Durables

     2.66

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity

  

Producers

     0.65

Industrial Conglomerates

     1.80

Insurance

     5.92

IT Services

     0.65

Machinery

     1.19

Media

     0.69

Metals & Mining

     2.40

Multiline Retail

     0.65

Multi-Utilities

     0.69

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     4.55

Paper & Forest Products

     2.03

Pharmaceuticals

     4.58

Professional Services

     2.04

Real Estate Management & Development

     1.25

Road & Rail

     0.73

Specialty Retail

     0.61

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     3.11

Tobacco

     0.64

Trading Companies & Distributors

     3.13

Transportation Infrastructure

     1.37

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     0.66

Total

     97.37

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage
of Net Assets

OMV

     0.83

3i Group

     0.82

Capita

     0.78

Kajima

     0.77

Taisei

     0.76

Obayashi

     0.76

Credit Agricole

     0.75

UniCredit

     0.74

Gecina

     0.74

Boral

     0.74

Total

     7.69
 

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–3


LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

Security Type/Country and Sector Allocations and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

 

Security Type/Country    Percentage
of Net Assets

Common Stock

     96.42

Brazil

     2.92

Chile

     0.83

Czech Republic

     0.96

Hong Kong

     26.82

Hungary

     1.12

Indonesia

     1.03

Malaysia

     1.01

Mexico

     2.08

Republic of Korea

     25.76

Russia

     4.19

South Africa

     5.05

Taiwan

     16.66

Thailand

     2.65

Turkey

     3.42

United Arab Emirates

     1.92

Preferred Stock

     1.88

Money Market Fund

     0.97

Total Value of Securities

     99.27

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.73

Total Net Assets

     100.00

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.97

Auto Components

     1.92

Automobiles

     4.93

Banks

     20.88

Building Products

     1.15

Capital Markets

     1.80

Chemicals

     5.23

Construction & Engineering

     0.85

Distributors

     0.83

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     3.74

Electric Utilities

     2.55

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     1.24
Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     1.93

Food & Staples Retailing

     2.63

Food Products

     5.86

Health Care Providers & Services

     1.68

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     0.89

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     2.01

Industrial Conglomerates

     4.03

Insurance

     1.01

Metals & Mining

     4.02

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     5.41

Paper & Forest Products

     2.10

Pharmaceuticals

     1.12

Real Estate Management & Development

     3.02

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     2.30

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     7.08

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     2.14

Tobacco

     1.14

Transportation Infrastructure

     1.95

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     1.89

Total

     98.30

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage
of Net Assets

Woori Bank ADR

     1.30

Hyosung

     1.24

Hon Hai Precision Industry

     1.23

Catcher Technology

     1.22

Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari

     1.17

Longfor Properties

     1.17

United Microelectronics

     1.17

KCC

     1.15

Belle International Holdings

     1.15

Turkiye Halk Bankasi

     1.15

Total

     11.95
 

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–4


LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

 

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Common Stock

     99.22

Aerospace & Defense

     3.00

Airlines

     1.12

Auto Components

     1.93

Automobiles

     1.90

Banks

     4.10

Beverages

     1.02

Biotechnology

     2.01

Capital Markets

     1.12

Chemicals

     4.72

Communications Equipment

     2.80

Consumer Finance

     0.95

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     1.01

Electric Utilities

     2.82

Electrical Equipment

     1.03

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     1.05

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     5.95

Food & Staples Retailing

     2.03

Food Products

     3.54

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     2.17

Health Care Providers & Services

     7.28

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     2.14

Household Durables

     3.09

Household Products

     0.93

Insurance

     9.12

Internet Software & Services

     1.00

IT Services

     2.04

Machinery

     5.04

Media

     0.75

Multiline Retail

     1.75

Multi-Utilities

     1.91

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     5.71

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Pharmaceuticals

     1.97

Road & Rail

     2.28

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     3.88

Software

     2.12

Specialty Retail

     1.23

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     1.69

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     1.02

Money Market Fund

     0.35

Short-Term Investment

     0.09

Total Value of Securities

     99.66

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.34

Total Net Assets

     100.00

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage
of Net Assets

Best Buy

     1.23

Kansas City Southern

     1.22

Aetna

     1.15

CIT Group

     1.13

Invesco

     1.13

Delta Air Lines

     1.12

Tesoro

     1.12

Baxter International

     1.12

Anthem

     1.11

Ingersoll-Rand

     1.11

Total

     11.44

IT–Information Technology

  
 

 

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–5


LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Common Stock

     98.42

Aerospace & Defense

     1.44

Airlines

     0.47

Auto Components

     0.38

Banks

     2.01

Biotechnology

     2.73

Building Products

     0.52

Capital Markets

     1.03

Chemicals

     1.13

Commercial Services & Supplies

     3.85

Communications Equipment

     1.85

Construction & Engineering

     0.85

Consumer Finance

     0.57

Electric Utilities

     0.46

Electrical Equipment

     1.71

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     5.80

Energy Equipment & Services

     1.93

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     7.12

Food & Staples Retailing

     0.83

Food Products

     1.41

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     0.57

Health Care Providers & Services

     8.46

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     1.30

Household Durables

     3.86

Household Products

     0.24

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     0.49

Insurance

     4.78

Internet Software & Services

     0.45

IT Services

     2.60

Leisure Products

     0.52

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     1.13

Machinery

     3.08

Media

     1.30

Metals & Mining

     2.07

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts

     7.83

Multiline Retail

     1.07

Multi-Utilities

     1.00
Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     2.08

Paper & Forest Products

     1.35

Pharmaceuticals

     2.83

Professional Services

     0.51

Road & Rail

     1.02

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     2.12

Software

     0.93

Specialty Retail

     5.21

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.93

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     1.27

Thrift & Mortgage Finance

     0.48

Tobacco

     0.44

Trading Companies & Distributors

     1.43

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     0.98

Money Market Fund

     1.48

Short-Term Investment

     0.09

Total Value of Securities

     99.99

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.01

Total Net Assets

     100.00

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage
of Net Assets

Impax Laboratories

     0.83

Molina Healthcare

     0.73

Sunrun

     0.69

ILG

     0.67

First Solar

     0.67

Myriad Genetics

     0.63

Rent-A-Center

     0.63

LHC Group

     0.62

Caesars Acquisition Class A

     0.62

Renewable Energy Group

     0.62

Total

     6.71

IT–Information Technology

  

 

 

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–6


LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

DCOMMON STOCK–97.36%

 

Australia–6.68%

 

  

Bendigo & Adelaide Bank

     721,667      $ 6,145,780  

Boral

     1,382,614        7,385,606  

Coca-Cola Amatil

     769,795        5,461,063  

Fortescue Metals Group

     1,293,300        5,188,839  

GPT Group

     1,615,608        5,948,013  

Mirvac Group

     3,716,014        6,083,553  

Scentre Group

     1,924,133        5,989,499  

Sonic Healthcare

     377,346        7,024,481  

Telstra

     1,764,620        5,832,034  

Vicinity Centres

     2,924,468        5,776,708  

Wesfarmers

     184,580        5,691,752  
     

 

 

 
        66,527,328  
     

 

 

 

Austria–1.53%

     

OMV

     158,853        8,243,452  

voestalpine

     150,720        7,023,510  
     

 

 

 
        15,266,962  
     

 

 

 

Belgium–0.69%

     

Solvay Class A

     51,174        6,867,685  
     

 

 

 
        6,867,685  
     

 

 

 

Canada–0.67%

     

Magna International

     144,700        6,702,752  
     

 

 

 
        6,702,752  
     

 

 

 

Finland–2.01%

     

Fortum

     397,096        6,227,148  

Stora Enso Class R

     515,401        6,657,804  

UPM-Kymmene

     248,961        7,097,396  
     

 

 

 
        19,982,348  
     

 

 

 

France–9.40%

     

AXA

     242,483        6,632,999  

BNP Paribas

     94,451        6,802,737  

Carrefour

     263,055        6,654,929  

Credit Agricole

     465,092        7,482,020  

Engie

     453,988        6,852,273  

Fonciere Des Regions

     74,314        6,893,770  

Gecina

     47,162        7,398,506  

Orange

     389,783        6,183,698  

Renault

     70,630        6,393,102  

Sanofi

     68,910        6,592,377  

SCOR

     165,075        6,544,238  

Societe Generale

     122,050        6,567,106  

TOTAL

     123,566        6,108,851  

Vinci

     76,799        6,555,015  
     

 

 

 
        93,661,621  
     

 

 

 

Germany–3.92%

     

Allianz

     33,680        6,631,816  

Bayer

     53,377        6,901,186  

Bayerische Motoren Werke

     68,240        6,334,989  

Daimler

     80,919        5,856,759  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Germany (continued)

     

K+S

     269,585      $ 6,903,264  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs- Gesellschaft in Muenchen Class R

     31,954        6,443,415  
     

 

 

 
        39,071,429  
     

 

 

 

Hong Kong–3.90%

     

CK Hutchison Holdings

     490,015        6,150,721  

Hongkong Land Holdings

     852,300        6,272,928  

Jardine Matheson Holdings

     93,500        6,002,700  

Link REIT

     905,087        6,886,009  

New World Development

     4,905,832        6,226,975  

#WH Group 144A

     7,207,500        7,274,475  
     

 

 

 
        38,813,808  
     

 

 

 

Ireland–0.65%

     

†AerCap Holdings

     138,400        6,425,912  
     

 

 

 
        6,425,912  
     

 

 

 

Italy–3.41%

     

Assicurazioni Generali

     395,809        6,514,376  

Atlantia

     233,569        6,573,233  

Intesa Sanpaolo

     2,249,971        7,133,777  

Snam

     1,440,632        6,278,914  

†UniCredit

     396,879        7,411,379  
     

 

 

 
        33,911,679  
     

 

 

 

Japan–33.52%

     

Amada Holdings

     540,500        6,237,555  

Aozora Bank

     1,631,000        6,206,428  

Asahi Glass

     150,400        6,324,890  

Astellas Pharma

     450,700        5,507,776  

Bridgestone

     152,488        6,561,831  

Brother Industries

     290,600        6,699,496  

Canon

     196,044        6,651,291  

Chubu Electric Power

     458,278        6,081,173  

Dai Nippon Printing

     560,000        6,213,648  

Daicel

     503,700        6,256,225  

Daiichi Sankyo

     265,263        6,242,731  

Denso

     134,500        5,670,585  

Electric Power Development

     260,300        6,429,103  

FUJIFILM Holdings

     153,100        5,499,213  

Hitachi

     1,111,631        6,813,589  

Honda Motor

     199,100        5,423,804  

ITOCHU

     427,117        6,337,926  

Japan Tobacco

     181,046        6,353,310  

JXTG Holdings

     1,277,200        5,572,101  

Kajima

     910,000        7,669,971  

Kirin Holdings

     326,300        6,640,593  

Konica Minolta

     663,100        5,494,636  

Kuraray

     402,200        7,287,696  

Kyocera

     108,800        6,293,423  

Marubeni

     980,916        6,329,841  

Mazda Motor

     428,500        5,973,665  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–7


LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Japan (continued)

     

Mebuki Financial Group

     1,499,100      $ 5,571,227  

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings

     807,300        6,675,881  

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical

     301,700        6,370,638  

Mitsubishi Materials

     197,400        5,967,193  

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma

     294,121        6,788,514  

Mizuho Financial Group

     3,267,100        5,966,324  

NEC

     2,501,000        6,626,344  

Nippon Express

     1,162,000        7,262,823  

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone

     137,300        6,482,000  

Nissan Motor

     608,462        6,048,104  

Nomura Research Institute

     163,500        6,432,429  

Obayashi

     642,300        7,543,706  

Oji Holdings

     1,248,000        6,435,563  

Resona Holdings

     1,116,934        6,142,020  

Sekisui House

     364,055        6,407,174  

Subaru

     163,800        5,513,641  

Sumitomo

     455,800        5,924,691  

Sumitomo Electric Industries

     368,800        5,672,585  

Sumitomo Heavy Industries

     853,000        5,619,676  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

     164,800        6,416,174  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings

     176,100        6,292,473  

Taisei

     827,000        7,543,916  

TDK

     96,300        6,327,246  

Tohoku Electric Power

     453,500        6,269,771  

Toppan Printing

     589,000        6,451,638  

Toyota Industries

     123,000        6,463,036  

Toyota Motor

     111,182        5,825,255  
     

 

 

 
        333,812,542  
     

 

 

 

Netherlands–3.18%

     

ING Groep

     414,899        7,155,541  

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize

     288,369        5,513,497  

NN Group

     194,163        6,901,273  

Randstad Holding

     102,395        5,978,507  

Royal Dutch Shell Class B

     229,139        6,155,368  
     

 

 

 
        31,704,186  
     

 

 

 

New Zealand–0.66%

     

Fletcher Building

     1,115,393        6,530,706  
     

 

 

 
        6,530,706  
     

 

 

 

Norway–2.56%

     

†Marine Harvest

     390,290        6,680,334  

Norsk Hydro

     1,029,409        5,706,369  

Orkla

     685,651        6,968,407  

Yara International

     163,262        6,132,530  
     

 

 

 
        25,487,640  
     

 

 

 

Portugal–0.64%

     

EDP - Energias de Portugal

     1,955,725        6,395,173  
     

 

 

 
        6,395,173  
     

 

 

 

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Singapore–1.80%

     

Keppel

     1,269,578      $ 5,800,360  

Singapore Telecommunications

     2,208,000        6,238,693  

Wilmar International

     2,438,858        5,934,392  
     

 

 

 
        17,973,445  
     

 

 

 

Spain–3.44%

     

Abertis Infraestructuras

     382,783        7,091,313  

ACS Actividades de
Construccion y Servicios

     185,439        7,164,106  

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria

     794,333        6,591,153  

Enagas

     238,356        6,683,450  

Gas Natural SDG

     288,074        6,741,696  
     

 

 

 
        34,271,718  
     

 

 

 

Sweden–2.71%

     

Investor Class B

     149,447        7,202,094  

Nordea Bank

     541,515        6,890,502  

Skanska Class B

     262,770        6,234,967  

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B

     933,287        6,674,486  
     

 

 

 
        27,002,049  
     

 

 

 

Switzerland–1.99%

     

†Adecco Group

     87,003        6,614,369  

Novartis

     82,935        6,901,880  

Swiss Re

     68,677        6,277,546  
     

 

 

 
        19,793,795  
     

 

 

 

United Kingdom–14.00%

     

3i Group

     695,969        8,180,845  

Aegon

     1,220,275        6,231,399  

AstraZeneca

     100,242        6,704,266  

Babcock International Group

     545,037        6,250,524  

Barratt Developments

     910,664        6,683,642  

Berkeley Group Holdings

     153,796        6,464,055  

BP

     1,093,298        6,305,321  

Capita

     858,513        7,732,147  

Direct Line Insurance Group

     1,463,389        6,773,892  

HSBC Holdings

     762,046        7,063,813  

J Sainsbury

     1,873,847        6,142,970  

Kingfisher

     1,543,027        6,043,215  

Marks & Spencer Group

     1,488,505        6,461,698  

Meggitt

     1,121,104        6,963,608  

Pearson

     767,779        6,914,957  

Persimmon

     237,182        6,925,935  

Royal Mail

     1,175,954        6,451,189  

Smith & Nephew

     397,464        6,859,220  

Tate & Lyle

     641,263        5,529,110  

Travis Perkins

     323,500        6,130,535  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–8


LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

United Kingdom (continued)

     

Vodafone Group

     2,334,710      $ 6,621,436  
     

 

 

 
        139,433,777  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $899,750,157)

        969,636,555  
     

 

 

 

DRIGHT–0.01%

     

Spain–0.01%

     

†ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios expiration date 7/11/17

     185,439        148,259  
     

 

 

 

Total Right
(Cost $151,759)

        148,259  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

MONEY MARKET FUND–1.61%

 

  

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     15,996,124      $ 15,996,124  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $15,996,124)

        15,996,124  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–98.98% (Cost $915,898,040)

     985,780,938  

«RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–1.02%

     10,130,514  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 111,519,534 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 995,911,452  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP SSGA DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL 150 FUND STANDARD CLASS ($837,276,487 / 93,744,059 Shares)

   $ 8.932  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP SSGA DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL 150 FUND SERVICE CLASS ($158,634,965 / 17,775,475 Shares)

   $ 8.924  
  

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 925,418,984  

Undistributed net investment income

     20,293,286  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (19,595,672 ) 

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

     69,794,854  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 995,911,452  
  

 

 

 

 

 

#

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At June 30, 2017, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $7,274,475, which represents 0.73% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 6 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

D

Securities have been classified by country of origin. Classification by type of business has been presented on page 3.

 

Securities listed and traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. These securities have significant business operations in China.

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

«

Includes $113,809 cash due to custodian, $1,090,564 cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts, $323,130 due to manager and affiliates and $203,804 payable for fund shares redeemed as of June 30, 2017.

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

   Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
     Notional
Value
     Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Equity Contracts:

           

277     E-mini MSCI EAFE Index

     $26,271,249        $26,170,960        9/18/17        $(100,289)  

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional value presented above represents the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1 See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–9


LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

Summary of Abbreviations:

EAFE–Europe Australasia Far East

MSCI–Morgan Stanley Capital International

REIT–Real Estate Investment Trust

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–10


LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

DCOMMON STOCK–96.42%

 

  

Brazil–2.92%

     

BRF

     598,000      $ 7,061,414  

Cosan Industria e Comercio

     567,800        5,911,263  

Fibria Celulose

     760,500        7,781,989  
     

 

 

 
        20,754,666  
     

 

 

 

Chile–0.83%

     

Cencosud

     2,216,605        5,900,261  
     

 

 

 
        5,900,261  
     

 

 

 

Czech Republic–0.96%

     

CEZ

     391,727        6,817,365  
     

 

 

 
        6,817,365  
     

 

 

 

Hong Kong–26.82%

     

Agricultural Bank of China

     14,831,000        7,009,509  

Bank of China

     13,583,100        6,663,286  

Bank of Communications

     8,765,000        6,185,778  

Beijing Enterprises Holdings

     1,291,000        6,225,611  

Belle International Holdings

     10,355,000        8,169,991  

China Cinda Asset Management

     17,067,809        6,361,530  

China CITIC Bank

     10,187,000        6,236,846  

China Communications Construction

     4,667,000        6,013,490  

China Construction Bank

     8,332,000        6,456,474  

China Everbright Bank

     13,619,000        6,366,912  

China Galaxy Securities

     7,164,500        6,423,544  

China Merchants Port Holdings

     2,420,983        6,713,368  

China Minsheng Banking

     6,207,000        6,193,127  

China Mobile

     617,500        6,552,700  

China Overseas Land & Investment

     2,248,000        6,579,203  

China Resources Power Holdings

     3,722,238        7,303,881  

China Telecom

     14,272,000        6,781,871  

CITIC

     4,757,000        7,153,063  

COSCO SHIPPING Ports

     6,114,673        7,173,969  

Dongfeng Motor Group

     5,912,000        6,989,191  

Great Wall Motor

     5,856,500        7,231,127  

Guangzhou Automobile Group

     4,204,000        7,376,903  

Huaneng Power International

     10,014,000        6,951,806  

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China

     10,290,000        6,945,712  

Lenovo Group

     10,872,000        6,865,104  

Longfor Properties

     3,863,000        8,302,473  

Sinopharm Group

     1,406,000        6,356,980  

Want Want China Holdings

     10,345,000        6,982,837  
     

 

 

 
        190,566,286  
     

 

 

 

Hungary–1.12%

     

Richter Gedeon

     303,402        7,929,195  
     

 

 

 
        7,929,195  
     

 

 

 

Indonesia–1.03%

     

Indofood Sukses Makmur

     11,347,000        7,322,018  
     

 

 

 
        7,322,018  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Malaysia–1.01%

     

Kuala Lumpur Kepong

     1,242,400      $ 7,200,893  
     

 

 

 
        7,200,893  
     

 

 

 

Mexico–2.08%

     

Fibra Uno Administracion

     4,019,711        7,605,861  

Wal-Mart de Mexico

     3,077,689        7,135,982  
     

 

 

 
        14,741,843  
     

 

 

 

Republic of Korea–25.76%

     

BNK Financial Group

     818,425        7,832,674  

Dongbu Insurance

     120,924        7,186,848  

GS Holdings

     134,040        7,989,798  

Hanwha Chemical

     301,713        7,963,757  

Hyosung

     60,054        8,791,719  

Hyundai Glovis

     50,260        6,896,666  

Hyundai Mobis

     31,171        6,810,951  

Hyundai Motor

     46,922        6,541,152  

Hyundai Steel

     129,118        7,019,307  

Industrial Bank of Korea

     615,501        7,665,856  

Kangwon Land

     207,670        6,325,481  

KB Financial Group

     153,682        7,750,253  

KCC

     21,430        8,175,672  

Kia Motors

     207,110        6,914,829  

Korea Electric Power

     162,590        5,797,904  

KT

     213        6,069  

KT ADR

     395,000        6,572,800  

KT&G

     79,447        8,124,196  

LG

     107,877        7,288,286  

LG Uplus

     514,320        7,012,535  

POSCO

     27,701        6,948,553  

Shinhan Financial Group

     157,450        6,784,325  

SK Holdings

     32,875        7,987,808  

SK Innovation

     47,186        6,536,714  

SK Telecom

     29,602        6,882,080  

Woori Bank ADR

     573,451        9,247,189  
     

 

 

 
        183,053,422  
     

 

 

 

Russia–4.19%

     

Gazprom ADR

     1,506,025        5,960,847  

LUKOIL ADR

     129,905        6,326,373  

RusHydro

     407,686,000        5,504,006  

Severstal

     475,910        6,262,080  

Surgutneftegas ADR

     1,334,289        5,737,443  
     

 

 

 
        29,790,749  
     

 

 

 

South Africa–5.05%

     

Barclays Africa Group

     539,107        5,923,687  

Imperial Holdings

     478,998        5,894,797  

Netcare

     2,834,112        5,573,988  

Redefine Properties

     7,622,523        6,129,481  

Sasol

     239,351        6,705,304  

SPAR Group

     477,633        5,626,449  
     

 

 

 
        35,853,706  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–11


LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Taiwan–16.66%

     

Asustek Computer

     719,000      $ 6,795,283  

Catcher Technology

     725,000        8,663,297  

Cheng Shin Rubber Industry

     3,230,000        6,869,855  

Compal Electronics

     10,526,000        7,093,458  

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre

     2,228,000        6,994,543  

Foxconn Technology

     2,229,240        6,727,292  

Hon Hai Precision Industry

     2,283,000        8,780,769  

Lite-On Technology

     3,975,000        6,533,531  

MediaTek

     939,000        8,041,075  

Mega Financial Holding

     8,692,000        7,229,047  

Pegatron

     2,430,000        7,612,722  

Pou Chen

     5,109,000        7,070,641  

SinoPac Financial Holdings

     22,251,637        6,802,769  

Taishin Financial Holding

     16,749,000        7,625,695  

Uni-President Enterprises

     3,630,000        7,279,093  

United Microelectronics

     17,099,000        8,290,935  
     

 

 

 
        118,410,005  
     

 

 

 

Thailand–2.65%

     

Charoen Pokphand Foods-Foreign

     7,936,491        5,794,082  

Krung Thai Bank-Foreign

     11,502,800        6,365,989  

PTT Global Chemical-Foreign

     3,318,500        6,691,706  
     

 

 

 
        18,851,777  
     

 

 

 

Turkey–3.42%

     

Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari

     4,144,573        8,304,577  

Turkiye Halk Bankasi

     2,184,043        8,162,732  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Turkey (continued)

     

Turkiye Is Bankasi Class C

     3,692,976      $ 7,819,543  
     

 

 

 
        24,286,852  
     

 

 

 

United Arab Emirates–1.92%

     

Aldar Properties

     10,473,559        6,558,450  

Dubai Islamic Bank

     4,572,695        7,096,205  
     

 

 

 
        13,654,655  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $647,521,707)

        685,133,693  
     

 

 

 

DPREFERRED STOCK–1.88%

 

  

Brazil–1.88%

     

Suzano Papel e Celulose 2.57%

     1,663,500        7,130,218  

Telefonica Brasil 5.13%

     460,400        6,235,669  
     

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $14,155,209)

        13,365,887  
     

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–0.97%

 

  

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     6,859,764        6,859,764  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $6,859,764)

        6,859,764  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.27% (Cost $668,536,680)

     705,359,344  

«RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.73%

     5,206,790  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 74,585,666 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 710,566,134  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP SSGA EMERGING MARKETS 100 FUND STANDARD CLASS ($509,069,818 / 53,420,779 Shares)

   $ 9.529  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP SSGA EMERGING MARKETS 100 FUND SERVICE CLASS ($201,496,316 / 21,164,887 Shares)

   $ 9.520  
  

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 761,216,081  

Undistributed net investment income

     9,387,047  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (96,872,003

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

     36,835,009  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 710,566,134  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

D

Securities have been classified by country of origin. Classification by type of business has been presented on page 4.

 

Securities listed and traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. These securities have significant business operations in China.

 

«

Includes $56,260 cash due to custodian, $499,855 cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts, $271,714 due to manager and affiliates, $442,244 payable for securities purchased and $125,799 payable for fund shares redeemed as of June 30, 2017.

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–12


LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

The following foreign currency exchange contracts and futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Receive (Deliver)
     In Exchange For   

Settlement Date

  

Unrealized
Depreciation

BNYM

   IDR    5,896,363,398      USD    (443,067)    7/3/17    $(910)

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

   Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
   Notional
Value
   Expiration
Date
   Unrealized
Appreciation

Equity Contracts:

                   

224     E-mini MSCI Emerging Markets Index

       $11,277,615          $11,292,960          9/18/17          $15,345  

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts and futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The foreign currency exchange contracts and notional value presented above represents the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

ADR–American Depositary Receipt

BNYM–Bank of New York Mellon

IDR–Indonesian Rupiah

MSCI–Morgan Stanley Capital International

USD–U.S. Dollar

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–13


LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK–99.22%

 

  

Aerospace & Defense–3.00%

     

L3 Technologies

     82,015      $ 13,703,066  

Textron

     296,700        13,974,570  

United Technologies

     122,000        14,897,420  
     

 

 

 
        42,575,056  
     

 

 

 

Airlines–1.12%

     

Delta Air Lines

     296,500        15,933,910  
     

 

 

 
        15,933,910  
     

 

 

 

Auto Components–1.93%

     

Goodyear Tire & Rubber

     381,000        13,319,760  

Lear

     98,911        14,053,275  
     

 

 

 
        27,373,035  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles–1.90%

     

Ford Motor

     1,178,503        13,187,449  

General Motors

     394,548        13,781,562  
     

 

 

 
        26,969,011  
     

 

 

 

Banks–4.10%

     

CIT Group

     329,825        16,062,477  

Fifth Third Bancorp

     547,895        14,223,354  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     156,849        14,335,999  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     245,300        13,592,073  
     

 

 

 
        58,213,903  
     

 

 

 

Beverages–1.02%

     

Coca-Cola

     323,800        14,522,430  
     

 

 

 
        14,522,430  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology–2.01%

     

Amgen

     82,327        14,179,179  

Gilead Sciences

     202,800        14,354,184  
     

 

 

 
        28,533,363  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–1.12%

     

Invesco

     453,211        15,948,495  
     

 

 

 
        15,948,495  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals–4.72%

     

Air Products & Chemicals

     101,100        14,463,366  

Dow Chemical

     216,186        13,634,851  

Eastman Chemical

     176,700        14,841,033  

LyondellBasell Industries Class A

     156,400        13,198,596  

Mosaic

     476,290        10,873,701  
     

 

 

 
        67,011,547  
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment–2.80%

 

  

Cisco Systems

     401,809        12,576,622  

Harris

     123,000        13,416,840  

Juniper Networks

     492,200        13,722,536  
     

 

 

 
        39,715,998  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Consumer Finance–0.95%

     

Capital One Financial

     162,742      $ 13,445,744  
     

 

 

 
        13,445,744  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–1.01%

 

CenturyLink

     599,297        14,311,212  
     

 

 

 
        14,311,212  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–2.82%

     

Duke Energy

     164,321        13,735,592  

Entergy

     177,511        13,627,519  

FirstEnergy

     435,100        12,687,516  
     

 

 

 
        40,050,627  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–1.03%

     

Eaton

     187,961        14,629,005  
     

 

 

 
        14,629,005  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–1.05%

 

Corning

     497,605        14,953,030  
     

 

 

 
        14,953,030  
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–5.95%

 

Equity Residential

     216,700        14,265,361  

Host Hotels & Resorts

     755,600        13,804,812  

Kimco Realty

     606,500        11,129,275  

Prologis

     267,314        15,675,293  

Ventas

     213,700        14,847,876  

Welltower

     195,742        14,651,289  
     

 

 

 
        84,373,906  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–2.03%

 

  

CVS Health

     173,799        13,983,868  

Wal-Mart Stores

     195,891        14,825,031  
     

 

 

 
        28,808,899  
     

 

 

 

Food Products–3.54%

     

Archer-Daniels-Midland

     300,413        12,431,090  

Bunge

     170,787        12,740,710  

General Mills

     231,500        12,825,100  

JM Smucker

     102,900        12,176,157  
     

 

 

 
        50,173,057  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–2.17%

 

  

Baxter International

     262,200        15,873,588  

Medtronic

     168,432        14,948,340  
     

 

 

 
        30,821,928  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–7.28%

 

  

Aetna

     107,607        16,337,971  

Anthem

     83,838        15,772,443  

Cardinal Health

     168,547        13,133,182  

†Express Scripts Holding

     212,725        13,580,364  

McKesson

     93,700        15,417,398  

Quest Diagnostics

     138,177        15,359,755  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–14


LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Health Care Providers & Services (continued)

 

Universal Health Services Class B

     112,300      $ 13,709,584  
     

 

 

 
        103,310,697  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–2.14%

 

  

Carnival

     232,805        15,265,024  

Royal Caribbean Cruises

     138,400        15,117,432  
     

 

 

 
        30,382,456  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables–3.09%

     

DR Horton

     410,532        14,192,091  

Lennar

     268,267        14,303,996  

Whirlpool

     80,262        15,379,804  
     

 

 

 
        43,875,891  
     

 

 

 

Household Products–0.93%

     

Procter & Gamble

     151,160        13,173,594  
     

 

 

 
        13,173,594  
     

 

 

 

Insurance–9.12%

     

Aflac

     189,500        14,720,360  

Everest Re Group

     58,624        14,925,084  

Hartford Financial Services Group

     288,200        15,150,674  

MetLife

     262,201        14,405,323  

Principal Financial Group

     220,240        14,110,777  

Prudential Financial

     129,840        14,040,898  

Reinsurance Group of America

     108,700        13,955,993  

Travelers

     112,900        14,285,237  

Unum Group

     297,800        13,886,414  
     

 

 

 
        129,480,760  
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–1.00%

 

  

†eBay

     408,300        14,257,836  
     

 

 

 
        14,257,836  
     

 

 

 

IT Services–2.04%

     

DXC Technology

     51,570        3,956,450  

International Business Machines

     78,400        12,060,272  

Western Union

     676,300        12,883,515  
     

 

 

 
        28,900,237  
     

 

 

 

Machinery–5.04%

     

Cummins

     90,413        14,666,797  

Ingersoll-Rand

     172,300        15,746,497  

PACCAR

     202,529        13,375,015  

Snap-on

     82,700        13,066,600  

Stanley Black & Decker

     104,300        14,678,139  
     

 

 

 
        71,533,048  
     

 

 

 

Media–0.75%

     

Viacom Class B

     317,997        10,675,159  
     

 

 

 
        10,675,159  
     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–1.75%

     

Macy’s

     486,143        11,297,963  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Multiline Retail (continued)

 

  

Target

     257,778      $ 13,479,212  
     

 

 

 
        24,777,175  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–1.91%

     

Consolidated Edison

     173,924        14,056,538  

Public Service Enterprise Group

     303,273        13,043,772  
     

 

 

 
        27,100,310  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–5.71%

 

  

Chevron

     126,796        13,228,627  

Kinder Morgan

     647,470        12,405,525  

Phillips 66

     176,468        14,592,139  

Targa Resources

     241,545        10,917,834  

Tesoro

     169,900        15,902,640  

Valero Energy

     207,297        13,984,256  
     

 

 

 
        81,031,021  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–1.97%

     

Johnson & Johnson

     109,101        14,432,971  

Pfizer

     401,054        13,471,404  
     

 

 

 
        27,904,375  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail–2.28%

     

Kansas City Southern

     165,100        17,277,715  

Norfolk Southern

     123,718        15,056,481  
     

 

 

 
        32,334,196  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–3.88%

 

Intel

     389,477        13,140,954  

Lam Research

     107,044        15,139,233  

Maxim Integrated Products

     301,500        13,537,350  

QUALCOMM

     239,615        13,231,540  
     

 

 

 
        55,049,077  
     

 

 

 

Software–2.12%

     

CA

     428,057        14,755,125  

Oracle

     305,500        15,317,770  
     

 

 

 
        30,072,895  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–1.23%

     

Best Buy

     304,114        17,434,856  
     

 

 

 
        17,434,856  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–1.69%

 

Apple

     97,000        13,969,940  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

     601,438        9,977,856  
     

 

 

 
        23,947,796  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–1.02%

 

VF

     252,300        14,532,480  
     

 

 

 
        14,532,480  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $1,252,056,273)

        1,408,138,015  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–15


LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

MONEY MARKET FUND–0.35%

 

  

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     4,891,857      $ 4,891,857  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $4,891,857)

        4,891,857  
     

 

 

 

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT–0.09%

 

  

U.S. Treasury Obligations–0.09%

     

U.S. Treasury Bill
¥ 0.685% 8/3/17

     1,270,000      $ 1,269,073  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investment
(Cost $1,269,203)

        1,269,073  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.66% (Cost $1,258,217,333)

     1,414,298,945  

«RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.34%

     4,863,416  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 95,280,925 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 1,419,162,361  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP SSGA LARGE CAP 100 FUND STANDARD CLASS
($1,071,958,043 / 71,929,356 Shares)

   $ 14.903  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP SSGA LARGE CAP 100 FUND SERVICE CLASS
($347,204,318 / 23,351,569 Shares)

   $ 14.869  
  

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 1,050,231,065  

Undistributed net investment income

     16,850,123  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

     196,042,935  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and derivatives

     156,038,238  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 1,419,162,361  
  

 

 

 

 

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

«

Includes $47,514 cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts, $482,450 due to manager and affiliates and $317,523 payable for fund shares redeemed as of June 30, 2017.

 

The rate shown is the effective yield at the time of purchase.

 

°

Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.

 

¥

Fully or partially pledged as collateral for futures contracts.

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

   Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
   Notional
Value
   Expiration
Date
   Unrealized
Depreciation

Equity Contracts:

                   

92     E-mini S&P 500 Index

       $11,179,514        $11,136,140        9/18/17        $(43,374)  

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amount recognized in the financial statements. The notional value presented above represents the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1 See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

IT–Information Technology

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–16


LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK–98.42%

 

  

Aerospace & Defense–1.44%

 

  

†KeyW Holding

     151,507      $ 1,416,590  

National Presto Industries

     15,009        1,658,495  

†Wesco Aircraft Holdings

     130,024        1,410,760  
     

 

 

 
        4,485,845  
     

 

 

 

Airlines–0.47%

     

SkyWest

     41,600        1,460,160  
     

 

 

 
        1,460,160  
     

 

 

 

Auto Components–0.38%

     

Superior Industries International

     57,300        1,177,515  
     

 

 

 
        1,177,515  
     

 

 

 

Banks–2.01%

     

Berkshire Hills Bancorp

     42,100        1,479,815  

OFG Bancorp

     134,851        1,348,510  

Opus Bank

     78,517        1,900,111  

Umpqua Holdings

     85,502        1,569,817  
     

 

 

 
        6,298,253  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology–2.73%

     

†Emergent BioSolutions

     51,489        1,745,992  

†Enanta Pharmaceuticals

     47,973        1,726,069  

†Five Prime Therapeutics

     41,292        1,243,302  

†Myriad Genetics

     76,600        1,979,344  

PDL BioPharma

     749,770        1,851,932  
     

 

 

 
        8,546,639  
     

 

 

 

Building Products–0.52%

     

Owens Corning

     24,300        1,626,156  
     

 

 

 
        1,626,156  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–1.03%

     

Arlington Asset Investment Class A

     102,236        1,397,566  

†Janus Henderson Group

     55,011        1,821,414  
     

 

 

 
        3,218,980  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals–1.13%

     

FutureFuel

     109,962        1,659,327  

Rayonier Advanced Materials

     119,220        1,874,138  
     

 

 

 
        3,533,465  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–3.85%

 

Ennis

     95,500        1,824,050  

Essendant

     104,976        1,556,794  

LSC Communications

     61,628        1,318,839  

McGrath RentCorp

     45,498        1,575,596  

Mobile Mini

     50,400        1,504,440  

Quad/Graphics

     62,882        1,441,255  

RR Donnelley & Sons

     126,743        1,589,357  

Steelcase Class A

     87,100        1,219,400  
     

 

 

 
        12,029,731  
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment–1.85%

 

Brocade Communications Systems

     118,656        1,496,252  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Communications Equipment (continued)

 

†Digi International

     125,600      $ 1,274,840  

†EchoStar Class A

     26,800        1,626,760  

Silicom

     31,355        1,390,908  
     

 

 

 
        5,788,760  
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering–0.85%

 

  

Chicago Bridge & Iron

     51,200        1,010,176  

KBR

     107,400        1,634,628  
     

 

 

 
        2,644,804  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–0.57%

     

Navient

     106,103        1,766,615  
     

 

 

 
        1,766,615  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–0.46%

     

Hawaiian Electric Industries

     44,100        1,427,958  
     

 

 

 
        1,427,958  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–1.71%

 

  

Powell Industries

     47,700        1,525,923  

Regal Beloit

     20,300        1,655,465  

†Sunrun

     302,327        2,152,568  
     

 

 

 
        5,333,956  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–5.80%

 

†Arrow Electronics

     20,377        1,597,964  

Avnet

     33,509        1,302,830  

AVX

     91,736        1,498,966  

Bel Fuse Class B

     66,700        1,647,490  

†Benchmark Electronics

     46,391        1,498,429  

†Fitbit Class A

     273,353        1,451,504  

Jabil

     51,393        1,500,162  

†Kimball Electronics

     92,006        1,660,708  

PC Connection

     51,901        1,404,441  

†Sanmina

     37,197        1,417,206  

†ScanSource

     37,637        1,516,771  

†Tech Data

     16,290        1,645,290  
     

 

 

 
        18,141,761  
     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services–1.93%

 

†Atwood Oceanics

     161,670        1,317,611  

Bristow Group

     111,600        853,740  

Ensco Class A

     175,352        904,816  

Noble

     256,301        927,810  

†Rowan

     101,603        1,040,415  

†Transocean

     120,426        991,106  
     

 

 

 
        6,035,498  
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–7.12%

 

Ashford Hospitality Prime

     145,966        1,501,990  

Care Capital Properties

     58,524        1,562,591  

CBL & Associates Properties

     156,200        1,316,766  

Chatham Lodging Trust

     76,781        1,542,530  

Chesapeake Lodging Trust

     63,300        1,548,951  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–17


LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)

 

CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust

     45,074      $ 1,514,036  

Hersha Hospitality Trust

     79,073        1,463,641  

†InfraREIT

     83,569        1,600,346  

Medical Properties Trust

     115,800        1,490,346  

One Liberty Properties

     66,177        1,550,527  

RAIT Financial Trust

     510,773        1,118,593  

RLJ Lodging Trust

     66,016        1,311,738  

Select Income REIT

     58,027        1,394,389  

Sunstone Hotel Investors

     100,800        1,624,896  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts

     89,511        1,733,828  
     

 

 

 
        22,275,168  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–0.83%

 

  

SpartanNash

     43,719        1,134,945  

Village Super Market Class A

     56,700        1,469,664  
     

 

 

 
        2,604,609  
     

 

 

 

Food Products–1.41%

     

Omega Protein

     76,667        1,372,339  

Sanderson Farms

     14,800        1,711,620  

†Seneca Foods Class A

     42,657        1,324,500  
     

 

 

 
        4,408,459  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–0.57%

 

Meridian Bioscience

     113,300        1,784,475  
     

 

 

 
        1,784,475  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–8.46%

 

†Acadia Healthcare

     35,216        1,738,966  

Aceto

     99,852        1,542,713  

†Almost Family

     31,000        1,911,150  

†Diplomat Pharmacy

     99,820        1,477,336  

Ensign Group

     80,300        1,748,131  

†Envision Healthcare

     22,992        1,440,909  

†LHC Group

     28,771        1,953,263  

†LifePoint Health

     23,815        1,599,177  

†Magellan Health

     22,500        1,640,250  

†MEDNAX

     21,461        1,295,601  

†Molina Healthcare

     33,200        2,296,776  

National HealthCare

     20,660        1,449,092  

Owens & Minor

     43,300        1,393,827  

†PharMerica

     62,692        1,645,665  

†Select Medical Holdings

     118,817        1,823,841  

†Triple-S Management Class B

     88,792        1,501,473  
     

 

 

 
        26,458,170  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–1.30%

 

†Caesars Acquisition Class A

     101,999        1,943,081  

ILG

     76,598        2,105,679  
     

 

 

 
        4,048,760  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables–3.86%

 

  

CalAtlantic Group

     40,176        1,420,222  

†Century Communities

     59,426        1,473,765  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Household Durables (continued)

 

  

CSS Industries

     59,553      $ 1,557,906  

Libbey

     104,726        844,092  

MDC Holdings

     50,134        1,771,234  

†Meritage Homes

     40,900        1,725,980  

†TRI Pointe Group

     117,279        1,546,910  

†William Lyon Homes Class A

     72,155        1,741,822  
     

 

 

 
        12,081,931  
     

 

 

 

Household Products–0.24%

     

Orchids Paper Products

     57,815        748,704  
     

 

 

 
        748,704  
     

 

 

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity
Producers–0.49%

 

NRG Yield Class A

     89,110        1,520,217  
     

 

 

 
        1,520,217  
     

 

 

 

Insurance–4.78%

 

  

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings

     27,800        1,470,620  

American National Insurance

     12,907        1,503,536  

AmTrust Financial Services

     80,500        1,218,770  

Assured Guaranty

     40,330        1,683,374  

Baldwin & Lyons Class B

     62,700        1,536,150  

First American Financial

     38,400        1,716,096  

Maiden Holdings

     108,102        1,199,932  

Old Republic International

     74,188        1,448,892  

OneBeacon Insurance Group Class A

     98,900        1,802,947  

Validus Holdings

     26,459        1,375,074  
     

 

 

 
        14,955,391  
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–0.45%

 

†Meet Group

     281,220        1,420,161  
     

 

 

 
        1,420,161  
     

 

 

 

IT Services–2.60%

     

Convergys

     72,600        1,726,428  

Leidos Holdings

     28,244        1,459,932  

ManTech International Class A

     42,323        1,751,326  

†NeuStar Class A

     44,800        1,494,080  

†Sykes Enterprises

     51,000        1,710,030  
     

 

 

 
        8,141,796  
     

 

 

 

Leisure Products–0.52%

 

  

†Vista Outdoor

     72,714        1,636,792  
     

 

 

 
        1,636,792  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–1.13%

 

Luminex

     81,800        1,727,616  

†VWR

     54,352        1,794,160  
     

 

 

 
        3,521,776  
     

 

 

 

Machinery–3.08%

 

  

American Railcar Industries

     37,133        1,422,194  

Briggs & Stratton

     68,200        1,643,620  

Greenbrier

     35,543        1,643,864  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–18


LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Machinery (continued)

 

  

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling

     26,224      $ 1,842,236  

Miller Industries

     59,898        1,488,465  

Trinity Industries

     57,106        1,600,681  
     

 

 

 
        9,641,060  
     

 

 

 

Media–1.30%

     

Gannett

     180,475        1,573,742  

New Media Investment Group

     103,122        1,390,085  

Time

     76,289        1,094,747  
     

 

 

 
        4,058,574  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–2.07%

     

Commercial Metals

     81,601        1,585,507  

Kaiser Aluminum

     18,500        1,637,620  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum

     18,745        1,364,823  

Schnitzer Steel Industries Class A

     75,200        1,895,040  
     

 

 

 
        6,482,990  
     

 

 

 

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts–7.83%

 

AG Mortgage Investment Trust

     85,185        1,558,885  

Anworth Mortgage Asset

     270,000        1,622,700  

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance

     79,456        1,473,909  

Ares Commercial Real Estate

     112,854        1,477,259  

Capstead Mortgage

     141,681        1,477,733  

Chimera Investment

     74,003        1,378,676  

CYS Investments

     193,348        1,626,057  

Invesco Mortgage Capital

     99,631        1,664,834  

MFA Financial

     184,086        1,544,482  

MTGE Investment

     88,701        1,667,579  

New Residential Investment

     88,971        1,384,389  

New York Mortgage Trust

     241,216        1,500,364  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

     87,211        1,595,089  

Redwood Trust

     91,173        1,553,588  

Starwood Property Trust

     65,046        1,456,380  

Two Harbors Investment

     152,546        1,511,731  
     

 

 

 
        24,493,655  
     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–1.07%

     

Dillard’s Class A

     31,300        1,805,697  

Kohl’s

     39,500        1,527,465  
     

 

 

 
        3,333,162  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–1.00%

     

Avista

     37,500        1,592,250  

NorthWestern

     25,300        1,543,806  
     

 

 

 
        3,136,056  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–2.08%

 

†Gener8 Maritime

     277,437        1,578,617  

HollyFrontier

     55,778        1,532,222  

Murphy Oil

     57,300        1,468,599  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

†Renewable Energy Group

     149,188      $ 1,931,985  
     

 

 

 
        6,511,423  
     

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products–1.35%

 

  

Domtar

     39,726        1,526,273  

PH Glatfelter

     68,800        1,344,352  

Schweitzer-Mauduit International

     36,069        1,342,849  
     

 

 

 
        4,213,474  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–2.83%

     

†Endo International

     148,978        1,664,084  

†Impax Laboratories

     160,400        2,582,440  

†Lannett

     68,819        1,403,908  

†Mallinckrodt

     34,454        1,543,884  

†SciClone Pharmaceuticals

     151,438        1,665,818  
     

 

 

 
        8,860,134  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services–0.51%

     

Kelly Services Class A

     70,400        1,580,480  
     

 

 

 
        1,580,480  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail–1.02%

     

†Roadrunner Transportation Systems

     236,092        1,716,389  

Ryder System

     20,437        1,471,055  
     

 

 

 
        3,187,444  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–2.12%

 

†First Solar

     52,416        2,090,350  

IXYS

     103,800        1,707,510  

Marvell Technology Group

     92,879        1,534,361  

†Photronics

     136,049        1,278,861  
     

 

 

 
        6,611,082  
     

 

 

 

Software–0.93%

     

†Rubicon Project

     264,568        1,359,880  

TiVo

     82,251        1,533,981  
     

 

 

 
        2,893,861  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–5.21%

     

Barnes & Noble

     171,600        1,304,160  

Buckle

     84,400        1,502,320  

Cato Class A

     68,900        1,211,951  

Finish Line Class A

     114,200        1,618,214  

GameStop Class A

     71,324        1,541,312  

GNC Holdings

     212,144        1,788,374  

Guess

     136,125        1,739,677  

Office Depot

     327,800        1,848,792  

Rent-A-Center

     167,207        1,959,666  

Staples

     175,352        1,765,795  
     

 

 

 
        16,280,261  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.93%

 

†Super Micro Computer

     57,900        1,427,235  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–19


LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (continued)

 

Xerox

     51,325      $ 1,474,567  
     

 

 

 
        2,901,802  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–1.27%

 

†Fossil Group

     90,169        933,249  

†Iconix Brand Group

     209,424        1,447,120  

Movado Group

     63,100        1,593,275  
     

 

 

 
        3,973,644  
     

 

 

 

Thrift & Mortgage Finance–0.48%

 

Oritani Financial

     88,700        1,512,335  
     

 

 

 
        1,512,335  
     

 

 

 

Tobacco–0.44%

     

Universal

     21,343        1,380,892  
     

 

 

 
        1,380,892  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–1.43%

 

Air Lease

     39,137        1,462,158  

Aircastle

     63,090        1,372,207  

GATX

     25,620        1,646,597  
     

 

 

 
        4,480,962  
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.98%

 

Spok Holdings

     80,895        1,431,841  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Wireless Telecommunication Services (continued)

 

Telephone & Data Systems

     58,613      $ 1,626,511  
     

 

 

 
        3,058,352  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $298,088,263)

 

     307,714,148  
     

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–1.48%

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     4,633,412        4,633,412  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $4,633,412)

 

     4,633,412  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
        

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT–0.09%

 

  

U.S. Treasury Obligations–0.09%

 

  

U.S. Treasury Bill
¥ 1.07% 12/7/17

     280,000        278,699  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investment
(Cost $278,677)

 

     278,699  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.99% (Cost $303,000,352)

     312,626,259  

«RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.01%

     35,850  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 21,812,827 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 312,662,109  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP SSGA SMALL-MID CAP 200 FUND STANDARD CLASS
($170,016,224 / 11,849,564 Shares)

   $ 14.348  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP SSGA SMALL-MID CAP 200 FUND SERVICE CLASS
($142,645,885 / 9,963,263 Shares)

   $ 14.317  
  

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 270,953,071  

Undistributed net investment income

     3,667,402  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

     28,433,231  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and derivatives

     9,608,405  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 312,662,109  
  

 

 

 

 

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

«

Includes $8,307 cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts, $137,887 due to manager and affiliates, $1,007,096 payable for securities purchased and $8,982 payable for fund shares redeemed as of June 30, 2017.

 

The rate shown is the effective yield at the time of purchase.

 

°

Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.

 

¥

Fully or partially pledged as collateral for futures contracts.

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–20


LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

   Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
     Notional
Value
     Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Equity Contracts:

           

51     E-mini Russell 2000 Index

     $3,620,282        $3,606,465        9/18/17      $ (13,817

  2     E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index

     352,905        349,220        9/18/17        (3,685
           

 

 

 

Total

            $ (17,502 ) 
           

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1 See Notes 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

IT–Information Technology

REIT–Real Estate Investment Trust

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–21


LVIP SSGA Funds

Statements of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     LVIP
SSGA Developed
International 150 Fund
  LVIP
SSGA Emerging
Markets 100 Fund
  LVIP
SSGA Large Cap
100 Fund
  LVIP
SSGA Small-Mid
Cap 200 Fund

INVESTMENT INCOME:

                

Dividends

     $ 24,098,195     $ 11,410,084     $ 19,811,795     $ 4,195,167

Interest

             20,049       4,543       1,277

Foreign tax withheld

       (2,332,765 )       (958,118 )             (2,485 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
       21,765,430       10,472,015       19,816,338       4,193,959
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

                

Management fees

       1,569,346       1,154,064       2,253,828       483,187

Distribution expenses-Service Class

       188,597       241,429       416,962       172,813

Accounting and administration expenses

       118,842       84,264       183,319       36,020

Custodian fees

       59,543       118,125       6,035       2,479

Shareholder servicing fees

       48,399       33,534       72,944       14,423

Professional fees

       30,926       29,781       34,652       20,418

Trustees’ fees and expenses

       12,647       8,952       19,929       3,945

Pricing fees

       10,886       8,238       270       356

Reports and statements to shareholders

       9,310       28,398       15,446       25,851

Consulting fees

       1,896       1,560       2,464       1,156

Other

       6,447       3,561       13,674       1,847
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
       2,056,839       1,711,906       3,019,523       762,495

Less:

                

Management fees waived

       (39,672 )       (32,232 )       (53,308 )       (16,116 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

       2,017,167       1,679,674       2,966,215       746,379
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

       19,748,263       8,792,341       16,850,123       3,447,580
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

                

Net realized gain (loss) from:

                

Investments

       47,281,267       45,274,497       160,365,419       32,371,180

Foreign currencies

       180,620       186,260            

Foreign currency exchange contracts

       44,305       (488,831 )            

Futures contracts

       3,031,824       702,122       935,239       133,033
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized gain

       50,538,016       45,674,048       161,300,658       32,504,213
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

                

Investments

       43,613,987       44,087,260       (65,400,813 )       (32,075,445 )

Foreign currencies

       232,004       (2,466 )            

Foreign currency exchange contracts

             (910 )            

Futures contracts

       (81,503 )       163,659       55,630       39,762
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

       43,764,488       44,247,543       (65,345,183 )       (32,035,683 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

       94,302,504       89,921,591       95,955,475       468,530
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

     $ 114,050,767     $ 98,713,932     $ 112,805,598     $ 3,916,110
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–22


LVIP SSGA Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    LVIP
SSGA Developed
International 150 Fund
  LVIP
SSGA Emerging
Markets 100 Fund
  LVIP
SSGA Large Cap
100 Fund
  LVIP
SSGA Small-Mid
Cap 200 Fund
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
  Year Ended
12/31/16
  Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
  Year Ended
12/31/16
  Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
  Year Ended
12/31/16
  Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
  Year Ended
12/31/16

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

                               

Net investment income

    $ 19,748,263     $ 32,114,830     $ 8,792,341     $ 14,488,490     $ 16,850,123     $ 29,694,951     $ 3,447,580     $ 5,710,564

Net realized gain (loss)

      50,538,016       (58,331,592 )       45,674,048       (89,100,872 )       161,300,658       43,784,127       32,504,213       (2,573,298 )

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

      43,764,488       109,401,825       44,247,543       143,138,345       (65,345,183 )       177,699,327       (32,035,683 )       63,438,188
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      114,050,767       83,185,063       98,713,932       68,525,963       112,805,598       251,178,405       3,916,110       66,575,454
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

                               

Net investment income:

                               

Standard Class

            (27,788,469 )             (10,213,287 )             (26,070,279 )             (2,981,060 )

Service Class

            (4,995,904 )             (4,432,528 )             (6,606,292 )             (2,444,947 )

Net realized gain:

                               

Standard Class

            (16,792,024 )                         (95,171,256 )             (6,293,554 )

Service Class

            (3,248,469 )                         (30,337,969 )             (6,307,216 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
            (52,824,866 )             (14,645,815 )             (158,185,796 )             (18,026,777 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

                               

Proceeds from shares sold:

                               

Standard Class

      56,209,932       159,849,346       29,097,222       221,007,886       107,465,743       430,857,523       29,369,268       36,276,848

Service Class

      14,298,841       15,840,439       18,149,952       25,806,795       33,912,157       35,766,150       21,128,051       24,519,616

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

                               

Standard Class

            44,580,493             10,213,287             121,241,535             9,274,614

Service Class

            8,244,373             4,432,528             36,944,261             8,752,163
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
      70,508,773       228,514,651       47,247,174       261,460,496       141,377,900       624,809,469       50,497,319       78,823,241
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

                               

Standard Class

      (60,400,896 )       (167,119,927 )       (53,227,168 )       (222,765,798 )       (204,628,095 )       (215,239,925 )       (8,224,160 )       (31,599,087 )

Service Class

      (17,229,624 )       (28,385,266 )       (22,162,271 )       (39,981,092 )       (36,183,915 )       (70,789,081 )       (19,666,645 )       (30,522,500 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
      (77,630,520 )       (195,505,193 )       (75,389,439 )       (262,746,890 )       (240,812,010 )       (286,029,006 )       (27,890,805 )       (62,121,587 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

      (7,121,747 )       33,009,458       (28,142,265 )       (1,286,394 )       (99,434,110 )       338,780,463       22,606,514       16,701,654
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

      106,929,020       63,369,655       70,571,667       52,593,754       13,371,488       431,773,072       26,522,624       65,250,331

NET ASSETS:

                               

Beginning of period

      888,982,432       825,612,777       639,994,467       587,400,713       1,405,790,873       974,017,801       286,139,485       220,889,154
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 995,911,452     $ 888,982,432     $ 710,566,134     $ 639,994,467     $ 1,419,162,361     $ 1,405,790,873     $ 312,662,109     $ 286,139,485
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

    $ 20,293,286     $ 545,023     $ 9,387,047     $ 594,706     $ 16,850,123     $     $ 3,667,402     $ 219,822
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–23


LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund Standard Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 7.925      $ 7.663     $ 9.077     $ 9.491     $ 8.097     $ 7.314

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.175        0.289       0.278       0.302       0.294       0.275

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.832        0.453       (0.676 )       (0.209 )       1.344       0.714
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.007        0.742       (0.398 )       0.093       1.638       0.989
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.300 )       (0.259 )       (0.318 )       (0.244 )       (0.206 )

Net realized gain

              (0.180 )       (0.757 )       (0.189 )            
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.480 )       (1.016 )       (0.507 )       (0.244 )       (0.206 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 8.932      $ 7.925     $ 7.663     $ 9.077     $ 9.491     $ 8.097
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       12.72%        9.73%       (4.30% )       0.91%       20.31%       13.64%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 837,276      $ 745,352     $ 682,486     $ 748,475     $ 643,792     $ 418,262

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.38%        0.38%       0.39%       0.38%       0.41%       0.44%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.39%        0.39%       0.39%       0.51%       0.83%       0.85%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       4.17%        3.77%       3.03%       3.04%       3.37%       3.66%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       4.16%        3.76%       3.03%       2.91%       2.95%       3.25%

Portfolio turnover

       56%        63%       57%       53%       58%       53%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–24


LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 7.928      $ 7.668     $ 9.080     $ 9.494     $ 8.101     $ 7.319

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.165        0.270       0.255       0.277       0.271       0.255

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.831        0.451       (0.674 )       (0.209 )       1.344       0.714
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.996        0.721       (0.419 )       0.068       1.615       0.969
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.281 )       (0.236 )       (0.293 )       (0.222 )       (0.187 )

Net realized gain

              (0.180 )       (0.757 )       (0.189 )            
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.461 )       (0.993 )       (0.482 )       (0.222 )       (0.187 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 8.924      $ 7.928     $ 7.668     $ 9.080     $ 9.494     $ 8.101
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       12.56%        9.46%       (4.53% )       0.65%       20.01%       13.37%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 158,635      $ 143,630     $ 143,127     $ 151,765     $ 154,865     $ 146,696

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.63%        0.63%       0.64%       0.63%       0.66%       0.69%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.64%        0.64%       0.64%       0.76%       1.08%       1.10%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       3.92%        3.52%       2.78%       2.79%       3.12%       3.41%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       3.91%        3.51%       2.78%       2.66%       2.70%       3.00%

Portfolio turnover

       56%        63%       57%       53%       58%       53%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–25


LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund Standard Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 8.232      $ 7.325     $ 9.288     $ 9.917     $ 10.447     $ 10.564

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.120        0.223       0.357       0.322       0.253       0.327

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.177        0.914       (1.940 )       (0.658 )       (0.553 )       0.899
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.297        1.137       (1.583 )       (0.336 )       (0.300 )       1.226
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.230 )       (0.380 )       (0.293 )       (0.230 )       (0.273 )

Net realized gain

                                      (1.070 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.230 )       (0.380 )       (0.293 )       (0.230 )       (1.343 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 9.529      $ 8.232     $ 7.325     $ 9.288     $ 9.917     $ 10.447
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       15.76%        15.44%       (17.04% )       (3.37% )       (2.83% )       12.66%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 509,070      $ 462,296     $ 421,228     $ 492,713     $ 478,730     $ 280,612

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.42%        0.44%       0.46%       0.44%       0.49%       0.51%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.43%        0.45%       0.46%       0.69%       1.24%       1.25%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       2.66%        2.86%       3.99%       3.28%       2.58%       3.05%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       2.65%        2.85%       3.99%       3.03%       1.83%       2.31%

Portfolio turnover

       55%        73%       51%       84%       39%       61%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–26


LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 8.235      $ 7.329     $ 9.289     $ 9.917     $ 10.448     $ 10.564

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.109        0.204       0.334       0.297       0.229       0.303

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.176        0.913       (1.936 )       (0.657 )       (0.554 )       0.897
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.285        1.117       (1.602 )       (0.360 )       (0.325 )       1.200
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.211 )       (0.358 )       (0.268 )       (0.206 )       (0.246 )

Net realized gain

                                      (1.070 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.211 )       (0.358 )       (0.268 )       (0.206 )       (1.316 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 9.520      $ 8.235     $ 7.329     $ 9.289     $ 9.917     $ 10.448
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       15.60%        15.16%       (17.25% )       (3.61% )       (3.08% )       12.39%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 201,496      $ 177,698     $ 166,173     $ 184,408     $ 191,838     $ 189,969

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.67%        0.69%       0.71%       0.69%       0.74%       0.76%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.68%        0.70%       0.71%       0.94%       1.49%       1.50%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       2.41%        2.61%       3.74%       3.03%       2.33%       2.80%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       2.40%        2.60%       3.74%       2.78%       1.58%       2.06%

Portfolio turnover

       55%        73%       51%       84%       39%       61%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–27


LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund Standard Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 13.786      $ 12.878     $ 15.954     $ 14.468     $ 11.492     $ 10.408

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.169        0.342       0.359       0.365       0.332       0.313

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.948        2.302       (1.141 )       2.044       3.736       0.954
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.117        2.644       (0.782 )       2.409       4.068       1.267
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.316 )       (0.391 )       (0.393 )       (0.310 )       (0.183 )

Net realized gain

              (1.420 )       (1.903 )       (0.530 )       (0.782 )      
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (1.736 )       (2.294 )       (0.923 )       (1.092 )       (0.183 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 14.903      $ 13.786     $ 12.878     $ 15.954     $ 14.468     $ 11.492
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       8.10%        21.53%       (4.67% )       16.73%       35.85%       12.22%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 1,071,958      $ 1,081,971     $ 674,162     $ 1,031,276     $ 813,764     $ 428,018

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.35%        0.34%       0.34%       0.34%       0.36%       0.38%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.36%        0.35%       0.34%       0.41%       0.57%       0.58%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       2.35%        2.56%       2.32%       2.37%       2.43%       2.80%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       2.34%        2.55%       2.32%       2.30%       2.22%       2.60%

Portfolio turnover

       62%        57%       61%       44%       44%       43%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–28


LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 13.771      $ 12.870     $ 15.944     $ 14.463     $ 11.492     $ 10.408

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.150        0.306       0.318       0.325       0.294       0.284

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.948        2.298       (1.137 )       2.041       3.735       0.956
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.098        2.604       (0.819 )       2.366       4.029       1.240
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.283 )       (0.352 )       (0.355 )       (0.276 )       (0.156 )

Net realized gain

              (1.420 )       (1.903 )       (0.530 )       (0.782 )      
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (1.703 )       (2.255 )       (0.885 )       (1.058 )       (0.156 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 14.869      $ 13.771     $ 12.870     $ 15.944     $ 14.463     $ 11.492
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       7.97%        21.22%       (4.91% )       16.44%       35.50%       11.95%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 347,204      $ 323,820     $ 299,856     $ 339,894     $ 329,982     $ 290,205

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.60%        0.59%       0.59%       0.59%       0.61%       0.63%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.61%        0.60%       0.59%       0.66%       0.82%       0.83%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       2.10%        2.31%       2.07%       2.12%       2.18%       2.55%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       2.09%        2.30%       2.07%       2.05%       1.97%       2.35%

Portfolio turnover

       62%        57%       61%       44%       44%       43%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–29


LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund Standard Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 14.163      $ 11.701     $ 14.908     $ 15.394     $ 12.629     $ 12.366

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.176        0.315       0.344       0.432       0.412       0.500

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.009        3.107       (1.347 )       0.204       3.884       1.166
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.185        3.422       (1.003 )       0.636       4.296       1.666
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.281 )       (0.330 )       (0.516 )       (0.398 )       (0.319 )

Net realized gain

              (0.679 )       (1.874 )       (0.606 )       (1.133 )       (1.084 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.960 )       (2.204 )       (1.122 )       (1.531 )       (1.403 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 14.348      $ 14.163     $ 11.701     $ 14.908     $ 15.394     $ 12.629
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       1.31%        30.09%       (6.84% )       4.30%       34.49%       13.83%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 170,016      $ 146,614     $ 107,473     $ 117,200     $ 100,958     $ 64,409

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.40%        0.40%       0.41%       0.41%       0.42%       0.45%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.41%        0.41%       0.41%       0.52%       0.76%       0.77%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       2.50%        2.50%       2.39%       2.83%       2.80%       3.92%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       2.49%        2.49%       2.39%       2.72%       2.46%       3.60%

Portfolio turnover

       62%        74%       70%       56%       55%       64%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–30


LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 14.150      $ 11.696     $ 14.901     $ 15.388     $ 12.628     $ 12.366

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.158        0.283       0.306       0.393       0.373       0.469

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.009        3.099       (1.343 )       0.203       3.881       1.164
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.167        3.382       (1.037 )       0.596       4.254       1.633
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.249 )       (0.294 )       (0.477 )       (0.361 )       (0.287 )

Net realized gain

              (0.679 )       (1.874 )       (0.606 )       (1.133 )       (1.084 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.928 )       (2.168 )       (1.083 )       (1.494 )       (1.371 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 14.317      $ 14.150     $ 11.696     $ 14.901     $ 15.388     $ 12.628
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       1.18%        29.76%       (7.08% )       4.04%       34.16%       13.55%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 142,646      $ 139,525     $ 113,416     $ 116,053     $ 115,941     $ 97,729

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.65%        0.65%       0.66%       0.66%       0.67%       0.70%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.66%        0.66%       0.66%       0.77%       1.01%       1.02%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       2.25%        2.25%       2.14%       2.58%       2.55%       3.67%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       2.24%        2.24%       2.14%       2.47%       2.21%       3.35%

Portfolio turnover

       62%        74%       70%       56%       55%       64%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–31


LVIP SSGA Funds

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund, LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund, LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund, and LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund (each, a “Fund”, and collectively, the “Funds”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Funds are a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. Each Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”), and to unaffiliated insurance companies. Lincoln Life and LNY hold each Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The investment objective of each Fund is to seek to maximize long-term capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

Each Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, each Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Funds.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). U.S. government and agency securities are valued at the mean between their bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Short-term debt securities utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are used when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Funds may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Funds may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because each Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Funds evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Funds’ tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Funds’ federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. If applicable, the Funds recognize interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statements of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Funds did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Funds on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with each Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Funds do not separate that portion of realized gains and losses on foreign equity securities resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices. These changes are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Funds report certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–32


LVIP SSGA Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Funds are aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholding not eligible for rebates. Discounts and premiums on non-convertible bonds are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of such distributions by the issuer or management estimate. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends are recorded in accordance with each Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Funds may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Funds accrue such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. The Funds declare and distribute dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Funds may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Funds in cash. Commission rebates are included in “Net realized gain (loss) from investments” on the Statement of Operations. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no brokerage commissions for LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund, LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund, LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund and LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund.

The Funds may receive earnings credits from their custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of each Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Funds’ investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to each Fund. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of each Fund’s average daily net assets as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA
Developed
International
150 Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Emerging
Markets
100 Fund
  LVIP SSGA
Large Cap
100 Fund
  LVIP SSGA
Small-Mid Cap
200 Fund

On the first $100 million

       0.40%          0.40 %       0.40 %       0.40 %

In excess of $100 million

       0.32%          0.33 %       0.30 %       0.30 %

LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. This agreement will continue at least through April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC. The waiver amount of each Fund’s average daily net assets are as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA
Developed
International
150 Fund
  LVIP SSGA
Emerging
Markets
100 Fund
  LVIP SSGA
Large Cap
100 Fund
  LVIP SSGA
Small-Mid Cap
200 Fund

On the first $50 million

       0.070 %       0.065 %       0.080 %       0.065 %

On the next $50 million

       0.010 %       0.025 %       0.015 %      

On the next $400 million

       0.010 %       0.005 %       0.015 %      

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of each Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Funds, pays the Sub-Adviser an annual fee based on each Fund’s average daily net assets.

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–33


LVIP SSGA Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statements of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA
Developed
International
150 Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Emerging
Markets
100 Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Large Cap
100 Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Small-Mid Cap
200 Fund

Administrative

     $ 26,837      $ 19,012      $ 41,815      $ 8,189

Legal

       6,479        4,589        10,095        1,977

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Funds. Effective May 1, 2017, each Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of each Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Funds. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statements of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Funds reimburse Lincoln Life for the cost of these services. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, these fees were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA
Developed
International
150 Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Emerging
Markets
100 Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Large Cap
100 Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Small-Mid Cap
200 Fund

Printing and mailing

     $ 3,021      $ 23,283      $ 6,632      $ 21,311

The Funds currently offer two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class shares. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to their distribution and service plan, the Funds are authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Funds had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA
Developed
International
150 Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Emerging
Markets
100 Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Large Cap
100 Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Small-Mid Cap
200 Fund

Management fees payable to LIAC

     $ 263,694      $ 190,498      $ 369,097      $ 80,437

Distribution fees payable to LFD

       32,518        41,228        70,982        28,900

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

       23,897        16,705        35,739        7,239

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

       3,021        23,283        6,632        21,311

Certain officers and trustees of the Funds are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Funds. The Funds pay compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, each Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA
Developed
International
150 Fund
     LVIP SSGA
Emerging
Markets
100 Fund
     LVIP SSGA
Large Cap
100 Fund
     LVIP SSGA
Small-Mid Cap
200 Fund
 

Purchases

   $ 535,979,256      $ 373,172,303      $ 896,155,072      $ 204,749,772  

Sales

     522,914,618        395,827,907        982,750,614        179,888,208  

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–34


LVIP SSGA Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Funds were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA
Developed
International
150 Fund
    LVIP SSGA
Emerging
Markets
100 Fund
    LVIP SSGA
Large Cap
100 Fund
    LVIP SSGA
Small-Mid Cap
200 Fund
 

Cost of investments

   $ 915,898,040     $ 668,536,680     $ 1,258,217,333     $ 303,000,352  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 116,559,780     $ 73,087,150     $ 196,786,850     $ 28,666,805  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (46,676,882     (36,264,486     (40,705,238     (19,040,898
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 69,882,898     $ 36,822,664     $ 156,081,612     $ 9,625,907  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund, the LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund and the LVIP Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

     Post-Enactment Losses (No Expiration)  
     LVIP SSGA
Developed
International
150 Fund
     LVIP SSGA
Emerging
Markets
100 Fund
     LVIP SSGA
Small-Mid
200 Fund
 

Short-Term

   $ 32,168,597      $ 50,234,532      $ 1,909,643  

Long-Term

     23,563,148        80,872,166         
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 55,731,745      $ 131,106,698      $ 1,909,643  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that each Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including each Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs, including related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of investment. The Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of the restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Valuations may also be based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations.

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–35


LVIP SSGA Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following tables summarize the valuation of each Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

Assets:

  

Common Stock

   $ 969,636,555  

Money Market Fund

     15,996,124  

Right

     148,259  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 985,780,938  
  

 

 

 

Derivatives:

  

Liabilities:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ (100,289
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

 

     Level 1      Level 2     Total  

Investments:

       

Assets:

       

Common Stock

       

Brazil

   $ 20,754,666      $     $ 20,754,666  

Chile

     5,900,261              5,900,261  

Czech Republic

     6,817,365              6,817,365  

Hong Kong

     190,566,286              190,566,286  

Hungary

     7,929,195              7,929,195  

Indonesia

     7,322,018              7,322,018  

Malaysia

     7,200,893              7,200,893  

Mexico

     14,741,843              14,741,843  

Republic of Korea

     183,053,422              183,053,422  

Russia

     18,024,663        11,766,086       29,790,749  

South Africa

     35,853,706              35,853,706  

Taiwan

     118,410,005              118,410,005  

Thailand

            18,851,777       18,851,777  

Turkey

     24,286,852              24,286,852  

United Arab Emirates

     13,654,655              13,654,655  

Money Market Fund

     6,859,764              6,859,764  

Preferred Stock

     13,365,887              13,365,887  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 674,741,481      $ 30,617,863     $ 705,359,344  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives:

       

Assets:

       

Futures Contracts

   $ 15,345      $     $ 15,345  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

       

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

   $      $ (910   $ (910
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

 

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LVIP SSGA Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

 

     Level 1     Level 2      Total  

Investments:

       

Assets:

       

Common Stock

   $ 1,408,138,015     $      $ 1,408,138,015  

Money Market Fund

     4,891,857              4,891,857  

Short-Term Investment

           1,269,073        1,269,073  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 1,413,029,872     $ 1,269,073      $ 1,414,298,945  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivatives:

       

Liabilities:

       

Futures Contracts

   $ (43,374   $      $ (43,374
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

 

     Level 1     Level 2      Total  

Investments:

       

Assets:

       

Common Stock

   $ 307,714,148     $      $ 307,714,148  

Money Market Fund

     4,633,412              4,633,412  

Short-Term Investment

           278,699        278,699  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 312,347,560     $ 278,699      $ 312,626,259  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivatives:

       

Liabilities:

       

Futures Contracts

   $ (17,502   $      $ (17,502
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Funds. This does not include transfers between Level 1 investments and Level 2 investments that resulted from the LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund and the LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund use of international fair value pricing during the period. In accordance with the fair value procedures described in Note 1, international fair value pricing uses other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to the events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded, causing a change in classification between levels. International fair value pricing was not utilized at June 30, 2017 for the LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund and the LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund. The Funds’ policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

 

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LVIP SSGA Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA
Developed International

150 Fund
    LVIP SSGA
Emerging Markets
100 Fund
    LVIP SSGA
Large Cap
100 Fund
    LVIP SSGA
Small-Mid Cap
200 Fund
 
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year
Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year
Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
    Year
Ended
12/31/16
    Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year
Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

                

Standard Class

     6,788,817       21,097,899       3,150,659       26,645,568       7,395,036       32,651,162       2,079,760       2,852,846  

Service Class

     1,679,323       2,104,094       2,001,282       3,383,047       2,352,302       2,718,076       1,497,072       1,933,535  

Shares reinvested:

                

Standard Class

           5,601,951             1,204,034             9,241,851             709,575  

Service Class

           1,036,873             522,463             2,831,531             674,706  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     8,468,140       29,840,817       5,151,941       31,755,112       9,747,338       47,442,620       3,576,832       6,170,662  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

                

Standard Class

     (7,098,211     (21,709,297     (5,885,547     (29,198,729     (13,948,187     (15,760,472     (582,330     (2,395,475

Service Class

     (2,020,213     (3,689,835     (2,415,509     (4,999,172     (2,514,599     (5,334,120     (1,394,268     (2,444,940
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (9,118,424     (25,399,132     (8,301,056     (34,197,901     (16,462,786     (21,094,592     (1,976,598     (4,840,415
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (650,284     4,441,685       (3,149,115     (2,442,789     (6,715,448     26,348,028       1,600,234       1,330,247  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives, 2) how they are accounted for, and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–Each Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. Each Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. Each Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Funds’ could be exposed to the risk that counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. Each Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. This risk is generally mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Funds to cover the Funds’ exposure to the counterparty. No foreign currency exchange contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017 for the LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund, LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund, and LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, each Fund used foreign currency contracts to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions.

Futures Contracts–Each Fund may use futures in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives and strategies. Each Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Funds’ existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Funds’ investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, each Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to control overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, each Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by each Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, each Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in

 

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LVIP SSGA Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to a Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, each Fund used futures contracts as a cash management tool; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce transaction costs.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

 

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value     

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

  

Receivables and other assets net of liabilities

   $ —       

Receivables and other assets net of liabilities

   $ (100,289

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

 

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value     

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value  

Forward currency exchange contracts (Foreign currency exchange contracts)

  

Receivables and other assets net of liabilities

   $     

Receivables and other assets net of liabilities

   $ (910

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

  

Receivables and other assets net of liabilities

   $ 15,345     

Receivables and other assets net of liabilities

   $  
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

      $ 15,345         $ (910
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

 

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value     

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

  

Receivables and other assets net of liabilities

   $ —       

Receivables and other assets net of liabilities

   $ (43,374

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

 

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value     

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

  

Receivables and other assets net of liabilities

   $ —       

Receivables and other assets net of liabilities

   $ (17,502

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statements of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

 

    

Location of Gain or Loss on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

  Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in

Income
    Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
 

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts   $ 44,305     $  

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts     3,031,824       (81,503
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     $ 3,076,129     $ (81,503
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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LVIP SSGA Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

 

    

Location of Gain or Loss on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in
Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in

Income

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts        $(488,831       $      (910

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts        702,122         163,659  
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

          $213,291         $162,749  
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

 

    

Location of Gain or Loss on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
   Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on

Derivatives
Recognized in

Income

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts        $935,239          $55,630  

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

 

    

Location of Gain or Loss on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
   Change in Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts        $133,033          $39,762  

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by each Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative Volume    Short Derivative Volume
     Foreign Currency
Exchange Contracts
(Average Cost)
   Futures
Contracts
(Average Notional Value)
   Foreign Currency
Exchange Contracts
(Average Cost)
   Futures
Contracts
(Average Notional Value)

LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

     $ 638,062      $ 22,820,095      $ 823,148      $

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

       622,034        6,747,147        1,949,476       

LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

              11,601,387              

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

              3,888,607              

At June 30, 2017, LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund and LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund pledged collateral for futures contracts as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA
Large Cap
100 Fund
   LVIP SSGA
Small-Mid Cap
200 Fund

U.S. Treasury Obligations, at value

     $ 1,269,073      $ 278,699

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights to help the Funds mitigate its counterparty risk, the LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund and the LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association,

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–40


LVIP SSGA Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between each Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and foreign currency exchange contracts and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting items and netting provisions in the event of a default or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, each Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instrument payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of an ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out) netting including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For financial reporting purposes, the LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund and the LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund do not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Net Assets.

At June 30, 2017, the LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund and the LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund had no open derivatives that are subject to offsetting provisions.

6. Market Risk

Some countries in which the LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund and the LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad. The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Funds may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of equity securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets are held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Funds.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency exchange rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund may invest its assets in small- and mid-sized companies and may be subject to certain risks associated with ownership of securities of such companies. Investments in small- or mid-sized companies may be more volatile than investments in larger companies for a number of reasons, which include more limited financial resources or a dependence on narrow product lines.

The Funds invest in REITs and are subject to the risks associated with that industry. If the Funds acquires a direct interest in real estate directly as a result of defaults or receive rental income directly from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company could be jeopardized. The Funds had no direct real estate holdings during the six months ended June 30, 2017. The Funds’ REIT holdings are also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs it holds use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations.

The Funds may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Funds from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Funds’ Board has delegated to LIAC the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Funds’ limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. As of June 30, 2017, there were no Rule 144A securities held by the LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund, LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 and LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund. Rule 144A securities for LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund have been identified on the Statement of Net Assets.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Funds enter into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed each Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Funds’ current financial statement presentation and expects that the Funds will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

 

LVIP SSGA Funds–41


LVIP SSGA Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.

 

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LVIP SSGA Global Tactical Allocation Managed Volatility Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation      2  
Schedule of Investments      3  
Statement of Assets and Liabilities      5  
Statement of Operations      6  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      6  
Financial Highlights      7  
Notes to Financial Statements      9  

 

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP SSGA Global Tactical Allocation Managed Volatility Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,071.00       0.34 %         $1.75        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,069.70       0.59 %         3.03        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.11       0.34 %         $1.71        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,021.87       0.59 %         2.96        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial Statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

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LVIP SSGA Global Tactical Allocation Managed Volatility Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Affiliated Investments

     71.50

Equity Funds

     19.63

Fixed Income Funds

     23.32

International Equity Funds

     28.55

Unaffiliated Investments

     28.51

Equity Funds

     15.42

Fixed Income Funds

     5.81

International Equity Funds

     2.87

Money Market Fund

     4.41

Total Value of Securities

     100.01

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.01 %) 

Total Net Assets

     100.00
 

 

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LVIP SSGA Global Tactical Allocation Managed Volatility Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–71.50%

 

Equity Funds–19.63%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

     9,003,100      $     134,173,196  

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

     277,108        4,710,011  

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

     158,354        4,772,310  

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

     3,378,617        48,476,397  
     

 

 

 
        192,131,914  
     

 

 

 

Fixed Income Funds–23.32%

 

  

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust– LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

     11,803,337        134,451,809  

SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays TIPS ETF

     1,670,002        93,804,012  
     

 

 

 
        228,255,821  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–28.55%

 

  

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

     12,672,519        113,190,939  

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

     2,967,480        28,277,115  

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

     5,041,852        46,919,477  

SPDR® S&P Emerging Markets ETF

     561,505        37,401,848  

SPDR® S&P World ex-US ETF

     1,839,458        53,583,412  
     

 

 

 
        279,372,791  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $621,735,452)

 

     699,760,526  
     

 

 

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–28.51%

 

Equity Funds–15.42%

     

Health Care Select Sector SPDR® Fund

     245,714      $ 19,470,377  

Industrial Select Sector SPDR® Fund

     282,581        19,246,592  

SPDR® S&P 500 ETF Trust

     290,999        70,363,558  

SPDR® S&P 600 Small Cap ETF

     193,318        23,807,112  

Technology Select Sector SPDR® Fund

     329,394        18,024,440  
     

 

 

 
        150,912,079  
     

 

 

 

Fixed Income Funds–5.81%

     

SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays Aggregate Bond ETF

     817,879        47,167,082  

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF

     103,670        9,655,824  
     

 

 

 
        56,822,906  
     

 

 

 

International Equity Funds–2.87%

 

  

Vanguard FTSE European ETF

     170,170        9,383,174  

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF

     284,725        18,734,905  
     

 

 

 
        28,118,079  
     

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–4.41%

 

  

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     43,127,388        43,127,388  
     

 

 

 
        43,127,388  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $258,222,720)

 

     278,980,452  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.01% (Cost $879,958,172)

     978,740,978  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.01%)

     (121,781
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 81,484,278 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 978,619,197  
  

 

 

 

 

 

*

Standard Class shares.

 

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LVIP SSGA Global Tactical Allocation Managed Volatility Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

   Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
     Notional
Value
     Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Currency Contracts:

              

    28    British Pound

     $2,245,334      $ 2,282,875        9/19/17      $ 37,541      $  

    27    Euro

     3,826,823        3,870,112        9/19/17        43,289         

    22    Japanese Yen

     2,531,991        2,450,250        9/19/17               (81,741
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
              80,830        (81,741
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Equity Contracts:

              

    20    E-mini MSCI Emerging Markets Index

     1,008,747        1,008,300        9/18/17               (447

    73    E-mini S&P 500 Index

     8,856,670        8,836,285        9/18/17               (20,385

      7    E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index

     1,235,731        1,222,270        9/18/17               (13,461

  114    Euro STOXX 50 Index

     4,627,511        4,467,337        9/18/17               (160,174

    26    FTSE 100 Index

     2,518,227        2,452,579        9/18/17               (65,648

    16    Nikkei 225 Index (OSE)

     2,861,450        2,847,922        9/8/17               (13,528
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
                     (273,643
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

            $ 80,830      $ (355,384 ) 
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

FTSE–Financial Times Stock Exchange

MSCI–Morgan Stanley Capital International

OSE–Osaka Securities Exchange

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

SPDR–Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt

TIPS–Treasury Inflation–Protected Securities

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Global Tactical Allocation Managed Volatility Fund–4


LVIP SSGA Global Tactical Allocation Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

ASSETS:

  

Affiliated investments, at value

   $ 699,760,526  

Unaffiliated investments, at value

     278,980,452  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

     978,740,978  

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at value

     2,067,291  

Dividends receivable from investments

     372,295  

Receivable for fund shares sold

     168,079  

Foreign currencies, at value

     83,191  

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

     80,830  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     981,512,664  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

  

Payable for fund shares redeemed

     1,202,911  

Cash due to broker for futures contracts

     737,150  

Due to manager and affiliates

     481,636  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

     355,384  

Cash due to custodian

     83,139  

Other accrued expenses payable

     33,247  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     2,893,467  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 978,619,197  
  

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

   $ 621,735,452  

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

     258,222,720  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

   $ 879,958,172  
  

 

 

 

Foreign currencies, at cost

   $ 83,302  
  

 

 

 

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at cost

   $ 2,067,291  
  

 

 

 

Standard Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 47,753,094  

Shares Outstanding

     3,971,510  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 12.024  

Service Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 930,866,103  

Shares Outstanding

     77,512,768  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 12.009  

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 944,091,809  

Undistributed net investment income

     2,243,883  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (66,224,636

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and derivatives

     98,508,141  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 978,619,197  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Global Tactical Allocation Managed Volatility Fund–5


LVIP SSGA Global Tactical Allocation Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends from unaffiliated investments

   $ 2,782,987  

Dividends from affiliated investments

     1,745,322  
  

 

 

 
     4,528,309  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     1,932,744  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     1,148,428  

Accounting and administration expenses

     49,718  

Shareholder servicing fees

     47,482  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     28,828  

Professional fees

     26,987  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     13,117  

Custodian fees

     5,707  

Consulting fees

     2,857  

Pricing fees

     188  

Other

     2,798  
  

 

 

 
     3,258,854  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (483,186
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     2,775,668  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     1,752,641  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN:

  

Net realized gain from:

  

Sale of affiliated investments

     5,212,347  

Sale of unaffiliated investments

     6,801,140  

Foreign currencies

     83,029  

Futures contracts

     2,302,036  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     14,398,552  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Affiliated investments

     41,159,371  

Unaffiliated investments

     8,693,015  

Foreign currencies

     32  

Futures contracts

     (394,661
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     49,457,757  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     63,856,309  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 65,608,950  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Global Tactical Allocation Managed Volatility Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 1,752,641     $ 16,718,122  

Net realized gain (loss)

     14,398,552       (21,029,150

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     49,457,757       55,375,353  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     65,608,950       51,064,325  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (922,634

Service Class

           (15,798,953
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (16,721,587
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     2,050,612       6,901,631  

Service Class

     28,583,626       69,109,290  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           922,634  

Service Class

           15,798,953  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     30,634,238       92,732,508  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (4,836,394     (9,200,755

Service Class

     (79,889,748     (150,851,172
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (84,726,142     (160,051,927
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (54,091,904     (67,319,419
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

     11,517,046       (32,976,681

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     967,102,151       1,000,078,832  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 978,619,197     $ 967,102,151  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 2,243,883     $ 491,242  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP SSGA Global Tactical Allocation Managed Volatility Fund–6


LVIP SSGA Global Tactical Allocation Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA Global Tactical Allocation Managed Volatility Fund Standard Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/162   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 11.227      $ 10.841     $ 11.979     $ 11.784     $ 10.951     $ 10.193

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income3

       0.035        0.215       0.220       0.234       0.227       0.198

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.762        0.395       (1.000 )       0.236       0.846       0.931
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.797        0.610       (0.780 )       0.470       1.073       1.129
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.224 )       (0.358 )       (0.275 )       (0.240 )       (0.371 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.224 )       (0.358 )       (0.275 )       (0.240 )       (0.371 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 12.024      $ 11.227     $ 10.841     $ 11.979     $ 11.784     $ 10.951
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       7.10%        5.62%       (6.52% )       3.97%       9.81%       11.15%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 47,753      $ 47,250     $ 46,949     $ 49,090     $ 45,331     $ 40,440

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

       0.34%        0.33%       0.33%       0.34%       0.30%       0.30%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed5

       0.44%        0.43%       0.43%       0.44%       0.33%       0.30%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.60%        1.94%       1.86%       1.94%       1.99%       1.85%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.50%        1.84%       1.76%       1.84%       1.96%       1.85%

Portfolio turnover

       30%        64%       58%       53%       70%       41%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP SSGA Global Tactical Allocation Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA Global Tactical Allocation Managed Volatility Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/162   12/31/15  

Year Ended

 

12/31/14

  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 11.227      $ 10.843     $ 11.978     $ 11.784     $ 10.953     $ 10.195

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income3

       0.020        0.187       0.190       0.204       0.198       0.171

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.762        0.393       (0.996 )       0.234       0.845       0.932
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.782        0.580       (0.806 )       0.438       1.043       1.103
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.196 )       (0.329 )       (0.244 )       (0.212 )       (0.345 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.196 )       (0.329 )       (0.244 )       (0.212 )       (0.345 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 12.009      $ 11.227     $ 10.843     $ 11.978     $ 11.784     $ 10.953
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       6.97%        5.36%       (6.75% )       3.71%       9.54%       10.88%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 930,866      $ 919,852     $ 953,130     $ 973,809     $ 807,031     $ 419,366

Ratio of expenses to average net assets5

       0.59%        0.58%       0.58%       0.59%       0.55%       0.55%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed5

       0.69%        0.68%       0.68%       0.69%       0.58%       0.55%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.35%        1.69%       1.61%       1.69%       1.74%       1.60%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.25%        1.59%       1.51%       1.59%       1.71%       1.60%

Portfolio turnover

       30%        64%       58%       53%       70%       41%

 

1

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

5

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Global Tactical Allocation Managed Volatility Fund–8


LVIP SSGA Global Tactical Allocation Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP SSGA Global Tactical Allocation Managed Volatility Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in open-end investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), that are advised by Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) or other unaffiliated managers (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Underlying Funds invest in U.S. and foreign stocks, bonds and money market instruments. In addition to investment company investments, the Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments, and employs an actively managed risk-management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term growth of capital. Current income is not a consideration.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–ETFs, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on the valuation date. ETFs traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an ETF does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE on days when the NYSE is open. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gains distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commissions to the Fund in cash. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement accorded the order, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction. There were no commission rebates for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

LIAC is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.40% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds (including LIAC). LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.10% of average daily net assets of the Fund. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018 and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. The Sub-Adviser is also responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 27,645  

Legal

     6,672  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $23,356 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that the Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds and ETFs in which it invests. Because each of the Underlying Funds and ETFs has varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds and ETFs at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

 

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LVIP SSGA Global Tactical Allocation Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 242,597  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     192,232  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     23,451  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     23,356  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

Affiliated investments, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers whereby the Fund held 5% or more of the issuers’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds or ETFs). Affiliated investments of the Fund and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

    Value
12/31/16
    Purchases     Sales     Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Net change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value
6/30/17
    Dividends     Capital Gain
Distributions
 

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

  $ 159,430,406     $ 4,565,294     $ 32,450,215     $ (471,578   $ 3,377,902     $ 134,451,809     $     $  

LVIP SSGA Developed International 150 Fund

    75,028,441       37,440,000       11,570,638       444,161       11,848,975       113,190,939              

LVIP SSGA Emerging Markets 100 Fund

    28,106,635       1,910,001       5,955,788       105,766       4,110,501       28,277,115              

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

    14,019,930       36,030,000       8,414,653       468,011       4,816,189       46,919,477              

LVIP SSGA Large Cap 100 Fund

    129,431,702       1,076,506       6,531,756       64,414       10,132,330       134,173,196              

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

    19,112,226             15,970,000       4,178,311       (2,610,526     4,710,011              

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

    5,241,019             699,019       235,257       (4,947     4,772,310              

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

    37,349,191       10,560,000                   567,206       48,476,397              

SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays Aggregated Bond ETF*

    54,389,906                                            

SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays TIPS ETF

    92,505,044       2,000,700       670,306       (13,041     (18,385     93,804,012       912,148        

SPDR® S&P Emerging Markets ETF

    26,961,753       7,935,755       2,129,716       76,951       4,557,105       37,401,848       169,110        

SPDR® S&P World ex-US ETF**

    18,308,089       33,454,019       2,685,812       124,095       4,383,021       53,583,412       664,064        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 659,884,342     $ 134,972,275     $ 87,077,903     $ 5,212,347     $ 41,159,371     $ 699,760,526     $ 1,745,322     $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

* Issuer considered an unaffiliated investment of the Fund at June 30, 2017.

** Issuer considered an unaffiliated investment of the Fund at December 31, 2016.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 278,322,515  

Sales

     321,730,580  

 

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LVIP SSGA Global Tactical Allocation Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 879,958,172  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 98,918,335  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (135,529
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 98,782,806  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses; however, there may be a greater likelihood that all or a portion of the Fund’s pre-enactment capital loss carryovers, if any, may expire without being utilized, due to the fact that post-enactment capital losses must be utilized before pre-enactment capital loss carryovers. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss, whereas before the Act, capital losses carried forward were treated as short-term.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

Pre-Enactment Short-Term Capital Losses Expiring  In         Post-Enactment Losses (No Expiration)
 2017     2018           Short-Term        Total   
$27,953,328    $3,265,118       $15,965,686    $47,184,132
  

 

     

 

  

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

Assets:

  

Affiliated Investments

   $ 699,760,526  

Unaffiliated Investments

     278,980,452  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 978,740,978  
  

 

 

 

Derivatives:

  

Assets:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ 80,830  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ (355,384
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments, or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

 

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LVIP SSGA Global Tactical Allocation Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     175,512       623,986  

Service Class

     2,444,845       6,270,072  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           82,180  

Service Class

           1,407,228  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     2,620,357       8,383,466  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (412,670     (828,041

Service Class

     (6,864,601     (13,651,430
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (7,277,271     (14,479,471
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (4,656,914     (6,096,005
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value     

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

  

Unrealized appreciation

on futures contracts

   $ 80,830     

Unrealized depreciation

on futures contracts

   $ (81,741

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

  

Unrealized appreciation

on futures contracts

         

Unrealized depreciation

on futures contracts

     (273,643
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

      $ 80,830         $ (355,384
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
   Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

  

Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts

     $ 1,972,874      $ (505,035 )

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

  

Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts

       329,162        110,374
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

        $ 2,302,036      $ (394,661 )
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
   Short Derivative
Volume

Futures contracts (average notional value)

     $ 28,590,583      $

6. Market Risk

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Expenses      1  
Security Type/Country and Sector Allocations and Top 10 Equity Holdings      2  
Statement of Net Assets      4  
Statement of Operations      16  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      16  
Financial Highlights      17  
Notes to Financial Statements      19  

 

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”), Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”), and to unaffiliated insurance companies. Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) Fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,141.60       0.41 %         $2.18        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,140.30       0.66 %         3.50        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,022.76       0.41 %         $2.06        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,021.52       0.66 %         3.31        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Security Type/Country and Sector Allocations and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

 

Security Type/Country    Percentage
of Net Assets

Common Stock

     98.51

Australia

     6.98

Austria

     0.22

Belgium

     1.14

China

     0.01

Denmark

     1.78

Finland

     0.98

France

     10.29

Germany

     8.91

Hong Kong

     3.45

Ireland

     0.70

Israel

     0.67

Italy

     2.15

Japan

     23.30

Netherlands

     4.15

New Zealand

     0.16

Norway

     0.60

Portugal

     0.15

Singapore

     1.32

South Africa

     0.03

Spain

     3.38

Sweden

     2.97

Switzerland

     8.70

United Kingdom

     16.47

Preferred Stock

     0.53

Rights

     0.01

Money Market Fund

     0.16

Total Value of Securities

     99.21

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.79

Total Net Assets

     100.00

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Aerospace & Defense

     1.20

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.37

Airlines

     0.22

Auto Components

     1.27

Automobiles

     3.38

Banks

     12.60

Beverages

     2.17

Biotechnology

     0.86

Building Products

     0.82

Capital Markets

     2.38

Chemicals

     3.67

Commercial Services & Supplies

     0.54

Communications Equipment

     0.42

Construction & Engineering

     0.93
Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Construction Materials

     0.67

Consumer Finance

     0.08

Containers & Packaging

     0.12

Distributors

     0.03

Diversified Consumer Services

     0.02

Diversified Financial Services

     0.73

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     2.52

Electric Utilities

     1.76

Electrical Equipment

     1.50

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     1.38

Energy Equipment & Services

     0.08

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     1.65

Food & Staples Retailing

     1.51

Food Products

     3.19

Gas Utilities

     0.37

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     1.00

Health Care Providers & Services

     0.67

Health Care Technology

     0.04

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     1.38

Household Durables

     1.20

Household Products

     0.86

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     0.04

Industrial Conglomerates

     1.74

Insurance

     5.49

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     0.14

Internet Software & Services

     0.17

IT Services

     0.74

Leisure Products

     0.21

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     0.21

Machinery

     2.56

Marine

     0.25

Media

     1.26

Metals & Mining

     2.71

Multiline Retail

     0.29

Multi-Utilities

     1.09

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     4.61

Paper & Forest Products

     0.26

Personal Products

     2.08

Pharmaceuticals

     7.98

Professional Services

     1.09

Real Estate Management & Development

     1.99

Road & Rail

     1.19

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     1.09

Software

     1.58

Specialty Retail

     0.91

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.60

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     1.87

Tobacco

     1.55

Trading Companies & Distributors

     1.31

Transportation Infrastructure

     0.65
 

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund–2


LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Security Type/Country and Sector Allocations and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited) (continued)

 

 

Sector    Percentage 
of Net Assets

Water Utilities

     0.11 %   

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     1.69 %   

Total

     99.05 %   

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage 
of Net Assets

Nestle

     1.96 %   

Novartis

     1.35 %   

HSBC Holdings

     1.34 %   

Roche Holding

     1.30 %   

Toyota Motor

     0.99 %   

British American Tobacco

     0.91 %   

Royal Dutch Shell Class A

     0.84 %   

TOTAL

     0.83 %   

Sanofi

     0.81 %   

BP

     0.81 %   

Total

     11.14 %   

IT–Information Technology

    

 

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund–3


LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK–98.51%

 

Australia–6.98%

     

AGL Energy

     116,818      $ 2,289,551  

Alumina

     468,716        691,690  

Amcor

     204,954        2,553,523  

AMP

     572,061        2,281,971  

APA Group

     189,016        1,332,196  

Aristocrat Leisure

     93,145        1,615,099  

ASX

     33,852        1,394,860  

Aurizon Holdings

     350,006        1,441,918  

AusNet Services

     275,084        366,830  

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group

     520,806        11,496,372  

Bank of Queensland

     68,726        604,821  

Bendigo & Adelaide Bank

     80,833        688,382  

†=BGP Holdings

     160,069        3,656  

BHP Billiton

     570,985        10,216,639  

BlueScope Steel

     101,334        1,028,865  

Boral

     194,881        1,041,009  

Brambles

     303,298        2,268,207  

Caltex Australia

     53,909        1,309,743  

Challenger

     96,172        986,063  

CIMIC Group

     17,957        536,060  

Coca-Cola Amatil

     104,489        741,264  

Cochlear

     9,787        1,169,340  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

     301,813        19,209,723  

Computershare

     76,199        828,131  

Crown Resorts

     59,112        557,923  

CSL

     80,823        8,574,501  

Dexus

     168,996        1,231,360  

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises

     10,560        422,703  

Flight Centre Travel Group

     8,399        247,245  

Fortescue Metals Group

     306,866        1,231,175  

Goodman Group

     316,617        1,915,179  

GPT Group

     311,611        1,147,225  

Harvey Norman Holdings

     93,657        274,982  

Healthscope

     274,698        466,604  

Incitec Pivot

     288,379        755,820  

Insurance Australia Group

     408,923        2,130,942  

James Hardie Industries CDI

     71,601        1,128,167  

LendLease Group

     95,238        1,218,779  

Macquarie Group

     53,764        3,657,086  

Medibank Pvt.

     570,717        1,228,229  

Mirvac Group

     765,686        1,253,518  

National Australia Bank

     472,534        10,746,781  

Newcrest Mining

     127,782        1,979,979  

Oil Search

     277,781        1,456,087  

Orica

     62,872        999,328  

†Origin Energy

     344,015        1,813,852  

Qantas Airways

     88,434        388,791  

QBE Insurance Group

     238,431        2,164,278  

Ramsay Health Care

     27,817        1,573,579  

REA Group

     8,246        420,835  

Rio Tinto

     74,422        3,619,091  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Australia (continued)

     

†Santos

     277,924      $ 647,246  

Scentre Group

     931,905        2,900,862  

SEEK

     55,169        717,033  

Sonic Healthcare

     63,271        1,177,821  

South32

     552,218        1,137,485  

South32 (London Stock Exchange)

     368,248        762,603  

Stockland

     411,305        1,384,645  

Suncorp Group

     228,324        2,600,759  

Sydney Airport

     229,862        1,252,604  

Tabcorp Holdings

     139,988        470,189  

Tatts Group

     245,023        787,197  

Telstra

     728,402        2,407,354  

TPG Telecom

     57,141        250,336  

Transurban Group

     357,328        3,254,511  

Treasury Wine Estates

     124,458        1,258,865  

Vicinity Centres

     681,165        1,345,507  

Wesfarmers

     200,228        6,174,277  

Westfield

     378,281        2,334,697  

Westpac Banking

     567,741        13,313,519  

Woodside Petroleum

     132,737        3,047,387  

Woolworths

     230,180        4,518,444  
     

 

 

 
        170,443,293  
     

 

 

 

Austria–0.22%

     

ANDRITZ

     12,257        738,325  

†Erste Group Bank

     53,243        2,038,705  

IMMOFINANZ

     1,149        2,625  

OMV

     24,795        1,286,701  

†Raiffeisen Bank International

     19,247        485,823  

voestalpine

     18,936        882,412  
     

 

 

 
        5,434,591  
     

 

 

 

Belgium–1.14%

     

Ageas

     36,403        1,466,029  

Anheuser-Busch Inbev

     135,664        14,985,083  

Colruyt

     11,289        594,723  

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert

     13,583        1,307,660  

KBC Group

     43,799        3,322,162  

Proximus SADP

     25,610        895,942  

Solvay Class A

     14,504        1,946,475  

†Telenet Group Holding

     8,879        559,284  

UCB

     24,735        1,701,563  

Umicore

     16,260        1,130,996  
     

 

 

 
        27,909,917  
     

 

 

 

China–0.01%

     

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings

     294,000        254,120  
     

 

 

 
        254,120  
     

 

 

 

Denmark–1.78%

     

AP Moller - Maersk Class A

     642        1,225,750  

AP Moller - Maersk Class B

     1,157        2,326,316  

Carlsberg Class B

     18,931        2,022,397  
 

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund–4


LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Denmark (continued)

     

Chr Hansen Holding

     16,649      $ 1,210,888  

Coloplast Class B

     19,536        1,632,414  

Danske Bank

     130,564        5,021,731  

#DONG Energy 144A

     27,472        1,240,182  

DSV

     33,624        2,065,880  

†Genmab

     10,146        2,164,675  

H Lundbeck

     12,200        684,737  

ISS

     29,033        1,140,298  

Novo Nordisk Class B

     320,544        13,727,014  

Novozymes Class B

     37,993        1,662,615  

Pandora

     21,324        1,989,805  

TDC

     136,700        794,959  

Tryg

     16,350        357,621  

Vestas Wind Systems

     38,718        3,574,235  

†William Demant Holding

     19,495        504,567  
     

 

 

 
        43,346,084  
     

 

 

 

Finland–0.98%

     

Elisa

     25,308        980,765  

Fortum

     74,784        1,172,742  

Kone Class B

     57,540        2,927,138  

Metso

     17,066        591,775  

Neste

     21,585        850,293  

Nokia

     157,345        964,512  

Nokia (London Stock Exchange)

     873,420        5,342,023  

Nokian Renkaat

     19,229        795,917  

Orion Class B

     16,843        1,075,361  

Sampo Class A

     78,469        4,021,401  

Stora Enso Class R

     92,752        1,198,144  

UPM-Kymmene

     90,604        2,582,945  

Wartsila

     24,906        1,472,101  
     

 

 

 
        23,975,117  
     

 

 

 

France–10.29%

     

Accor

     32,777        1,536,571  

Aeroports de Paris

     4,998        806,606  

Air Liquide

     68,921        8,517,301  

Airbus

     102,766        8,450,941  

†Alstom

     25,825        902,873  

Arkema

     12,675        1,352,563  

Atos

     14,960        2,099,939  

AXA

     344,223        9,416,045  

BNP Paribas

     198,612        14,304,827  

Bollore

     149,000        677,488  

Bouygues

     38,680        1,631,065  

Bureau Veritas

     44,650        988,067  

Capgemini

     28,384        2,933,252  

Carrefour

     100,372        2,539,273  

Casino Guichard Perrachon

     8,803        521,418  

†Christian Dior

     9,282        2,654,070  

Cie de Saint-Gobain

     87,941        4,698,668  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

France (continued)

     

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin

     30,273      $ 4,024,682  

CNP Assurances

     27,678        621,342  

Credit Agricole

     195,665        3,147,699  

Danone

     104,465        7,852,100  

Dassault Aviation

     386        538,985  

Dassault Systemes

     22,922        2,054,897  

Edenred

     39,862        1,039,413  

Eiffage

     10,346        940,135  

Electricite de France

     97,045        1,050,984  

Engie

     301,678        4,553,381  

Essilor International

     36,465        4,639,643  

Eurazeo

     6,552        491,582  

Eurofins Scientific

     1,839        1,035,819  

Eutelsat Communications

     29,393        750,652  

Fonciere Des Regions

     5,702        528,948  

Gecina

     7,061        1,107,689  

Groupe Eurotunnel

     78,710        839,473  

Hermes International

     3,736        1,846,149  

ICADE

     6,915        580,501  

Iliad

     4,448        1,052,127  

Imerys

     5,370        467,054  

Ingenico Group

     10,027        910,346  

Ipsen

     6,656        911,118  

JCDecaux

     12,510        410,360  

Kering

     13,276        4,521,661  

Klepierre

     43,066        1,765,105  

Lagardere

     19,870        627,503  

Legrand

     46,556        3,256,904  

L’Oreal

     44,693        9,310,810  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton

     49,551        12,354,617  

Natixis

     158,047        1,060,877  

Orange

     352,377        5,590,272  

Pernod Ricard

     37,383        5,006,222  

Peugeot

     90,539        1,806,040  

Publicis Groupe

     35,975        2,683,513  

Remy Cointreau

     3,883        453,476  

Renault

     31,400        2,842,183  

Rexel

     50,882        832,496  

Safran

     55,011        5,041,544  

Sanofi

     206,800        19,783,829  

†Schneider Electric

     99,567        7,649,975  

SCOR

     27,474        1,089,180  

SEB

     3,788        680,337  

SES FDR

     71,465        1,675,327  

Societe BIC

     4,842        574,597  

Societe Generale

     135,821        7,308,078  

Sodexo

     16,324        2,110,552  

STMicroelectronics

     118,946        1,707,687  

Suez

     59,606        1,103,901  

Thales

     20,491        2,205,574  

TOTAL

     408,556        20,198,176  
 

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund–5


LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

France (continued)

     

Unibail-Rodamco

     17,471      $ 4,402,961  

Valeo

     41,688        2,808,747  

Veolia Environnement

     93,677        1,979,374  

Vinci

     89,884        7,671,857  

Vivendi

     180,266        4,012,812  

Wendel

     4,961        734,340  

Zodiac Aerospace

     35,069        951,284  
     

 

 

 
        251,227,857  
     

 

 

 

Germany–8.91%

     

adidas

     33,279        6,376,112  

Allianz

     81,365        16,021,310  

Axel Springer

     6,481        389,360  

BASF

     163,585        15,150,743  

Bayer

     144,888        18,732,769  

Bayerische Motoren Werke

     58,480        5,428,930  

Beiersdorf

     17,838        1,875,193  

Brenntag

     28,832        1,668,916  

†Commerzbank

     198,650        2,366,443  

Continental

     19,344        4,174,614  

#Covestro 144A

     16,126        1,164,221  

Daimler

     171,315        12,399,445  

Deutsche Bank

     364,500        6,463,270  

Deutsche Boerse

     33,704        3,557,710  

Deutsche Lufthansa

     39,241        893,021  

Deutsche Post

     171,546        6,430,464  

Deutsche Telekom

     581,604        10,442,466  

Deutsche Wohnen

     65,291        2,497,420  

E.ON

     389,524        3,669,493  

Evonik Industries

     33,374        1,066,735  

Fraport Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide

     6,547        578,023  

Fresenius

     72,514        6,216,609  

Fresenius Medical Care

     37,648        3,619,282  

GEA Group

     34,126        1,396,546  

Hannover Rueck

     11,252        1,348,762  

HeidelbergCement

     25,902        2,504,283  

Henkel

     18,390        2,224,338  

HOCHTIEF

     3,454        632,776  

HUGO BOSS

     11,260        788,355  

Infineon Technologies

     198,815        4,197,510  

#Innogy 144A

     23,368        919,863  

K+S

     32,225        825,186  

LANXESS

     17,079        1,293,104  

Linde

     32,798        6,210,907  

MAN

     6,236        668,584  

Merck

     22,494        2,716,878  

METRO

     31,210        1,053,532  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs- Gesellschaft in Muenchen Class R

     28,453        5,737,450  

OSRAM Licht

     14,982        1,193,540  

ProSiebenSat.1 Media

     45,717        1,913,182  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Germany (continued)

     

†QIAGEN

     39,947      $ 1,328,842  

RTL Group

     6,515        491,932  

†RWE

     91,325        1,819,633  

SAP

     175,081        18,287,143  

Siemens

     134,015        18,421,401  

Symrise

     24,275        1,719,547  

Telefonica Deutschland Holding

     131,416        656,373  

thyssenkrupp

     72,025        2,046,301  

United Internet

     20,709        1,138,763  

Volkswagen

     5,465        847,331  

Vonovia

     84,049        3,337,320  

#†Zalando 144A

     14,559        665,309  
     

 

 

 
        217,567,240  
     

 

 

 

Hong Kong–3.45%

     

AIA Group

     2,145,800        15,679,625  

ASM Pacific Technology

     34,000        459,433  

Bank of East Asia

     216,220        929,136  

BOC Hong Kong Holdings

     645,000        3,085,611  

Cheung Kong Property Holdings

     470,924        3,688,401  

CK Hutchison Holdings

     477,660        5,995,643  

CK Infrastructure Holdings

     112,000        941,050  

CLP Holdings

     287,000        3,036,356  

First Pacific

     369,750        272,786  

Galaxy Entertainment Group

     395,000        2,398,094  

Hang Lung Group

     148,000        612,287  

Hang Lung Properties

     388,000        969,074  

Hang Seng Bank

     133,400        2,790,184  

Henderson Land Development

     205,231        1,144,780  

#HK Electric Investments 144A

     446,308        410,440  

HKT Trust

     706,592        926,743  

Hong Kong & China Gas

     1,462,417        2,749,717  

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing

     207,576        5,365,239  

Hongkong Land Holdings

     231,000        1,700,160  

Hysan Development

     105,850        505,019  

Jardine Matheson Holdings

     38,000        2,439,600  

Jardine Strategic Holdings

     41,500        1,730,135  

Kerry Properties

     101,531        344,616  

Li & Fung

     992,000        360,845  

Link REIT

     388,715        2,957,390  

Melco Resorts & Entertainment ADR

     35,846        804,743  

MGM China Holdings

     135,995        302,387  

MTR

     290,487        1,635,221  

New World Development

     1,002,195        1,272,087  

NWS Holdings

     271,490        534,116  

PCCW

     636,596        362,024  

Power Assets Holdings

     266,000        2,349,128  

Sands China

     465,868        2,133,191  

Shangri-La Asia

     254,166        431,019  

Sino Land

     525,092        860,867  

SJM Holdings

     287,591        303,156  

Sun Hung Kai Properties

     254,005        3,731,612  
 

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund–6


LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Hong Kong (continued)

     

Swire Pacific Class A

     91,500      $ 893,618  

Swire Properties

     196,961        649,603  

Techtronic Industries

     231,500        1,064,477  

#WH Group 144A

     1,351,793        1,364,354  

Wharf Holdings

     215,000        1,781,696  

Wheelock & Co.

     137,000        1,033,538  

Wynn Macau

     271,153        633,476  

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings

     118,500        491,761  
     

 

 

 
        84,124,438  
     

 

 

 

Ireland–0.70%

     

†AerCap Holdings

     27,988        1,299,483  

†Bank of Ireland

     4,631,473        1,216,662  

CRH

     146,979        5,199,837  

†=Irish Bank Resolution

     3,965        0  

Kerry Group Class A

     28,033        2,411,908  

Paddy Power Betfair

     15,571        1,662,310  

†Ryanair Holdings ADR

     5,317        572,162  

WPP

     225,573        4,741,893  
     

 

 

 
        17,104,255  
     

 

 

 

Israel–0.67%

     

Azrieli Group

     6,290        349,810  

Bank Hapoalim

     182,788        1,233,486  

Bank Leumi Le-Israel

     243,592        1,185,018  

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication

     354,913        589,597  

†Check Point Software Technologies

     24,864        2,712,165  

Elbit Systems

     3,945        486,629  

Frutarom Industries

     6,428        449,804  

Israel Chemicals

     85,880        405,476  

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank

     17,430        317,286  

†Mobileye

     35,317        2,217,908  

NICE Systems

     10,087        809,077  

†Taro Pharmaceutical Industries

     3,595        402,856  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries

     139,930        4,629,100  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ADR

     17,569        583,642  
     

 

 

 
        16,371,854  
     

 

 

 

Italy–2.15%

     

Assicurazioni Generali

     220,840        3,634,669  

Atlantia

     80,622        2,268,911  

Enel

     1,439,343        7,716,681  

Eni

     450,773        6,775,431  

Ferrari

     21,087        1,809,951  

†Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

     189,281        1,995,409  

Intesa Sanpaolo

     2,241,895        7,108,171  

Intesa Sanpaolo RSP

     156,997        465,499  

Leonardo

     68,138        1,132,337  

Luxottica Group

     33,063        1,912,691  

Mediobanca

     95,321        940,644  

#Poste Italiane 144A

     93,206        638,199  

Prysmian

     33,255        978,042  

Recordati

     18,504        750,692  

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Italy (continued)

     

†Saipem

     89,546      $ 330,757  

Snam

     402,676        1,755,041  

†Telecom Italia

     1,994,847        1,840,959  

Telecom Italia RSP

     1,014,860        747,634  

Tenaris

     88,192        1,374,944  

Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale

     253,807        1,370,000  

†UniCredit

     354,222        6,614,796  

UnipolSai Assicurazioni

     165,713        361,693  
     

 

 

 
        52,523,151  
     

 

 

 

Japan–23.30%

     

ABC-Mart

     4,800        282,089  

†Acom

     67,200        306,500  

Aeon

     108,000        1,639,084  

AEON Financial Service

     19,500        412,278  

Aeon Mall

     16,390        322,335  

Air Water

     24,000        440,418  

Aisin Seiki

     31,300        1,600,133  

Ajinomoto

     90,400        1,950,261  

Alfresa Holdings

     29,600        570,288  

Alps Electric

     31,400        904,521  

Amada Holdings

     57,300        661,262  

ANA Holdings

     199,000        690,728  

Aozora Bank

     252,000        958,933  

Asahi Glass

     34,400        1,446,650  

Asahi Group Holdings

     67,300        2,529,846  

Asahi Kasei

     211,000        2,265,237  

Asics

     29,200        540,515  

Astellas Pharma

     380,200        4,646,232  

Bandai Namco Holdings

     35,400        1,205,441  

Bank of Kyoto

     51,000        480,640  

Benesse Holdings

     10,300        388,282  

Bridgestone

     114,600        4,931,443  

Brother Industries

     39,700        915,244  

Calbee

     12,400        486,739  

Canon

     188,600        6,398,734  

Casio Computer

     39,300        603,433  

Central Japan Railway

     25,400        4,134,910  

Chiba Bank

     128,000        926,357  

Chubu Electric Power

     125,300        1,662,683  

Chugai Pharmaceutical

     38,000        1,420,671  

Chugoku Bank

     25,500        380,885  

Chugoku Electric Power

     46,900        516,640  

Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Class C

     21,900        632,807  

Concordia Financial Group

     241,900        1,218,587  

Credit Saison

     24,400        475,960  

†CYBERDYNE

     16,000        212,669  

Dai Nippon Printing

     94,000        1,043,005  

Daicel

     47,100        585,007  

Dai-ichi Life Insurance

     189,400        3,412,484  

Daiichi Sankyo

     104,900        2,468,729  

Daikin Industries

     44,100        4,497,239  
 

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund–7


LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Japan (continued)

     

Daito Trust Construction

     13,600      $ 2,115,421  

Daiwa House Industry

     98,800        3,371,366  

Daiwa House REIT Investment

     230        545,784  

Daiwa Securities Group

     322,000        1,906,091  

DeNA

     17,700        395,939  

Denso

     83,700        3,528,832  

Dentsu

     41,900        2,000,471  

Disco

     5,100        812,554  

Don Quijote Holdings

     21,600        818,102  

East Japan Railway

     58,400        5,579,089  

Eisai

     48,100        2,653,572  

Electric Power Development

     24,700        610,061  

FamilyMart

     13,900        794,639  

FANUC

     34,300        6,603,836  

Fast Retailing

     9,300        3,094,074  

Fuji Electric

     127,000        668,451  

FUJIFILM Holdings

     76,500        2,747,811  

Fujitsu

     360,000        2,649,549  

Fukuoka Financial Group

     136,000        645,690  

Hachijuni Bank

     96,200        609,830  

Hakuhodo DY Holdings

     32,700        433,480  

Hamamatsu Photonics

     25,800        791,376  

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings

     47,500        1,706,157  

Hikari Tsushin

     5,000        525,450  

Hino Motors

     47,200        523,302  

Hirose Electric

     6,940        988,476  

Hiroshima Bank

     75,000        332,074  

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical

     13,200        631,394  

Hitachi

     852,000        5,222,216  

Hitachi Chemical

     17,500        521,227  

Hitachi Construction Machinery

     25,300        631,403  

Hitachi High-Technologies

     14,900        577,586  

Hitachi Metals

     34,000        472,176  

Honda Motor

     304,500        8,295,070  

Hoshizaki

     10,400        939,444  

Hoya

     68,200        3,536,880  

Hulic

     50,200        511,931  

Idemitsu Kosan

     14,400        408,411  

†IHI

     260,000        883,041  

Iida Group Holdings

     25,000        415,870  

Inpex

     185,000        1,778,040  

Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings

     56,500        565,628  

Isuzu Motors

     101,400        1,249,526  

ITOCHU

     263,000        3,902,618  

J Front Retailing

     43,000        659,098  

Japan Airlines

     20,200        623,915  

Japan Airport Terminal

     7,300        278,760  

Japan Exchange Group

     102,300        1,850,905  

Japan Post Bank

     68,200        871,941  

Japan Post Holdings

     92,800        1,150,151  

Japan Prime Realty Investment

     140        484,819  

Japan Real Estate Investment

     220        1,093,399  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Japan (continued)

     

Japan Retail Fund Investment

     430      $ 793,287  

Japan Tobacco

     194,700        6,832,460  

JFE Holdings

     91,900        1,593,696  

JGC

     34,900        565,351  

JSR

     31,300        539,036  

JTEKT

     37,600        548,915  

JXTG Holdings

     539,660        2,354,400  

Kajima

     143,000        1,205,281  

Kakaku.com

     22,800        326,974  

Kamigumi

     41,000        429,411  

Kaneka

     43,000        327,255  

Kansai Electric Power

     119,800        1,647,749  

Kansai Paint

     36,800        845,770  

Kao

     88,900        5,273,535  

Kawasaki Heavy Industries

     244,000        720,231  

KDDI

     325,500        8,609,580  

Keihan Holdings

     86,000        545,935  

Keikyu

     79,000        950,318  

Keio

     97,000        810,669  

Keisei Electric Railway

     23,000        613,470  

Keyence

     17,188        7,539,950  

Kikkoman

     25,000        797,955  

Kintetsu Group Holdings

     369,000        1,420,556  

Kirin Holdings

     143,300        2,916,325  

†Kobe Steel

     52,100        534,549  

Koito Manufacturing

     23,200        1,192,229  

Komatsu

     162,400        4,121,545  

Konami Holdings

     15,200        843,281  

Konica Minolta

     76,200        631,415  

Kose

     5,400        589,091  

Kubota

     185,000        3,104,579  

Kuraray

     56,000        1,014,697  

Kurita Water Industries

     16,000        435,297  

Kyocera

     56,200        3,250,831  

Kyowa Hakko Kirin

     43,700        810,864  

Kyushu Electric Power

     71,900        871,941  

Kyushu Financial Group

     68,000        428,646  

Kyushu Railway

     28,000        907,402  

Lawson

     9,400        656,893  

†LINE

     7,000        241,165  

Lion

     40,000        827,206  

LIXIL Group

     54,700        1,366,102  

M3

     32,700        899,813  

Mabuchi Motor

     8,200        407,539  

Makita

     44,000        1,625,428  

Marubeni

     321,000        2,071,410  

Marui Group

     39,100        575,680  

Maruichi Steel Tube

     14,100        409,304  

Mazda Motor

     110,800        1,544,649  

McDonald’s Holdings

     13,100        501,987  

Mebuki Financial Group

     198,510        737,739  

Medipal Holdings

     37,600        694,668  
 

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund–8


LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Japan (continued)

     

MEIJI Holdings

     22,268      $ 1,803,614  

MINEBEA MITSUMI

     60,000        962,881  

Miraca Holdings

     13,300        597,155  

MISUMI Group

     46,100        1,051,723  

Mitsubishi

     267,100        5,594,911  

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings

     264,600        2,188,081  

Mitsubishi Electric

     341,000        4,897,848  

Mitsubishi Estate

     220,000        4,094,866  

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical

     30,500        644,032  

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

     613,000        2,505,956  

Mitsubishi Materials

     18,800        568,304  

Mitsubishi Motors

     121,700        800,693  

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma

     39,700        916,303  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

     2,131,300        14,302,781  

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance

     106,000        578,653  

Mitsui & Co.

     300,800        4,293,704  

Mitsui Chemicals

     190,000        1,005,112  

Mitsui Fudosan

     157,000        3,741,618  

Mitsui OSK Lines

     193,000        566,259  

Mixi

     8,300        461,214  

Mizuho Financial Group

     4,277,220        7,810,989  

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings

     88,554        2,971,352  

Murata Manufacturing

     33,800        5,129,727  

Nabtesco

     19,000        551,545  

Nagoya Railroad

     155,000        722,116  

NEC

     528,000        1,398,924  

†Nexon

     30,200        596,079  

NGK Insulators

     54,500        1,084,912  

NGK Spark Plug

     30,000        637,208  

NH Foods

     29,000        880,507  

Nidec

     41,900        4,287,788  

Nikon

     57,400        916,563  

Nintendo

     20,000        6,700,156  

Nippon Building Fund

     237        1,209,495  

Nippon Electric Glass

     19,800        719,120  

Nippon Express

     140,000        875,039  

Nippon Paint Holdings

     27,400        1,035,341  

Nippon Prologis REIT

     264        561,917  

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal

     141,822        3,200,215  

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone

     122,200        5,769,122  

†Nippon Yusen

     272,000        505,428  

Nissan Chemical Industries

     20,700        682,792  

Nissan Motor

     414,600        4,121,118  

Nisshin Seifun Group

     31,765        521,062  

Nissin Foods Holdings

     9,900        617,897  

Nitori Holdings

     14,200        1,898,804  

Nitto Denko

     28,700        2,357,751  

NOK

     14,100        297,607  

Nomura Holdings

     639,100        3,826,361  

Nomura Real Estate Holdings

     21,000        411,505  

Nomura Real Estate Master Fund

     690        942,903  

Nomura Research Institute

     22,869        899,714  

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Japan (continued)

     

NSK

     74,300      $ 926,810  

NTT Data

     129,500        1,439,209  

NTT DOCOMO

     244,900        5,774,393  

Obayashi

     113,700        1,335,387  

Obic

     10,900        668,682  

Odakyu Electric Railway

     51,500        1,037,555  

Oji Holdings

     137,000        706,468  

Olympus

     56,300        2,052,278  

Omron

     32,900        1,425,984  

Ono Pharmaceutical

     80,100        1,745,500  

Oracle Corp. Japan

     5,900        382,405  

Oriental Land

     38,600        2,610,970  

ORIX

     232,400        3,595,252  

Osaka Gas

     301,000        1,229,691  

Otsuka

     8,800        545,330  

Otsuka Holdings

     68,300        2,908,709  

Panasonic

     388,700        5,266,760  

Park24

     17,800        451,983  

Pola Orbis Holdings

     14,000        368,686  

Rakuten

     180,700        2,123,898  

Recruit Holdings

     192,900        3,311,757  

Resona Holdings

     383,000        2,106,117  

Ricoh

     138,600        1,222,416  

Rinnai

     5,400        502,672  

Rohm

     15,000        1,150,922  

Ryohin Keikaku

     4,100        1,023,223  

Sankyo

     7,600        257,444  

Santen Pharmaceutical

     62,800        850,920  

SBI Holdings

     35,870        485,389  

Secom

     36,600        2,774,083  

Sega Sammy Holdings

     31,700        426,143  

Seibu Holdings

     30,000        553,990  

Seiko Epson

     57,900        1,286,438  

Sekisui Chemical

     65,300        1,167,533  

Sekisui House

     116,900        2,057,378  

Seven & i Holdings

     133,000        5,472,541  

Seven Bank

     91,400        326,675  

†Sharp

     281,000        1,041,805  

Shimadzu

     39,000        741,338  

Shimamura

     3,500        428,184  

Shimano

     14,300        2,260,538  

Shimizu

     93,000        984,779  

Shin-Etsu Chemical

     68,800        6,230,078  

Shinsei Bank

     301,000        524,525  

Shionogi & Co.

     52,000        2,893,692  

Shiseido

     67,200        2,386,280  

Shizuoka Bank

     90,000        812,180  

Showa Shell Sekiyu

     36,300        336,293  

SMC

     10,000        3,036,230  

SoftBank Group

     146,700        11,865,125  

Sohgo Security Services

     11,900        535,355  

Sompo Holdings

     61,375        2,367,692  
 

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund–9


LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Japan (continued)

     

Sony

     223,800      $ 8,528,178  

Sony Financial Holdings

     29,300        498,601  

Stanley Electric

     25,300        762,543  

Start Today

     29,400        722,747  

Subaru

     108,300        3,645,466  

Sumitomo

     207,400        2,695,877  

Sumitomo Chemical

     278,000        1,596,693  

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma

     36,600        498,847  

Sumitomo Electric Industries

     133,500        2,053,390  

Sumitomo Heavy Industries

     93,000        612,696  

Sumitomo Metal Mining

     100,000        1,334,074  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

     238,500        9,285,543  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings

     63,746        2,277,797  

Sumitomo Realty & Development

     69,000        2,125,672  

Sumitomo Rubber Industries

     28,800        485,484  

Sundrug

     12,600        469,384  

Suntory Beverage & Food

     22,100        1,025,668  

Suruga Bank

     29,100        704,247  

Suzuken Aichi

     13,050        432,776  

Suzuki Motor

     59,800        2,833,821  

Sysmex

     30,300        1,807,628  

T&D Holdings

     96,500        1,466,697  

Taiheiyo Cement

     198,000        720,000  

Taisei

     183,000        1,669,331  

Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings

     7,700        585,330  

Taiyo Nippon Sanso

     21,900        245,529  

Takashimaya

     70,000        665,303  

Takeda Pharmaceutical

     125,800        6,385,350  

TDK

     24,100        1,583,454  

Teijin

     31,600        607,136  

Terumo

     57,100        2,246,433  

THK

     20,300        573,941  

Tobu Railway

     167,000        910,167  

Toho (Tokyo)

     25,100        772,136  

Toho Gas

     60,000        436,364  

Tohoku Electric Power

     71,500        988,509  

Tokio Marine Holdings

     120,400        4,978,710  

†Tokyo Electric Power Holdings

     243,500        1,002,361  

Tokyo Electron

     27,400        3,693,123  

Tokyo Gas

     343,000        1,781,862  

Tokyo Tatemono

     32,000        418,795  

Tokyu

     208,000        1,584,850  

Tokyu Fudosan Holdings

     86,300        509,475  

Toppan Printing

     89,000        974,866  

Toray Industries

     282,000        2,357,543  

†Toshiba

     769,000        1,858,317  

Tosoh

     104,000        1,064,272  

TOTO

     29,400        1,121,369  

Toyo Seikan Group Holdings

     27,500        463,570  

Toyo Suisan Kaisha

     13,900        532,025  

Toyoda Gosei

     10,900        259,623  

Toyota Industries

     28,600        1,502,787  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Japan (continued)

     

Toyota Motor

     462,000      $ 24,205,966  

Toyota Tsusho

     36,000        1,077,039  

Trend Micro

     18,500        952,345  

Tsuruha Holdings

     6,500        689,442  

Unicharm

     66,600        1,670,995  

United Urban Investment

     495        706,357  

USS

     37,900        752,440  

West Japan Railway

     27,300        1,926,231  

Yahoo Japan

     239,700        1,042,128  

Yakult Honsha

     14,800        1,006,624  

Yamada Denki

     105,800        524,885  

Yamaguchi Financial Group

     32,000        386,077  

Yamaha

     28,600        986,601  

Yamaha Motor

     44,800        1,154,304  

Yamato Holdings

     59,400        1,203,315  

Yamazaki Baking

     28,900        575,302  

Yaskawa Electric

     42,700        903,923  

Yokogawa Electric

     50,700        811,831  

Yokohama Rubber

     16,000        320,782  
     

 

 

 
        568,662,281  
     

 

 

 

Netherlands–4.15%

     

#ABN AMRO Group CVA 144A

     56,426        1,495,814  

Akzo Nobel

     44,324        3,852,030  

†Altice Class A

     62,218        1,435,458  

†Altice Class B-W/I

     16,305        376,273  

ASML Holding

     66,213        8,628,833  

Boskalis Westminster

     16,280        528,726  

CNH Industrial

     171,205        1,938,797  

EXOR

     18,655        1,009,730  

Gemalto

     13,504        810,510  

Heineken

     40,383        3,926,489  

Heineken Holding

     16,973        1,555,703  

ING Groep

     689,080        11,884,194  

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize

     226,025        4,321,506  

Koninklijke DSM

     31,198        2,267,671  

Koninklijke KPN

     604,559        1,934,082  

Koninklijke Philips

     171,640        6,095,821  

Koninklijke Vopak

     11,600        537,907  

NN Group

     54,924        1,952,203  

†NXP Semiconductors

     55,320        6,054,774  

Randstad Holding

     20,765        1,212,400  

RELX

     174,050        3,578,242  

Royal Dutch Shell Class B

     667,510        17,931,342  

Unilever CVA

     284,999        15,728,721  

Wolters Kluwer

     50,998        2,158,939  
     

 

 

 
        101,216,165  
     

 

 

 

New Zealand–0.16%

     

Auckland International Airport

     171,922        898,269  

Contact Energy

     130,095        496,688  

Fletcher Building

     113,652        665,441  
 

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund–10


LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

New Zealand (continued)

     

Mercury

     115,924      $ 282,031  

Meridian Energy

     215,758        460,093  

Ryman Healthcare

     58,695        356,567  

Spark New Zealand

     302,819        838,804  
     

 

 

 
        3,997,893  
     

 

 

 

Norway–0.60%

     

DNB

     170,641        2,902,353  

Gjensidige Forsikring

     32,572        555,953  

†Marine Harvest

     64,411        1,102,480  

Norsk Hydro

     226,423        1,255,141  

Orkla

     137,241        1,394,807  

Schibsted Class A

     14,689        354,700  

Schibsted Class B

     15,002        331,531  

Statoil

     202,310        3,353,760  

Telenor

     124,978        2,073,299  

Yara International

     31,230        1,173,077  
     

 

 

 
        14,497,101  
     

 

 

 

Portugal–0.15%

     

Energias de Portugal

     389,897        1,274,954  

Galp Energia

     99,416        1,505,079  

Jeronimo Martins

     41,950        818,836  
     

 

 

 
        3,598,869  
     

 

 

 

Singapore–1.32%

     

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust

     514,387        975,159  

CapitaLand

     432,300        1,099,001  

CapitaLand Commercial Trust

     490,700        591,656  

CapitaLand Mall Trust

     545,400        782,397  

City Developments

     95,300        742,741  

ComfortDelGro

     363,000        606,428  

DBS Group Holdings

     318,795        4,802,476  

Genting Singapore

     1,017,800        802,116  

Global Logistic Properties

     449,000        932,733  

Golden Agri-Resources

     1,199,480        326,715  

Hutchison Port Holdings Trust

     909,400        391,042  

Jardine Cycle & Carriage

     22,288        717,976  

Keppel

     246,515        1,126,261  

Oversea-Chinese Banking

     552,455        4,329,754  

SATS

     113,200        420,158  

Sembcorp Industries

     151,000        337,810  

Singapore Airlines

     91,000        668,909  

Singapore Exchange

     135,000        719,738  

Singapore Press Holdings

     341,200        800,491  

Singapore Technologies Engineering

     338,800        905,599  

Singapore Telecommunications

     1,508,700        4,262,824  

StarHub

     118,000        233,129  

Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust

     451,000        612,580  

United Overseas Bank

     233,185        3,915,916  

UOL Group

     77,051        427,579  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Singapore (continued)

     

Wilmar International

     283,300      $ 689,344  
     

 

 

 
        32,220,532  
     

 

 

 

South Africa–0.03%

     

Mediclinic International

     62,675        605,294  
     

 

 

 
        605,294  
     

 

 

 

Spain–3.38%

     

Abertis Infraestructuras

     122,686        2,272,841  

ACS Actividades de
Construccion y Servicios

     41,764        1,613,478  

#Aena 144A

     11,355        2,215,773  

Amadeus IT Group

     77,050        4,606,939  

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria

     1,186,424        9,844,614  

Banco de Sabadell

     890,297        1,808,981  

Banco Santander

     2,596,291        17,175,329  

Bankia

     208,766        1,009,087  

Bankinter

     120,397        1,109,030  

CaixaBank

     640,406        3,057,418  

Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion

     104,799        652,464  

Enagas

     38,184        1,070,671  

Endesa

     53,477        1,231,959  

Ferrovial

     82,483        1,830,932  

Gamesa Corp. Tecnologica

     42,189        900,840  

Gas Natural SDG

     61,664        1,443,101  

Grifols

     50,221        1,398,722  

Iberdrola

     1,028,891        8,147,300  

Industria de Diseno Textil

     193,013        7,409,318  

Mapfre

     181,469        633,816  

Red Electrica

     84,952        1,775,126  

Repsol

     197,306        3,019,731  

Telefonica

     804,686        8,306,574  
     

 

 

 
        82,534,044  
     

 

 

 

Sweden–2.97%

     

Alfa Laval

     49,739        1,017,841  

†ArcelorMittal

     107,045        2,428,112  

Assa Abloy Class B

     175,735        3,861,093  

Atlas Copco Class A

     118,102        4,527,989  

Atlas Copco Class B

     65,964        2,279,265  

Boliden

     53,867        1,469,966  

Electrolux Class B

     40,505        1,327,457  

†Essity Class B

     106,614        2,916,962  

Getinge Class B

     35,029        685,637  

Hennes & Mauritz Class B

     167,276        4,167,654  

Hexagon Class B

     45,750        2,174,899  

Husqvarna Class B

     76,246        757,509  

ICA Gruppen

     14,943        556,236  

Industrivarden Class C

     25,640        614,773  

Investor Class B

     79,770        3,844,246  

Kinnevik Class B

     39,633        1,213,260  

L E Lundbergforetagen Class B

     6,376        503,287  
 

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund–11


LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Sweden (continued)

     

†Lundin Petroleum

     31,520      $ 606,478  

Millicom International Cellular SDR

     11,134        657,623  

Nordea Bank

     537,580        6,840,431  

Sandvik

     185,841        2,922,826  

Securitas Class B

     53,264        897,775  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken Class A

     265,782        3,214,736  

Skanska Class B

     66,792        1,584,830  

SKF Class B

     67,025        1,358,050  

Svenska Handelsbanken Class A

     268,275        3,840,370  

Swedbank Class A

     159,200        3,879,516  

Swedish Match

     31,779        1,119,189  

Tele2 Class B

     56,196        588,328  

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B

     538,519        3,851,267  

Telia

     459,772        2,116,937  

Volvo Class B

     272,230        4,640,192  
     

 

 

 
        72,464,734  
     

 

 

 

Switzerland–8.70%

     

ABB

     352,745        8,711,025  

†Adecco Group

     28,775        2,187,608  

Baloise Holding

     8,418        1,301,020  

†Barry Callebaut

     344        472,825  

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli Class R

     17        1,185,160  

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli PC

     169        979,914  

Cie Financiere Richemont Class A

     92,461        7,617,498  

†Credit Suisse Group

     418,488        6,048,851  

†Dufry

     5,514        903,378  

EMS-Chemie Holding

     1,378        1,016,004  

Geberit

     6,468        3,016,466  

Givaudan

     1,614        3,228,337  

†Glencore

     2,171,205        8,121,688  

†Julius Baer Group

     39,607        2,083,818  

Kuehne + Nagel International Class R

     9,092        1,517,072  

†LafargeHolcim

     80,244        4,594,218  

†Lonza Group

     13,227        2,859,482  

Nestle

     550,753        47,930,273  

Novartis

     395,178        32,886,854  

Pargesa Holding Bearer Shares

     4,834        367,755  

Partners Group Holding

     2,863        1,775,006  

Roche Holding

     124,331        31,662,979  

Schindler Holding

     3,438        712,769  

Schindler Holding PC

     7,448        1,575,972  

SGS

     969        2,346,457  

Sika Bearer Shares

     365        2,344,770  

Sonova Holding

     8,974        1,457,140  

Straumann Holding Class R

     1,686        959,133  

Swatch Group

     5,198        1,919,503  

Swatch Group Bearer Shares

     8,354        610,280  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Switzerland (continued)

     

†Swiss Life Holding

     5,294      $ 1,786,566  

Swiss Prime Site

     12,045        1,094,086  

Swiss Re

     57,200        5,228,470  

Swisscom

     4,584        2,211,927  

†UBS Group

     649,977        11,008,058  

Vifor Pharma

     8,627        950,958  

Zurich Insurance Group

     26,680        7,765,552  
     

 

 

 
        212,438,872  
     

 

 

 

United Kingdom–16.47%

     

3i Group

     172,155        2,023,615  

Aberdeen Asset Management

     155,322        610,943  

Admiral Group

     35,605        928,866  

Aegon

     311,943        1,592,953  

†Anglo American (London Stock Exchange)

     246,272        3,284,551  

Antofagasta

     66,393        691,356  

Ashtead Group

     97,536        2,018,598  

Associated British Foods

     63,046        2,410,875  

AstraZeneca

     225,104        15,055,137  

#Auto Trader Group 144A

     168,540        834,157  

Aviva

     715,041        4,898,665  

Babcock International Group

     41,546        476,453  

BAE Systems

     559,385        4,615,497  

Barclays

     3,034,074        8,012,132  

Barratt Developments

     163,481        1,199,837  

Berkeley Group Holdings

     22,114        929,453  

BHP Billiton (London Stock Exchange)

     373,639        5,722,958  

BP

     3,428,214        19,771,362  

British American Tobacco

     326,930        22,286,894  

British Land

     192,836        1,520,769  

BT Group

     1,497,236        5,747,846  

Bunzl

     65,517        1,952,410  

Burberry Group

     77,675        1,680,397  

Capita

     112,215        1,010,658  

Carnival

     33,424        2,211,481  

Centrica

     1,016,953        2,651,710  

Cobham

     402,558        679,508  

Coca-Cola European Partners

     42,766        1,736,446  

†Coca-Cola HBC

     29,789        876,074  

Compass Group

     278,901        5,884,725  

#†ConvaTec Group 144A

     207,209        861,455  

Croda International

     22,097        1,118,112  

DCC

     15,080        1,372,902  

Diageo

     447,607        13,225,031  

Direct Line Insurance Group

     242,254        1,121,371  

Dixons Carphone

     164,784        608,671  

easyJet

     26,750        473,483  

Experian

     166,439        3,414,261  

Fresnillo

     36,441        705,294  

G4S

     261,232        1,110,549  
 

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund–12


LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

United Kingdom (continued)

 

  

GKN

     301,284      $ 1,279,248  

GlaxoSmithKline

     868,905        18,509,040  

Hammerson

     133,317        997,554  

Hargreaves Lansdown

     43,922        744,825  

Hikma Pharmaceuticals

     26,275        503,062  

HSBC Holdings

     3,513,004        32,563,919  

IMI

     45,784        712,595  

Imperial Brands

     170,033        7,637,030  

Inmarsat

     75,942        761,118  

InterContinental Hotels Group

     29,505        1,639,774  

International Consolidated Airlines Group

     34,180        271,280  

International Consolidated Airlines Group (London Stock Exchange)

     102,223        812,156  

Intertek Group

     27,383        1,503,993  

Intu Properties

     158,853        556,763  

Investec

     139,504        1,042,032  

ITV

     712,834        1,684,173  

J Sainsbury

     333,823        1,094,361  

Johnson Matthey

     38,061        1,423,228  

Kingfisher

     436,260        1,708,598  

Land Securities Group

     153,602        2,026,597  

Legal & General Group

     1,043,054        3,509,072  

Lloyds Banking Group

     12,646,139        10,895,542  

London Stock Exchange Group

     53,456        2,538,483  

Marks & Spencer Group

     264,394        1,147,752  

Meggitt

     130,524        810,735  

#Merlin Entertainments 144A

     119,494        747,826  

Mondi

     72,291        1,896,290  

National Grid

     611,879        7,585,292  

Next

     27,365        1,374,338  

Old Mutual

     857,223        2,159,292  

Pearson

     161,264        1,452,415  

Persimmon

     52,523        1,533,720  

Petrofac

     43,679        251,453  

Provident Financial

     24,853        787,557  

Prudential

     457,941        10,503,401  

Randgold Resources

     15,997        1,417,842  

Reckitt Benckiser Group

     117,698        11,932,542  

RELX

     190,443        4,117,505  

Rio Tinto

     219,631        9,274,013  

†Rolls-Royce Holdings

     292,872        3,398,730  

†Royal Bank of Scotland Group

     597,328        1,923,191  

Royal Dutch Shell Class A

     776,342        20,576,834  

Royal Mail

     151,527        831,265  

RSA Insurance Group

     166,186        1,332,243  

Sage Group

     210,171        1,883,312  

Schroders

     23,299        941,933  

Segro

     170,130        1,083,998  

Severn Trent

     41,713        1,185,461  

Shire

     160,477        8,857,982  

Sky

     178,892        2,315,999  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DCOMMON STOCK (continued)

 

United Kingdom (continued)

 

  

Smith & Nephew

     152,808      $ 2,637,078  

Smiths Group

     64,844        1,348,763  

SSE

     177,774        3,364,302  

St James’s Place

     92,031        1,416,813  

†Standard Chartered

     579,894        5,870,059  

Standard Life

     386,152        2,007,248  

Tate & Lyle

     78,530        677,103  

Taylor Wimpey

     554,176        1,271,788  

†Tesco

     1,432,622        3,149,670  

Travis Perkins

     42,088        797,595  

TUI

     77,915        1,135,566  

Unilever

     228,156        12,347,072  

United Utilities Group

     133,977        1,513,773  

Vodafone Group

     4,733,307        13,424,060  

Weir Group

     36,368        819,931  

Whitbread

     35,922        1,856,025  

Wm Morrison Supermarkets

     392,650        1,233,514  

Wolseley

     44,117        2,708,099  

#Worldpay Group 144A

     353,936        1,451,177  
     

 

 

 
        402,094,455  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $1,951,674,812)

        2,404,612,157  
     

 

 

 

DPREFERRED STOCK–0.53%

 

Germany–0.53%

     

Bayerische Motoren Werke 4.30%

     10,228        843,200  

FUCHS PETROLUB 1.83%

     12,670        689,907  

Henkel 1.53%

     31,330        4,311,919  

Porsche Automobil Holding 1.89%

     30,053        1,688,448  

Schaeffler 3.99%

     27,682        396,477  

Volkswagen 1.49%

     32,752        4,988,316  
     

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $11,124,627)

        12,918,267  
     

 

 

 

DRIGHTS–0.01%

     

Spain–0.01%

     

†ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios expiration date 7/11/17

     41,764        33,391  

†Repsol expiration date 7/3/17

     197,302        90,139  
     

 

 

 

Total Rights
(Cost $128,278)

        123,530  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund–13


LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–0.16%

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     3,827,324      $ 3,827,324  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $3,827,324)

        3,827,324  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.21% (Cost $1,966,755,041)

   $ 2,421,481,278  

«RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.79%

     19,394,379  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 262,310,141 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 2,440,875,657  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP SSGA INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND STANDARD CLASS ($2,144,116,355 / 230,395,817 Shares)

   $ 9.306  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP SSGA INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND SERVICE CLASS ($296,759,302 / 31,914,324 Shares)

   $ 9.299  
  

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 2,137,074,811  

Undistributed net investment income

     40,765,269  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (191,711,597

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

     454,747,174  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 2,440,875,657  
  

 

 

 

 

 

#

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At June 30, 2017, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $14,008,770, which represents 0.57% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 6 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

D

Securities have been classified by country of origin. Classification by type of business has been presented on page 2.

 

Securities listed and traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. These securities have significant business operations in China.

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

«

Includes $1,182,938 cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts, $60,754 expense reimbursement from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation, $855,939 payable for fund shares redeemed and $791,370 due to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

 

=

The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs and is reported as a Level 3 security in the disclosure table located in Note 3 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

Securities listed and traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

The following futures contract was outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contract    

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

       Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
     Notional
Value
     Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Equity Contracts:

             

266     E-mini MSCI EAFE Index

       $25,198,132        $25,131,680        9/18/17        $(66,452)  

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional value presented above represents the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund–14


LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

Summary of Abbreviations:

ADR–American Depositary Receipt

CDI–Chess Depository Interest

CVA–Dutch Certificate

EAFE–Europe Australasia Far East

FDR–Fiduciary Depositary Receipt

GDR–Global Depository Receipt

MSCI–Morgan Stanley Capital International

PC–Participation Certificate

REIT–Real Estate Investment Trust

RSP–Risparmio Italian Savings Shares

SDR–Special Drawing Right

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund–15


LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $ 52,155,275  

Foreign tax withheld

     (4,631,583
  

 

 

 
     47,523,692  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     4,784,505  

Index fees

     393,014  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     360,886  

Accounting and administration expenses

     297,890  

Custodian fees

     128,766  

Shareholder servicing fees

     119,443  

Professional fees

     60,060  

Pricing fees

     50,100  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     43,699  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     31,975  

Consulting fees

     3,383  

Other

     13,980  
  

 

 

 
     6,287,701  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (958,099

Expenses reimbursed

     (99,655
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     5,229,947  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     42,293,745  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments

     (8,704,002

Foreign currencies

     4,517  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     (32,822

Futures contracts

     5,154,938  
  

 

 

 

Net realized loss

     (3,577,369
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     276,364,886  

Foreign currencies

     712,008  

Futures contracts

     158,718  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     277,235,612  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     273,658,243  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 315,951,988  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 42,293,745     $ 66,845,309  

Net realized loss

     (3,577,369     (112,266,814

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     277,235,612       77,902,771  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     315,951,988       32,481,266  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (63,172,869

Service Class

           (7,704,545
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (70,877,414
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     103,655,671       773,109,377  

Service Class

     19,476,876       34,367,671  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           63,172,869  

Service Class

           7,704,545  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     123,132,547       878,354,462  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (287,139,754     (927,321,696

Service Class

     (32,770,247     (35,246,758
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (319,910,001     (962,568,454
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (196,777,454     (84,213,992
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

     119,174,534       (122,610,140

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     2,321,701,123       2,444,311,263  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 2,440,875,657     $ 2,321,701,123  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (Distributions in excess of) net investment income

   $ 40,765,269     $ (1,528,476
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund–16


LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA International Index Fund Standard Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 8.152      $ 8.326     $ 8.657     $ 9.458     $ 7.942     $ 6.851

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.156        0.238       0.222       0.300       0.202       0.206

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.998        (0.154 )       (0.329 )       (0.849 )       1.461       1.031
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.154        0.084       (0.107 )       (0.549 )       1.663       1.237
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.258 )       (0.224 )       (0.252 )       (0.147 )       (0.146 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.258 )       (0.224 )       (0.252 )       (0.147 )       (0.146 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 9.306      $ 8.152     $ 8.326     $ 8.657     $ 9.458     $ 7.942
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       14.16%        1.02%       (1.22% )       (5.84% )       20.98%       18.13%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 2,144,117      $ 2,049,699     $ 2,173,659     $ 1,861,073     $ 1,552,699     $ 800,954

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.41%        0.41%       0.41%       0.43%       0.47%       0.50%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.50%        0.49%       0.48%       0.48%       0.51%       0.54%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       3.57%        2.94%       2.48%       3.18%       2.32%       2.80%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       3.48%        2.86%       2.41%       3.13%       2.28%       2.76%

Portfolio turnover

       1%        18%       1%       2%       6%       11%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund–17


LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA International Index Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
   12/31/16   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 8.155      $ 8.330     $ 8.660     $ 9.460     $ 7.944     $ 6.855

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.145        0.218       0.200       0.276       0.180       0.187

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.999        (0.155 )       (0.329 )       (0.847 )       1.461       1.030
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.144        0.063       (0.129 )       (0.571 )       1.641       1.217
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.238 )       (0.201 )       (0.229 )       (0.125 )       (0.128 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.238 )       (0.201 )       (0.229 )       (0.125 )       (0.128 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 9.299      $ 8.155     $ 8.330     $ 8.660     $ 9.460     $ 7.944
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       14.03%        0.76%       (1.46% )       (6.08% )       20.69%       17.82%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 296,759      $ 272,002     $ 270,652     $ 288,408     $ 315,299     $ 217,638

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.66%        0.66%       0.66%       0.68%       0.72%       0.75%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.75%        0.74%       0.73%       0.73%       0.76%       0.79%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       3.32%        2.69%       2.23%       2.93%       2.07%       2.55%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       3.23%        2.61%       2.16%       2.88%       2.03%       2.51%

Portfolio turnover

       1%        18%       1%       2%       6%       11%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund–18


LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP SSGA International Index Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”), Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”), and to unaffiliated insurance companies. Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek to approximate as closely as practicable, before fees and expenses, the performance of a broad market index of non-U.S. foreign securities.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in a government money market fund have a stable NAV. Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are used when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (“Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund does not separate that portion of realized gains and losses on foreign equity securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices. These changes are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund–19


LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction. There were no commission rebates for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.40% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee as follows: 0.052% of the first $1 billion of the average daily net assets of the Fund and 0.10% of the average daily net assets of the Fund in excess of $1 billion. This agreement will continue at least through April 30, 2018 and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

Effective May 1, 2017, LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses exceed

0.41% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for the Standard Class (and 0.66% for the Service Class). The agreement will continue at the least through April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 67,669  

Legal

     16,333  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln. Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $21,139 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered

 

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund–20


LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivables due from and liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 60,754  

Management fees payable to LIAC

     649,494  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     61,766  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     58,971  

Printing & mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     21,139  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 32,057,602  

Sales

     160,155,145  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 1,966,755,041  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 688,903,619  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (234,177,382
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 454,726,237  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses; however, there may be a greater likelihood that all or a portion of the Fund’s pre-enactment capital loss carryovers, if any, may expire without being utilized, due to the fact that post-enactment capital losses must be utilized before pre-enactment capital loss carryovers. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss, whereas before the Act, capital losses carried forward were treated as short-term.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

                            Pre-Enactment
Short-Term
Capital Losses Expiring In
   Post-Enactment
Losses (No Expiration)*
                                 
    2018      Short-Term        Long-Term          Total     
   $56,183    $ 11,641,135      $ 138,034,523       $149,731,841   

*Capital Loss Carryovers with no expiration must be utilized first.

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default

 

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LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

             rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs, including related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. The Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Valuations may also be based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which is received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1     Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

          

Assets:

          

Common Stock

          

Australia

   $ 170,439,637     $      $ 3,656      $ 170,443,293  

Austria

     5,434,591                     5,434,591  

Belgium

     27,909,917                     27,909,917  

China

     254,120                     254,120  

Denmark

     43,346,084                     43,346,084  

Finland

     23,975,117                     23,975,117  

France

     251,227,857                     251,227,857  

Germany

     217,567,240                     217,567,240  

Hong Kong

     84,124,438                     84,124,438  

Ireland

     17,104,255                     17,104,255  

Israel

     16,371,854                     16,371,854  

Italy

     52,523,151                     52,523,151  

Japan

     568,662,281                     568,662,281  

Netherlands

     101,216,165                     101,216,165  

New Zealand

     3,997,893                     3,997,893  

Norway

     14,497,101                     14,497,101  

Portugal

     3,598,869                     3,598,869  

Singapore

     32,220,532                     32,220,532  

South Africa

     605,294                     605,294  

Spain

     82,534,044                     82,534,044  

Sweden

     72,464,734                     72,464,734  

Switzerland

     212,438,872                     212,438,872  

United Kingdom

     402,094,455                     402,094,455  

Preferred Stock

     12,918,267                     12,918,267  

Rights

     33,391       90,139               123,530  

Money Market Fund

     3,827,324                     3,827,324  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 2,421,387,483     $ 90,139      $ 3,656      $ 2,421,481,278  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivatives:

          

Liabilities:

          

Futures Contracts

   $ (66,452   $      $      $ (66,452
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. This does not include transfers between Level 1 investments and Level 2 investments that resulted from the Fund’s use of international fair value pricing during the period. In accordance with the fair value procedures described in Note 1, international fair value pricing uses other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to the events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded, causing a change in classification between levels. International fair value pricing was not utilized at June 30, 2017. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

 

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LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     11,873,278       95,184,197  

Service Class

     2,247,371       4,259,921  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

     —         7,738,747  

Service Class

     —         943,145  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     14,120,649       108,126,010  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (32,912,659     (112,565,620

Service Class

     (3,687,367     (4,340,992
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (36,600,026     (116,906,612
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (22,479,377     (8,780,602
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that the counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. This risk is generally mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty.

No foreign currency exchange contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. The Fund uses index futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objectives of maintaining full exposure to the stock market, enhancing returns, maintaining liquidity and minimizing costs. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to control overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

 

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LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts as a cash management tool; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce transaction costs.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

  

Liability Derivatives

    

        Statement of Net Assets Location         

   Fair Value   

        Statement of Net Assets Location         

   Fair Value

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Receivables and other assets net of liabilities    $—    Receivables and other assets net of liabilities    $(66,452)

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts      $ 5,154,938     $ 158,718

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts contracts        (32,822 )      
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

        $ 5,122,116     $ 158,718
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long
Derivative
Volume
     Short
Derivative
Volume
 

Foreign currency exchange contracts (average cost)

   $ 38,400      $ 515,600  

Futures contracts (average notional value)

     43,083,096         

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights to help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and foreign currency exchange contracts and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting items and netting provisions in the event of a default or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counter party certain derivative financial instrument payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of an ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out) netting including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Net Assets.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had no open derivatives subject to the offsetting provisions.

6. Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of equity securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

 

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LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC, the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. Rule 144A securities are identified on the Statement of Net Assets.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation      2  
Schedule of Investments      3  
Statement of Assets and Liabilities      4  
Statement of Operations      5  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      5  
Financial Highlights      6  
Notes to Financial Statements      8  

 

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,138.70       0.25 %         $1.33        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,137.30       0.50 %         2.65        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.55       0.25 %         $1.25        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.32       0.50 %         2.51        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies (“Underlying Funds”). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial Statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

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LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

 

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Affiliated Investment

     93.12

International Equity Fund

     93.12

Unaffiliated Investments

     6.50

Common Stock

     0.01

Money Market Fund

     6.49

Total Value of Securities

     99.62

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.38

Total Net Assets

     100.00
 

 

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LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENT–93.12%

 

International Equity Fund–93.12%

 

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

     40,604,860      $   377,868,829  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment
(Cost $334,240,737)

        377,868,829  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–6.50%

 

Common Stock–0.01%

     

China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Holdings

     19,861      $ 62,575  
     

 

 

 
        62,575  
     

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–6.49%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     26,325,913        26,325,913  
     

 

 

 
        26,325,913  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $26,378,273)

 

     26,388,488  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.62% (Cost $360,619,010)

     404,257,317  

RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.38%

     1,536,241  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 43,388,990 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 405,793,558  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

Standard Class shares.

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

          Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
     Notional
Value
     Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Currency Contracts:

                 

  80     British Pound

        $  6,415,240      $ 6,522,500        9/19/17      $ 107,260      $  

  79     Euro

        11,197,001        11,323,663        9/19/17        126,662         

  70     Japanese Yen

        8,056,335        7,796,250        9/19/17               (260,085
              

 

 

    

 

 

 
                 233,922        (260,085
              

 

 

    

 

 

 

Equity Contracts:

                 

309     Euro STOXX 50 Index

        12,542,991        12,108,834        9/18/17               (434,157

  73     FTSE 100 Index

        7,070,406        6,886,086        9/18/17               (184,320

  45     Nikkei 225 Index (OSE)

        8,047,828        8,009,780        9/8/17               (38,048
              

 

 

    

 

 

 
                        (656,525
              

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

               $ 233,922      $ (916,610
              

 

 

    

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 6 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

FTSE–Financial Times Stock Exchange

OSE–Osaka Securities Exchange

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

ASSETS:

  

Affiliated investment, at value

   $ 377,868,829  

Unaffiliated investments, at value

     26,388,488  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

   $ 404,257,317  
  

 

 

 

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at value

     3,332,574  

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

     233,922  

Foreign currencies, at value

     229,534  

Receivable for investments sold

     125,316  

Expense reimbursement receivable from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation

     25,154  

Receivable for fund shares sold

     23,704  

Dividends receivable from investments

     16,924  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     408,244,445  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

     916,610  

Cash collateral due to broker for futures contracts

     852,028  

Payable for fund shares redeemed

     286,869  

Due to manager and affiliates

     171,442  

Cash due to custodian

     132,709  

Other accrued expenses payable

     91,229  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     2,450,887  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 405,793,558  
  

 

 

 

Affiliated investment, at cost

   $ 334,240,737  

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

     26,378,273  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

   $ 360,619,010  
  

 

 

 

Foreign currencies, at cost

   $ 229,840  
  

 

 

 

Foreign currencies collateral held at broker for futures contracts, at cost

   $ 3,332,574  
  

 

 

 

Standard Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 19,933,364  

Shares Outstanding

     2,130,292  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 9.357  

Service Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 385,860,194  

Shares Outstanding

     41,258,698  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 9.352  

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 369,747,329  

Accumulated net investment loss

     (857,556

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (6,051,528

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and derivatives

     42,955,313  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 405,793,558  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund–4


LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends from unaffiliated investments

   $ 72,461  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     1,497,107  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     468,864  

Professional fees

     28,896  

Accounting and administration expenses

     28,849  

Shareholder servicing fees

     19,874  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     7,579  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     5,198  

Custodian fees

     3,002  

Consulting fees

     2,227  

Pricing fees

     48  

Other

     1,468  
  

 

 

 
     2,063,112  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (1,044,035

Expenses reimbursed

     (57,742
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     961,335  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT LOSS

     (888,874
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Sale of affiliated investment

     (1,455,736

Foreign currencies

     116,542  

Futures contracts

     3,554,003  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     2,214,809  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Affiliated investment

     50,291,653  

Unaffiliated investments

     15,734  

Foreign currencies

     83  

Futures contracts

     (725,635
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     49,581,835  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     51,796,644  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 50,907,770  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (888,874   $ 2,896,929  

Net realized gain (loss)

     2,214,809       (6,426,192

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     49,581,835       (344,991
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     50,907,770       (3,874,254
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (175,166

Service Class

           (2,656,159
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (2,831,325
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     1,383,144       311,803  

Service Class

     16,538,340       60,950,021  

Net assets from merger*:

    

Standard Class

           17,389,443  

Service Class

           237,476,930  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           175,166  

Service Class

           2,656,159  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     17,921,484       318,959,522  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (1,451,145     (126,636

Service Class

     (39,070,901     (19,229,452
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (40,522,046     (19,356,088
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (22,600,562     299,603,434  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     28,307,208       292,897,855  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     377,486,350       84,588,495  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 405,793,558     $ 377,486,350  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (accumulated) net investment income (loss)

   $ (857,556   $ 31,318  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

*See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund–5


LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund Standard Class
     Six Months            
     Ended           1/2/143
     6/30/171   Year Ended   to
     (unaudited)   12/31/162   12/31/15   12/31/14
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 8.217     $ 8.611     $ 9.123     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)4

       (0.009 )       0.218       0.328       0.334

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.149       (0.529 )       (0.645 )       (0.989 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.140       (0.311 )       (0.317 )       (0.655 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                

Net investment income

             (0.083 )       (0.194 )       (0.222 )

Return of capital

                   (0.001 )      
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.083 )       (0.195 )       (0.222 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 9.357     $ 8.217     $ 8.611     $ 9.123
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

       13.87%       (3.60% )       (3.50% )       (6.57% )

Ratios and supplemental data:

                

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 19,934     $ 17,549     $ 9     $ 9

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

       0.25%       0.25%       0.25%       0.25%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

       0.81%       0.84%       0.92%       1.26%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.21% )       2.64%       3.52%       3.27%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.77% )       2.05%       2.85%       2.26%

Portfolio turnover

       2%       10%       7%       46%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund–6


LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund Service Class
     Six Months            
     Ended           1/2/143
     6/30/171   Year Ended   to
     (unaudited)   12/31/162   12/31/15   12/31/14
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 8.223     $ 8.613     $ 9.125     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)4

       (0.020 )       0.197       0.301       0.302

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.149       (0.526 )       (0.641 )       (0.981 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.129       (0.329 )       (0.340 )       (0.679 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                

Net investment income

             (0.061 )       (0.171 )       (0.196 )

Return of capital

                   (0.001 )      
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.061 )       (0.172 )       (0.196 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 9.352     $ 8.223     $ 8.613     $ 9.125
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

       13.73%       (3.81% )       (3.76% )       (6.80% )

Ratios and supplemental data:

                

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 385,860     $ 359,937     $ 84,579     $ 16,584

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

       0.50%       0.50%       0.50%       0.50%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed6

       1.06%       1.09%       1.17%       1.51%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.46% )       2.39%       3.27%       3.02%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (1.02% )       1.80%       2.60%       2.01%

Portfolio turnover

       2%       10%       7%       46%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund–7


LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in open-end investment companies, primarily the LVIP SSGA International Index Fund (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Fund is advised by Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”). The LVIP SSGA International Index Fund, which is subadvised by an unaffiliated sub-adviser, invests primarily in the securities of companies located in developed countries outside of the United States. In addition to investment company investments, the Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments, and employs an actively managed risk-management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of open-end Underlying Funds are valued under the valuation policy of the Underlying Funds. For information regarding the determination of each Underlying Fund’s NAV, see the Underlying Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax return to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2014–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The

 

LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund–8


LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

LIAC is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.76% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment adviser of the Underlying Fund (including LIAC). LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.53% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. This agreement will continue at least through April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC.

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses (excluding Underlying Fund fees and expenses) exceed 0.25% of the average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.50% for the Service Class. The agreement will continue at least through April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s volatility management overlay. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, fees for the administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 11,063  

Legal

     2,671  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $3,839 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation, or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Because the Underlying Funds have varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivables due from and liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 25,154  

Management fees payable to LIAC

     77,597  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     80,221  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     3,840  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     9,784  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund–9


LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated investments, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers whereby the Fund held 5% or more of the issuers’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds). Affiliated investments of the Fund and corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/16
     Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value
6/30/17
     Dividends    Capital Gain
Distributions

LVIP SSGA International Index Fund

   $ 351,095,718      $ 6,756,392      $ 28,819,198      $ (1,455,736   $ 50,291,653      $ 377,868,829      $—    $—

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 6,756,393  

Sales

     28,819,198  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 360,619,010  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 43,638,307  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

      
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 43,638,307  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

                        Post-Enactment Losses (No Expiration)     
    Short-Term      Long-Term        Total      
   $3,077,613    $2,986,303     $6,063,916    

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

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LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

Assets:

  

Affiliated Investment

   $ 377,868,829  

Unaffiliated Investments

     26,388,488  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 404,257,317  
  

 

 

 

Derivatives:

  

Assets:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ 233,922  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ (916,610
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     158,833       41,418  

Service Class

     1,881,108       7,396,553  

Shares from merger:

    

Standard Class

           2,087,318  

Service Class

           28,555,960  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           21,388  

Service Class

           324,080  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     2,039,941       38,426,717  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (164,294     (15,418

Service Class

     (4,396,350     (2,322,948
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (4,560,644     (2,338,366
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (2,520,703     36,088,351  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Fund Merger

As of the close of business on December 9, 2016, the Fund acquired all of the assets and liabilities of the LVIP BlackRock Emerging Markets Managed Volatility Fund (“Acquired Fund”), an open-end investment company, in exchange for the shares of the LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund (“Acquiring Fund”) pursuant to a Plan and Agreement of Reorganization (“Reorganization”). For financial reporting purposes, assets received and shares issued by the Acquiring Fund were recorded at fair value. The shareholders of the Acquired Fund received shares of the respective class of the Acquiring Fund equal to the aggregate net asset value of their shares in the Acquired Fund by a taxable exchange prior to the Reorganization, as shown in the following table:

 

     Acquired Fund
Shares
Outstanding
   Shares
Converted to
Acquiring Fund
   Acquired Fund
Net Assets
   Conversion Ratio

Standard Class

       2,176,145        2,087,318      $ 17,389,443        0.959

Service Class

       29,703,125        28,555,960        237,476,930        0.961

 

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LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Fund Merger (continued)

 

The net assets of the Acquiring Fund before the acquisition were $122,993,064. The net assets of the Acquiring Fund immediately following the acquisition were $377,859,437.

If the acquisition had been completed on January 1, 2016, the beginning of the Acquiring Fund’s reporting period, the Acquiring Fund’s pro forma results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2016, would have been as follows (unaudited):

 

Net investment income

   $ 12,406,473     (a)

Net realized loss

     (16,886,804   (b)

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     18,506,408     (c)
  

 

 

   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 14,026,077    
  

 

 

   

(a)$2,896,929, as reported in the Statement of Operations, plus $9,509,544 Net investment income from LVIP BlackRock Emerging Markets Managed Volatility Fund pre-merger.

(b)$(6,426,192), as reported in the Statement of Operations, plus $(10,460,612) Net realized loss from LVIP BlackRock Emerging Markets Managed Volatility Fund pre-merger.

(c)$(344,991), as reported in the Statement of Operations, plus $18,851,399 Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from LVIP BlackRock Emerging Markets Managed Volatility Fund pre-merger.

Because the combined investment portfolios have been managed as a single integrated portfolio since the acquisition was completed, it is not practical to separate the amounts of revenue and earnings of the Acquired Fund that have been included in the Fund’s Statement of Operations since December 12, 2016.

6. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that the counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. This risk is generally mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty. No foreign currency exchange contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments, to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to control overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty

 

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LVIP SSGA International Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

6. Derivatives (continued)

 

to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value     

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

  

Unrealized appreciation

on futures contracts

   $ 233,922     

Unrealized depreciation

on futures contracts

   $ (260,085

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

  

Unrealized appreciation

on futures contracts

  

 

 

  

Unrealized depreciation

on futures contracts

  

 

(656,525

     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

      $ 233,922         $ (916,610
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:    

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain (Loss)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
   Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts    $  915,173    $    380,102

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts      2,638,830      (1,105,737)
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

      $3,554,003    $   (725,635)
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
     Short Derivative
Volume
 

Futures contracts (average notional value)

     $50,853,913        $—      

7. Market Risk

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

8. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

9. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

10. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements except as disclosed above.

 

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LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation      2  
Schedule of Investments      3  
Statement of Assets and Liabilities      4  
Statement of Operations      5  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      5  
Financial Highlights      6  
Notes to Financial Statements      8  

 

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,089.90       0.25 %         $1.30        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,088.50       0.50 %         2.59        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.55       0.25 %         $1.25        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.32       0.50 %         2.51        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies (“Underlying Funds”). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund–1


LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Affiliated Investment

     92.97 %   

Equity Fund

     92.97 %   

Unaffiliated Investment

     6.91 %   

Money Market Fund

     6.91 %   

Total Value of Securities

     99.88 %   

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.12 %   

Total Net Assets

     100.00 %   
 

 

LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund–2


LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENT–92.97%

 

Equity Fund–92.97%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

     18,491,009      $   314,291,683  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment
(Cost $265,801,527)

        314,291,683  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENT–6.91%

 

Money Market Fund–6.91%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     23,358,321      $   23,358,321  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investment
(Cost $23,358,321)

        23,358,321  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.88% (Cost $289,159,848)

     337,650,004  

RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.12%

     393,361  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 26,812,879 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 338,043,365  
  

 

 

 

 

 

*

Standard Class shares.

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

          Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
     Notional
Value
     Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Equity Contracts:

              

173     E-mini S&P 500 Index

        $20,989,095        $20,940,785        9/18/17        $(48,310)  

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional value presented above represents the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund–3


LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

ASSETS:

  

Affiliated investment, at value

   $ 314,291,683  

Unaffiliated investment, at value

     23,358,321  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

     337,650,004  

Cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts

     817,295  

Receivable for fund shares sold

     205,445  

Expense reimbursement receivable from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation

     19,027  

Dividends receivable from investment

     14,701  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     338,706,472  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

  

Payable for investment purchased

     422,534  

Due to manager and affiliates

     150,234  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

     48,310  

Other accrued expenses payable

     23,112  

Payable for fund shares redeemed

     18,917  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     663,107  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 338,043,365  
  

 

 

 

Affiliated investment, at cost

   $ 265,801,527  

Unaffiliated investment, at cost

     23,358,321  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

   $ 289,159,848  
  

 

 

 

Standard Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 47,867  

Shares Outstanding

     3,791  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 12.625

Service Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 337,995,498  

Shares Outstanding

     26,809,088  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 12.607  

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 303,199,979  

Accumulated net investment loss

     (688,102

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (12,910,358

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and derivatives

     48,441,846  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 338,043,365  
  

 

 

 

 

 

* Net Asset Value Per Share does not recalculate exactly, due to rounding.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund–4


LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends from unaffiliated investment

   $ 59,307  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     1,106,833  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     395,238  

Accounting and administration expenses

     26,071  

Professional fees

     17,977  

Shareholder servicing fees

     16,175  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     12,249  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     4,216  

Custodian fees

     2,314  

Consulting fees

     2,140  

Pricing fees

     40  

Other

     832  
  

 

 

 
     1,584,085  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (743,159

Expenses reimbursed

     (50,390
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     790,536  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT LOSS

     (731,229
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Sale of affiliated investment

     (23,284

Futures contracts

     1,585,572  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     1,562,288  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Affiliated investment

     25,589,566  

Futures contracts

     11,131  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     25,600,697  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     27,162,985  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 26,431,756  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (731,229   $ 3,991,870  

Net realized gain (loss)

     1,562,288       (2,937,888

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     25,600,697       18,932,693  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     26,431,756       19,986,675  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (772

Service Class

           (4,207,244
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (4,208,016
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

           21  

Service Class

     41,476,031       105,789,641  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           772  

Service Class

           4,207,244  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     41,476,031       109,997,678  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (1,713     (309

Service Class

     (17,685,348     (25,124,069
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (17,687,061     (25,124,378
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     23,788,970       84,873,300  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     50,220,726       100,651,959  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     287,822,639       187,170,680  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 338,043,365     $ 287,822,639  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (Accumulated) net investment income (loss)

   $ (688,102   $ 43,127  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund Standard Class
    

Six Months

Ended

6/30/171

 (unaudited)

             

5/1/133

to

12/31/13

                  
       Year Ended  
       12/31/162   12/31/15   12/31/14  
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 11.584     $ 10.890     $ 11.676     $ 11.194     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                    

Net investment income (loss)4

       (0.013 )       0.217       0.221       0.287       0.310

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.054       0.677       (0.822 )       0.442       1.032
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.041       0.894       (0.601 )       0.729       1.342
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                    

Net investment income

             (0.200 )       (0.185 )       (0.247 )       (0.148 )

Return of capital

                               5
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.200 )       (0.185 )       (0.247 )       (0.148 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 12.625     $ 11.584     $ 10.890     $ 11.676     $ 11.194
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return6

       8.99%       8.20%       (5.16% )       6.49%       13.43%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                    

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 48     $ 46     $ 43     $ 13     $ 115

Ratio of expenses to average net assets7

       0.25%       0.25%       0.25%       0.25%       0.25%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/ reimbursed7

       0.75%       0.77%       0.79%       0.83%       1.41%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.21% )       1.95%       1.96%       2.54%       4.37%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.71% )       1.43%       1.42%       1.96%       3.21%

Portfolio turnover

       2%       6%       12%       8%       8%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to -day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Return of capital distributions of $2 were made by the Fund’s Standard Class, which calculated to de minimis amounts of $0.000 per share.

 

6 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

7 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund Service Class
    

Six Months

Ended

6/30/171

 (unaudited)

             

5/1/133

to

12/31/13

                  
       Year Ended  
       12/31/162   12/31/15   12/31/14  
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 11.582     $ 10.890     $ 11.675     $ 11.193     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                    

Net investment income (loss)4

       (0.028 )       0.189       0.195       0.265       0.298

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.053       0.675       (0.824 )       0.435       1.025
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.025       0.864       (0.629 )       0.700       1.323
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                    

Net investment income

             (0.172 )       (0.156 )       (0.218 )       (0.130 )

Return of capital

                               5
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.172 )       (0.156 )       (0.218 )       (0.130 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 12.607     $ 11.582     $ 10.890     $ 11.675     $ 11.193
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return6

       8.85%       7.93%       (5.39% )       6.23%       13.23%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                    

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 337,995     $ 287,777     $ 187,128     $ 106,260     $ 27,652

Ratio of expenses to average net assets7

       0.50%       0.50%       0.50%       0.50%       0.50%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/ reimbursed7

       1.00%       1.02%       1.04%       1.08%       1.66%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.46% )       1.70%       1.71%       2.29%       4.13%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.96% )       1.18%       1.17%       1.71%       2.97%

Portfolio turnover

       2%       6%       12%       8%       8%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to -day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Return of capital distributions of $514 were made by the Fund’s Service Class, which calculated to de minimis amounts of $0.000 per share.

 

6 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

7 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in other open-end investment companies, primarily the LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund (collectively, “the Underlying Funds”). The Fund is advised by Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”). The LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund, which is sub-advised by an unaffiliated adviser, invests primarily in stocks that make up the S&P 500 Index and money market instruments. In addition to investment company investments, the Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments, and employs an actively managed risk-management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013-December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund–8


LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

LIAC is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.70% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds (including LIAC). LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.47% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC.

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses (excluding Underlying Fund fees and expenses) exceed 0.25% of the average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.50% for the Service Class. The agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s volatility management overlay. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 8,825  

Legal

     2,131  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $9,091 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivables due from and liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 19,027  

Management fees payable to LIAC

     63,782  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     69,319  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     8,042  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     9,091  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

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LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated investments, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers whereby the Fund held 5% or more of the issuers’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds). Affiliated investments of the Fund and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/16
   Purchases    Sales    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
   Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Value
6/3017
   Dividends    Capital Gain
Distributions

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

   $267,791,225    $27,815,941    $6,881,765    $(23,284)    $25,589,566    $314,291,683    $—    $—

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 27,815,941  

Sales

     6,881,765  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 289,159,848  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 48,490,156  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

      
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 48,490,156  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

                        Post-Enactment Losses (No Expiration)     
    Short-Term        Long-Term          Total      
     $3,153,052        $457,829       $3,610,881    

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

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LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

Assets:

  

Affiliated Investment

   $ 314,291,683  

Unaffiliated Investment

     23,358,321  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 337,650,004  
  

 

 

 

Derivatives:

  

Liabilities:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ (48,310
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

           2  

Service Class

     3,412,866       9,549,008  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           66  

Service Class

           361,660  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     3,412,866       9,910,736  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (139     (28

Service Class

     (1,450,870     (2,247,507
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (1,451,009     (2,247,535
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     1,961,857       7,663,201  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

 

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LVIP SSGA Large Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

  

Liability Derivatives

    

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value   

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts    $—    Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts    $(48,310)

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain (Loss)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
   Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts    $1,585,572    $11,131

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
     Short Derivative
Volume
 

Futures contracts (average notional value)

     $20,383,676        $—    

6. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

7. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

8. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings      2  
Statement of Net Assets      3  
Statement of Operations      10  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      10  
Financial Highlights      11  
Notes to Financial Statements      13  

 

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,058.30       0.34 %         $1.74        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,057.00       0.59 %         3.01        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.11       0.34 %         $1.71        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,021.87       0.59 %         2.96        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund–1


LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Common Stock

     98.16

Aerospace & Defense

     1.68

Airlines

     0.45

Auto Components

     0.63

Automobiles

     0.30

Banks

     8.00

Beverages

     0.08

Biotechnology

     0.73

Building Products

     0.91

Capital Markets

     3.03

Chemicals

     2.90

Commercial Services & Supplies

     1.53

Communications Equipment

     1.49

Construction & Engineering

     1.14

Construction Materials

     0.26

Consumer Finance

     0.30

Containers & Packaging

     1.96

Distributors

     0.29

Diversified Consumer Services

     0.82

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     0.08

Electric Utilities

     1.87

Electrical Equipment

     0.74

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     4.80

Energy Equipment & Services

     0.97

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     9.21

Food & Staples Retailing

     0.53

Food Products

     2.32

Gas Utilities

     2.18

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     3.55

Health Care Providers & Services

     2.28

Health Care Technology

     0.39

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     2.75

Household Durables

     1.75

Household Products

     0.18

Industrial Conglomerates

     0.36

Insurance

     4.22

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     0.06

Internet Software & Services

     0.82

IT Services

     3.42

Leisure Products

     0.65

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     1.28

Machinery

     4.96

Marine

     0.21

Media

     1.47
Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Metals & Mining

     1.97

Multiline Retail

     0.21

Multi-Utilities

     0.99

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     1.95

Paper & Forest Products

     0.35

Personal Products

     0.55

Pharmaceuticals

     0.73

Professional Services

     0.77

Real Estate Management & Development

     0.45

Road & Rail

     1.30

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     2.43

Software

     3.97

Specialty Retail

     1.80

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.54

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     0.77

Thrift & Mortgage Finance

     0.56

Trading Companies & Distributors

     0.76

Water Utilities

     0.35

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     0.16

Money Market Fund

     1.98

Total Value of Securities

     100.14

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.14 %) 

Total Net Assets

     100.00

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage
of Net Assets

ResMed

     0.65

Packaging Corp. of America

     0.62

Domino’s Pizza

     0.60

Duke Realty

     0.59

Cadence Design Systems

     0.55

Teleflex

     0.55

MSCI

     0.55

SVB Financial Group

     0.55

Alleghany

     0.54

Trimble

     0.53

Total

     5.73

IT–Information Technology

 

 

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund–2


LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK–98.16%

 

  

Aerospace & Defense–1.68%

 

  

Curtiss-Wright

     27,226      $ 2,498,802  

†Esterline Technologies

     18,450        1,749,060  

Huntington Ingalls Industries

     27,911        5,195,912  

†KLX

     32,184        1,609,200  

Orbital ATK

     34,976        3,440,239  

†Teledyne Technologies

     21,354        2,725,838  
     

 

 

 
        17,219,051  
     

 

 

 

Airlines–0.45%

     

†JetBlue Airways

     202,550        4,624,217  
     

 

 

 
        4,624,217  
     

 

 

 

Auto Components–0.63%

     

Cooper Tire & Rubber

     32,200        1,162,420  

Dana

     89,484        1,998,178  

Gentex

     176,352        3,345,397  
     

 

 

 
        6,505,995  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles–0.30%

     

Thor Industries

     29,400        3,072,888  
     

 

 

 
        3,072,888  
     

 

 

 

Banks–8.00%

     

Associated Banc-Corp

     93,345        2,352,294  

BancorpSouth

     50,048        1,526,464  

Bank of Hawaii

     26,254        2,178,294  

Bank of the Ozarks

     73,629        3,450,991  

*Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

            37  

Cathay General Bancorp

     46,566        1,767,180  

Chemical Financial

     43,424        2,102,156  

Commerce Bancshares

     52,934        3,008,239  

Cullen/Frost Bankers

     34,849        3,272,670  

East West Bancorp

     87,749        5,140,336  

First Horizon National

     143,860        2,506,041  

FNB

     198,705        2,813,663  

Fulton Financial

     107,129        2,035,451  

Hancock Holding

     51,800        2,538,200  

Home BancShares

     78,100        1,944,690  

International Bancshares

     35,437        1,242,067  

MB Financial

     43,526        1,916,885  

PacWest Bancorp

     73,726        3,443,004  

Pinnacle Financial Partners

     44,700        2,807,160  

Prosperity Bancshares

     42,056        2,701,677  

†Signature Bank

     32,631        4,683,527  

†SVB Financial Group

     31,878        5,603,834  

Synovus Financial

     75,265        3,329,724  

TCF Financial

     104,444        1,664,837  

†Texas Capital Bancshares

     30,000        2,322,000  

Trustmark

     41,293        1,327,983  

UMB Financial

     26,967        2,018,750  

Umpqua Holdings

     134,757        2,474,138  

United Bankshares

     64,127        2,513,794  

Valley National Bancorp

     162,360        1,917,472  

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Banks (continued)

     

Webster Financial

     55,837      $ 2,915,808  

Wintrust Financial

     33,700        2,576,028  
     

 

 

 
        82,095,394  
     

 

 

 

Beverages–0.08%

     

†Boston Beer Class A

     5,830        770,435  
     

 

 

 
        770,435  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology–0.73%

     

†Bioverativ

     65,600        3,947,152  

†United Therapeutics

     27,296        3,541,110  
     

 

 

 
        7,488,262  
     

 

 

 

Building Products–0.91%

     

AO Smith

     89,436        5,037,930  

Lennox International

     23,291        4,277,159  
     

 

 

 
        9,315,089  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–3.03%

     

Eaton Vance

     70,483        3,335,256  

FactSet Research Systems

     23,899        3,971,536  

Federated Investors Class B

     57,597        1,627,115  

†Janus Henderson Group

     109,375        3,621,406  

Legg Mason

     51,517        1,965,889  

MarketAxess Holdings

     22,789        4,582,868  

MSCI

     55,038        5,668,364  

SEI Investments

     80,948        4,353,383  

†Stifel Financial

     41,910        1,927,022  
     

 

 

 
        31,052,839  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals–2.90%

     

Ashland Global Holdings

     37,620        2,479,534  

Cabot

     37,690        2,013,777  

Chemours

     111,900        4,243,248  

Minerals Technologies

     21,772        1,593,710  

NewMarket

     5,643        2,598,489  

Olin

     100,453        3,041,717  

PolyOne

     49,335        1,911,238  

RPM International

     81,094        4,423,678  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Class A

     26,666        2,385,540  

Sensient Technologies

     26,744        2,153,694  

Valvoline

     123,850        2,937,734  
     

 

 

 
        29,782,359  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–1.53%

 

  

†Clean Harbors

     31,948        1,783,657  

†Copart

     124,388        3,954,294  

Deluxe

     29,892        2,069,124  

Herman Miller

     36,544        1,110,938  

HNI

     27,145        1,082,271  

MSA Safety

     19,517        1,584,195  

Pitney Bowes

     115,100        1,738,010  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund–3


LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)

 

Rollins

     58,649      $ 2,387,601  
     

 

 

 
        15,710,090  
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment–1.49%

 

  

†ARRIS International

     113,816        3,189,124  

Brocade Communications Systems

     248,424        3,132,627  

†Ciena

     86,437        2,162,654  

InterDigital

     21,515        1,663,109  

†NetScout Systems

     56,124        1,930,666  

Plantronics

     20,264        1,060,010  

†ViaSat

     32,593        2,157,657  
     

 

 

 
        15,295,847  
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering–1.14%

 

†AECOM

     95,370        3,083,312  

†Dycom Industries

     19,189        1,717,799  

EMCOR Group

     36,486        2,385,455  

Granite Construction

     24,180        1,166,443  

KBR

     86,999        1,324,125  

Valmont Industries

     13,623        2,038,001  
     

 

 

 
        11,715,135  
     

 

 

 

Construction Materials–0.26%

 

  

Eagle Materials

     29,347        2,712,250  
     

 

 

 
        2,712,250  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–0.30%

     

†SLM

     266,097        3,060,115  
     

 

 

 
        3,060,115  
     

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging–1.96%

 

  

AptarGroup

     37,830        3,285,914  

Bemis

     56,775        2,625,844  

Greif Class A

     15,743        878,145  

†Owens-Illinois

     99,271        2,374,562  

Packaging Corp. of America

     57,285        6,380,976  

Silgan Holdings

     45,814        1,455,969  

Sonoco Products

     60,207        3,095,844  
     

 

 

 
        20,097,254  
     

 

 

 

Distributors–0.29%

     

Pool

     25,075        2,948,068  
     

 

 

 
        2,948,068  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services–0.82%

 

  

Adtalem Global Education

     35,648        1,352,842  

Graham Holdings Class B

     2,841        1,703,606  

Service Corp. International

     115,735        3,871,336  

†Sotheby’s

     27,590        1,480,755  
     

 

 

 
        8,408,539  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–0.08%

 

Frontier Communications

     722,249        837,809  
     

 

 

 
        837,809  
     

 

 

 

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Electric Utilities–1.87%

 

  

Great Plains Energy

     130,818      $ 3,830,351  

Hawaiian Electric Industries

     66,567        2,155,439  

IDACORP

     30,477        2,601,212  

OGE Energy

     121,241        4,217,974  

PNM Resources

     48,639        1,860,442  

Westar Energy

     86,247        4,572,816  
     

 

 

 
        19,238,234  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–0.74%

 

  

EnerSys

     26,518        1,921,229  

Hubbell

     31,053        3,514,268  

Regal Beloit

     27,027        2,204,052  
     

 

 

 
        7,639,549  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–4.80%

 

†Arrow Electronics

     53,948        4,230,602  

Avnet

     75,733        2,944,499  

Belden

     25,819        1,947,527  

Cognex

     52,570        4,463,193  

†Coherent

     15,085        3,393,974  

†IPG Photonics

     23,020        3,340,202  

Jabil

     110,482        3,224,970  

†Keysight Technologies

     112,083        4,363,391  

†Knowles

     54,157        916,336  

Littelfuse

     13,710        2,262,150  

National Instruments

     64,295        2,585,945  

SYNNEX

     17,928        2,150,643  

†Tech Data

     21,503        2,171,803  

†Trimble

     153,674        5,481,552  

†VeriFone Systems

     67,763        1,226,510  

Vishay Intertechnology

     82,756        1,373,750  

†Zebra Technologies

     32,021        3,218,751  
     

 

 

 
        49,295,798  
     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services–0.97%

 

†Diamond Offshore Drilling

     39,367        426,345  

†Dril-Quip

     22,942        1,119,570  

Ensco Class A

     184,042        949,657  

Nabors Industries

     174,526        1,420,642  

Oceaneering International

     59,878        1,367,613  

†Oil States International

     31,351        851,180  

Patterson-UTI Energy

     102,226        2,063,943  

†Rowan Class A

     76,585        784,230  

†Superior Energy Services

     92,632        966,152  
     

 

 

 
        9,949,332  
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–9.21%

 

American Campus Communities

     81,320        3,846,436  

Camden Property Trust

     53,176        4,547,080  

Care Capital Properties

     51,258        1,368,589  

CoreCivic

     72,351        1,995,441  

Corporate Office Properties Trust

     60,713        2,126,776  

Cousins Properties

     257,734        2,265,482  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund–4


LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)

 

CyrusOne

     48,000      $ 2,676,000  

DCT Industrial Trust

     55,723        2,977,837  

Douglas Emmett

     90,202        3,446,618  

Duke Realty

     216,080        6,039,436  

Education Realty Trust

     44,705        1,732,319  

EPR Properties

     39,388        2,830,816  

First Industrial Realty Trust

     71,759        2,053,743  

GEO Group

     76,250        2,254,713  

Healthcare Realty Trust

     71,616        2,445,686  

Highwoods Properties

     62,449        3,166,789  

Hospitality Properties Trust

     99,462        2,899,317  

Kilroy Realty

     59,701        4,486,530  

Lamar Advertising Class A

     51,389        3,780,689  

LaSalle Hotel Properties

     69,140        2,060,372  

Liberty Property Trust

     89,302        3,635,484  

Life Storage

     28,582        2,117,926  

Mack-Cali Realty

     54,743        1,485,725  

Medical Properties Trust

     220,404        2,836,599  

National Retail Properties

     90,450        3,536,595  

Omega Healthcare Investors

     119,421        3,943,278  

Potlatch

     24,742        1,130,709  

†Quality Care Properties

     57,104        1,045,574  

Rayonier

     77,878        2,240,550  

Senior Housing Properties Trust

     143,886        2,941,030  

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers

     58,953        1,531,599  

Taubman Centers

     36,678        2,184,175  

†Uniti Group

     95,488        2,400,568  

Urban Edge Properties

     60,656        1,439,367  

Washington Prime Group

     113,177        947,291  

Weingarten Realty Investors

     72,113        2,170,601  
     

 

 

 
        94,587,740  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–0.53%

 

  

Casey’s General Stores

     23,983        2,568,819  

†Sprouts Farmers Market

     77,894        1,765,857  

†United Natural Foods

     30,764        1,129,039  
     

 

 

 
        5,463,715  
     

 

 

 

Food Products–2.32%

     

Dean Foods

     55,214        938,638  

Flowers Foods

     113,261        1,960,548  

†Hain Celestial Group

     63,268        2,456,064  

Ingredion

     43,545        5,190,999  

Lamb Weston Holdings

     84,166        3,706,671  

Lancaster Colony

     11,889        1,457,829  

†Post Holdings

     40,177        3,119,744  

Snyder’s-Lance

     52,411        1,814,469  

Tootsie Roll Industries

     11,061        385,476  

†TreeHouse Foods

     34,433        2,812,832  
     

 

 

 
        23,843,270  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Gas Utilities–2.18%

     

Atmos Energy

     63,919      $ 5,302,081  

National Fuel Gas

     52,409        2,926,519  

New Jersey Resources

     52,805        2,096,359  

ONE Gas

     32,400        2,261,844  

Southwest Gas Holdings

     29,094        2,125,608  

UGI

     105,188        5,092,151  

WGL Holdings

     30,978        2,584,495  
     

 

 

 
        22,389,057  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–3.55%

 

†ABIOMED

     24,734        3,544,382  

†Globus Medical

     43,826        1,452,832  

†Halyard Health

     28,498        1,119,401  

Hill-Rom Holdings

     36,877        2,935,778  

†LivaNova

     27,014        1,653,527  

†Masimo

     27,583        2,515,018  

†NuVasive

     31,115        2,393,366  

ResMed

     86,168        6,709,902  

STERIS

     51,505        4,197,657  

Teleflex

     27,344        5,680,989  

West Pharmaceutical Services

     44,639        4,219,278  
     

 

 

 
        36,422,130  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–2.28%

 

†Acadia Healthcare

     47,300        2,335,674  

HealthSouth

     55,216        2,672,454  

†LifePoint Health

     24,520        1,646,518  

†MEDNAX

     56,369        3,402,996  

†Molina Healthcare

     26,013        1,799,579  

Owens & Minor

     36,907        1,188,036  

†Tenet Healthcare

     48,614        940,195  

†VCA

     49,379        4,558,175  

†WellCare Health Plans

     27,018        4,851,352  
     

 

 

 
        23,394,979  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Technology–0.39%

 

  

†Allscripts Healthcare Solutions

     110,522        1,410,261  

†Medidata Solutions

     33,700        2,635,340  
     

 

 

 
        4,045,601  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–2.75%

 

  

Brinker International

     30,321        1,155,230  

†Buffalo Wild Wings

     9,904        1,254,837  

Cheesecake Factory

     27,104        1,363,331  

Churchill Downs

     7,597        1,392,530  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

     14,520        2,428,470  

Domino’s Pizza

     29,268        6,191,060  

Dunkin’ Brands Group

     55,835        3,077,625  

International Speedway Class A

     15,896        596,895  

Jack in the Box

     18,155        1,788,267  

†Panera Bread Class A

     12,896        4,057,597  

Papa John’s International

     16,260        1,166,818  

Texas Roadhouse

     39,341        2,004,424  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund–5


LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)

 

Wendy’s

     115,432      $ 1,790,350  
     

 

 

 
        28,267,434  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables–1.75%

     

CalAtlantic Group

     44,004        1,555,541  

†Helen of Troy

     16,297        1,533,548  

KB Home

     50,515        1,210,845  

†NVR

     2,116        5,100,851  

†Tempur Sealy International

     28,532        1,523,323  

Toll Brothers

     89,699        3,544,007  

†TRI Pointe Group

     96,964        1,278,955  

Tupperware Brands

     31,059        2,181,274  
     

 

 

 
        17,928,344  
     

 

 

 

Household Products–0.18%

     

Energizer Holdings

     37,838        1,816,981  
     

 

 

 
        1,816,981  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–0.36%

 

  

Carlisle

     39,159        3,735,769  
     

 

 

 
        3,735,769  
     

 

 

 

Insurance–4.22%

     

†Alleghany

     9,368        5,572,086  

American Financial Group

     44,654        4,437,268  

Aspen Insurance Holdings

     36,763        1,832,636  

Brown & Brown

     69,705        3,002,194  

CNO Financial Group

     103,444        2,159,911  

First American Financial

     66,796        2,985,113  

†Genworth Financial

     304,296        1,147,196  

Hanover Insurance Group

     25,758        2,282,932  

Kemper

     29,662        1,144,953  

Mercury General

     22,268        1,202,472  

Old Republic International

     148,420        2,898,643  

Primerica

     28,168        2,133,726  

Reinsurance Group of America

     39,120        5,022,617  

RenaissanceRe Holdings

     24,608        3,421,742  

WR Berkley

     59,566        4,120,180  
     

 

 

 
        43,363,669  
     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–0.06%

 

HSN

     19,467        620,997  
     

 

 

 
        620,997  
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–0.82%

 

†Cars.com

     44,000        1,171,720  

j2 Global

     29,607        2,519,260  

LogMeIn

     31,900        3,333,550  

†WebMD Health

     23,185        1,359,800  
     

 

 

 
        8,384,330  
     

 

 

 

IT Services–3.42%

     

†Acxiom

     48,868        1,269,591  

Broadridge Financial Solutions

     71,423        5,396,722  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

IT Services (continued)

     

Convergys

     58,764      $ 1,397,408  

†CoreLogic

     52,316        2,269,468  

DST Systems

     37,334        2,303,508  

Jack Henry & Associates

     47,156        4,898,094  

Leidos Holdings

     87,100        4,502,199  

MAXIMUS

     39,216        2,456,098  

†NeuStar Class A

     34,786        1,160,113  

Sabre

     126,000        2,743,020  

Science Applications International

     26,771        1,858,443  

†Teradata

     79,100        2,332,659  

†WEX

     23,877        2,489,655  
     

 

 

 
        35,076,978  
     

 

 

 

Leisure Products–0.65%

 

  

Brunswick

     54,091        3,393,128  

Polaris Industries

     35,890        3,310,135  
     

 

 

 
        6,703,263  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–1.28%

 

†Bio-Rad Laboratories Class A

     12,613        2,854,448  

Bio-Techne

     22,574        2,652,445  

†Charles River Laboratories International

     29,378        2,971,585  

†INC Research Holdings Class A

     33,300        1,948,050  

†PAREXEL International

     30,709        2,668,919  
     

 

 

 
        13,095,447  
     

 

 

 

Machinery–4.96%

     

AGCO

     40,406        2,722,960  

Crane

     31,011        2,461,653  

Donaldson

     81,189        3,697,347  

Graco

     33,694        3,682,080  

IDEX

     46,387        5,242,195  

ITT

     54,812        2,202,346  

Kennametal

     49,767        1,862,281  

Lincoln Electric Holdings

     37,509        3,454,204  

Nordson

     32,845        3,984,755  

Oshkosh

     45,872        3,159,663  

Terex

     59,914        2,246,775  

Timken

     43,015        1,989,444  

Toro

     65,343        4,527,616  

Trinity Industries

     91,995        2,578,620  

Wabtec

     52,479        4,801,829  

Woodward

     33,788        2,283,393  
     

 

 

 
        50,897,161  
     

 

 

 

Marine–0.21%

     

†Kirby

     32,886        2,198,429  
     

 

 

 
        2,198,429  
     

 

 

 

Media–1.47%

     

†AMC Networks Class A

     33,208        1,773,639  

Cable One

     2,864        2,036,018  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund–6


LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Media (continued)

     

Cinemark Holdings

     64,146      $ 2,492,072  

John Wiley & Sons Class A

     27,320        1,441,130  

†Live Nation Entertainment

     82,006        2,857,909  

Meredith

     22,310        1,326,329  

New York Times Class A

     74,346        1,315,924  

TEGNA

     131,500        1,894,915  
     

 

 

 
        15,137,936  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–1.97%

     

Allegheny Technologies

     66,554        1,132,084  

Carpenter Technology

     28,463        1,065,370  

Commercial Metals

     69,995        1,360,003  

Compass Minerals International

     20,633        1,347,335  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum

     44,728        3,256,646  

Royal Gold

     39,555        3,092,014  

Steel Dynamics

     146,849        5,258,663  

United States Steel

     106,978        2,368,493  

Worthington Industries

     26,815        1,346,649  
     

 

 

 
        20,227,257  
     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–0.21%

     

Big Lots

     27,096        1,308,737  

Dillard’s Class A

     14,300        824,967  
     

 

 

 
        2,133,704  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–0.99%

     

Black Hills

     33,102        2,233,392  

MDU Resources Group

     118,341        3,100,534  

NorthWestern

     29,500        1,800,090  

Vectren

     50,946        2,977,284  
     

 

 

 
        10,111,300  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–1.95%

 

  

†CONSOL Energy

     107,976        1,613,161  

†Energen

     58,789        2,902,413  

†Gulfport Energy

     97,846        1,443,229  

HollyFrontier

     108,941        2,992,609  

†Matador Resources

     57,200        1,222,364  

PBF Energy Class A

     66,900        1,489,194  

†QEP Resources

     146,412        1,478,761  

SM Energy

     60,444        999,139  

†Southwestern Energy

     314,000        1,909,120  

World Fuel Services

     43,116        1,657,810  

†WPX Energy

     243,456        2,351,785  
     

 

 

 
        20,059,585  
     

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products–0.35%

 

  

Domtar

     38,216        1,468,259  

†Louisiana-Pacific

     88,767        2,140,172  
     

 

 

 
        3,608,431  
     

 

 

 

Personal Products–0.55%

     

†Avon Products

     266,854        1,014,045  

†Edgewell Personal Care

     35,297        2,683,278  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Personal Products (continued)

 

  

Nu Skin Enterprises Class A

     30,700      $ 1,929,188  
     

 

 

 
        5,626,511  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–0.73%

     

†Akorn

     53,870        1,806,800  

†Catalent

     75,672        2,656,087  

†Endo International

     122,600        1,369,442  

†Prestige Brands Holdings

     32,312        1,706,397  
     

 

 

 
        7,538,726  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services–0.77%

     

Dun & Bradstreet

     22,800        2,465,820  

†FTI Consulting

     25,756        900,430  

ManpowerGroup

     40,711        4,545,383  
     

 

 

 
        7,911,633  
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development–0.45%

 

Alexander & Baldwin

     28,125        1,163,813  

Jones Lang LaSalle

     27,793        3,474,125  
     

 

 

 
        4,637,938  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail–1.30%

     

†Avis Budget Group

     52,368        1,428,075  

†Genesee & Wyoming

     37,204        2,544,382  

Landstar System

     25,712        2,200,947  

Old Dominion Freight Line

     42,597        4,056,938  

Ryder System

     32,400        2,332,152  

Werner Enterprises

     27,281        800,697  
     

 

 

 
        13,363,191  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–2.43%

 

†Cirrus Logic

     39,828        2,498,012  

†Cree

     59,981        1,478,532  

Cypress Semiconductor

     201,477        2,750,161  

†First Solar

     48,083        1,917,550  

†Integrated Device Technology

     82,281        2,122,027  

†Microsemi

     70,015        3,276,702  

Monolithic Power Systems

     23,147        2,231,371  

†Silicon Laboratories

     26,000        1,777,100  

†Synaptics

     20,556        1,062,951  

Teradyne

     120,648        3,623,059  

Versum Materials

     67,415        2,190,987  
     

 

 

 
        24,928,452  
     

 

 

 

Software–3.97%

     

†ACI Worldwide

     73,348        1,640,795  

Blackbaud

     29,200        2,503,900  

†Cadence Design Systems

     169,885        5,689,449  

CDK Global

     88,229        5,475,492  

†CommVault Systems

     26,127        1,474,869  

Fair Isaac

     18,741        2,612,683  

†Fortinet

     91,508        3,426,059  

†Manhattan Associates

     41,924        2,014,867  

†PTC

     70,095        3,863,636  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund–7


LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Software (continued)

     

†Take-Two Interactive Software

     63,060      $ 4,627,343  

†Tyler Technologies

     20,493        3,600,005  

†Ultimate Software Group

     18,213        3,825,823  
     

 

 

 
        40,754,921  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–1.80%

     

Aaron’s

     37,849        1,472,326  

American Eagle Outfitters

     104,330        1,257,177  

†Cabela’s

     32,055        1,904,708  

Chico’s FAS

     77,223        727,441  

Dick’s Sporting Goods

     53,735        2,140,265  

GameStop Class A

     63,420        1,370,506  

†Michaels

     64,400        1,192,688  

†Murphy USA

     20,779        1,539,932  

Office Depot

     319,137        1,799,933  

†Sally Beauty Holdings

     82,723        1,675,141  

†Urban Outfitters

     54,508        1,010,578  

Williams-Sonoma

     48,185        2,336,973  
     

 

 

 
        18,427,668  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.54%

 

†3D Systems

     66,891        1,250,862  

Diebold Nixdorf

     45,869        1,284,332  

†NCR

     73,395        2,997,452  
     

 

 

 
        5,532,646  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–0.77%

 

Carter’s

     29,868        2,656,759  

†Deckers Outdoor

     19,564        1,335,439  

†Kate Spade & Co.

     78,176        1,445,474  

†Skechers U.S.A. Class A

     82,266        2,426,847  
     

 

 

 
        7,864,519  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Thrift & Mortgage Finance–0.56%

 

  

New York Community Bancorp

     296,657      $ 3,895,106  

Washington Federal

     55,051        1,827,693  
     

 

 

 
        5,722,799  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–0.76%

 

GATX

     23,969        1,540,488  

MSC Industrial Direct

     27,558        2,368,886  

†NOW

     65,626        1,055,266  

Watsco

     18,449        2,844,836  
     

 

 

 
        7,809,476  
     

 

 

 

Water Utilities–0.35%

     

Aqua America

     107,684        3,585,877  
     

 

 

 
        3,585,877  
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.16%

 

Telephone & Data Systems

     58,207        1,615,244  
     

 

 

 
        1,615,244  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $848,044,492)

 

     1,007,667,657  
     

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–1.98%

 

  

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     20,324,533        20,324,533  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $20,324,533)

 

     20,324,533  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.14% (Cost $868,369,025)

     1,027,992,190  

«LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.14%)

     (1,433,239
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 84,440,372 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 1,026,558,951  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP SSGA MID-CAP INDEX FUND STANDARD CLASS
($1,007,904,821 / 82,903,825 Shares)

   $ 12.158  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP SSGA MID-CAP INDEX FUND SERVICE CLASS
($18,654,130 / 1,536,547 Shares)

   $ 12.140  
  

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 827,897,220  

Undistributed net investment income

     6,685,040  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

     32,512,179  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, foreign currencies and derivatives

     159,464,512  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 1,026,558,951  
  

 

 

 

 

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

«

Includes $927,108 cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts, $80,240 cash due to custodian, $259,050 due to manager and affiliates, $2,614,057 payable for securities purchased and $330,888 payable for fund shares redeemed as of June 30, 2017.

 

*

Amount rounds to less than 1 share.

 

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund–8


LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

   Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
   Notional
Value
   Expiration
Date
   Unrealized
Depreciation

Equity Contracts:

                   

111    E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index

       $19,540,382          $19,381,710          9/18/17          $(158,672)  

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amount recognized in the financial statements. The notional value presented above represents the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

IT–Information Technology

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund–9


LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $ 7,945,021  

Foreign tax withheld

     (148
  

 

 

 
     7,944,873  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     1,384,739  

Accounting and administration expenses

     128,187  

Index fees

     102,516  

Shareholder servicing fees

     50,428  

Professional fees

     31,375  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     13,929  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     11,231  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     10,705  

Custodian fees

     6,071  

Consulting fees

     1,969  

Pricing fees

     636  

Other

     5,289  
  

 

 

 
     1,747,075  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (9,917
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     1,737,158  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     6,207,715  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN:

  

Net realized gain from:

  

Investments

     31,023,622  

Futures contracts

     807,825  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     31,831,447  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     20,210,900  

Foreign currencies

     19  

Futures contracts

     96,118  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     20,307,037  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     52,138,484  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 58,346,199  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Six months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year
Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS

   

Net investment income

  $ 6,207,715     $ 13,808,563  

Net realized gain

    31,831,447       1,986,951  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    20,307,037       193,373,688  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    58,346,199       209,169,202  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

   

Net investment income:

   

Standard Class

          (14,608,045

Service Class

          (133

Net realized gain:

   

Standard Class

          (572,082

Service Class

          (6
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (15,180,266
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

   

Proceeds from shares sold:

   

Standard Class

    62,300,009       108,349,931  

Service Class

    20,188,416        

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

   

Standard Class

          15,180,127  

Service Class

          139  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    82,488,425       123,530,197  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

   

Standard Class

    (122,791,667     (428,488,151

Service Class

    (1,847,546      
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (124,639,213     (428,488,151
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (42,150,788     (304,957,954
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    16,195,411       (110,969,018

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    1,010,363,540       1,121,332,558  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 1,026,558,951     $ 1,010,363,540  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

  $ 6,685,040     $ 477,325  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund Standard Class
    

Six Months

Ended

6/30/171

  

Year Ended

 

 

9/2/142

to

     (unaudited)    12/31/16   12/31/15   12/31/14
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 11.488      $ 9.682     $ 10.107     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                 

Net investment income3

       0.072        0.132       0.123       0.043

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.598        1.836       (0.371 )       0.091
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.670        1.968       (0.248 )       0.134
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                 

Net investment income

              (0.156 )       (0.092 )       (0.027 )

Net realized gain

              (0.006 )       (0.085 )      
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.162 )       (0.177 )       (0.027 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 12.158      $ 11.488     $ 9.682     $ 10.107
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       5.83%        20.31%       (2.48% )       1.35%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 1,007,905      $ 1,010,352     $ 1,121,323     $ 693,664

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.34%        0.33%       0.32%       0.33%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.21%        1.28%       1.20%       1.33%

Portfolio turnover

       12%        23%       20%       4%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
  

Year Ended

 

 

9/2/142

to

        (unaudited)      12/31/16   12/31/15   12/31/14
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 11.485      $ 9.683     $ 10.106     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                 

Net investment income3

       0.057        0.107       0.098       0.035

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.598        1.831       (0.370 )       0.090
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.655        1.938       (0.272 )       0.125
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                 

Net investment income

              (0.130 )       (0.066 )       (0.019 )

Net realized gain

              (0.006 )       (0.085 )      
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.136 )       (0.151 )       (0.019 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $   12.140      $ 11.485     $ 9.683     $ 10.106
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return4

       5.70%        20.01%       (2.72% )       1.27%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 18,654      $ 12     $ 10     $ 10

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.59%        0.58%       0.57%       0.58%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.96%        1.03%       0.95%       1.08%

Portfolio turnover

       12%        23%       20%       4%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek to approximate as closely as practicable, before fees and expenses, the performance of a broad market index that emphasizes stocks of mid-sized U.S. companies.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value(“NAV”). Investments in a government money market funds have a stable NAV. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closure or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2014 - December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund does not separate that portion of realized gains and losses on foreign equity securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices. These changes are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

 

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LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of such distributions by the issuer or management estimate. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.27% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.002% of the first $1 billion of the average daily net assets of the Fund. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 29,362  

Legal

     7,087  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $591 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares; the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 230,250  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     3,302  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     591  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     24,907  

 

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LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 119,999,816  

Sales

     155,824,306  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 868,369,025  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 202,834,533  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (43,211,368
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 159,623,165  
  

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

Assets:

  

Common Stock

   $ 1,007,667,657  

Money Market Fund

     20,324,533  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 1,027,992,190  
  

 

 

 

Derivatives:

  

Liabilities:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ (158,672
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

 

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LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year
Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     5,181,559       11,225,897  

Service Class

     1,689,519        

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           1,309,779  

Service Class

           11  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     6,871,078       12,535,687  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (10,227,371     (40,399,786

Service Class

     (154,001      
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (10,381,372     (40,399,786
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (3,510,294     (27,864,099
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts as a cash management tool; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce transaction costs.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

  

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value   

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts
(Equity contracts)

   Liabilities net of receivables and other assets    $—    Liabilities net of receivables and other assets    $ (158,672

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
   Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on

Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts
(Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts    $807,825    $96,118

 

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LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
   Short Derivative
Volume

Futures contracts (average notional value)

       $228,511,963      $—

6. Market Risk

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund invests in REITs and is subject to the risks associated with that industry. If the Fund acquires a direct interest in real estate as a result of defaults or receives rental income directly from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company could be jeopardized. The Fund had no direct real estate holdings during the six months ended June 30, 2017. The Fund’s REIT holdings are also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs it holds use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings      2  
Statement of Net Assets      3  
Statement of Operations      11  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      11  
Financial Highlights      12  
Notes to Financial Statements      14  

 

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 


LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,092.20       0.22 %         $1.14        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,090.90       0.47 %         2.44        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.70       0.22 %         $1.10        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.46       0.47 %         2.36        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund–1


LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Common Stock

     97.19

Aerospace & Defense

     2.27

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.70

Airlines

     0.63

Auto Components

     0.19

Automobiles

     0.47

Banks

     6.32

Beverages

     2.03

Biotechnology

     2.86

Building Products

     0.34

Capital Markets

     2.85

Chemicals

     2.05

Commercial Services & Supplies

     0.29

Communications Equipment

     0.95

Construction & Engineering

     0.09

Construction Materials

     0.15

Consumer Finance

     0.73

Containers & Packaging

     0.32

Distributors

     0.11

Diversified Consumer Services

     0.03

Diversified Financial Services

     1.54

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     2.07

Electric Utilities

     1.92

Electrical Equipment

     0.55

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     0.39

Energy Equipment & Services

     0.87

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     2.78

Food & Staples Retailing

     1.83

Food Products

     1.32

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     2.76

Health Care Providers & Services

     2.74

Health Care Technology

     0.09

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     1.72

Household Durables

     0.46

Household Products

     1.71

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     0.06

Industrial Conglomerates

     2.26

Insurance

     2.72

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     2.62

Internet Software & Services

     4.48

IT Services

     3.75

Leisure Products

     0.09

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     0.71

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Machinery

     1.53

Media

     2.97

Metals & Mining

     0.24

Multiline Retail

     0.39

Multi-Utilities

     1.00

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     5.00

Personal Products

     0.14

Pharmaceuticals

     4.91

Professional Services

     0.30

Real Estate Management & Development

     0.05

Road & Rail

     0.91

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     3.30

Software

     4.72

Specialty Retail

     2.20

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     4.03

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     0.69

Tobacco

     1.77

Trading Companies & Distributors

     0.15

Water Utilities

     0.07

Money Market Fund

     2.68

Short-Term Investment

     0.15

Total Value of Securities

     100.02

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.02 %) 

Total Net Assets

     100.00

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage
of Net Assets

Apple

     3.51

Alphabet Class A & Class C

     2.56

Microsoft

     2.49

Amazon.com

     1.79

Facebook Class A

     1.67

Johnson & Johnson

     1.67

Exxon Mobil

     1.60

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     1.52

Berkshire Hathaway Class B

     1.50

Wells Fargo & Co.

     1.16

Total

     19.47

IT–Information Technology

 

 

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund–2


LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK–97.19%

     

Aerospace & Defense–2.27%

     

Arconic

     150,360      $ 3,405,654  

Boeing

     196,389        38,835,925  

General Dynamics

     99,480        19,706,988  

L3 Technologies

     27,176        4,540,566  

Lockheed Martin

     87,602        24,319,191  

Northrop Grumman

     61,233        15,719,123  

Raytheon

     102,001        16,471,121  

Rockwell Collins

     56,905        5,979,577  

Textron

     97,822        4,607,416  

TransDigm Group

     17,700        4,758,999  

United Technologies

     262,159        32,012,235  
     

 

 

 
          170,356,795  
     

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics–0.70%

 

  

CH Robinson Worldwide

     51,527        3,538,874  

Expeditors International of Washington

     63,176        3,568,180  

FedEx

     84,903        18,451,969  

United Parcel Service Class B

     239,824        26,522,136  
     

 

 

 
        52,081,159  
     

 

 

 

Airlines–0.63%

     

Alaska Air Group

     44,700        4,012,272  

American Airlines Group

     176,300        8,871,416  

Delta Air Lines

     255,400        13,725,196  

Southwest Airlines

     213,481        13,265,709  

†United Continental Holdings

     101,900        7,667,975  
     

 

 

 
        47,542,568  
     

 

 

 

Auto Components–0.19%

     

BorgWarner

     70,798        2,999,003  

Delphi Automotive

     93,524        8,197,379  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber

     88,037        3,077,774  
     

 

 

 
        14,274,156  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles–0.47%

     

Ford Motor

     1,355,602        15,169,186  

General Motors

     482,006        16,836,470  

Harley-Davidson

     63,693        3,440,696  
     

 

 

 
        35,446,352  
     

 

 

 

Banks–6.32%

     

Bank of America

     3,486,101        84,572,810  

BB&T

     281,526        12,784,096  

Citigroup

     970,162        64,884,435  

Citizens Financial Group

     180,600        6,443,808  

Comerica

     63,052        4,617,928  

Fifth Third Bancorp

     261,012        6,775,872  

Huntington Bancshares

     391,420        5,291,998  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     1,247,360        114,008,704  

KeyCorp

     373,194        6,993,656  

M&T Bank

     53,685        8,694,286  

People’s United Financial

     108,817        1,921,708  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Banks (continued)

     

PNC Financial Services Group

     169,146      $ 21,121,261  

Regions Financial

     424,714        6,217,813  

SunTrust Banks

     169,964        9,640,358  

U.S. Bancorp

     555,956        28,865,236  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     1,575,382        87,291,917  

Zions Bancorporation

     71,242        3,128,236  
     

 

 

 
          473,254,122  
     

 

 

 

Beverages–2.03%

     

Brown-Forman Class B

     64,040        3,112,344  

Coca-Cola

     1,352,197        60,646,035  

Constellation Brands Class A

     61,535        11,921,176  

Dr Pepper Snapple Group

     65,858        6,000,322  

Molson Coors Brewing Class B

     64,517        5,570,398  

†Monster Beverage

     144,251        7,166,390  

PepsiCo

     499,575        57,695,917  
     

 

 

 
        152,112,582  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology–2.86%

     

AbbVie

     558,310        40,483,058  

†Alexion Pharmaceuticals

     77,705        9,454,367  

Amgen

     259,057        44,617,387  

†Biogen

     75,649        20,528,113  

†Celgene

     269,840        35,044,121  

Gilead Sciences

     458,549        32,456,098  

†Incyte

     59,200        7,453,872  

†Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

     26,162        12,849,205  

†Vertex Pharmaceuticals

     87,300        11,250,351  
     

 

 

 
        214,136,572  
     

 

 

 

Building Products–0.34%

     

Allegion

     33,625        2,727,660  

Fortune Brands Home & Security

     55,400        3,614,296  

Johnson Controls International

     331,989        14,395,043  

Masco

     115,021        4,394,952  
     

 

 

 
        25,131,951  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–2.85%

     

Affiliated Managers Group

     19,500        3,234,270  

Ameriprise Financial

     54,582        6,947,743  

Bank of New York Mellon

     367,303        18,739,799  

BlackRock

     42,191        17,821,900  

CBOE Holdings

     32,600        2,979,640  

Charles Schwab

     419,125        18,005,610  

CME Group

     119,753        14,997,866  

†E*TRADE Financial

     101,343        3,854,074  

Franklin Resources

     124,656        5,583,342  

Goldman Sachs Group

     128,686        28,555,423  

Intercontinental Exchange

     210,630        13,884,730  

Invesco

     143,439        5,047,618  

Moody’s

     59,642        7,257,239  

Morgan Stanley

     501,420        22,343,275  

Nasdaq

     41,177        2,943,744  
 

 

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund–3


LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Capital Markets (continued)

     

Northern Trust

     74,984      $ 7,289,195  

Raymond James Financial

     44,800        3,593,856  

S&P Global

     89,779        13,106,836  

State Street

     123,190        11,053,839  

T. Rowe Price Group

     87,735        6,510,814  
     

 

 

 
          213,750,813  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals–2.05%

     

Air Products & Chemicals

     75,299        10,772,275  

Albemarle

     40,600        4,284,924  

CF Industries Holdings

     80,590        2,253,296  

Dow Chemical

     389,757        24,581,974  

Eastman Chemical

     52,227        4,386,546  

Ecolab

     90,959        12,074,807  

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.

     302,360        24,403,476  

FMC

     46,801        3,418,813  

International Flavors & Fragrances

     28,420        3,836,700  

LyondellBasell Industries Class A

     115,760        9,768,986  

Monsanto

     152,152        18,008,711  

Mosaic

     123,247        2,813,729  

PPG Industries

     89,956        9,891,562  

Praxair

     98,984        13,120,329  

Sherwin-Williams

     28,016        9,832,495  
     

 

 

 
        153,448,623  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–0.29%

 

  

Cintas

     31,808        4,009,080  

Republic Services

     81,337        5,183,607  

†Stericycle

     29,701        2,266,780  

Waste Management

     144,471        10,596,948  
     

 

 

 
        22,056,415  
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment–0.95%

 

  

Cisco Systems

     1,748,824        54,738,191  

†F5 Networks

     23,296        2,959,990  

Harris

     43,458        4,740,399  

Juniper Networks

     127,104        3,543,660  

Motorola Solutions

     57,102        4,953,027  
     

 

 

 
        70,935,267  
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering–0.09%

 

  

Fluor

     51,837        2,373,098  

Jacobs Engineering Group

     45,834        2,492,911  

†Quanta Services

     51,987        1,711,412  
     

 

 

 
        6,577,421  
     

 

 

 

Construction Materials–0.15%

 

  

Martin Marietta Materials

     22,900        5,097,082  

Vulcan Materials

     46,963        5,949,273  
     

 

 

 
        11,046,355  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–0.73%

     

American Express

     267,250        22,513,140  

Capital One Financial

     167,430        13,833,067  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Consumer Finance (continued)

 

  

Discover Financial Services

     136,511      $ 8,489,619  

Navient

     109,964        1,830,901  

Synchrony Financial

     271,568        8,098,158  
     

 

 

 
        54,764,885  
     

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging–0.32%

 

  

Avery Dennison

     31,943        2,822,803  

Ball

     124,556        5,257,509  

International Paper

     142,101        8,044,338  

Sealed Air

     69,297        3,101,734  

WestRock

     86,218        4,885,112  
     

 

 

 
        24,111,496  
     

 

 

 

Distributors–0.11%

     

Genuine Parts

     53,641        4,975,739  

†LKQ

     109,600        3,611,320  
     

 

 

 
        8,587,059  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services–0.03%

 

  

H&R Block

     74,314        2,297,046  
     

 

 

 
        2,297,046  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services–1.54%

 

  

†Berkshire Hathaway Class B

     664,969        112,625,800  

Leucadia National

     111,225        2,909,646  
     

 

 

 
        115,535,446  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–2.07%

 

AT&T

     2,151,335        81,169,870  

CenturyLink

     187,603        4,479,960  

†Level 3 Communications

     104,700        6,208,710  

Verizon Communications

     1,420,558        63,442,120  
     

 

 

 
          155,300,660  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–1.92%

     

Alliant Energy

     82,000        3,293,940  

American Electric Power

     174,578        12,127,934  

Duke Energy

     239,448        20,015,458  

Edison International

     114,304        8,937,430  

Entergy

     63,372        4,865,068  

Eversource Energy

     111,174        6,749,374  

Exelon

     327,956        11,829,373  

FirstEnergy

     147,706        4,307,107  

NextEra Energy

     162,458        22,765,240  

PG&E

     174,473        11,579,773  

Pinnacle West Capital

     39,983        3,404,952  

PPL

     240,298        9,289,921  

Southern

     340,426        16,299,597  

Xcel Energy

     177,477        8,142,645  
     

 

 

 
        143,607,812  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–0.55%

 

  

Acuity Brands

     15,700        3,191,496  

AMETEK

     83,000        5,027,310  
 

 

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund–4


LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Electrical Equipment (continued)

 

  

Eaton

     156,517      $ 12,181,718  

Emerson Electric

     223,030        13,297,049  

Rockwell Automation

     44,290        7,173,208  
     

 

 

 
        40,870,781  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–0.39%

 

Amphenol Class A

     109,832        8,107,798  

Corning

     329,260        9,894,263  

FLIR Systems

     49,450        1,713,937  

TE Connectivity

     123,011        9,678,505  
     

 

 

 
        29,394,503  
     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services–0.87%

 

Baker Hughes, a GE company

     149,997        8,176,336  

Halliburton

     304,837        13,019,588  

Helmerich & Payne

     38,008        2,065,355  

National Oilwell Varco

     135,690        4,469,629  

Schlumberger

     484,373        31,891,118  

†TechnipFMC

     169,316        4,605,395  

†Transocean

     119,500        983,485  
     

 

 

 
          65,210,906  
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–2.78%

 

Alexandria Real Estate Equities

     31,100        3,746,617  

American Tower

     147,903        19,570,525  

Apartment Investment & Management

     56,213        2,415,473  

AvalonBay Communities

     48,548        9,329,469  

Boston Properties

     55,212        6,792,180  

Crown Castle International

     127,865        12,809,516  

Digital Realty Trust

     52,400        5,918,580  

Equinix

     27,142        11,648,261  

Equity Residential

     128,742        8,475,086  

Essex Property Trust

     23,600        6,071,572  

Extra Space Storage

     43,800        3,416,400  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

     24,600        3,109,194  

Four Corners Property Trust

     1        25  

GGP

     208,500        4,912,260  

HCP

     166,323        5,315,683  

Host Hotels & Resorts

     265,751        4,855,271  

Iron Mountain

     89,100        3,061,476  

Kimco Realty

     143,945        2,641,391  

Macerich

     42,410        2,462,325  

Mid-America Apartment Communities

     41,100        4,331,118  

Prologis

     185,389        10,871,211  

Public Storage

     51,751        10,791,636  

Realty Income

     91,000        5,021,380  

Regency Centers

     52,100        3,263,544  

Simon Property Group

     108,948        17,623,428  

SL Green Realty

     34,900        3,692,420  

UDR

     93,300        3,635,901  

Ventas

     119,495        8,302,513  

Vornado Realty Trust

     60,774        5,706,679  

Welltower

     126,101        9,438,660  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)

 

Weyerhaeuser

     266,507      $ 8,927,985  
     

 

 

 
          208,157,779  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–1.83%

 

  

Costco Wholesale

     152,048        24,317,037  

CVS Health

     359,121        28,894,876  

Kroger

     326,946        7,624,381  

Sysco

     174,118        8,763,359  

Walgreens Boots Alliance

     297,662        23,309,911  

Wal-Mart Stores

     516,995        39,126,182  

Whole Foods Market

     116,000        4,884,760  
     

 

 

 
        136,920,506  
     

 

 

 

Food Products–1.32%

     

Archer-Daniels-Midland

     199,123        8,239,710  

Campbell Soup

     62,850        3,277,627  

Conagra Brands

     149,152        5,333,676  

General Mills

     205,112        11,363,205  

Hershey

     50,030        5,371,721  

Hormel Foods

     94,272        3,215,618  

JM Smucker

     40,147        4,750,594  

Kellogg

     89,577        6,222,018  

Kraft Heinz

     207,224        17,746,663  

McCormick & Co.

     41,319        4,029,016  

Mondelez International

     537,108        23,197,695  

Tyson Foods Class A

     102,550        6,422,707  
     

 

 

 
        99,170,250  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–2.76%

 

Abbott Laboratories

     598,780        29,106,696  

†Align Technology

     26,000        3,903,120  

Baxter International

     169,322        10,250,754  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

     78,801        15,374,863  

†Boston Scientific

     479,187        13,283,064  

Cooper

     17,600        4,213,792  

CR Bard

     25,237        7,977,668  

Danaher

     211,501        17,848,569  

DENTSPLY SIRONA

     82,775        5,367,131  

†Edwards Lifesciences

     72,916        8,621,588  

†Hologic

     88,400        4,011,592  

†IDEXX Laboratories

     32,300        5,213,866  

†Intuitive Surgical

     12,823        11,994,250  

Medtronic

     478,096        42,431,020  

Stryker

     107,812        14,962,149  

†Varian Medical Systems

     32,432        3,346,658  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings

     69,290        8,896,836  
     

 

 

 
        206,803,616  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–2.74%

 

Aetna

     116,044        17,618,960  

AmerisourceBergen

     59,278        5,603,549  

Anthem

     91,488        17,211,637  

Cardinal Health

     113,561        8,848,673  
 

 

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Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Health Care Providers & Services (continued)

 

†Centene

     60,800      $ 4,856,704  

Cigna

     89,056        14,907,084  

†DaVita

     56,628        3,667,229  

†Envision Healthcare

     42,500        2,663,475  

†Express Scripts Holding

     206,932        13,210,539  

†HCA Healthcare

     101,100        8,815,920  

†Henry Schein

     27,700        5,069,654  

Humana

     50,232        12,086,824  

†Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

     34,947        5,386,731  

McKesson

     73,487        12,091,551  

Patterson

     30,024        1,409,627  

Quest Diagnostics

     47,611        5,292,439  

UnitedHealth Group

     337,446        62,569,237  

Universal Health Services Class B

     32,000        3,906,560  
     

 

 

 
        205,216,393  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Technology–0.09%

 

  

†Cerner

     104,129        6,921,455  
     

 

 

 
        6,921,455  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–1.72%

 

  

Carnival

     144,991        9,507,060  

†Chipotle Mexican Grill

     10,422        4,336,594  

Darden Restaurants

     40,630        3,674,577  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings

     70,700        4,372,795  

Marriott International Class A

     110,827        11,117,056  

McDonald’s

     286,418        43,867,781  

Royal Caribbean Cruises

     57,600        6,291,648  

Starbucks

     506,406        29,528,534  

Wyndham Worldwide

     38,873        3,903,238  

Wynn Resorts

     28,350        3,802,302  

Yum Brands

     117,524        8,668,570  
     

 

 

 
        129,070,155  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables–0.46%

 

  

DR Horton

     116,474        4,026,506  

Garmin

     42,324        2,159,794  

Leggett & Platt

     48,336        2,539,090  

Lennar

     62,643        3,340,125  

†Mohawk Industries

     21,700        5,244,673  

Newell Brands

     166,803        8,943,977  

PulteGroup

     106,741        2,618,357  

Whirlpool

     27,308        5,232,759  
     

 

 

 
        34,105,281  
     

 

 

 

Household Products–1.71%

     

Church & Dwight

     93,000        4,824,840  

Clorox

     45,885        6,113,717  

Colgate-Palmolive

     309,052        22,910,025  

Kimberly-Clark

     124,431        16,065,286  

Procter & Gamble

     895,131        78,010,667  
     

 

 

 
        127,924,535  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers–0.06%

 

AES

     228,515      $ 2,538,802  

NRG Energy

     118,655        2,043,239  
     

 

 

 
        4,582,041  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–2.26%

 

  

3M

     209,371        43,588,948  

General Electric

     3,054,883        82,512,390  

Honeywell International

     265,272        35,358,105  

Roper Technologies

     35,164        8,141,521  
     

 

 

 
        169,600,964  
     

 

 

 

Insurance–2.72%

     

Aflac

     141,311        10,977,038  

Allstate

     127,572        11,282,468  

American International Group

     307,544        19,227,651  

Aon

     93,396        12,416,998  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

     63,400        3,629,650  

Assurant

     19,716        2,044,352  

Chubb

     161,746        23,514,633  

Cincinnati Financial

     52,875        3,830,794  

Everest Re Group

     14,100        3,589,719  

Hartford Financial Services Group

     130,289        6,849,293  

ÞLincoln National

     82,636        5,584,541  

Loews

     96,708        4,526,901  

Marsh & McLennan

     178,869        13,944,627  

MetLife

     382,015        20,987,904  

Principal Financial Group

     95,833        6,140,020  

Progressive

     207,718        9,158,287  

Prudential Financial

     149,325        16,148,005  

Torchmark

     38,379        2,935,993  

Travelers

     98,506        12,463,964  

Unum Group

     80,911        3,772,880  

Willis Towers Watson

     46,073        6,701,779  

XL Group

     96,942        4,246,060  
     

 

 

 
        203,973,557  
     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–2.62%

 

†Amazon.com

     138,658        134,220,944  

Expedia

     41,749        6,218,514  

†Netflix

     149,200        22,291,972  

†Priceline Group

     17,175        32,126,181  

†TripAdvisor

     39,134        1,494,919  
     

 

 

 
        196,352,530  
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–4.48%

 

  

†Akamai Technologies

     62,403        3,108,293  

†Alphabet Class A

     104,020        96,705,314  

†Alphabet Class C

     104,498        94,960,468  

†eBay

     360,544        12,590,196  

†Facebook Class A

     828,200        125,041,636  

†VeriSign

     31,387        2,917,736  
     

 

 

 
        335,323,643  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund–6


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Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

IT Services–3.75%

     

Accenture Class A

     215,767      $ 26,686,063  

Alliance Data Systems

     20,800        5,339,152  

Automatic Data Processing

     156,668        16,052,203  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Class A

     210,416        13,971,622  

CSRA

     49,285        1,564,799  

DXC Technology

     99,450        7,629,804  

Fidelity National Information Services

     113,589        9,700,501  

†Fiserv

     75,112        9,189,202  

†Gartner

     31,500        3,890,565  

Global Payments

     55,226        4,988,012  

International Business Machines

     301,463        46,374,053  

Mastercard Class A

     331,320        40,238,814  

Paychex

     114,576        6,523,957  

†PayPal Holdings

     389,744        20,917,560  

Total System Services

     58,068        3,382,461  

Visa Class A

     650,628        61,015,894  

Western Union

     173,887        3,312,547  
     

 

 

 
          280,777,209  
     

 

 

 

Leisure Products–0.09%

     

Hasbro

     39,684        4,425,163  

Mattel

     118,368        2,548,463  
     

 

 

 
        6,973,626  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–0.71%

 

Agilent Technologies

     117,037        6,941,464  

†Illumina

     51,400        8,918,928  

†Mettler-Toledo International

     9,100        5,355,714  

PerkinElmer

     39,675        2,703,455  

Thermo Fisher Scientific

     137,353        23,963,978  

†Waters

     29,216        5,371,069  
     

 

 

 
        53,254,608  
     

 

 

 

Machinery–1.53%

     

Caterpillar

     203,281        21,844,576  

Cummins

     54,529        8,845,694  

Deere & Co.

     102,500        12,667,975  

Dover

     55,851        4,480,367  

Flowserve

     47,884        2,223,254  

Fortive

     108,600        6,879,810  

Illinois Tool Works

     109,619        15,702,922  

Ingersoll-Rand

     89,175        8,149,703  

PACCAR

     123,955        8,185,988  

Parker-Hannifin

     47,582        7,604,555  

Pentair

     58,794        3,912,153  

Snap-on

     20,375        3,219,250  

Stanley Black & Decker

     52,040        7,323,589  

Xylem

     63,873        3,540,480  
     

 

 

 
        114,580,316  
     

 

 

 

Media–2.97%

     

CBS Class B

     131,403        8,380,883  
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Media (continued)

     

†Charter Communications Class A

     75,300      $ 25,364,805  

Comcast Class A

     1,660,744        64,636,156  

†Discovery Communications Class A

     52,143        1,346,854  

†Discovery Communications Class C

     78,143        1,969,985  

†DISH Network Class A

     79,100        4,964,316  

Interpublic Group

     135,580        3,335,268  

News Class A

     135,890        1,861,693  

News Class B

     38,200        540,530  

Omnicom Group

     84,597        7,013,091  

Scripps Networks Interactive Class A

     33,553        2,292,005  

Time Warner

     268,233        26,933,276  

Twenty-First Century Fox Class A

     366,957        10,399,561  

Twenty-First Century Fox Class B

     176,200        4,910,694  

Viacom Class B

     123,923        4,160,095  

Walt Disney

     510,090        54,197,063  
     

 

 

 
          222,306,275  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–0.24%

     

†Freeport-McMoRan

     434,961        5,223,882  

Newmont Mining

     186,932        6,054,727  

Nucor

     111,943        6,478,141  
     

 

 

 
        17,756,750  
     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–0.39%

     

Dollar General

     89,729        6,468,564  

†Dollar Tree

     83,683        5,851,115  

Kohl’s

     63,403        2,451,794  

Macy’s

     112,117        2,605,599  

Nordstrom

     40,611        1,942,424  

Target

     194,638        10,177,621  
     

 

 

 
        29,497,117  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–1.00%

     

Ameren

     85,201        4,657,939  

CenterPoint Energy

     150,835        4,129,862  

CMS Energy

     96,538        4,464,883  

Consolidated Edison

     105,312        8,511,316  

Dominion Energy

     217,710        16,683,117  

DTE Energy

     62,092        6,568,713  

NiSource

     110,795        2,809,761  

Public Service Enterprise Group

     174,889        7,521,976  

SCANA

     49,706        3,330,799  

Sempra Energy

     86,588        9,762,797  

WEC Energy Group

     110,658        6,792,188  
     

 

 

 
        75,233,351  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–5.00%

 

Anadarko Petroleum

     197,727        8,964,942  

Apache

     135,726        6,505,347  

Cabot Oil & Gas

     168,696        4,230,896  

†Chesapeake Energy

     270,105        1,342,422  

Chevron

     662,834        69,153,471  

Cimarex Energy

     33,700        3,168,137  
 

 

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LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

†Concho Resources

     51,000      $ 6,198,030  

ConocoPhillips

     430,710        18,934,012  

Devon Energy

     186,614        5,966,050  

EOG Resources

     200,402        18,140,389  

EQT

     62,607        3,668,144  

Exxon Mobil

     1,484,710        119,860,638  

Hess

     96,620        4,238,719  

Kinder Morgan

     666,381        12,767,860  

Marathon Oil

     302,129        3,580,229  

Marathon Petroleum

     182,720        9,561,738  

Murphy Oil

     58,565        1,501,021  

†Newfield Exploration

     73,397        2,088,879  

Noble Energy

     151,585        4,289,855  

Occidental Petroleum

     265,498        15,895,365  

ONEOK

     133,177        6,946,512  

Phillips 66

     156,971        12,979,932  

Pioneer Natural Resources

     59,514        9,497,244  

Range Resources

     59,106        1,369,486  

Tesoro

     52,961        4,957,150  

Valero Energy

     156,845        10,580,764  

Williams

     282,218        8,545,561  
     

 

 

 
          374,932,793  
     

 

 

 

Personal Products–0.14%

     

Coty Class A

     173,568        3,256,130  

Estee Lauder Class A

     78,567        7,540,861  
     

 

 

 
        10,796,991  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–4.91%

     

Allergan

     117,203        28,490,877  

Bristol-Myers Squibb

     581,726        32,413,773  

Eli Lilly & Co.

     337,952        27,813,450  

Johnson & Johnson

     943,881        124,866,017  

†Mallinckrodt

     36,300        1,626,603  

Merck & Co.

     960,581        61,563,636  

†Mylan

     164,905        6,401,612  

Perrigo

     52,151        3,938,444  

Pfizer

     2,083,948        69,999,813  

Zoetis

     170,921        10,662,052  
     

 

 

 
        367,776,277  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services–0.30%

 

  

Equifax

     42,618        5,856,566  

†IHS Markit

     111,100        4,892,844  

Nielsen Holdings

     120,300        4,650,798  

Robert Half International

     47,717        2,287,076  

†Verisk Analytics Class A

     55,000        4,640,350  
     

 

 

 
        22,327,634  
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development–0.05%

 

†CBRE Group Class A

     98,176        3,573,606  
     

 

 

 
        3,573,606  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Road & Rail–0.91%

     

CSX

     325,304      $ 17,748,586  

JB Hunt Transport Services

     32,400        2,960,712  

Kansas City Southern

     38,738        4,053,932  

Norfolk Southern

     101,232        12,319,934  

Union Pacific

     282,402        30,756,402  
     

 

 

 
        67,839,566  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–3.30%

 

†Advanced Micro Devices

     270,100        3,370,848  

Analog Devices

     128,456        9,993,877  

Applied Materials

     375,053        15,493,439  

Broadcom

     140,485        32,740,029  

Intel

     1,650,928        55,702,311  

KLA-Tencor

     56,221        5,144,784  

Lam Research

     56,750        8,026,153  

Microchip Technology

     77,303        5,966,246  

†Micron Technology

     365,859        10,924,550  

NVIDIA

     206,210        29,809,718  

†Qorvo

     46,100        2,919,052  

QUALCOMM

     513,924        28,378,883  

Skyworks Solutions

     66,900        6,419,055  

Texas Instruments

     347,724        26,750,407  

Xilinx

     88,755        5,708,722  
     

 

 

 
          247,348,074  
     

 

 

 

Software–4.72%

     

Activision Blizzard

     237,000        13,644,090  

†Adobe Systems

     172,800        24,440,832  

†ANSYS

     29,400        3,577,392  

†Autodesk

     69,703        7,027,456  

CA

     112,419        3,875,083  

†Citrix Systems

     56,456        4,492,768  

†Electronic Arts

     104,479        11,045,520  

Intuit

     86,240        11,453,534  

Microsoft

     2,702,588        186,289,391  

Oracle

     1,043,678        52,330,015  

†Red Hat

     61,803        5,917,637  

†salesforce.com

     229,336        19,860,498  

Symantec

     215,525        6,088,581  

†Synopsys

     52,800        3,850,704  
     

 

 

 
        353,893,501  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–2.20%

     

Advance Auto Parts

     25,800        3,008,022  

†AutoNation

     26,206        1,104,845  

†AutoZone

     9,927        5,662,956  

Bed Bath & Beyond

     52,026        1,581,590  

Best Buy

     97,877        5,611,288  

†CarMax

     67,709        4,269,730  

Foot Locker

     49,100        2,419,648  

Gap

     75,150        1,652,549  

Home Depot

     418,685        64,226,279  

L Brands

     85,443        4,604,523  
 

 

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund–8


LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Specialty Retail (continued)

 

  

Lowe’s

     302,497      $ 23,452,592  

†O’Reilly Automotive

     32,657        7,143,392  

Ross Stores

     137,226        7,922,057  

Signet Jewelers

     25,100        1,587,324  

Staples

     224,535        2,261,067  

Tiffany & Co.

     39,515        3,709,273  

TJX

     226,446        16,342,608  

Tractor Supply

     47,700        2,585,817  

†Ulta Beauty

     20,800        5,976,672  
     

 

 

 
        165,122,232  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–4.03%

 

Apple

     1,827,489        263,194,964  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

     577,976        9,588,622  

HP

     592,676        10,359,976  

NetApp

     99,243        3,974,682  

Seagate Technology

     103,772        4,021,165  

Western Digital

     99,034        8,774,412  

Xerox

     74,696        2,146,023  
     

 

 

 
          302,059,844  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–0.69%

 

Coach

     96,734        4,579,388  

Hanesbrands

     141,900        3,286,404  

†Michael Kors Holdings

     59,400        2,153,250  

NIKE Class B

     464,768        27,421,312  

PVH

     28,933        3,312,829  

Ralph Lauren

     21,272        1,569,874  

†Under Armour Class A

     63,800        1,388,288  

†Under Armour Class C

     64,252        1,295,320  

VF

     116,652        6,719,155  
     

 

 

 
        51,725,820  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Tobacco–1.77%

     

Altria Group

     679,301      $ 50,587,545  

Philip Morris International

     540,416        63,471,859  

Reynolds American

     287,302        18,686,122  
     

 

 

 
        132,745,526  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–0.15%

 

Fastenal

     99,403        4,327,013  

†United Rentals

     30,300        3,415,113  

WW Grainger

     19,653        3,547,956  
     

 

 

 
        11,290,082  
     

 

 

 

Water Utilities–0.07%

     

American Water Works

     63,900        4,981,005  
     

 

 

 
        4,981,005  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $4,210,640,088)

 

       7,282,746,653  
     

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–2.68%

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     200,984,144        200,984,144  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $200,984,144)

 

     200,984,144  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
        

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT–0.15%

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations–0.15%

 

U.S. Treasury Bill

     

¥0.661% 8/3/17

     11,395,000        11,386,682  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investment
(Cost $11,387,845)

 

     11,386,682  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.02% (Cost $4,423,012,077)

     7,495,117,479  

«LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.02%)

     (1,803,766
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 440,948,676 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 7,493,313,713  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP SSGA S&P 500 INDEX FUND STANDARD CLASS ($6,366,171,240 / 374,543,584 Shares)

   $ 16.997  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP SSGA S&P 500 INDEX FUND SERVICE CLASS ($1,127,142,473 / 66,405,092 Shares)

   $ 16.974  
  

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 4,305,566,550  

Undistributed net investment income

     65,983,108  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

     50,791,272  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and derivatives

     3,070,972,783  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 7,493,313,713  
  

 

 

 

 

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund–9


LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

«

Includes $1,214,879 cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts, $3,134,035 payable for securities purchased, $8,134,066 payable for fund shares redeemed, and $1,524,275 due to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

 

Þ

Considered an affiliated investment. See Note 2 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

The rate shown is the effective yield at the time of purchase.

 

°

Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.

 

¥

Fully or partially pledged as collateral for derivatives.

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)    Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
     Notional
Value
     Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Equity Contracts:

           
1,828   

E-mini S&P 500 Index

     $222,402,879        $221,270,260        9/18/17        $(1,132,619)  

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amount recognized in the financial statements. The notional value presented above represents the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

IT–Information Technology

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund–10


LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends from unaffiliated investments

   $ 75,317,760  

Dividends from affiliated investments

     47,929  

Interest

     38,452  
  

 

 

 
     75,404,141  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     6,057,444  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     1,356,069  

Accounting and administration expenses

     897,977  

Index fees

     365,684  

Shareholder servicing fees

     357,013  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     125,643  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     97,658  

Professional fees

     89,276  

Custodian fees

     35,034  

Consulting fees

     8,669  

Pricing fees

     1,115  

Other

     39,368  
  

 

 

 
     9,430,950  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (9,917
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     9,421,033  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     65,983,108  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

  

Net realized gain from:

  

Sale of investments in unaffiliated investments

     73,657,006  

Futures contracts

     7,330,931  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     80,987,937  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     489,464,156  

Futures contracts

     (1,255,660
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     488,208,496  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     569,196,433  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 635,179,541  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS

    

Net investment income

   $ 65,983,108     $ 125,887,808  

Net realized gain

     80,987,937       89,049,817  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     488,208,496       540,933,500  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     635,179,541       755,871,125  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (118,669,518

Service Class

           (17,699,207

Net realized gain on investments:

    

Standard Class

           (79,312,836

Service Class

           (13,563,311
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (229,244,872
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     381,233,616       655,142,911  

Service Class

     86,762,536       133,394,921  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           197,982,353  

Service Class

           31,262,519  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     467,996,152       1,017,782,704  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (554,556,590     (873,579,589

Service Class

     (87,776,202     (164,969,226
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (642,332,792     (1,038,548,815
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (174,336,640     (20,766,111
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     460,842,901       505,860,142  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     7,032,470,812       6,526,610,670  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 7,493,313,713     $ 7,032,470,812  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 65,983,108     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund–11


LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund Standard Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
   Year Ended
     (unaudited)    12/31/16   12/31/15   12/31/14   12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 15.562      $ 14.395     $ 14.651     $ 13.259     $ 10.191     $ 8.896

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.153        0.284       0.288       0.243       0.220       0.202

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.282        1.399       (0.121 )       1.538       3.038       1.189
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.435        1.683       0.167       1.781       3.258       1.391
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.307 )       (0.284 )       (0.275 )       (0.190 )       (0.096 )

Net realized gain

              (0.209 )       (0.139 )       (0.114 )            
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.516 )       (0.423 )       (0.389 )       (0.190 )       (0.096 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 16.997      $ 15.562     $ 14.395     $ 14.651     $ 13.259     $ 10.191
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       9.22%        11.76%       1.17%       13.43%       32.00%       15.65%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 6,366,171      $ 5,998,455     $ 5,567,596     $ 5,672,744     $ 5,143,799     $ 2,396,852

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.22%        0.21%       0.21%       0.21%       0.23%       0.25%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.22%        0.21%       0.21%       0.21%       0.23%       0.25%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.87%        1.92%       1.95%       1.74%       1.84%       2.04%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.87%        1.92%       1.95%       1.74%       1.84%       2.04%

Portfolio turnover

       1%        4%       10%       11%       8%       14%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund–12


LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
  

Year Ended

     (unaudited)    12/31/16   12/31/15   12/31/14   12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 15.560      $ 14.396     $ 14.653     $ 13.263     $ 10.196     $ 8.901

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.132        0.247       0.251       0.208       0.190       0.177

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.282        1.396       (0.122 )       1.536       3.037       1.189
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.414        1.643       0.129       1.744       3.227       1.366
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.270 )       (0.247 )       (0.240 )       (0.160 )       (0.071 )

Net realized gain

              (0.209 )       (0.139 )       (0.114 )            
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.479 )       (0.386 )       (0.354 )       (0.160 )       (0.071 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 16.974      $ 15.560     $ 14.396     $ 14.653     $ 13.263     $ 10.196
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       9.09%        11.48%       0.92%       13.15%       31.68%       15.36%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 1,127,143      $ 1,034,016     $ 959,015     $ 956,395     $ 926,536     $ 528,207

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.47%        0.46%       0.46%       0.46%       0.48%       0.50%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.47%        0.46%       0.46%       0.46%       0.48%       0.50%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.62%        1.67%       1.70%       1.49%       1.59%       1.79%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.62%        1.67%       1.70%       1.49%       1.59%       1.79%

Portfolio turnover

       1%        4%       10%       11%       8%       14%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund–13


LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is as a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek to approximate as closely as practicable, before fees and expenses, the total rate of return of common stocks publicly traded in the United States, as represented by the S&P 500® Index.

“Standard & Poor’s®”, “S&P 500®”, “Standard & Poor’s 500®” and “500®” are trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services, LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and have been licensed for use by Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust and its affiliates. The product is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Standard & Poor’s and Standard & Poor’s makes no representation regarding the advisability of purchasing the product.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Short-term debt securities utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”), which approximates fair value. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures, or suspension of trading in a security.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016) and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund does not separate the portion of realized gains and losses on foreign equity securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices. For foreign securities, these changes are included in the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

 

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund–14


LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of the distributions by the issuer or management estimate. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction. There were no commission rebates for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.24% of the first $500 million of the average daily net assets of the Fund; 0.20% of the next $500 million; and 0.16% of the average daily net assets in excess of $1 billion. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.002% of the first $1 billion of the average daily net assets of the Fund. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board and LIAC. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 204,564  

Legal

     49,375  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $88,392 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 1,026,245  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     232,272  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     177,366  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     88,392  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

The Fund has investments in Lincoln National Corporation, the parent company of LIAC. Investments in companies considered to be affiliates of the Fund and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/16
   Purchases    Sales    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
   Net
Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Value
6/30/17
   Dividends    Capital Gain
Distributions

Lincoln National

     $ 5,476,288        $—      $      $      $ 108,253      $ 5,584,541      $ 47,929      $

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 92,429,589  

Sales

     325,341,910  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated because final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 4,423,012,077  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 3,184,572,502  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (112,467,100
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 3,072,105,402  
  

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1     Level 2      Total  

Investments:

       

Assets:

       

Common Stock

   $ 7,282,746,653     $      $ 7,282,746,653  

Money Market Fund

     200,984,144              200,984,144  

Short-Term Investment

           11,386,682        11,386,682  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 7,483,730,797     $ 11,386,682      $ 7,495,117,479  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivatives:

       

Liabilities:

       

Futures Contracts

   $ (1,132,619   $      $ (1,132,619
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     22,812,464       44,243,206  

Service Class

     5,283,630       9,022,248  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           12,840,124  

Service Class

           2,031,031  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     28,096,094       68,136,609  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (33,730,808     (58,398,420

Service Class

     (5,333,903     (11,216,144
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (39,064,711     (69,614,564
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (10,968,617     (1,477,955
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable investors to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in

 

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LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts as a cash management tool; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce transaction costs.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

  

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value   

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Liabilities net of receivables and other assets    $—    Liabilities net of receivables and other assets      $(1,132,619

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
   Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts      $ 7,330,931      $ (1,255,660 )

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
  Short Derivative
Volume

Futures contracts (average notional value)

     $ 105,744,114     $

At June 30, 2017, the Fund pledged U.S. Treasury obligations with a value of $11,386,682 as collateral for futures contracts.

6. Credit and Market Risk

The Fund invests in REITs and is subject to the risks associated with that industry. If the Fund acquires a direct interest in real estate as a result of defaults or receives rental income directly from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company could be jeopardized. The Fund had no direct real estate holdings during the six months ended June 30, 2017. The Fund’s REIT holdings are also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs it holds use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Fund’s Board has delegated to LIAC, the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. As of June 30, 2017, there were no Rule 144A securities.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings      2  
Statement of Net Assets      3  
Statement of Operations      26  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      26  
Financial Highlights      27  
Notes to Financial Statements      29  

 

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,048.10       0.38 %         $1.93        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,046.90       0.63 %         3.20        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,022.91       0.38 %         $1.91        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,021.67       0.63 %         3.16        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Common Stock

     94.76

Aerospace & Defense

     1.35

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.29

Airlines

     0.30

Auto Components

     1.15

Automobiles

     0.05

Banks

     9.94

Beverages

     0.23

Biotechnology

     5.11

Building Products

     1.17

Capital Markets

     1.24

Chemicals

     2.03

Commercial Services & Supplies

     2.34

Communications Equipment

     1.82

Construction & Engineering

     1.14

Construction Materials

     0.22

Consumer Finance

     0.57

Containers & Packaging

     0.12

Distributors

     0.08

Diversified Consumer Services

     0.84

Diversified Financial Services

     0.10

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     0.70

Electric Utilities

     1.05

Electrical Equipment

     0.65

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     2.71

Energy Equipment & Services

     1.30

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     6.66

Food & Staples Retailing

     0.50

Food Products

     1.18

Gas Utilities

     1.19

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     3.59

Health Care Providers & Services

     2.05

Health Care Technology

     0.78

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     3.16

Household Durables

     1.41

Household Products

     0.26

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     0.41

Industrial Conglomerates

     0.06

Insurance

     2.36

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     0.51

Internet Software & Services

     2.81

IT Services

     1.95

Leisure Products

     0.36

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     0.80

Machinery

     3.36

Marine

     0.11

Media

     1.30

Metals & Mining

     1.24
Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts

     0.84

Multiline Retail

     0.34

Multi-Utilities

     0.49

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     1.79

Paper & Forest Products

     0.56

Personal Products

     0.16

Pharmaceuticals

     1.91

Professional Services

     1.20

Real Estate Management & Development

     0.48

Road & Rail

     0.65

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     2.94

Software

     3.46

Specialty Retail

     2.04

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.58

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     0.72

Thrift & Mortgage Finance

     2.17

Tobacco

     0.19

Trading Companies & Distributors

     1.23

Water Utilities

     0.35

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     0.11

Rights

     0.03

Warrants

     0.00

Money Market Fund

     5.30

Short-Term Investments

     0.26

Total Value of Securities

     100.35

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.35 %) 

Total Net Assets

     100.00

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings

   Percentage
of Net Assets

Kite Pharma

     0.25

Gramercy Property Trust

     0.22

Catalent

     0.22

Fair Isaac

     0.22

IDACORP

     0.22

PAREXEL International

     0.21

HealthSouth

     0.21

Medidata Solutions

     0.21

Bluebird Bio

     0.21

WGL Holdings

     0.21

Total

     2.18

IT–Information Technology

 

 

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LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK–94.76%

 

  

Aerospace & Defense–1.35%

     

AAR

     24,598      $ 855,026  

†Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings

     51,368        1,068,454  

†Aerovironment

     14,981        572,274  

†Astronics

     16,922        515,613  

†Axon Enterprise

     39,145        984,105  

Cubic

     18,817        871,227  

Curtiss-Wright

     33,444        3,069,490  

†DigitalGlobe

     47,366        1,577,288  

†Ducommun

     7,300        230,534  

†Engility Holdings

     13,300        377,720  

†Esterline Technologies

     19,422        1,841,206  

†KeyW Holding

     36,608        342,285  

†KLX

     39,700        1,985,000  

†Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

     54,550        647,509  

†Mercury Systems

     34,651        1,458,461  

†Moog Class A

     23,981        1,719,917  

National Presto Industries

     3,372        372,606  

†Sparton

     6,583        144,760  

Triumph Group

     36,900        1,166,040  

†Vectrus

     9,000        290,880  

†Wesco Aircraft Holdings

     39,520        428,792  
     

 

 

 
        20,519,187  
     

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics–0.29%

 

  

†Air Transport Services Group

     35,876        781,379  

†Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings

     18,220        950,173  

†Echo Global Logistics

     21,191        421,701  

Forward Air

     22,339        1,190,222  

†Hub Group Class A

     25,144        964,272  

†Radiant Logistics

     22,700        122,126  
     

 

 

 
        4,429,873  
     

 

 

 

Airlines–0.30%

 

  

Allegiant Travel

     9,884        1,340,270  

†Hawaiian Holdings

     39,725        1,865,089  

SkyWest

     37,592        1,319,479  
     

 

 

 
        4,524,838  
     

 

 

 

Auto Components–1.15%

 

  

†American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings

     62,381        973,144  

Cooper Tire & Rubber

     41,617        1,502,374  

†Cooper-Standard Holdings

     13,000        1,311,310  

Dana

     112,272        2,507,034  

†Dorman Products

     19,873        1,644,888  

†Fox Factory Holding

     26,000        925,600  

†Gentherm

     27,206        1,055,593  

†Horizon Global

     17,270        247,997  

LCI Industries

     17,904        1,833,370  

†Modine Manufacturing

     35,764        591,894  

†Motorcar Parts of America

     13,400        378,416  

†Shiloh Industries

     6,500        76,310  

Standard Motor Products

     16,051        838,183  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Auto Components (continued)

     

†Stoneridge

     20,431      $ 314,842  

Superior Industries International

     18,607        382,374  

Tenneco

     40,977        2,369,700  

Tower International

     15,020        337,199  

†VOXX International Class A

     14,900        122,180  
     

 

 

 
        17,412,408  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles–0.05%

 

  

Winnebago Industries

     23,373        818,055  
     

 

 

 
        818,055  
     

 

 

 

Banks–9.94%

 

  

1st Source

     12,434        596,086  

Access National

     11,658        309,170  

ACNB

     5,200        158,600  

†Allegiance Bancshares

     7,200        275,760  

American National Bankshares

     5,995        221,515  

Ameris Bancorp

     27,779        1,338,948  

Ames National

     6,665        203,949  

Arrow Financial

     9,236        292,319  

†Atlantic Capital Bancshares

     15,500        294,500  

Banc of California

     36,338        781,267  

BancFirst

     5,793        559,604  

Banco Latinoamericano de Exportacions

     22,458        614,900  

†Bancorp

     38,247        289,912  

BancorpSouth

     65,131        1,986,495  

Bank of Commerce Holdings

     11,500        127,075  

Bank of Marin Bancorp

     4,349        267,681  

Bank of NT Butterfield & Son

     40,000        1,364,000  

Bankwell Financial Group

     5,000        156,150  

Banner

     24,519        1,385,569  

Bar Harbor Bankshares

     11,368        350,362  

BCB Bancorp

     7,000        107,100  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp

     25,765        905,640  

Blue Hills Bancorp

     17,853        319,569  

Boston Private Financial Holdings

     61,038        936,933  

Bridge Bancorp

     14,492        482,584  

Brookline Bancorp

     51,419        750,717  

Bryn Mawr Bank

     11,564        491,470  

C&F Financial

     2,800        131,320  

†Cadence BanCorp

     6,500        142,220  

Camden National

     11,155        478,661  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

     1        43  

Capital Bank Financial

     21,600        822,960  

Capital City Bank Group

     9,284        189,579  

†Capstar Financial Holdings

     6,400        113,536  

Carolina Financial

     9,800        316,736  

Cathay General Bancorp

     55,903        2,121,519  

CenterState Banks of Florida

     37,905        942,318  

Central Pacific Financial

     22,430        705,872  

Central Valley Community Bancorp

     7,600        168,416  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–3


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Banks (continued)

     

Century Bancorp Class A

     2,361      $ 150,160  

Chemical Financial

     52,615        2,547,092  

Chemung Financial

     2,700        110,376  

Citizens & Northern

     8,361        194,477  

City Holding

     10,397        684,850  

Civista Bancshares

     7,400        154,512  

CNB Financial

     11,591        277,836  

CoBiz Financial

     29,653        515,962  

Codorus Valley Bancorp

     7,035        199,794  

Columbia Banking System

     43,683        1,740,768  

Commerce Union Bancshares

     5,100        121,737  

Community Bank System

     38,419        2,142,628  

†Community Bankers Trust

     15,900        131,175  

Community Financial

     2,900        111,650  

Community Trust Bancorp

     11,230        491,313  

ConnectOne Bancorp

     23,669        533,736  

County Bancorp

     4,200        100,800  

†CU Bancorp

     13,060        472,119  

†Customers Bancorp

     21,280        601,798  

CVB Financial

     75,959        1,703,760  

DNB Financial

     2,300        78,890  

†Eagle Bancorp

     22,909        1,450,140  

Enterprise Bancorp

     7,060        250,912  

Enterprise Financial Services

     16,738        682,910  

†Equity Bancshares Class A

     7,900        242,056  

Evans Bancorp

     3,400        135,830  

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp

     3,800        235,600  

Farmers Capital Bank

     6,300        242,865  

Farmers National Banc

     16,200        234,900  

†FB Financial

     5,000        180,950  

†FCB Financial Holdings Class A

     26,100        1,246,275  

Fidelity Southern

     14,015        320,383  

Financial Institutions

     9,388        279,762  

First Bancorp (Maine)

     8,211        222,190  

First Bancorp (North Carolina)

     18,185        568,463  

†First BanCorp (Puerto Rico)

     121,735        704,846  

First Bancshares

     6,300        173,880  

First Busey

     22,963        673,275  

First Business Financial Services

     5,800        133,864  

First Citizens BancShares Class A

     5,700        2,124,390  

First Commonwealth Financial

     71,839        910,919  

First Community Bancshares

     12,463        340,863  

†First Community Financial Partners

     11,800        152,220  

First Connecticut Bancorp

     8,828        226,438  

First Financial

     6,759        319,701  

First Financial Bancorp

     45,873        1,270,682  

First Financial Bankshares

     48,014        2,122,219  

First Financial Northwest

     3,600        58,068  

†First Foundation

     17,400        285,882  

First Guaranty Bancshares

     2,900        78,996  

First Internet Bancorp

     4,500        126,225  

First Interstate BancSystem Class A

     18,146        675,034  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Banks (continued)

     

First Merchants

     30,383      $ 1,219,574  

First Mid-Illinois Bancshares

     7,500        256,800  

First Midwest Bancorp

     75,855        1,768,180  

†First Northwest Bancorp

     9,600        151,392  

First of Long Island

     15,654        447,704  

Flushing Financial

     19,530        550,551  

FNB Bancorp

     3,900        107,094  

†Franklin Financial Network

     8,100        334,125  

Fulton Financial

     129,600        2,462,400  

German American Bancorp

     15,577        531,020  

Glacier Bancorp

     57,374        2,100,462  

Great Southern Bancorp

     7,870        421,045  

Great Western Bancorp

     44,400        1,811,964  

†Green Bancorp

     16,664        323,282  

Guaranty Bancorp

     17,468        475,130  

Hancock Holding

     62,464        3,060,736  

Hanmi Financial

     22,520        640,694  

†HarborOne Bancorp

     10,300        205,588  

Heartland Financial USA

     17,838        840,170  

Heritage Commerce

     26,838        369,828  

Heritage Financial

     23,355        618,907  

Hilltop Holdings

     56,349        1,476,907  

Home BancShares

     96,028        2,391,097  

†HomeTrust Bancshares

     10,977        267,839  

Hope Bancorp

     96,558        1,800,807  

Horizon Bancorp

     14,155        372,984  

†Howard Bancorp

     6,500        125,125  

IBERIABANK

     37,504        3,056,576  

Independent Bank

     13,509        293,821  

Independent Bank (Massachusetts)

     19,384        1,291,944  

Independent Bank Group

     13,100        779,450  

International Bancshares

     41,064        1,439,293  

Investar Holding

     6,100        139,690  

Investors Bancorp

     192,586        2,572,949  

Lakeland Bancorp

     31,778        599,015  

Lakeland Financial

     17,917        822,032  

LCNB

     7,700        154,000  

LegacyTexas Financial Group

     36,027        1,373,710  

Live Oak Bancshares

     15,300        370,260  

Macatawa Bank

     23,000        219,420  

MainSource Financial Group

     17,020        570,340  

MB Financial

     60,226        2,652,353  

MBT Financial

     15,500        150,350  

Mercantile Bank

     10,833        341,023  

Middlefield Banc

     1,900        95,760  

Midland States Bancorp

     11,400        382,128  

MidSouth Bancorp

     6,600        77,550  

MidWestOne Financial Group

     8,242        279,321  

MutualFirst Financial

     4,700        167,790  

National Bank Holdings Class A

     17,652        584,458  

National Bankshares

     5,608        228,806  

†National Commerce

     7,800        308,490  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–4


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Banks (continued)

     

NBT Bancorp

     31,739      $ 1,172,756  

†Nicolet Bankshares

     6,600        361,086  

Northeast Bancorp

     5,400        109,890  

Northrim BanCorp

     5,900        179,360  

Norwood Financial

     2,800        118,300  

OFG Bancorp

     31,588        315,880  

Ohio Valley Banc

     3,000        108,150  

Old Line Bancshares

     7,300        205,714  

Old National Bancorp

     99,817        1,721,843  

Old Point Financial

     2,700        88,776  

Old Second Bancorp

     24,600        284,130  

Opus Bank

     12,600        304,920  

Orrstown Financial Services

     6,400        146,240  

Pacific Continental

     15,880        405,734  

†Pacific Mercantile Bancorp

     13,300        117,040  

†Pacific Premier Bancorp

     29,102        1,073,864  

†Paragon Commercial

     3,100        162,657  

Park National

     9,976        1,034,711  

Park Sterling

     38,052        452,058  

Parke Bancorp

     4,200        94,080  

Peapack Gladstone Financial

     11,291        353,295  

Penns Woods Bancorp

     3,876        159,614  

Peoples Bancorp

     12,640        406,123  

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina

     3,100        97,960  

Peoples Financial Services

     5,300        231,769  

People’s Utah Bancorp

     8,400        225,120  

Preferred Bank

     8,429        450,699  

Premier Financial Bancorp

     8,140        167,765  

QCR Holdings

     8,100        383,940  

Renasant

     32,908        1,439,396  

Republic Bancorp Class A

     7,530        268,821  

†Republic First Bancorp

     40,800        377,400  

S&T Bancorp

     25,456        912,852  

Sandy Spring Bancorp

     16,813        683,617  

†Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

     29,644        714,420  

ServisFirst Bancshares

     34,400        1,269,016  

Shore Bancshares

     10,900        179,305  

Sierra Bancorp

     8,220        201,801  

Simmons First National Class A

     21,941        1,160,679  

†SmartFinancial

     5,300        126,564  

South State

     21,491        1,841,779  

†Southern First Bancshares

     5,000        185,250  

Southern National Bancorp of Virginia

     13,300        234,080  

Southside Bancshares

     21,166        739,540  

Southwest Bancorp

     13,798        352,539  

State Bank Financial

     27,828        754,695  

Sterling Bancorp

     95,461        2,219,468  

Stock Yards Bancorp

     15,682        610,030  

Stonegate Bank

     9,581        442,451  

Summit Financial Group

     7,200        158,400  

Sun Bancorp

     6,881        169,617  

†Sunshine Bancorp

     5,500        117,205  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Banks (continued)

     

†Texas Capital Bancshares

     37,615      $ 2,911,401  

Tompkins Financial

     10,797        849,940  

Towne Bank

     41,890        1,290,212  

TriCo Bancshares

     14,853        522,083  

†TriState Capital Holdings

     14,700        370,440  

†Triumph Bancorp

     10,800        265,140  

Trustmark

     50,679        1,629,837  

Two River Bancorp

     5,400        100,386  

UMB Financial

     33,882        2,536,407  

Umpqua Holdings

     166,881        3,063,935  

Union Bankshares Corp

     32,431        1,099,411  

Union Bankshares Inc.

     3,400        161,500  

United Bankshares

     74,295        2,912,364  

United Community Banks

     52,556        1,461,057  

United Security Bancshares

     9,700        89,725  

Unity Bancorp

     5,700        98,040  

Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania

     17,420        521,729  

Valley National Bancorp

     194,899        2,301,757  

†Veritex Holdings

     10,600        279,098  

Washington Trust Bancorp

     10,975        565,761  

WashingtonFirst Bankshares

     7,350        253,796  

WesBanco

     31,255        1,235,823  

West Bancorporation

     12,373        292,621  

Westamerica Bancorporation

     18,481        1,035,675  

Wintrust Financial

     41,207        3,149,863  

†Xenith Bankshares

     5,205        161,667  
     

 

 

 
        150,771,227  
     

 

 

 

Beverages–0.23%

 

  

†Boston Beer Class A

     6,616        874,304  

†Castle Brands

     64,500        110,940  

Coca-Cola Bottling Consolidated

     3,513        804,020  

†Craft Brew Alliance

     8,950        150,807  

MGP Ingredients

     9,200        470,764  

National Beverage

     9,067        848,309  

†Primo Water

     18,400        233,680  
     

 

 

 
        3,492,824  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology–5.11%

 

  

†Abeona Therapeutics

     18,000        115,200  

†Acceleron Pharma

     23,800        723,282  

†Achaogen

     21,500        467,195  

†Achillion Pharmaceuticals

     87,272        400,578  

†Acorda Therapeutics

     32,171        633,769  

†Adamas Pharmaceuticals

     11,600        202,884  

†Aduro Biotech

     26,000        296,400  

†Advaxis

     27,200        176,528  

†Agenus

     58,000        226,780  

†Aimmune Therapeutics

     26,100        536,616  

†Akebia Therapeutics

     24,700        354,939  

†Alder Biopharmaceuticals

     35,200        403,040  

†AMAG Pharmaceuticals

     25,129        462,374  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–5


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Biotechnology (continued)

     

†Amicus Therapeutics

     106,400      $ 1,071,448  

†AnaptysBio

     5,200        124,436  

†Anavex Life Sciences

     27,000        143,640  

†Ardelyx.

     21,800        111,180  

†Arena Pharmaceuticals

     25,674        433,120  

†Array BioPharma

     127,433        1,066,614  

†Asterias Biotherapeutics

     12,000        42,600  

†Atara Biotherapeutics

     15,400        215,600  

†Athersys

     66,200        99,962  

†Audentes Therapeutics

     11,300        216,169  

†AveXis

     18,700        1,536,392  

†Axovant Sciences

     19,600        454,524  

†Bellicum Pharmaceuticals

     18,200        212,576  

†BioCryst Pharmaceuticals

     64,500        358,620  

†Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding

     7,400        185,000  

†BioSpecifics Technologies

     3,700        183,187  

†Biotime

     49,144        154,804  

†Bluebird Bio

     30,800        3,235,540  

†Blueprint Medicines

     28,800        1,459,296  

†Calithera Biosciences

     22,700        337,095  

†Cara Therapeutics

     20,600        317,034  

†Cascadian Therapeutics

     25,500        94,733  

†Catalyst Pharmaceuticals

     53,100        146,556  

†Celldex Therapeutics

     79,540        196,464  

†ChemoCentryx

     12,745        119,293  

†Chimerix

     37,300        203,285  

†Clovis Oncology

     32,535        3,046,252  

†Coherus Biosciences

     28,000        401,800  

†Conatus Pharmaceuticals

     19,000        109,440  

†Concert Pharmaceuticals

     13,100        182,745  

†Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings

     32,900        207,270  

†Corvus Pharmaceuticals

     4,600        55,660  

†Curis

     71,200        134,568  

†Cytokinetics

     30,866        373,479  

†CytomX Therapeutics

     17,700        274,350  

†Dynavax Technologies

     31,857        307,420  

†Eagle Pharmaceuticals

     6,500        512,785  

†Edge Therapeutics

     9,800        100,548  

†Editas Medicine

     25,138        421,816  

†Emergent BioSolutions

     24,148        818,859  

†Enanta Pharmaceuticals

     11,400        410,172  

†Epizyme

     29,200        440,920  

†Esperion Therapeutics

     11,900        550,732  

†Exact Sciences

     82,550        2,919,793  

†Fate Therapeutics

     28,300        91,692  

†FibroGen

     44,700        1,443,810  

†Five Prime Therapeutics

     20,200        608,222  

†Flexion Therapeutics

     21,500        434,730  

†Fortress Biotech

     29,600        140,600  

†Foundation Medicine

     9,685        384,979  

†Genocea Biosciences

     21,300        111,186  

†Genomic Health

     12,877        419,146  

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Biotechnology (continued)

     

†Geron

     118,044      $ 326,982  

†Global Blood Therapeutics

     27,400        749,390  

†Halozyme Therapeutic

     81,643        1,046,663  

†Heron Therapeutics

     32,600        451,510  

†Idera Pharmaceuticals

     82,800        142,416  

†Ignyta

     37,100        383,985  

†Immune Design

     11,600        113,100  

†ImmunoGen

     69,093        491,251  

†Immunomedics

     76,926        679,257  

†Infinity Pharmaceuticals

     14,124        22,175  

†Inovio Pharmaceuticals

     49,000        384,160  

†Insmed

     47,300        811,668  

†Insys Therapeutics

     20,900        264,385  

†Intellia Therapeutics

     12,300        196,800  

†Invitae

     28,900        276,284  

†Iovance Biotherapeutics

     39,800        292,530  

†Ironwood Pharmaceuticals

     97,272        1,836,495  

†Jounce Therapeutics

     6,400        89,792  

†Karyopharm Therapeutics

     20,700        187,335  

†Keryx Biopharmaceuticals

     53,487        386,711  

†Kindred Biosciences

     15,600        134,160  

†Kite Pharma

     36,300        3,763,221  

†Kura Oncology

     10,600        98,580  

†La Jolla Pharmaceutical

     13,600        404,872  

†Lexicon Pharmaceuticals

     31,416        516,793  

†Ligand Pharmaceuticals Class B

     15,265        1,853,171  

†Loxo Oncology

     14,900        1,194,831  

†MacroGenics

     23,800        416,738  

†Matinas BioPharma Holdings

     39,200        66,248  

†MediciNova

     25,800        135,708  

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals

     85,270        105,735  

†MiMedx Group

     76,100        1,139,217  

†Minerva Neurosciences

     13,900        123,015  

†Miragen Therapeutics

     7,700        99,561  

†Momenta Pharmaceuticals

     54,482        920,746  

†Myriad Genetics

     50,600        1,307,504  

†Nantkwest

     17,100        129,789  

†Natera

     22,700        246,522  

†NewLink Genetics

     18,347        134,850  

†Novavax

     176,736        203,246  

†Novelion Therapeutics

     11,200        103,376  

†Nymox Pharmaceutical

     21,200        93,280  

†Organovo Holdings

     62,000        163,060  

†Otonomy

     20,900        393,965  

PDL BioPharma

     129,781        320,559  

†Pieris Pharmaceuticals

     25,500        129,030  

†Portola Pharmaceuticals

     36,800        2,067,056  

†Progenics Pharmaceuticals

     50,698        344,239  

†Protagonist Therapeutics

     7,200        81,432  

†Prothena

     29,200        1,580,304  

†PTC Therapeutics

     22,500        412,425  

†Puma Biotechnology

     21,300        1,861,620  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–6


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Biotechnology (continued)

     

†Ra Pharmaceuticals

     7,100      $ 133,054  

†Radius Health

     27,600        1,248,348  

†Recro Pharma

     14,200        99,826  

†REGENXBIO

     18,900        373,275  

†Repligen

     25,225        1,045,324  

†Retrophin

     26,900        521,591  

†Rigel Pharmaceuticals

     105,574        288,217  

†Sage Therapeutics

     25,700        2,046,748  

†Sangamo Biosciences

     53,889        474,223  

†Sarepta Therapeutics

     38,100        1,284,351  

†Selecta Biosciences

     8,700        172,782  

†Seres Therapeutics

     15,500        175,150  

†Spark Therapeutics

     17,300        1,033,502  

†Spectrum Pharmaceuticals

     63,225        471,026  

†Stemline Therapeutics

     14,700        135,240  

†Strongbridge Biopharma

     4,640        33,176  

†Syndax Pharmaceuticals

     4,000        55,880  

†Synergy Pharmaceuticals

     155,654        692,660  

†Syros Pharmaceuticals

     9,300        149,637  

†TG Therapeutics

     34,700        348,735  

†Tocagen

     6,200        74,586  

†Trevena

     22,600        51,980  

†Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical

     28,900        1,794,979  

†Vanda Pharmaceuticals

     32,681        532,700  

†VBI Vaccines

     19,100        83,085  

†Veracyte

     12,100        100,793  

†Versartis

     23,900        417,055  

†Voyager Therapeutics

     9,100        81,536  

†vTv Therapeutics Class A

     11,300        56,161  

†XBiotech

     15,200        71,440  

†Xencor

     28,700        605,857  

†ZIOPHARM Oncology

     89,984        559,700  
     

 

 

 
        77,512,086  
     

 

 

 

Building Products–1.17%

 

  

AAON

     30,217        1,113,496  

Advanced Drainage Systems

     25,800        518,580  

†American Woodmark

     10,375        991,331  

Apogee Enterprises

     21,247        1,207,679  

†Armstrong Flooring

     15,700        282,129  

†Builders FirstSource

     71,866        1,100,987  

†Caesarstone

     17,700        620,385  

†Continental Building Products

     29,300        682,690  

†CSW Industrials

     9,900        382,635  

†Gibraltar Industries

     23,561        839,950  

Griffon

     22,164        486,500  

Insteel Industries

     12,939        426,599  

†Jeld-Wen Holding

     18,800        610,248  

†Masonite International

     22,800        1,721,400  

†NCI Building Systems

     29,691        495,840  

†Patrick Industries

     12,314        897,075  

†PGT

     35,095        449,216  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Building Products (continued)

 

†Ply Gem Holdings

     14,200      $ 254,890  

Quanex Building Products

     26,152        553,115  

Simpson Manufacturing

     31,189        1,363,271  

†Trex

     22,194        1,501,646  

Universal Forest Products

     14,870        1,298,300  
     

 

 

 
        17,797,962  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–1.24%

 

  

Arlington Asset Investment Class A

     16,285        222,616  

Artisan Partners Asset Management Class A

     33,100        1,016,170  

Associated Capital Group Class A

     4,296        146,064  

B. Riley Financial

     11,723        217,462  

Cohen & Steers

     15,569        631,167  

†Cowen Class A

     21,208        344,630  

Diamond Hill Investment Group

     2,332        465,001  

†Donnelley Financial Solutions

     19,600        450,016  

Evercore Partners Class A

     30,892        2,177,886  

Fifth Street Asset Management

     5,200        25,220  

Financial Engines

     43,522        1,592,905  

GAIN Capital Holdings

     27,653        172,278  

GAMCO Investors Class A

     3,696        109,402  

Greenhill & Co.

     19,590        393,759  

Hamilton Lane Class A

     10,200        224,298  

Houlihan Lokey

     15,600        544,440  

†INTL. FCStone

     11,124        420,042  

Investment Technology Group

     24,142        512,776  

†KCG Holdings Class A

     29,956        597,323  

†Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services

     83,408        203,516  

Medley Management Class A

     4,197        27,281  

Moelis & Co. Class A

     17,500        679,875  

OM Asset Management

     41,000        609,260  

Oppenheimer Holdings Class A

     9,302        152,553  

Piper Jaffray

     10,468        627,557  

PJT Partners Class A

     12,200        490,684  

Pzena Investment Management Class A

     10,210        103,734  

†Safeguard Scientifics

     17,820        212,058  

Silvercrest Asset Management Group Class A

     6,100        82,045  

†Stifel Financial

     48,347        2,222,995  

=Teton Advisors Class B

     19        0  

Virtu Financial Class A

     16,500        291,225  

Virtus Investment Partners

     5,032        558,300  

Waddell & Reed Financial Class A

     59,500        1,123,360  

Westwood Holdings Group

     5,814        329,596  

WisdomTree Investments

     86,008        874,701  
     

 

 

 
        18,852,195  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals–2.03%

 

  

A Schulman

     20,631        660,192  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–7


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Chemicals (continued)

     

Advanced Emissions Solutions

     15,700      $ 143,812  

†AdvanSix

     22,300        696,652  

†AgroFresh Solutions

     19,100        137,138  

American Vanguard

     22,295        384,589  

Balchem

     23,707        1,842,271  

Calgon Carbon

     35,940        542,694  

Chase

     5,439        580,341  

†Codexis

     29,100        158,595  

†Core Molding Technologies

     5,500        118,855  

†Ferro

     62,087        1,135,571  

†Flotek Industries

     42,686        381,613  

FutureFuel

     17,708        267,214  

†GCP Applied Technologies

     53,300        1,625,650  

Hawkins

     6,959        322,550  

HB Fuller

     37,809        1,932,418  

†Ingevity

     32,000        1,836,800  

Innophos Holdings

     13,864        607,798  

Innospec

     17,704        1,160,497  

†Intrepid Potash

     70,300        158,878  

KMG Chemicals

     6,372        310,125  

†Koppers Holdings

     14,360        519,114  

†Kraton

     22,041        759,092  

Kronos Worldwide

     15,200        276,944  

†LSB Industries

     17,761        183,471  

Minerals Technologies

     26,064        1,907,885  

†OMNOVA Solutions

     30,940        301,665  

PolyOne

     63,264        2,450,847  

Quaker Chemical

     9,713        1,410,619  

Rayonier Advanced Materials

     29,900        470,028  

Sensient Technologies

     33,595        2,705,405  

Stepan

     14,670        1,278,344  

†Trecora Resources

     17,392        195,660  

Tredegar

     18,530        282,583  

Trinseo

     33,000        2,267,100  

Tronox

     47,300        715,176  

Valhi

     27,200        81,056  
     

 

 

 
        30,809,242  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–2.34%

 

  

ABM Industries

     41,923        1,740,643  

†ACCO Brands

     79,324        924,125  

†Advanced Disposal Services

     17,500        397,775  

†Aqua Metals

     9,300        116,715  

†ARC Document Solutions

     31,770        132,163  

Brady Class A

     34,337        1,164,024  

Brink’s

     33,857        2,268,419  

†Casella Waste Systems

     27,834        456,756  

CECO Environmental

     20,364        186,942  

Covanta Holding

     87,100        1,149,720  

Deluxe

     37,040        2,563,909  

Ennis

     18,660        356,406  

Essendant

     27,619        409,590  

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)

 

  

Healthcare Services Group

     53,081      $ 2,485,783  

†Heritage-Crystal Clean

     9,954        158,269  

Herman Miller

     44,987        1,367,605  

HNI

     34,075        1,358,570  

†Hudson Technologies

     27,200        229,840  

†InnerWorkings

     28,357        328,941  

Interface Class A

     48,321        949,508  

Kimball International Class B

     25,702        428,966  

Knoll

     35,882        719,434  

LSC Communications

     24,800        530,720  

Matthews International Class A

     24,010        1,470,613  

McGrath RentCorp

     17,440        603,947  

Mobile Mini

     33,166        990,005  

MSA Safety

     24,718        2,006,360  

Multi-Color

     9,792        799,027  

†NL Industries

     4,936        34,799  

Quad/Graphics

     24,623        564,359  

RR Donnelley & Sons

     52,100        653,334  

†SP Plus

     12,897        394,003  

Steelcase Class A

     64,334        900,676  

†Team

     20,697        485,345  

Tetra Tech

     43,491        1,989,713  

U.S. Ecology

     16,219        819,060  

UniFirst

     11,367        1,599,337  

Viad

     14,913        704,639  

VSE

     5,566        250,359  

West

     32,200        750,904  
     

 

 

 
        35,441,303  
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment–1.82%

 

  

†Acacia Communications

     13,700        568,139  

ADTRAN

     36,548        754,716  

†Aerohive Networks

     11,800        59,000  

†Applied Optoelectronics

     14,000        865,060  

†CalAmp

     26,272        534,110  

†Calix

     31,731        217,357  

†Ciena

     103,596        2,591,972  

†Clearfield

     8,300        109,560  

Comtech Telecommunications

     16,175        306,840  

†Digi International

     21,371        216,916  

EMCORE

     23,100        246,015  

†Extreme Networks

     75,445        695,603  

†Finisar

     81,167        2,108,719  

†Harmonic

     50,688        266,112  

†Infinera

     105,041        1,120,787  

InterDigital

     26,088        2,016,602  

†KVH Industries

     12,175        115,663  

†Lumentum Holdings

     45,300        2,584,365  

†NETGEAR

     24,334        1,048,795  

†NetScout Systems

     67,556        2,323,926  

†Oclaro

     123,000        1,148,820  

Plantronics

     24,951        1,305,187  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–8


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Communications Equipment (continued)

 

  

†Quantenna Communications

     15,700      $ 298,300  

†ShoreTel

     52,268        303,154  

†Sonus Networks

     35,602        264,879  

†Ubiquiti Networks

     19,429        1,009,725  

†ViaSat

     39,546        2,617,945  

†Viavi Solutions

     176,200        1,855,386  
     

 

 

 
        27,553,653  
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering–1.14%

 

  

†Aegion

     25,828        565,117  

†Ameresco Class A

     19,021        146,462  

Argan

     9,951        597,060  

Chicago Bridge & Iron

     74,900        1,477,777  

Comfort Systems USA

     27,736        1,029,006  

†Dycom Industries

     23,029        2,061,556  

EMCOR Group

     43,777        2,862,140  

Granite Construction

     29,740        1,434,658  

†Great Lakes Dredge & Dock

     36,197        155,647  

†Hc2 Holdings

     25,030        147,176  

†IES Holdings

     6,800        123,420  

KBR

     106,900        1,627,018  

†Layne Christensen

     15,700        138,003  

†MasTec

     49,778        2,247,477  

†MYR Group

     10,894        337,932  

†Northwest Pipe

     7,100        115,446  

†NV5 Holdings

     5,900        250,750  

†Orion Holdings Group

     16,895        126,206  

Primoris Services

     29,838        744,160  

†Sterling Construction

     19,200        250,944  

†Tutor Perini

     27,083        778,636  
     

 

 

 
        17,216,591  
     

 

 

 

Construction Materials–0.22%

 

  

†Forterra

     12,100        99,583  

†Summit Materials Class A

     79,429        2,293,115  

United States Lime & Minerals

     1,487        116,685  

†US Concrete

     10,600        832,630  
     

 

 

 
        3,342,013  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–0.57%

 

  

†Elevate Credit

     10,700        84,744  

†Encore Capital Group

     17,463        701,139  

†Enova International

     24,523        364,167  

†EZCORP Class A

     35,119        270,416  

FirstCash

     35,824        2,088,539  

†Green Dot Class A

     32,441        1,249,952  

†LendingClub

     247,400        1,363,174  

Nelnet Class A

     15,038        706,936  

†PRA Group

     34,623        1,312,212  

†Regional Management

     6,543        154,611  

†World Acceptance

     4,701        352,152  
     

 

 

 
        8,648,042  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  

Containers & Packaging–0.12%

 

  

Greif Class A

     19,100      $ 1,065,398  

Greif Class B

     4,500        271,800  

Myers Industries

     13,797        247,656  

†UFP Technologies

     5,600        158,480  
     

 

 

 
        1,743,334  
     

 

 

 

Distributors–0.08%

 

  

Core-Mark Holding

     34,260        1,132,636  

Weyco Group

     4,458        124,289  
     

 

 

 
        1,256,925  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services–0.84%

 

  

Adtalem Global Education

     46,900        1,779,855  

†American Public Education

     12,460        294,679  

†Ascent Capital Group Class A

     8,777        134,815  

†Bridgepoint Education

     15,373        226,905  

†Cambium Learning Group

     7,100        35,997  

Capella Education

     8,380        717,328  

†Career Education

     48,768        468,173  

Carriage Services

     10,635        286,720  

†Chegg

     59,300        728,797  

Collectors Universe

     7,100        176,435  

†Grand Canyon Education

     34,808        2,729,295  

†Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

     76,800        944,640  

†K12

     24,700        442,624  

†Laureate Education Class A

     26,300        461,039  

Liberty Tax

     6,600        85,470  

†Regis

     27,846        285,978  

†Sotheby’s

     28,275        1,517,519  

Strayer Education

     7,765        723,853  

†Weight Watchers International

     22,000        735,240  
     

 

 

 
        12,775,362  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services–0.10%

 

†FNFV Group

     48,900        772,620  

Marlin Business Services

     5,686        143,003  

NewStar Financial

     22,898        240,429  

†On Deck Capital

     41,700        194,322  

Tiptree Financial Class A

     21,700        152,985  
     

 

 

 
        1,503,359  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–0.70%

 

ATN International

     7,792        533,284  

†Cincinnati Bell

     31,265        611,231  

Cogent Communications Holdings

     31,204        1,251,280  

Consolidated Communications Holdings

     37,135        797,288  

†FairPoint Communications

     14,137        221,244  

Frontier Communications

     876,300        1,016,508  

†General Communication Class A

     21,019        770,136  

†Globalstar

     305,500        650,715  

†Hawaiian Telcom Holdco

     5,771        144,217  

IDT Class B

     11,115        159,723  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–9


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (continued)

 

†Intelsat

     19,600      $ 59,976  

†Iridium Communications

     60,850        672,393  

†Lumos Networks

     13,357        238,690  

†Ooma

     12,600        100,800  

†ORBCOMM

     49,994        564,932  

†pdvWireless

     6,800        158,440  

†Straight Path Communications Class B

     6,400        1,149,760  

†Vonage Holdings

     142,953        934,913  

Windstream Holdings

     133,992        519,889  
     

 

 

 
        10,555,419  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–1.05%

 

  

ALLETE

     37,483        2,686,781  

El Paso Electric

     30,341        1,568,630  

Genie Energy Class B

     9,300        70,866  

IDACORP

     38,276        3,266,857  

MGE Energy

     26,326        1,694,078  

Otter Tail

     28,481        1,127,848  

PNM Resources

     60,336        2,307,852  

Portland General Electric

     67,614        3,089,284  

Spark Energy Class A

     8,400        157,920  
     

 

 

 
        15,970,116  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–0.65%

 

  

Allied Motion Technologies

     3,700        100,714  

†Atkore International Group

     24,400        550,220  

AZZ

     19,427        1,084,027  

†Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises

     33,900        398,664  

Encore Wire

     14,426        615,990  

†Energous

     12,900        209,754  

EnerSys

     32,906        2,384,040  

†Generac Holdings

     49,182        1,776,946  

General Cable

     35,800        585,330  

LSI Industries

     20,862        188,801  

†Plug Power

     159,000        324,360  

Powell Industries

     6,308        201,793  

Preformed Line Products

     1,686        78,264  

†Sunrun

     63,100        449,272  

†Thermon Group Holdings

     23,603        452,470  

†TPI Composites

     4,600        85,008  

†Vicor

     11,771        210,701  

†Vivint Solar

     15,700        91,845  
     

 

 

 
        9,788,199  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–2.71%

 

†Anixter International

     21,801        1,704,838  

AVX

     34,300        560,462  

Badger Meter

     20,922        833,742  

Bel Fuse Class B

     6,838        168,899  

Belden

     31,642        2,386,756  

†Benchmark Electronics

     36,966        1,194,002  

†Control4

     19,600        384,356  

CTS

     22,011        475,438  

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (continued)

 

Daktronics

     26,561      $ 255,782  

†Electro Scientific Industries

     23,900        196,936  

†ePlus

     9,958        737,888  

†Fabrinet

     26,141        1,115,175  

†FARO Technologies

     12,199        461,122  

†Fitbit Class A

     129,700        688,707  

†=Gerber Scientific

     6,600        0  

†II-VI

     44,551        1,528,099  

†Insight Enterprises

     27,403        1,095,846  

†Iteris

     17,500        108,850  

†Itron

     25,100        1,700,525  

†KEMET

     33,900        433,920  

†Kimball Electronics

     20,326        366,884  

†Knowles

     66,106        1,118,514  

Littelfuse

     16,706        2,756,490  

†Maxwell Technologies

     27,400        164,126  

Mesa Laboratories

     2,530        362,574  

Methode Electronics

     27,266        1,123,359  

†MicroVision Inc.

     50,700        107,484  

MTS Systems

     11,957        619,373  

†Napco Security Technologies

     8,800        82,720  

†Novanta

     25,063        902,268  

†OSI Systems

     13,068        982,060  

Park Electrochemical

     15,188        279,763  

PC Connection

     8,824        238,777  

†PCM

     7,500        140,625  

†Plexus

     25,063        1,317,562  

†Radisys

     31,000        116,560  

†Rogers

     13,452        1,461,156  

†Sanmina

     55,295        2,106,739  

†ScanSource

     18,737        755,101  

SYNNEX

     22,023        2,641,879  

Systemax

     9,558        179,690  

†Tech Data

     26,400        2,666,400  

†TTM Technologies

     68,650        1,191,764  

†VeriFone Systems

     82,700        1,496,870  

Vishay Intertechnology

     102,600        1,703,160  

†Vishay Precision Group

     10,872        188,086  
     

 

 

 
        41,101,327  
     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services–1.30%

 

  

Archrock

     49,800        567,720  

†Atwood Oceanics

     56,200        458,030  

†Basic Energy Services

     12,900        321,210  

Bristow Group

     23,391        178,941  

†CARBO Ceramics

     18,200        124,670  

†Diamond Offshore Drilling

     48,000        519,840  

†Dril-Quip

     28,100        1,371,280  

Ensco Class A

     226,400        1,168,224  

†Era Group

     12,400        117,304  

†Exterran

     23,100        616,770  

†Fairmount Santrol Holdings

     115,200        449,280  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–10


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Energy Equipment & Services (continued)

 

  

†Forum Energy Technologies

     48,346      $ 754,198  

Frank’s International

     37,000        306,730  

†Geospace Technologies

     9,153        126,586  

Gulf Island Fabrication

     10,100        117,160  

†Helix Energy Solutions Group

     102,856        580,108  

†Independence Contract Drilling

     26,100        101,529  

†Keane Group

     23,100        369,600  

†Key Energy Services

     7,700        148,148  

†Mammoth Energy Services

     7,000        130,200  

†Matrix Service

     20,507        191,740  

†McDermott International

     210,400        1,508,568  

†Natural Gas Services Group

     9,185        228,247  

†NCS Multistage Holdings

     8,200        206,476  

†Newpark Resources

     60,941        447,916  

Noble

     181,400        656,668  

†Oil States International

     38,400        1,042,560  

†Parker Drilling

     76,145        102,796  

†PHI

     8,782        85,712  

†Pioneer Energy Services

     41,683        85,450  

†ProPetro Holding

     18,800        262,448  

†RigNet

     8,774        140,823  

†Rowan

     86,600        886,784  

†SEACOR Holdings

     11,900        408,170  

†SEACOR Marine Holdings

     11,964        243,587  

†Smart Sand

     8,800        78,408  

†Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure Class A

     7,500        86,475  

†Superior Energy Services

     113,100        1,179,633  

†Tesco

     30,746        136,820  

†TETRA Technologies

     89,542        249,822  

†Unit

     37,500        702,375  

US Silica Holdings

     60,683        2,153,640  

†Willbros Group

     37,600        92,872  
     

 

 

 
        19,705,518  
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–6.66%

 

Acadia Realty Trust

     60,315        1,676,757  

Agree Realty

     19,666        902,079  

Alexander’s

     1,676        706,367  

Altisource Residential

     38,500        498,190  

American Assets Trust

     29,373        1,157,002  

Armada Hoffler Properties

     33,200        429,940  

Ashford Hospitality Prime

     24,654        253,690  

Ashford Hospitality Trust

     57,198        347,764  

Bluerock Residential Growth REIT

     16,000        206,240  

Care Capital Properties

     62,600        1,671,420  

CareTrust REIT

     50,381        934,064  

CatchMark Timber Trust Class A

     28,300        321,771  

CBL & Associates Properties

     127,000        1,070,610  

Cedar Realty Trust

     60,761        294,691  

Chatham Lodging Trust

     27,831        559,125  

Chesapeake Lodging Trust

     44,515        1,089,282  

City Office REIT

     21,200        269,240  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)

 

Clipper Realty

     13,500      $ 166,590  

Colony Starwood Homes

     75,100        2,576,681  

Community Healthcare Trust

     11,000        281,490  

CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust

     7,920        266,033  

Cousins Properties

     310,625        2,730,394  

DiamondRock Hospitality

     150,974        1,653,165  

Easterly Government Properties

     27,600        578,220  

EastGroup Properties

     24,669        2,067,262  

Education Realty Trust

     55,486        2,150,083  

Farmland Partners

     23,400        209,196  

FelCor Lodging Trust

     101,366        730,849  

First Industrial Realty Trust

     87,706        2,510,146  

First Potomac Realty Trust

     45,418        504,594  

Four Corners Property Trust

     45,200        1,134,972  

Franklin Street Properties

     78,204        866,500  

GEO Group

     90,426        2,673,897  

Getty Realty

     18,117        454,737  

Gladstone Commercial

     19,605        427,193  

Global Medical REIT

     11,600        103,704  

Global Net Lease

     49,800        1,107,552  

Government Properties Income Trust

     52,603        963,161  

Gramercy Property Trust

     112,405        3,339,553  

Healthcare Realty Trust

     86,492        2,953,702  

Hersha Hospitality Trust

     30,741        569,016  

Independence Realty Trust

     51,556        508,858  

†InfraREIT

     29,500        564,925  

Investors Real Estate Trust

     89,662        556,801  

†iStar

     50,770        611,271  

Jernigan Capital

     6,900        151,800  

Kite Realty Group Trust

     62,254        1,178,468  

LaSalle Hotel Properties

     84,511        2,518,428  

Lexington Realty Trust

     173,186        1,716,273  

LTC Properties

     28,373        1,458,088  

Mack-Cali Realty

     67,300        1,826,522  

MedEquities Realty Trust

     23,600        297,832  

Monmouth Real Estate Investment

     51,089        768,889  

Monogram Residential Trust

     126,500        1,228,315  

National Health Investors

     29,534        2,339,093  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

     32,100        741,831  

New Senior Investment Group

     56,800        570,840  

Nexpoint Residential Trust

     11,800        293,702  

NorthStar Realty Europe

     43,600        552,848  

One Liberty Properties

     10,738        251,591  

Parkway

     31,803        727,971  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

     53,810        1,734,834  

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

     51,299        580,705  

Physicians Realty Trust

     114,800        2,312,072  

Potlatch

     30,492        1,393,484  

Preferred Apartment Communities Class A

     18,800        296,100  

PS Business Parks

     14,862        1,967,580  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–11


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)

 

QTS Realty Trust Class A

     35,300      $ 1,847,249  

†Quality Care Properties

     70,200        1,285,362  

RAIT Financial Trust

     70,832        155,122  

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust

     59,105        762,455  

Retail Opportunity Investments

     81,067        1,555,676  

Rexford Industrial Realty

     49,200        1,350,048  

RLJ Lodging Trust

     91,961        1,827,265  

Ryman Hospitality Properties

     32,703        2,093,319  

Sabra Health Care REIT

     48,455        1,167,765  

Saul Centers

     8,766        508,253  

Select Income REIT

     47,663        1,145,342  

Seritage Growth Properties Class A

     18,700        784,465  

STAG Industrial

     66,334        1,830,818  

Summit Hotel Properties

     75,973        1,416,896  

Sunstone Hotel Investors

     163,892        2,641,939  

Terreno Realty

     36,414        1,225,695  

TIER REIT

     35,400        654,192  

UMH Properties

     17,967        306,337  

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

     9,173        729,620  

Urban Edge Properties

     72,600        1,722,798  

Urstadt Biddle Properties Class A

     21,617        428,017  

Washington Prime Group

     139,900        1,170,963  

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust

     58,375        1,862,163  

Whitestone REIT

     29,771        364,695  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts

     77,700        1,505,049  
     

 

 

 
        100,897,546  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–0.50%

 

  

Andersons

     19,963        681,736  

†Chefs’ Warehouse

     15,895        206,635  

Ingles Markets Class A

     10,331        344,022  

†Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage

     7,253        59,982  

†Performance Food Group

     52,800        1,446,720  

PriceSmart

     16,432        1,439,443  

†Smart & Final Stores

     14,800        134,680  

SpartanNash

     27,558        715,406  

†SUPERVALU

     198,947        654,536  

†United Natural Foods

     37,299        1,368,873  

Village Super Market Class A

     6,613        171,409  

Weis Markets

     7,000        341,040  
     

 

 

 
        7,564,482  
     

 

 

 

Food Products–1.18%

 

  

Alico

     2,463        77,092  

†Amplify Snack Brands

     21,400        206,296  

B&G Foods Class A

     49,614        1,766,258  

Calavo Growers

     11,554        797,804  

†Cal-Maine Foods

     23,130        915,948  

†Darling Ingredients

     123,659        1,946,393  

Dean Foods

     68,700        1,167,900  

†Farmer Brothers

     5,001        151,280  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Food Products (continued)

     

Fresh Del Monte Produce

     24,356      $ 1,239,964  

†Freshpet

     18,400        305,440  

†Hostess Brands

     22,900        368,690  

J&J Snack Foods

     11,287        1,490,674  

John B Sanfilippo & Son

     5,902        372,475  

Lancaster Colony

     14,154        1,735,563  

†Landec

     20,933        310,855  

†Lifeway Foods

     4,131        38,584  

Limoneira

     9,287        219,452  

Omega Protein

     16,668        298,357  

Sanderson Farms

     14,990        1,733,593  

†Seneca Foods Class A

     4,510        140,035  

Snyder’s-Lance

     63,885        2,211,699  

Tootsie Roll Industries

     13,048        454,723  
     

 

 

 
        17,949,075  
     

 

 

 

Gas Utilities–1.19%

 

  

Chesapeake Utilities

     11,865        889,282  

Delta Natural Gas

     5,900        179,773  

New Jersey Resources

     64,782        2,571,845  

Northwest Natural Gas

     20,419        1,222,077  

ONE Gas

     39,300        2,743,533  

RGC Resources

     5,000        141,650  

South Jersey Industries

     60,204        2,057,171  

Southwest Gas Holdings

     35,895        2,622,489  

Spire

     35,067        2,445,923  

WGL Holdings

     38,124        3,180,685  
     

 

 

 
        18,054,428  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–3.59%

 

  

Abaxis

     16,413        870,217  

†Accuray

     60,218        286,035  

Analogic

     9,337        678,333  

†AngioDynamics

     27,092        439,161  

†Anika Therapeutics

     10,395        512,889  

†Antares Pharma

     106,700        343,574  

†AtriCure

     23,003        557,823  

Atrion

     967        622,071  

†AxoGen

     21,000        351,750  

Cantel Medical

     27,050        2,107,465  

†Cardiovascular Systems

     24,882        801,947  

†Cerus

     74,683        187,454  

†ConforMIS

     18,300        78,507  

CONMED

     20,622        1,050,485  

†Corindus Vascular Robotics

     62,300        115,878  

†CryoLife

     23,210        463,039  

†Cutera

     9,700        251,230  

†Endologix

     60,532        294,186  

†Entellus Medical

     6,100        101,016  

†Exactech

     8,883        264,713  

†FONAR

     4,500        124,875  

†GenMark Diagnostics

     33,800        399,854  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–12


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)

 

†Glaukos

     21,300      $ 883,311  

†Globus Medical

     52,574        1,742,828  

†Haemonetics

     38,434        1,517,759  

†Halyard Health

     35,100        1,378,728  

†ICU Medical

     11,067        1,909,057  

†Inogen

     12,200        1,164,124  

†Insulet

     43,485        2,231,215  

†Integer Holdings

     22,625        978,531  

†Integra LifeSciences Holdings

     45,550        2,482,931  

Invacare

     22,839        301,475  

†Invivo Therapeutics Holdings

     17,600        47,520  

†iRhythm Technologies

     10,200        433,398  

†K2M Group Holdings

     30,100        733,236  

†Lantheus Holdings

     19,300        340,645  

LeMaitre Vascular

     9,600        299,712  

†LivaNova

     36,100        2,209,681  

†Masimo

     33,358        3,041,582  

Meridian Bioscience

     30,975        487,856  

†Merit Medical Systems

     37,074        1,414,373  

†Natus Medical

     24,363        908,740  

†Neogen

     27,412        1,894,443  

†Nevro

     20,600        1,533,258  

†Novocure

     44,700        773,310  

†NuVasive

     37,537        2,887,346  

†NxStage Medical

     47,754        1,197,193  

†Obalon Therapeutics

     9,200        91,172  

†OraSure Technologies

     42,506        733,654  

†Orthofix International

     13,003        604,379  

†Oxford Immunotec Global

     17,300        290,986  

†Penumbra

     21,100        1,851,525  

†Pulse Biosciences

     6,800        234,804  

†Quidel

     20,825        565,191  

†Quotient

     14,400        105,984  

†Rockwell Medical Technologies

     38,835        307,962  

†RTI Surgical

     51,400        300,690  

†Sientra

     10,600        103,032  

†Spectranetics

     31,869        1,223,770  

†Staar Surgical

     28,999        313,189  

†Surmodics

     10,565        297,405  

†Tactile Systems Technology

     6,800        194,344  

Utah Medical Products

     2,915        211,046  

†Varex Imaging

     28,000        946,400  

†Viewray

     21,700        140,399  

†Viveve Medical

     11,100        79,698  

†Wright Medical Group

     77,703        2,136,055  
     

 

 

 
        54,426,439  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–2.05%

 

  

†AAC Holdings

     8,600        59,598  

Aceto

     21,357        329,966  

†Addus HomeCare

     4,700        174,840  

†Almost Family

     9,476        584,195  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Health Care Providers & Services (continued)

 

†Amedisys

     20,916      $ 1,313,734  

†American Renal Associates Holdings

     7,600        140,980  

†AMN Healthcare Services

     35,574        1,389,165  

†BioScrip

     80,831        219,456  

†BioTelemetry

     20,300        679,035  

†Capital Senior Living

     20,531        312,276  

Chemed

     12,198        2,494,857  

†Civitas Solutions

     12,900        225,750  

†Community Health Systems

     82,500        821,700  

†CorVel

     8,012        380,169  

†Cross Country Healthcare

     28,717        370,736  

†Diplomat Pharmacy

     34,200        506,160  

Ensign Group

     35,590        774,794  

†Genesis Healthcare

     25,278        43,984  

†HealthEquity

     37,000        1,843,710  

HealthSouth

     66,967        3,241,203  

Kindred Healthcare

     67,651        788,134  

Landauer

     6,971        364,583  

†LHC Group

     11,806        801,509  

†Magellan Health

     16,995        1,238,935  

†Molina Healthcare

     32,581        2,253,954  

National HealthCare

     8,275        580,409  

National Research Class A

     7,337        197,365  

Owens & Minor

     46,954        1,511,449  

†PharMerica

     20,749        544,661  

†Providence Service

     10,033        507,770  

†R1 RCM

     74,500        279,375  

†RadNet

     23,700        183,675  

†Select Medical Holdings

     79,967        1,227,493  

†Surgery Partners

     13,200        300,300  

†Teladoc

     40,000        1,388,000  

†Tenet Healthcare

     60,400        1,168,136  

†Tivity Health

     27,136        1,081,370  

†Triple-S Management Class B

     17,638        298,259  

U.S. Physical Therapy

     8,549        516,360  
     

 

 

 
        31,138,045  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Technology–0.78%

 

  

†Allscripts Healthcare Solutions

     134,900        1,721,324  

†Castlight Health Class B

     54,300        225,345  

Computer Programs & Systems

     8,849        290,247  

†Cotiviti Holdings

     19,800        735,372  

†Evolent Health Class A

     28,700        727,545  

†HealthStream

     19,045        501,264  

†HMS Holdings

     63,320        1,171,420  

†Inovalon Holdings Class A

     46,600        612,790  

†Medidata Solutions

     41,434        3,240,139  

†NantHealth

     5,000        21,150  

†Omnicell

     26,625        1,147,537  

†Quality Systems

     37,628        647,578  

Simulations Plus

     8,100        100,035  

†Tabula Rasa HealthCare

     4,800        72,240  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–13


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Health Care Technology (continued)

 

†Vocera Communications

     20,240      $ 534,741  
     

 

 

 
        11,748,727  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–3.16%

 

  

†Belmond Class A

     62,422        830,213  

†Biglari Holdings

     695        277,819  

†BJ’s Restaurants

     17,374        647,181  

Bloomin’ Brands

     78,952        1,676,151  

Bob Evans Farms

     14,732        1,058,200  

†Bojangles’

     12,900        209,625  

Boyd Gaming

     61,883        1,535,317  

Brinker International

     36,600        1,394,460  

†Buffalo Wild Wings

     11,968        1,516,346  

†Caesars Acquisition Class A

     35,042        667,550  

†Caesars Entertainment

     42,400        508,800  

†Carrols Restaurant Group

     26,365        322,971  

†Century Casinos

     18,500        136,345  

Cheesecake Factory

     34,186        1,719,556  

Churchill Downs

     10,121        1,855,179  

†Chuy’s Holdings

     12,532        293,249  

ClubCorp Holdings

     48,000        628,800  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

     14,494        2,424,121  

†Dave & Buster’s Entertainment

     31,300        2,081,763  

†Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group

     16,987        273,491  

†Del Taco Restaurants

     24,500        336,875  

†Denny’s

     56,256        662,133  

DineEquity

     13,132        578,465  

Drive Shack

     46,200        145,530  

†El Pollo Loco Holdings

     15,200        210,520  

†Eldorado Resorts

     35,700        714,000  

†Fiesta Restaurant Group

     18,857        389,397  

†Fogo De Chao

     4,800        66,720  

†Golden Entertainment

     9,000        186,390  

†Habit Restaurants Class A

     15,000        237,000  

ILG

     79,036        2,172,700  

International Speedway Class A

     19,618        736,656  

†Intrawest Resorts Holdings

     12,700        301,498  

†J Alexander’s Holdings

     11,071        135,620  

Jack in the Box

     24,615        2,424,577  

†La Quinta Holdings

     63,100        931,987  

†Lindblad Expeditions Holdings

     12,800        134,400  

Marcus

     13,534        408,727  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide

     16,872        1,986,678  

†Monarch Casino & Resort

     8,484        256,641  

†Nathan’s Famous

     2,600        163,800  

†Noodles & Co.

     7,800        30,420  

Papa John’s International

     20,422        1,465,483  

†Penn National Gaming

     63,900        1,367,460  

†Pinnacle Entertainment

     40,185        794,056  

Planet Fitness Class A

     62,600        1,461,084  

†Potbelly

     16,600        190,900  

RCI Hospitality Holdings

     6,700        159,728  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)

 

†Red Lion Hotels

     12,300      $ 90,405  

†Red Robin Gourmet Burgers

     9,622        627,835  

Red Rock Resorts Class A

     50,500        1,189,275  

†Ruby Tuesday

     53,395        107,324  

Ruth’s Hospitality Group

     22,008        478,674  

†Scientific Games Class A

     38,152        995,767  

SeaWorld Entertainment

     49,700        808,619  

†Shake Shack Class A

     16,300        568,544  

Sonic

     31,875        844,369  

Speedway Motorsports

     9,461        172,852  

Texas Roadhouse

     49,940        2,544,443  

Wingstop

     21,600        667,440  

†Zoe’s Kitchen

     13,900        165,549  
     

 

 

 
        47,967,678  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables–1.41%

 

  

†AV Homes

     8,780        176,039  

Bassett Furniture Industries

     8,100        307,395  

†Beazer Homes USA

     25,566        350,766  

†Cavco Industries

     6,326        820,166  

†Century Communities

     13,200        327,360  

CSS Industries

     5,055        132,239  

Ethan Allen Interiors

     18,332        592,124  

Flexsteel Industries

     5,666        306,587  

†GoPro

     75,700        615,441  

†Green Brick Partners

     13,800        158,010  

†Helen of Troy

     21,147        1,989,933  

Hooker Furniture

     9,300        382,695  

†Hovnanian Enterprises Class A

     101,192        283,338  

†Installed Building Products

     14,918        789,908  

†iRobot

     20,032        1,685,492  

KB Home

     62,436        1,496,591  

La-Z-Boy

     36,733        1,193,823  

†LGI Homes

     12,700        510,286  

Libbey

     15,888        128,057  

Lifetime Brands

     8,078        146,616  

†M/I Homes

     17,374        496,028  

MDC Holdings

     31,010        1,095,583  

†Meritage Homes

     28,584        1,206,245  

NACCO Industries Class A

     2,792        197,813  

†New Home

     10,900        125,023  

†PICO Holdings

     15,971        279,493  

†Taylor Morrison Home Class A

     45,400        1,090,054  

†TopBuild

     28,800        1,528,416  

†TRI Pointe Group

     119,452        1,575,572  

†UCP

     3,200        35,040  

†Universal Electronics

     10,611        709,345  

†William Lyon Homes Class A

     16,800        405,552  

†ZAGG

     25,300        218,845  
     

 

 

 
        21,355,875  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–14


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Household Products–0.26%

     

†Central Garden & Pet

     6,400      $ 203,456  

†Central Garden & Pet Class A

     24,822        745,156  

†HRG Group

     89,156        1,578,953  

Oil-Dri Corp. of America

     3,441        144,556  

Orchids Paper Products

     5,392        69,826  

WD-40

     10,539        1,162,979  
     

 

 

 
        3,904,926  
     

 

 

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity
Producers–0.41%

 

†Atlantic Power

     87,433        209,839  

†Dynegy

     87,700        725,279  

NRG Yield Class A

     25,700        438,442  

NRG Yield Class C

     47,400        834,240  

Ormat Technologies

     29,256        1,716,742  

Pattern Energy Group

     49,800        1,187,232  

†TerraForm Global Class A

     59,600        300,980  

†TerraForm Power Class A

     65,400        784,800  
     

 

 

 
        6,197,554  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–0.06%

 

  

Raven Industries

     26,951        897,468  
     

 

 

 
        897,468  
     

 

 

 

Insurance–2.36%

 

  

†Ambac Financial Group

     32,000        555,200  

American Equity Investment Life Holding

     64,255        1,688,621  

AMERISAFE

     14,099        802,938  

AmTrust Financial Services

     63,300        958,362  

Argo Group International Holdings

     21,589        1,308,293  

†Atlas Financial Holdings

     8,300        123,670  

Baldwin & Lyons Class B

     7,143        175,003  

Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings

     5,100        93,330  

†Citizens

     31,491        232,404  

CNO Financial Group

     127,112        2,654,099  

Crawford & Co. Class B

     10,379        96,525  

Donegal Group Class A

     5,144        81,790  

†eHealth

     14,419        271,077  

EMC Insurance Group

     5,953        165,374  

Employers Holdings

     23,927        1,012,112  

†Enstar Group

     8,511        1,690,710  

FBL Financial Group Class A

     7,274        447,351  

Federated National Holding

     7,500        120,000  

Fidelity & Guaranty Life

     8,000        248,400  

†Genworth Financial

     379,200        1,429,584  

†Global Indemnity

     6,337        245,685  

†Greenlight Capital Re Class A

     21,657        452,631  

†Hallmark Financial Services

     8,751        98,624  

HCI Group

     6,107        286,907  

†Health Insurance Innovations Class A

     8,300        195,050  

Heritage Insurance Holdings

     22,000        286,440  

Horace Mann Educators

     30,431        1,150,292  

Independence Holding

     6,117        125,093  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Insurance (continued)

     

Infinity Property & Casualty

     7,989      $ 750,966  

Investors Title

     1,200        232,128  

James River Holdings L

     13,400        532,382  

Kemper

     29,700        1,146,420  

Kingstone

     6,700        102,510  

Kinsale Capital Group

     10,700        399,217  

Maiden Holdings

     52,595        583,805  

†MBIA

     98,100        925,083  

National General Holdings

     36,100        761,710  

National Western Life Group Class A

     1,716        548,468  

Navigators Group

     16,832        924,077  

†Ni Holdings

     7,600        135,888  

OneBeacon Insurance Group Class A

     14,187        258,629  

†Patriot National

     6,700        14,204  

Primerica

     35,422        2,683,217  

RLI

     28,634        1,563,989  

Safety Insurance Group

     10,699        730,742  

Selective Insurance Group

     42,807        2,142,490  

State Auto Financial

     12,495        321,496  

State National

     24,100        442,958  

Stewart Information Services

     16,239        736,926  

†Third Point Reinsurance

     57,000        792,300  

†Trupanion

     16,682        373,343  

United Fire Group

     16,121        710,291  

United Insurance Holdings

     12,200        191,906  

Universal Insurance Holdings

     24,303        612,436  

†WMIH

     148,500        185,625  
     

 

 

 
        35,798,771  
     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–0.51%

 

  

†1-800-Flowers.com Class A

     19,282        187,999  

†Duluth Holdings Class B

     8,300        151,143  

†Etsy

     85,900        1,288,500  

†FTD

     13,837        276,740  

†Gaia

     5,850        65,520  

†Groupon

     252,300        968,832  

HSN

     23,412        746,843  

†Lands End

     10,600        157,940  

†Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Class A

     54,500        632,200  

Nutrisystem

     22,126        1,151,658  

†Overstock.com

     11,597        189,031  

PetMed Express

     15,272        620,043  

†Shutterfly

     26,172        1,243,170  
     

 

 

 
        7,679,619  
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–2.81%

 

  

†2U

     32,500        1,524,900  

†Actua

     26,759        375,964  

†Alarm.com Holdings

     15,100        568,213  

†Alteryx Class A

     6,600        128,832  

†Amber Road

     11,100        95,127  

†Angie’s List

     34,117        436,356  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–15


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Internet Software & Services (continued)

 

  

†Appfolio Class A

     6,700      $ 218,420  

†Apptio Class A

     13,200        229,020  

†Bankrate

     34,282        440,524  

†Bazaarvoice

     54,380        269,181  

†Benefitfocus

     11,800        428,930  

†Blucora

     31,068        658,642  

†Box Class A

     58,300        1,063,392  

†Brightcove

     21,686        134,453  

†Carbonite

     18,370        400,466  

†Care.com

     12,300        185,730  

†Cars.com

     53,500        1,424,705  

†ChannelAdvisor

     15,100        174,405  

†Cimpress

     18,934        1,789,831  

†Cloudera

     10,400        166,608  

†CommerceHub Class A

     10,200        177,684  

†CommerceHub Class C

     21,600        376,704  

†Cornerstone OnDemand

     37,910        1,355,283  

†Coupa Software

     22,100        640,458  

†DHI Group

     40,816        116,326  

†Endurance International Group Holdings

     46,000        384,100  

†Envestnet

     31,063        1,230,095  

†Five9

     38,700        832,824  

†Global Sources

     9,042        180,840  

†Gogo

     44,500        513,085  

†GrubHub

     63,800        2,781,680  

†GTT Communications

     23,000        727,950  

†Hortonworks

     35,100        452,088  

†Instructure

     15,800        466,100  

†Internap

     59,300        217,631  

j2 Global

     35,487        3,019,589  

†Leaf Group

     4,100        31,980  

†Limelight Networks

     67,249        194,350  

†Liquidity Services

     17,626        111,925  

†LivePerson

     38,818        426,998  

†Meet Group

     55,800        281,790  

†Mindbody Class A

     27,400        745,280  

†MuleSoft Class A

     11,200        279,328  

†New Relic

     21,800        937,618  

NIC

     47,647        902,911  

†Nutanix Class A

     25,800        519,870  

†Okta

     8,300        189,240  

†Ominto

     10,573        161,238  

†Q2 Holdings

     23,300        860,935  

†QuinStreet

     29,711        123,895  

†Quotient Technology

     54,700        629,050  

Reis

     8,300        176,375  

†Rightside Group

     10,100        107,262  

†Rocket Fuel

     36,300        99,825  

†Shutterstock

     14,152        623,820  

†SPS Commerce

     11,901        758,808  

†Stamps.com

     12,138        1,879,873  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Internet Software & Services (continued)

 

  

†TechTarget

     10,997      $ 114,039  

†Trade Desk Class A

     12,900        646,419  

†TrueCar

     46,500        926,745  

†Tucows Class A

     6,700        358,450  

†Twilio Class A

     46,200        1,344,882  

†Web.com Group

     31,551        798,240  

†WebMD Health

     28,546        1,674,223  

†Xactly

     19,800        309,870  

†XO Group

     18,601        327,750  

†Yelp

     57,700        1,732,154  

†Yext

     9,000        119,970  
     

 

 

 
        42,581,249  
     

 

 

 

IT Services–1.95%

 

  

†Acxiom

     58,372        1,516,505  

†Blackhawk Network Holdings Class A

     41,200        1,796,320  

†CACI International Class A

     18,361        2,296,043  

†CardConnect

     11,400        171,570  

†Cardtronics Class A

     33,940        1,115,268  

Cass Information Systems

     7,694        505,034  

Convergys

     71,222        1,693,659  

CSG Systems International

     23,988        973,433  

†EPAM Systems

     36,345        3,056,251  

†Everi Holdings

     47,300        344,344  

EVERTEC

     47,400        820,020  

†ExlService Holdings

     24,448        1,358,820  

Forrester Research

     7,133        279,257  

Hackett Group

     16,191        250,961  

†Information Services Group

     27,000        110,970  

ManTech International Class A

     18,417        762,095  

MAXIMUS

     48,464        3,035,300  

†MoneyGram International

     24,587        424,126  

†NCI Class A

     2,622        55,324  

†NeuStar Class A

     40,600        1,354,010  

†Perficient

     26,125        486,970  

†Planet Payment

     36,800        121,440  

†Presidio

     14,100        201,771  

Science Applications International

     31,900        2,214,498  

†ServiceSource International

     63,760        247,389  

†StarTek

     7,500        91,800  

†Sykes Enterprises

     28,877        968,246  

Syntel

     24,228        410,907  

TeleTech Holdings

     12,260        500,208  

Travelport Worldwide

     94,600        1,301,696  

†Unisys

     36,654        469,171  

†Virtusa

     20,436        600,818  
     

 

 

 
        29,534,224  
     

 

 

 

Leisure Products–0.36%

 

  

Acushnet Holdings

     15,100        299,584  

†American Outdoor Brands

     41,132        911,485  

†Black Diamond

     15,300        101,745  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–16


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Leisure Products (continued)

     

Callaway Golf

     70,427      $ 900,057  

Escalade

     7,200        94,320  

Johnson Outdoors Class A

     3,886        187,344  

†Malibu Boats Class A

     13,200        341,484  

Marine Products

     4,556        71,119  

†MCBC Holdings

     13,700        267,835  

†Nautilus

     22,700        434,705  

Sturm Ruger & Co.

     13,814        858,540  

†Vista Outdoor

     42,500        956,675  
     

 

 

 
        5,424,893  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–0.80%

 

  

†Accelerate Diagnostics

     17,021        465,524  

†Albany Molecular Research

     19,000        412,300  

†Cambrex

     23,846        1,424,799  

†Enzo Biochem

     34,500        380,880  

†Fluidigm

     25,845        104,414  

†INC Research Holdings Class A

     40,600        2,375,100  

Luminex

     29,507        623,188  

†Medpace Holdings

     6,200        179,800  

†NanoString Technologies

     12,600        208,404  

†NeoGenomics

     36,000        322,560  

†Pacific Biosciences of California

     64,198        228,545  

†PAREXEL International

     37,359        3,246,871  

†PRA Health Sciences

     28,800        2,160,288  
     

 

 

 
        12,132,673  
     

 

 

 

Machinery–3.36%

 

  

Actuant Class A

     44,014        1,082,744  

Alamo Group

     6,935        629,767  

Albany International

     21,383        1,141,852  

Altra Industrial Motion

     21,278        846,864  

American Railcar Industries

     5,046        193,262  

Astec Industries

     15,847        879,667  

Barnes Group

     37,839        2,214,717  

†Blue Bird

     5,900        100,300  

Briggs & Stratton

     31,514        759,487  

†Chart Industries

     22,774        790,941  

CIRCOR International

     12,327        731,977  

Columbus McKinnon

     14,708        373,877  

†Commercial Vehicle Group

     18,700        158,015  

DMC Global

     12,200        159,820  

Douglas Dynamics

     16,949        557,622  

Eastern

     4,100        123,205  

†Energy Recovery

     25,200        208,908  

EnPro Industries

     16,109        1,149,699  

ESCO Technologies

     19,038        1,135,617  

†ExOne

     9,291        106,382  

Federal Signal

     44,507        772,642  

Franklin Electric

     34,640        1,434,096  

FreightCar America

     10,041        174,613  

†Gencor Industries

     5,500        89,100  

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Machinery (continued)

     

Global Brass & Copper Holdings

     14,600      $ 446,030  

Gorman-Rupp

     11,982        305,182  

Graham

     7,462        146,703  

Greenbrier

     20,147        931,799  

Hardinge

     10,200        126,684  

†Harsco

     58,200        937,020  

Hillenbrand

     47,036        1,698,000  

Hurco

     5,769        200,473  

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling

     7,266        510,437  

John Bean Technologies

     23,792        2,331,616  

Kadant

     8,297        623,934  

Kennametal

     59,500        2,226,490  

LB Foster Class A

     6,200        132,990  

Lindsay

     7,907        705,700  

†Lydall

     12,302        636,013  

†Manitowoc

     93,500        561,935  

†Meritor

     61,212        1,016,731  

†Milacron Holdings

     33,300        585,747  

Miller Industries

     8,229        204,491  

Mueller Industries

     42,540        1,295,343  

Mueller Water Products Class A

     117,227        1,369,211  

†Navistar International

     36,900        967,887  

NN

     20,456        561,517  

Omega Flex

     1,789        115,212  

Park-Ohio Holdings

     5,616        213,970  

†Proto Labs

     18,443        1,240,292  

†RBC Bearings

     17,018        1,731,752  

REV Group

     9,400        260,192  

†Rexnord

     77,364        1,798,713  

Spartan Motors

     26,916        238,207  

†SPX

     30,900        777,444  

†SPX FLOW

     30,800        1,135,904  

Standex International

     9,454        857,478  

Sun Hydraulics

     17,228        735,119  

Supreme Industries Class A

     11,300        185,885  

Tennant

     13,081        965,378  

Titan International

     37,010        444,490  

†TriMas

     32,125        669,806  

†Twin Disc

     6,300        101,682  

Wabash National

     48,040        1,055,919  

Watts Water Technologies Class A

     20,928        1,322,650  

Woodward

     39,958        2,700,362  
     

 

 

 
        50,887,562  
     

 

 

 

Marine–0.11%

 

  

Costamare

     23,000        168,130  

†Eagle Bulk Shipping

     28,500        134,805  

Matson

     32,500        976,300  

†Navios Maritime Holdings

     63,200        86,584  

†Safe Bulkers

     35,700        81,753  

†Scorpio Bulkers

     38,891        276,126  
     

 

 

 
        1,723,698  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–17


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Media–1.30%

     

AMC Entertainment Holdings

     39,790      $ 905,223  

†Central European Media Enterprises Class A

     49,011        196,044  

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Class A

     26,500        128,525  

†Daily Journal

     950        195,966  

Emerald Expositions Events

     11,600        254,040  

Entercom Communications Class A

     18,821        194,797  

Entravision Communications Class A

     47,530        313,698  

†Eros International

     22,400        256,480  

Gannett

     88,000        767,360  

†Global Eagle Entertainment

     35,400        126,024  

†Gray Television

     47,400        649,380  

†Hemisphere Media Group

     6,200        73,470  

†IMAX

     44,200        972,400  

†Liberty Media-Liberty Braves Class A

     8,000        191,120  

†Liberty Media-Liberty Braves Class C

     23,100        553,707  

†Loral Space & Communications

     9,461        393,105  

MDC Partners Class A

     37,735        373,577  

Meredith

     29,934        1,779,576  

†MSG Networks

     44,400        996,780  

National CineMedia

     45,829        340,051  

New Media Investment Group

     38,000        512,240  

New York Times Class A

     93,411        1,653,375  

Nexstar Media Group Class A

     34,297        2,050,961  

†Reading International Class A

     13,940        224,852  

Saga Communications Class A

     2,612        119,499  

Salem Media Group

     10,300        73,130  

Scholastic

     20,191        880,126  

†Scripps (E.W.) Class A

     44,266        788,377  

Sinclair Broadcast Group Class A

     54,632        1,797,393  

Time

     77,100        1,106,385  

†Townsquare Media Class A

     9,400        96,256  

†tronc

     17,300        222,997  

World Wrestling Entertainment Class A

     26,707        544,022  
     

 

 

 
        19,730,936  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–1.24%

 

  

†AK Steel Holding

     229,956        1,510,811  

Allegheny Technologies

     81,600        1,388,016  

Ampco-Pittsburgh

     7,400        109,150  

Carpenter Technology

     34,700        1,298,821  

†Century Aluminum

     35,687        556,003  

†Cliffs Natural Resources

     221,400        1,532,088  

†Coeur Mining

     139,486        1,196,790  

Commercial Metals

     86,300        1,676,809  

Compass Minerals International

     25,200        1,645,560  

Gold Resource

     43,500        177,480  

†Handy & Harman

     2,948        92,567  

Haynes International

     9,081        329,731  

Hecla Mining

     287,300        1,465,230  

Kaiser Aluminum

     13,322        1,179,263  

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Metals & Mining (continued)

     

†Klondex Mines

     130,600      $ 440,122  

Materion

     15,484        579,102  

Olympic Steel

     5,606        109,205  

†Ryerson Holding

     7,325        72,517  

Schnitzer Steel Industries Class A

     19,101        481,345  

†SunCoke Energy

     50,547        550,962  

†TimkenSteel

     28,400        436,508  

Warrior Met Coal

     12,500        214,125  

Worthington Industries

     33,908        1,702,860  
     

 

 

 
        18,745,065  
     

 

 

 

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts–0.84%

 

AG Mortgage Investment Trust

     20,484        374,857  

Anworth Mortgage Asset

     70,031        420,886  

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance

     68,281        1,266,613  

Ares Commercial Real Estate

     19,289        252,493  

Armour Residential REIT

     28,153        703,825  

Capstead Mortgage

     71,108        741,656  

Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment

     8,700        160,689  

CYS Investments

     113,467        954,257  

Dynex Capital

     32,230        228,833  

Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT

     6,200        90,892  

Great Ajax

     11,300        157,974  

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital

     37,700        862,199  

Invesco Mortgage Capital

     84,561        1,413,014  

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust

     7,700        165,550  

Ladder Capital Class A

     52,405        702,751  

MTGE Investment

     34,111        641,287  

New York Mortgage Trust

     81,332        505,885  

Orchid Island Capital

     27,200        268,192  

Owens Realty Mortgage

     8,700        147,552  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

     50,821        929,516  

Redwood Trust

     56,946        970,360  

Resource Capital

     21,982        223,557  

Sutherland Asset Management

     12,600        187,110  

Western Asset Mortgage Capital

     29,784        306,775  
     

 

 

 
        12,676,723  
     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–0.34%

 

  

Big Lots

     33,500        1,618,050  

Dillard’s Class A

     11,300        651,897  

Fred’s Class A

     25,477        235,153  

†JC Penney

     230,400        1,071,360  

†Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings

     35,400        1,508,040  

†Sears Holdings

     9,800        86,828  
     

 

 

 
        5,171,328  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–0.49%

 

  

Avista

     47,726        2,026,446  

Black Hills

     38,943        2,627,484  

NorthWestern

     36,706        2,239,800  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–18


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Multi-Utilities (continued)

     

Unitil

     10,641      $ 514,067  
     

 

 

 
        7,407,797  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–1.79%

 

  

†Abraxas Petroleum

     117,312        190,045  

Adams Resources & Energy

     1,206        49,542  

Alon USA Energy

     23,992        319,573  

†Approach Resources

     29,500        99,415  

Arch Coal Class A

     2,100        143,430  

Ardmore Shipping

     19,500        158,925  

†Bill Barrett

     53,390        163,907  

†Bonanza Creek Energy

     13,900        440,769  

†California Resources

     31,700        271,035  

†Callon Petroleum

     149,716        1,588,487  

†Carrizo Oil & Gas

     45,989        801,128  

†Clean Energy Fuels

     101,395        257,543  

†Cloud Peak Energy

     54,900        193,797  

†Contango Oil & Gas

     14,481        96,154  

CVR Energy

     10,200        221,952  

Delek U.S. Holdings

     45,988        1,215,923  

†Denbury Resources

     261,900        400,707  

DHT Holdings

     59,200        245,680  

†Dorian LPG

     21,400        175,052  

†Earthstone Energy Class A

     7,300        73,073  

†Eclipse Resources

     51,400        147,004  

†Energy XXI Gulf Coast

     22,000        408,540  

†EP Energy Class A

     33,600        122,976  

Evolution Petroleum

     21,847        176,961  

Frontline

     54,936        314,783  

GasLog

     30,007        457,607  

†Gastar Exploration

     129,600        120,010  

†Gener8 Maritime

     34,100        194,029  

Golar LNG

     72,300        1,608,675  

Green Plains

     26,943        553,679  

†Halcon Resources

     45,400        206,116  

Hallador Energy

     11,900        92,463  

†International Seaways

     21,865        473,815  

†Isramco

     651        74,474  

†Jagged Peak Energy

     23,700        316,395  

†Jones Energy Class A

     47,194        75,510  

†Lilis Energy

     31,800        155,820  

†Matador Resources

     67,995        1,453,053  

†Midstates Petroleum

     8,300        105,161  

Navios Maritime Acquisition

     43,100        63,357  

Nordic American Tankers

     75,098        476,121  

†Oasis Petroleum

     176,500        1,420,825  

†Overseas Shipholding Group Class A

     31,400        83,524  

†Pacific Ethanol

     25,000        156,250  

Panhandle Oil & Gas Class A

     12,494        288,611  

†Par Pacific Holdings

     20,805        375,322  

†PDC Energy

     49,150        2,118,857  

†Peabody Energy

     600        14,670  

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

  

†Penn Virginia

     10,600      $ 389,550  

†Renewable Energy Group

     25,364        328,464  

†Resolute Energy

     8,500        253,045  

†REX American Resources

     3,950        381,412  

†Ring Energy

     33,687        437,931  

†Sanchez Energy

     52,338        375,787  

†SandRidge Energy

     25,900        445,739  

Scorpio Tankers

     121,209        481,200  

SemGroup Class A

     50,105        1,352,835  

Ship Finance International

     44,542        605,771  

†SilverBow Resources

     5,200        136,032  

†SRC Energy

     154,113        1,037,180  

†Stone Energy

     14,500        266,510  

Teekay

     38,200        254,794  

Teekay Tankers Class A

     101,241        190,333  

†Tellurian

     41,200        413,236  

†Ultra Petroleum

     4,600        49,910  

†Uranium Energy

     101,300        161,067  

†W&T Offshore

     69,636        136,487  

†Westmoreland Coal

     14,557        70,893  

†WildHorse Resource Development

     14,900        184,313  
     

 

 

 
        27,113,234  
     

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products–0.56%

 

  

†Boise Cascade

     27,846        846,518  

†Clearwater Paper

     12,651        591,434  

Deltic Timber

     7,455        556,590  

KapStone Paper and Packaging

     64,764        1,336,081  

†Louisiana-Pacific

     108,778        2,622,638  

Neenah Paper

     12,395        994,699  

PH Glatfelter

     32,417        633,428  

Schweitzer-Mauduit International

     22,667        843,892  

†Verso Class A

     25,000        117,250  
     

 

 

 
        8,542,530  
     

 

 

 

Personal Products–0.16%

 

  

†elf Beauty

     15,400        419,034  

Inter Parfums

     13,193        483,523  

Medifast

     7,587        314,633  

Natural Health Trends

     6,900        192,165  

Nature’s Sunshine Products

     8,440        111,830  

Nutraceutical International

     6,886        286,802  

†Revlon Class A

     7,654        181,400  

†USANA Health Sciences

     7,678        492,160  
     

 

 

 
        2,481,547  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–1.91%

 

  

†AcelRx Pharmaceuticals

     17,800        38,270  

†Aclaris Therapeutics

     15,000        406,800  

†Aerie Pharmaceuticals

     21,900        1,150,845  

†Amphastar Pharmaceuticals

     28,400        507,224  

†ANI Pharmaceuticals

     5,400        252,720  

†Aratana Therapeutics

     24,400        176,412  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–19


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Pharmaceuticals (continued)

     

†Assembly Biosciences

     10,400      $ 214,760  

†Catalent

     93,400        3,278,340  

†Cempra

     33,296        153,162  

†Clearside BioMedical

     18,400        167,624  

†Collegium Pharmaceutical

     12,400        155,124  

†Corcept Therapeutics

     67,711        798,990  

†Corium International

     14,800        110,408  

†Depomed

     45,757        491,430  

†Dermira

     28,300        824,662  

†Durect

     96,800        151,008  

†Heska

     4,700        479,729  

†Horizon Pharma

     121,700        1,444,579  

†Impax Laboratories

     55,102        887,142  

†Innoviva

     60,200        770,560  

†Intersect ENT

     20,300        567,385  

†Intra-Cellular Therapies

     25,700        319,194  

†Lannett

     20,580        419,832  

†Medicines

     50,733        1,928,361  

†Myokardia

     11,800        154,580  

†Nektar Therapeutics

     108,088        2,113,120  

†Neos Therapeutics

     14,600        106,580  

†Ocular Therapeutix

     13,100        121,437  

†Omeros

     33,866        674,103  

†Pacira Pharmaceuticals

     29,175        1,391,647  

†Paratek Pharmaceuticals

     16,300        392,830  

Phibro Animal Health Class A

     13,500        500,175  

†Prestige Brands Holdings

     40,055        2,115,305  

†Reata Pharmaceuticals Class A

     4,900        155,036  

†Revance Therapeutics

     16,300        430,320  

†SciClone Pharmaceuticals

     39,574        435,314  

†Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Class A

     19,310        202,755  

†Supernus Pharmaceuticals

     35,085        1,512,164  

†Teligent

     32,500        297,375  

†Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals

     34,800        248,124  

†TherapeuticsMD

     111,900        589,713  

†Theravance Biopharma

     31,200        1,243,008  

†Titan Pharmaceuticals

     12,500        23,750  

†WAVE Life Sciences

     6,400        119,040  

†Zogenix

     17,946        260,217  

†Zynerba Pharmaceuticals

     8,500        144,245  
     

 

 

 
        28,925,399  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services–1.20%

 

  

†Acacia Research

     35,876        147,092  

†Advisory Board

     30,824        1,587,436  

Barrett Business Services

     5,032        288,283  

BG Staffing

     5,100        88,638  

†CBIZ

     36,246        543,690  

†Cogint

     11,600        58,580  

CRA International

     6,651        241,564  

Exponent

     19,130        1,115,279  

†Franklin Covey

     9,480        182,964  

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Professional Services (continued)

 

†FTI Consulting

     31,206      $ 1,090,962  

†GP Strategies

     10,500        277,200  

Heidrick & Struggles International

     13,164        286,317  

†Hill International

     25,600        133,120  

†Huron Consulting Group

     16,178        698,890  

†ICF International

     13,351        628,832  

Insperity

     13,601        965,671  

Kelly Services Class A

     21,577        484,404  

Kforce

     17,938        351,585  

Korn/Ferry International

     38,045        1,313,694  

†Mistras Group

     14,147        310,810  

†Navigant Consulting

     34,436        680,455  

†On Assignment

     38,282        2,072,970  

Resources Connection

     23,709        324,813  

†RPX

     36,374        507,417  

†TriNet Group

     31,300        1,024,762  

†TrueBlue

     31,387        831,756  

†WageWorks

     27,530        1,850,016  

†Willdan Group

     5,600        171,080  
     

 

 

 
        18,258,280  
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development–0.48%

 

Alexander & Baldwin

     35,000        1,448,300  

†Altisource Portfolio Solutions

     8,400        183,288  

Consolidated-Tomoka Land

     3,399        193,573  

†Forestar Group

     33,777        579,276  

†FRP Holdings

     5,272        243,303  

HFF Class A

     26,781        931,175  

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings

     61,953        1,180,205  

†Marcus & Millichap

     12,200        321,592  

†Maui Land & Pineapple

     5,000        101,500  

RE/MAX Holdings

     13,200        739,860  

RMR Group Class A

     4,995        243,007  

†St. Joe

     37,568        704,400  

Stratus Properties

     5,400        158,760  

†Tejon Ranch

     9,765        201,550  

†Trinity Place Holdings

     16,800        119,448  
     

 

 

 
        7,349,237  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail–0.65%

 

  

ArcBest

     17,942        369,605  

†Avis Budget Group

     55,600        1,516,212  

†Covenant Transportation Group Class A

     10,200        178,806  

†Daseke

     15,200        169,176  

Heartland Express

     34,309        714,313  

†Hertz Global Holdings

     40,600        466,900  

Knight Transportation

     54,282        2,011,148  

Marten Transport

     17,978        492,597  

†Roadrunner Transportation Systems

     25,803        187,588  

†Saia

     18,163        931,762  

Schneider National Class B

     1,500        33,555  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–20


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Road & Rail (continued)

     

†Swift Transportation

     56,068      $ 1,485,802  

Universal Logistics Holdings

     6,097        91,455  

Werner Enterprises

     33,356        978,999  

†YRC Worldwide

     25,000        278,000  
     

 

 

 
        9,905,918  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–2.94%

 

†Advanced Energy Industries

     29,679        1,919,934  

†Alpha & Omega Semiconductor

     13,171        219,561  

†Ambarella

     24,092        1,169,667  

†Amkor Technology

     74,465        727,523  

†Axcelis Technologies

     23,333        488,826  

†AXT

     27,600        175,260  

Brooks Automation

     50,590        1,097,297  

Cabot Microelectronics

     18,971        1,400,629  

†CEVA

     16,623        755,515  

†Cirrus Logic

     47,488        2,978,447  

Cohu

     21,843        343,809  

†Cree

     72,600        1,789,590  

†CyberOptics

     5,100        105,315  

†Diodes

     28,265        679,208  

†DSP Group

     17,252        200,123  

†Entegris

     106,550        2,338,773  

†FormFactor

     53,425        662,470  

†GSI Technology

     10,600        83,316  

†Ichor Holdings

     7,000        141,120  

†Impinj

     13,400        651,910  

†Inphi

     30,194        1,035,654  

†Integrated Device Technology

     101,619        2,620,754  

IXYS

     20,122        331,007  

†Kopin

     50,542        187,511  

†Lattice Semiconductor

     88,926        592,247  

†MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings

     30,071        1,677,060  

†MaxLinear Class A

     44,672        1,245,902  

MKS Instruments

     40,124        2,700,345  

Monolithic Power Systems

     29,353        2,829,629  

†Nanometrics

     17,322        438,073  

†NeoPhotonics

     24,000        185,280  

NVE

     3,518        270,886  

†PDF Solutions

     19,778        325,348  

†Photronics

     48,160        452,704  

†Pixelworks

     21,200        97,308  

Power Integrations

     20,556        1,498,532  

†Rambus

     81,486        931,385  

†Rudolph Technologies

     21,938        501,283  

†Semtech

     48,584        1,736,878  

†Sigma Designs

     31,300        183,105  

†Silicon Laboratories

     31,100        2,125,685  

†SunPower

     44,400        414,696  

†Synaptics

     25,752        1,331,636  

†Ultra Clean Holdings

     25,366        475,613  
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)

 

†Veeco Instruments

     32,848      $ 914,817  

†Xcerra

     43,741        427,350  

Xperi

     37,035        1,103,643  
     

 

 

 
        44,562,624  
     

 

 

 

Software–3.46%

 

  

†8x8

     66,040        960,882  

†A10 Networks

     28,900        243,916  

†ACI Worldwide

     86,851        1,942,857  

†Agilysys

     10,614        107,414  

American Software Class A

     19,961        205,399  

†Aspen Technology

     55,775        3,082,127  

†Barracuda Networks

     16,100        371,266  

Blackbaud

     35,633        3,055,530  

†BlackLine

     7,900        282,346  

†Bottomline Technologies

     29,871        767,386  

†BroadSoft

     22,014        947,703  

†Callidus Software

     46,457        1,124,259  

†CommVault Systems

     29,102        1,642,808  

†Digimarc

     6,958        279,364  

Ebix

     18,878        1,017,524  

†Ellie Mae

     24,692        2,713,898  

†EnerNOC

     20,785        161,084  

†Everbridge

     12,600        306,936  

†Exa

     12,100        166,980  

Fair Isaac

     23,439        3,267,631  

†Gigamon

     26,800        1,054,580  

†Glu Mobile

     91,532        228,830  

†Guidance Software

     20,549        135,829  

†HubSpot

     25,000        1,643,750  

†Imperva

     24,861        1,189,599  

†MicroStrategy

     7,084        1,357,790  

†Mitek Systems

     25,600        215,040  

†MobileIron

     37,600        227,480  

†Model N

     19,300        256,690  

Monotype Imaging Holdings

     30,131        551,397  

†Park City Group

     11,000        133,650  

†Paycom Software

     36,600        2,503,806  

†Paylocity Holding

     19,300        871,974  

Pegasystems

     26,902        1,569,732  

Progress Software

     37,500        1,158,375  

†Proofpoint

     31,920        2,771,614  

†PROS Holdings

     18,437        504,989  

QAD Class A

     7,073        226,690  

†Qualys

     23,325        951,660  

†Rapid7

     17,300        291,159  

†RealNetworks

     13,048        56,498  

†RealPage

     43,611        1,567,815  

†RingCentral Class A

     46,400        1,695,920  

†Rosetta Stone

     16,800        181,104  

†Rubicon Project

     23,600        121,304  

†SecureWorks Class A

     5,300        49,237  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–21


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Software (continued)

     

†Silver Spring Networks

     27,800      $ 313,584  

†Synchronoss Technologies

     31,044        510,674  

†Telenav

     25,300        204,930  

TiVo

     88,261        1,646,068  

†Upland Software

     5,400        118,746  

†Varonis Systems

     14,200        528,240  

†VASCO Data Security International

     22,159        317,982  

†Verint Systems

     46,770        1,903,539  

†VirnetX Holding

     29,605        134,703  

†Workiva

     19,100        363,855  

†Zendesk

     72,200        2,005,716  

†Zix

     44,174        251,350  
     

 

 

 
        52,463,209  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–2.04%

 

  

Aaron’s

     49,400        1,921,660  

Abercrombie & Fitch

     50,900        633,196  

American Eagle Outfitters

     125,700        1,514,685  

†America’s Car-Mart

     5,585        217,257  

†Asbury Automotive Group

     14,944        845,083  

†Ascena Retail Group

     128,949        277,240  

†At Home Group

     6,300        146,727  

Barnes & Noble

     46,772        355,467  

†Barnes & Noble Education

     29,243        310,853  

Big 5 Sporting Goods

     14,893        194,354  

†Boot Barn Holdings

     11,100        78,588  

Buckle

     22,708        404,202  

†Build-A-Bear Workshop

     10,800        112,860  

Caleres

     32,025        889,655  

Camping World Holdings Class A

     7,900        243,715  

†Carvana

     11,300        231,311  

Cato Class A

     18,982        333,893  

Chico’s FAS

     97,900        922,218  

Children’s Place

     12,801        1,306,982  

Citi Trends

     8,976        190,471  

†Conn’s

     14,102        269,348  

†Container Store Group

     15,800        93,536  

DSW Class A

     50,400        892,080  

†Express

     55,275        373,106  

Finish Line Class A

     31,208        442,217  

†Five Below

     40,318        1,990,500  

†Francesca’s Holdings

     30,562        334,348  

†Genesco

     15,332        519,755  

GNC Holdings

     51,400        433,302  

Group 1 Automotive

     15,535        983,676  

Guess

     45,500        581,490  

Haverty Furniture

     15,414        386,891  

†Hibbett Sports

     16,983        352,397  

†J. Jill

     8,800        108,152  

†Kirkland’s

     12,675        130,299  

Lithia Motors Class A

     17,837        1,680,780  

†Lumber Liquidators Holdings

     19,116        479,047  

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Specialty Retail (continued)

     

†MarineMax

     18,140      $ 354,637  

Monro Muffler Brake

     23,649        987,346  

Office Depot

     384,500        2,168,580  

†Party City Holdco

     22,400        350,560  

Pier 1 Imports

     55,425        287,656  

Rent-A-Center

     35,910        420,865  

†RH

     25,367        1,636,679  

†Select Comfort

     30,511        1,082,835  

Shoe Carnival

     9,521        198,798  

Sonic Automotive Class A

     19,531        379,878  

†Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings

     22,400        120,960  

Tailored Brands

     36,242        404,461  

Tile Shop Holdings

     23,900        493,535  

Tilly’s Class A

     6,263        63,569  

†Vitamin Shoppe

     19,407        226,092  

West Marine

     15,708        201,848  

Winmark

     1,509        194,586  

†Zumiez

     12,123        149,719  
     

 

 

 
        30,903,945  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.58%

 

†3D Systems

     80,600        1,507,220  

†Avid Technology

     28,700        150,962  

CPI Card Group

     14,400        41,040  

†Cray

     29,969        551,430  

Diebold Nixdorf

     56,100        1,570,800  

†Eastman Kodak

     12,000        109,200  

†Electronics For Imaging

     35,367        1,675,688  

†Immersion

     20,327        184,569  

†Intevac

     14,400        159,840  

†Pure Storage Class A

     69,100        885,171  

†Quantum

     20,800        162,448  

†Stratasys

     36,600        853,146  

†Super Micro Computer

     28,715        707,825  

†USA Technologies

     31,200        162,240  
     

 

 

 
        8,721,579  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–0.72%

 

  

Columbia Sportswear

     21,720        1,261,063  

†Crocs

     50,800        391,668  

Culp

     7,541        245,083  

†Deckers Outdoor

     24,400        1,665,544  

†Delta Apparel

     6,200        137,516  

†Fossil Group

     31,400        324,990  

†G-III Apparel Group

     32,196        803,290  

†Iconix Brand Group

     28,351        195,905  

Movado Group

     11,080        279,770  

Oxford Industries

     11,376        710,886  

†Perry Ellis International

     10,714        208,494  

†Sequential Brands Group

     33,810        134,902  

†Steven Madden

     46,334        1,851,043  

Superior Uniform Group

     4,900        109,515  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–22


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (continued)

 

†Unifi

     12,374      $ 381,119  

†Vera Bradley

     16,479        161,165  

Wolverine World Wide

     72,908        2,042,153  
     

 

 

 
        10,904,106  
     

 

 

 

Thrift & Mortgage Finance–2.17%

 

  

†ASB Bancorp

     2,100        92,295  

Astoria Financial

     68,953        1,389,403  

Bank Mutual

     26,825        245,449  

BankFinancial

     13,649        203,643  

Bear State Financial

     15,440        146,062  

Beneficial Bancorp

     52,356        785,340  

†BofI Holding

     44,860        1,064,079  

†BSB Bancorp

     5,900        172,575  

Capitol Federal Financial

     95,800        1,361,318  

Charter Financial

     7,993        143,874  

Clifton Bancorp

     17,062        282,035  

Dime Community Bancshares

     23,751        465,520  

†Entegra Financial

     4,700        106,925  

ESSA Bancorp

     7,100        104,512  

†Essent Group

     56,200        2,087,268  

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Class C

     6,174        399,458  

First Defiance Financial

     6,643        349,953  

†Flagstar Bancorp

     15,400        474,628  

Greene County Bancorp

     1,752        47,654  

Hingham Institution for Savings

     900        163,737  

Home Bancorp

     5,000        212,600  

†HomeStreet

     19,729        546,000  

†Impac Mortgage Holdings

     8,000        121,040  

Kearny Financial

     63,017        935,802  

†LendingTree

     4,705        810,201  

†Malvern Bancorp

     4,800        114,960  

Meridian Bancorp

     35,754        604,243  

Meta Financial Group

     6,000        534,000  

†MGIC Investment

     275,050        3,080,560  

†Nationstar Mortgage Holdings

     23,700        423,993  

†NMI Holdings Class A

     45,000        515,250  

Northfield Bancorp

     31,156        534,325  

Northwest Bancshares

     72,066        1,124,950  

OceanFirst Financial

     23,376        633,957  

†Ocwen Financial

     69,500        186,955  

Oritani Financial

     28,411        484,408  

†PCSB Financial

     13,400        228,604  

†PennyMac Financial Services Class A

     9,600        160,320  

†PHH

     39,252        540,500  

†Provident Bancorp

     1,600        36,000  

Provident Financial Holdings

     5,700        109,725  

Provident Financial Services

     45,731        1,160,653  

Prudential Bancorp

     6,000        108,960  

Radian Group

     162,654        2,659,393  

Riverview Bancorp

     14,300        94,952  

SI Financial Group

     9,700        156,170  

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Thrift & Mortgage Finance (continued)

 

Southern Missouri Bancorp

     5,100      $ 164,526  

Territorial Bancorp

     4,742        147,903  

Timberland Bancorp

     4,600        116,242  

TrustCo Bank

     71,303        552,598  

United Community Financial

     35,500        295,005  

United Financial Bancorp

     38,254        638,459  

†Walker & Dunlop

     20,363        994,325  

Washington Federal

     68,500        2,274,200  

Waterstone Financial

     19,664        370,666  

Western New England Bancorp

     19,100        193,865  

WSFS Financial

     21,391        970,082  
     

 

 

 
        32,922,120  
     

 

 

 

Tobacco–0.19%

 

  

†Turning Point Brands

     6,900        105,846  

Universal

     18,942        1,225,547  

Vector Group

     69,806        1,488,264  
     

 

 

 
        2,819,657  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–1.23%

 

  

Aircastle

     35,544        773,082  

Applied Industrial Technologies

     29,030        1,714,221  

†Beacon Roofing Supply

     45,090        2,209,410  

†BMC Stock Holdings

     48,600        1,061,910  

†CAI International

     13,507        318,765  

†DXP Enterprises

     12,812        442,014  

EnviroStar

     3,600        97,380  

†Foundation Building Materials

     9,600        123,456  

GATX

     30,700        1,973,089  

†GMS

     17,500        491,750  

H&E Equipment Services

     23,081        471,083  

†Herc Holdings

     18,000        707,760  

†Huttig Building Products

     17,700        124,077  

Kaman

     20,052        999,993  

†Lawson Products

     3,800        84,170  

†MRC Global

     70,200        1,159,704  

†Neff Class A

     6,900        131,100  

†Nexeo Solutions

     19,500        161,850  

†NOW

     80,500        1,294,440  

†Rush Enterprises Class A

     21,819        811,230  

†Rush Enterprises Class B

     4,000        145,640  

†SiteOne Landscape Supply

     25,200        1,311,912  

Textainer Group Holdings

     19,120        277,240  

†Titan Machinery

     14,270        256,575  

Triton International

     32,286        1,079,644  

†Veritiv

     8,500        382,500  

†Willis Lease Finance

     3,700        98,901  
     

 

 

 
        18,702,896  
     

 

 

 

Water Utilities–0.35%

 

  

American States Water

     27,354        1,296,853  

†AquaVenture Holdings

     7,800        118,794  

Artesian Resources Class A

     5,819        219,027  
 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–23


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Water Utilities (continued)

 

†Cadiz

     15,500      $ 209,250  

California Water Service Group

     36,042        1,326,346  

Connecticut Water Service

     7,525        417,713  

Consolidated Water

     11,200        138,880  

Global Water Resources

     6,283        62,202  

Middlesex Water

     11,631        460,588  

†Pure Cycle

     12,700        98,425  

SJW Group

     12,115        595,816  

York Water

     9,537        332,364  
     

 

 

 
        5,276,258  
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.11%

 

†Boingo Wireless

     25,597        382,931  

Shenandoah Telecommunications

     34,650        1,063,755  

Spok Holdings

     14,777        261,553  
     

 

 

 
        1,708,239  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $1,026,904,093)

        1,436,698,617  
     

 

 

 

RIGHTS–0.03%

     

†=Durata Therapeutics CVR

     14,227        0  

†=Dyax CVR

     122,431        135,898  

†=Media General CVR

     82,000        155,800  

†=Tobira Therapeutics CVR

     7,700        105,798  
     

 

 

 

Total Rights
(Cost $135,898)

        397,496  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value
(U.S. $)
 

WARRANTS–0.00%

     

†Asterias Biotherapeutics, exercise price $5.00, expiration date 9/29/17

     2,400      $ 1,200  

†=Greenhunter Energy, exercise price $27.50, expiration date 12/31/17

     90        0  
     

 

 

 

Total Warrants
(Cost $1,800)

        1,200  
     

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–5.30%

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     80,342,647        80,342,647  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $80,342,647)

        80,342,647  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
        

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS–0.26%

 

  

¥U.S. Treasury Obligations–0.26%

 

  

U.S. Treasury Bills

     

0.784% 8/3/17

     385,000        384,719  

1.068% 12/7/17

     3,536,000        3,519,575  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $3,904,040)

 

     3,904,294  
     

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.35% (Cost $1,111,288,478)

     1,521,344,254  

«LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.35%)

     (5,274,264
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 50,323,840 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 1,516,069,990  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP SSGA SMALL-CAP INDEX FUND STANDARD CLASS
($1,201,338,300 / 39,862,976 Shares)

   $ 30.137  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP SSGA SMALL-CAP INDEX FUND SERVICE CLASS
($314,731,690 / 10,460,864 Shares)

   $ 30.087  
  

 

 

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 1,026,262,588  

Undistributed net investment income

     7,458,873  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

     72,449,813  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and derivatives

     409,898,716  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 1,516,069,990  
  

 

 

 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–24


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

 

 

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

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Includes $54,742 cash due to broker for futures contracts, $5,723,990 payable for securities purchased, $943,896 payable for fund shares redeemed and $556,979 due to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

 

=

The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs and is reported as a Level 3 security in the disclosure table located in Note 3 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

The rate shown is the effective yield at the time of purchase.

 

°

Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars.

 

¥

Fully or partially pledged as collateral for futures contracts.

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)    Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
     Notional
Value
     Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Equity Contracts:

           
1,145    E-mini Russell 2000 Index      $81,125,758        $80,968,675        9/18/17        $(157,083)  

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional value presented above represents the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

CVR–Contingent Value Rights

IT–Information Technology

REIT–Real Estate Investment Trust

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–25


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $ 10,962,923  

Interest

     13,126  

Foreign tax withheld

     (1,537
  

 

 

 
     10,974,512  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     2,313,679  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     381,704  

Accounting and administration expenses

     180,459  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     87,813  

Shareholder servicing fees

     71,831  

Professional fees

     36,656  

Index fees

     32,850  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     19,495  

Custodian fees

     9,827  

Pricing fees

     3,965  

Consulting fees

     2,401  

Other

     7,941  
  

 

 

 
     3,148,621  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (12,397
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     3,136,224  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     7,838,288  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN:

  

Net realized gain from:

  

Investments

     58,571,435  

Futures contracts

     1,848,405  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     60,419,840  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     467,371  

Foreign currencies

     23  

Futures contracts

     33,271  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     500,665  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     60,920,505  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 68,758,793  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 7,838,288     $ 13,769,265  

Net realized gain

     60,419,840       33,807,644  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     500,665       225,007,707  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     68,758,793       272,584,616  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (14,709,032

Service Class

           (3,191,810

Net realized gain on investments:

    

Standard Class

           (26,088,177

Service Class

           (6,061,145
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (50,050,164
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     109,883,569       169,570,756  

Service Class

     26,974,460       36,747,265  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           40,797,209  

Service Class

           9,252,955  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     136,858,029       256,368,185  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (81,118,016     (453,985,542

Service Class

     (31,314,524     (61,961,822
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (112,432,540     (515,947,364
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     24,425,489       (259,579,179
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

     93,184,282       (37,044,727

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     1,422,885,708       1,459,930,435  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 1,516,069,990     $ 1,422,885,708  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

   $ 7,458,873     $ (379,415
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–26


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund Standard Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
       Year Ended
     (unaudited)    12/31/16   12/31/15   12/31/14   12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 28.753      $ 24.643     $ 26.990     $ 26.722     $ 19.597     $ 17.026

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.166        0.257       0.246       0.235       0.219       0.267

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.218        4.789       (1.514 )       0.965       7.205       2.434
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.384        5.046       (1.268 )       1.200       7.424       2.701
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.364 )       (0.247 )       (0.225 )       (0.189 )       (0.130 )

Net realized gain

              (0.572 )       (0.832 )       (0.707 )       (0.110 )      
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.936 )       (1.079 )       (0.932 )       (0.299 )       (0.130 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 30.137      $ 28.753     $ 24.643     $ 26.990     $ 26.722     $ 19.597
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       4.81%        20.68%       (4.71% )       4.67%       37.90%       15.89%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 1,201,338      $ 1,117,983     $ 1,183,053     $ 1,085,366     $ 881,401     $ 406,060

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.38%        0.37%       0.37%       0.37%       0.39%       0.41%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.38%        0.37%       0.37%       0.37%       0.39%       0.41%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.14%        1.02%       0.91%       0.89%       0.93%       1.44%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       1.14%        1.02%       0.91%       0.89%       0.93%       1.44%

Portfolio turnover

       11%        16%       32%       15%       17%       43%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–27


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
   Year Ended
       (unaudited)    12/31/16   12/31/15   12/31/14   12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 28.741      $ 24.643     $ 26.987     $ 26.722     $ 19.602     $ 17.031

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income2

       0.129        0.194       0.178       0.168       0.161       0.221

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.217        4.777       (1.510 )       0.964       7.199       2.434
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.346        4.971       (1.332 )       1.132       7.360       2.655
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                         

Net investment income

              (0.301 )       (0.180 )       (0.160 )       (0.130 )       (0.084 )

Net realized gain

              (0.572 )       (0.832 )       (0.707 )       (0.110 )      
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

              (0.873 )       (1.012 )       (0.867 )       (0.240 )       (0.084 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 30.087      $ 28.741     $ 24.643     $ 26.987     $ 26.722     $ 19.602
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       4.69%        20.38%       (4.95% )       4.41%       37.56%       15.60%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 314,732      $ 304,903     $ 276,877     $ 299,763     $ 325,878     $ 152,448

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.63%        0.62%       0.62%       0.62%       0.64%       0.66%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.63%        0.62%       0.62%       0.62%       0.64%       0.66%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.89%        0.77%       0.66%       0.64%       0.68%       1.19%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.89%        0.77%       0.66%       0.64%       0.68%       1.19%

Portfolio turnover

       11%        16%       32%       15%       17%       43%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–28


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek to approximate as closely as practicable, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Russell 2000® Index, which emphasizes stocks of small U.S. companies.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Valuations for fixed income securities, including short-term debt securities, utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. U.S. government and agency securities are valued at the mean between the bid and the ask prices, which approximate fair value. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund does not separate that portion of realized gains and losses on foreign equity securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices. These changes are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–29


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of such distribution by the issuer or management estimates. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commissions to the Fund in cash. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement accorded the order, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction. There were no commission rebates for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.32% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.005% of the Fund’s first $500 million of average daily net assets. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board and LIAC. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 41,185  

Legal

     9,941  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $65,032 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has

 

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund–30


LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 391,875  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     64,373  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     35,700  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     65,032  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 151,472,676  

Sales

     185,499,694  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 1,111,288,478  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 492,711,186  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (82,655,410
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 410,055,776  
  

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs, including related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. The Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Valuations may also be based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which is received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations.

 

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LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

         Level 1              Level 2              Level 3          Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common Stock

           

Aerospace & Defense

   $ 20,519,187      $      $      $ 20,519,187  

Air Freight & Logistics

     4,429,873                      4,429,873  

Airlines

     4,524,838                      4,524,838  

Auto Components

     17,412,408                      17,412,408  

Automobiles

     818,055                      818,055  

Banks

     150,771,227                      150,771,227  

Beverages

     3,492,824                      3,492,824  

Biotechnology

     77,512,086                      77,512,086  

Building Products

     17,797,962                      17,797,962  

Capital Markets

     18,852,195                      18,852,195  

Chemicals

     30,809,242                      30,809,242  

Commercial Services & Supplies

     35,441,303                      35,441,303  

Communications Equipment

     27,553,653                      27,553,653  

Construction & Engineering

     17,216,591                      17,216,591  

Construction Materials

     3,342,013                      3,342,013  

Consumer Finance

     8,648,042                      8,648,042  

Containers & Packaging

     1,743,334                      1,743,334  

Distributors

     1,256,925                      1,256,925  

Diversified Consumer Services

     12,775,362                      12,775,362  

Diversified Financial Services

     1,503,359                      1,503,359  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     10,555,419                      10,555,419  

Electric Utilities

     15,970,116                      15,970,116  

Electrical Equipment

     9,788,199                      9,788,199  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     41,101,327                      41,101,327  

Energy Equipment & Services

     19,705,518                      19,705,518  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     100,897,546                      100,897,546  

Food & Staples Retailing

     7,564,482                      7,564,482  

Food Products

     17,949,075                      17,949,075  

Gas Utilities

     18,054,428                      18,054,428  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     54,426,439                      54,426,439  

Health Care Providers & Services

     31,138,045                      31,138,045  

Health Care Technology

     11,748,727                      11,748,727  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     47,967,678                      47,967,678  

Household Durables

     21,355,875                      21,355,875  

Household Products

     3,904,926                      3,904,926  

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     6,197,554                      6,197,554  

Industrial Conglomerates

     897,468                      897,468  

Insurance

     35,243,571        555,200               35,798,771  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     7,679,619                      7,679,619  

Internet Software & Services

     42,581,249                      42,581,249  

IT Services

     29,534,224                      29,534,224  

Leisure Products

     5,424,893                      5,424,893  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     12,132,673                      12,132,673  

Machinery

     50,887,562                      50,887,562  

Marine

     1,723,698                      1,723,698  

Media

     19,730,936                      19,730,936  

Metals & Mining

     18,745,065                      18,745,065  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts

     12,676,723                      12,676,723  

Multiline Retail

     5,171,328                      5,171,328  

Multi-Utilities

     7,407,797                      7,407,797  

 

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LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

     Level 1     Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

          

Assets:

          

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

   $ 27,113,234     $      $      $ 27,113,234  

Paper & Forest Products

     8,542,530                     8,542,530  

Personal Products

     2,481,547                     2,481,547  

Pharmaceuticals

     28,925,399                     28,925,399  

Professional Services

     18,258,280                     18,258,280  

Real Estate Management & Development

     7,349,237                     7,349,237  

Road & Rail

     9,905,918                     9,905,918  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     44,562,624                     44,562,624  

Software

     52,463,209                     52,463,209  

Specialty Retail

     30,903,945                     30,903,945  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     8,721,579                     8,721,579  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     10,904,106                     10,904,106  

Thrift & Mortgage Finance

     32,922,120                     32,922,120  

Tobacco

     2,819,657                     2,819,657  

Trading Companies & Distributors

     18,702,896                     18,702,896  

Water Utilities

     5,276,258                     5,276,258  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     1,708,239                     1,708,239  

Rights

                  397,496        397,496  

Warrants

     1,200                     1,200  

Money Market Fund

     80,342,647                     80,342,647  

Short-Term Investments

           3,904,294               3,904,294  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 1,516,487,264     $ 4,459,494      $ 397,496      $ 1,521,344,254  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivatives:

          

Liabilities:

          

Futures Contracts

   $ (157,083   $      $      $ (157,083
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     3,744,022       6,849,377  

Service Class

     922,018       1,471,986  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           1,486,599  

Service Class

           337,874  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     4,666,040       10,145,836  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (2,763,247     (17,461,662

Service Class

     (1,069,851     (2,436,747
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (3,833,098     (19,898,409
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     832,942       (9,752,573
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives, 2) how they are accounted for, and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

 

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LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts as a cash management tool; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce transaction costs.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

  

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value   

Statement of Net Assets Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts
(Equity contracts)

   Liabilities net of receivables and other assets    $—    Liabilities net of receivables and other assets    $ (157,083

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
   Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts
(Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts      $ 1,848,405      $ 33,271

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
   Short Derivative
Volume

Futures contracts (average notional amount)

   $44,331,049    $—

At June 30, 2017, the Fund pledged U.S. Treasury Obligations with a value of $3,904,294 as collateral for futures contracts.

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights to help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and foreign exchange contracts and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting items and netting provisions in the event of a default or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instrument payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of an ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out) including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Net Assets.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had no assets and liabilities subject to offsetting provisions.

 

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LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

6. Market Risk

The Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in small companies and may be subject to certain risks associated with ownership of securities of such companies. Investments in small-sized companies may be more volatile than investments in larger companies for a number of reasons, which include more limited financial resources or a dependence on narrow product lines.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund invests in REITs and is subject to the risks associated with that industry. If the Fund acquires a direct interest in real estate as a result of defaults or receives rental income directly from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company could be jeopardized. The Fund had no direct real estate holdings during the six months ended June 30, 2017. The Fund’s REIT holdings are also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs it holds use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC, the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. As of June 30, 2017, there were no Rule 144A securities.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation      2  
Schedule of Investments      3  
Statement of Assets and Liabilities      4  
Statement of Operations      5  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      5  
Financial Highlights      6  
Notes to Financial Statements      8  

 

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 


LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
     Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,048.30       0.25 %         $1.27        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00        1,047.00       0.50 %         2.54        

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.55       0.25 %         $1.25        

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00        1,022.32       0.50 %         2.51        

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies (Underlying Funds). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund–1


LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Affiliated Investments

     93.02

Equity Funds

     93.02

Unaffiliated Investment

     6.69

Money Market Fund

     6.69

Total Value of Securities

     99.71

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     0.29

Total Net Assets

     100.00

    

 

 

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LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–93.02%

 

Equity Funds–93.02%

     

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

  

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

     5,386,850      $ 65,493,319  

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

     8,760,301        264,009,194  
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $278,766,559)

 

     329,502,513  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENT–6.69%

 

Money Market Fund–6.69%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     23,697,113      $   23,697,113  
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investment
(Cost $23,697,113)

 

     23,697,113  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–99.71% (Cost $302,463,672)

     353,199,626  

RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES–0.29%

     1,044,256  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 28,724,925 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $   354,243,882  
  

 

 

 

 

 

*

Standard Class shares.

The following futures contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)

          Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
     Notional
Value
     Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Equity Contracts:

                 

  255     E-mini Russell 2000 Index

        $17,845,319        $18,032,325        9/18/17      $ 187,006      $           —  

    25     E-mini S&P MidCap 400 Index

        4,414,152        4,365,250        9/18/17               (48,902)  
              

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

               $ 187,006      $ (48,902
              

 

 

    

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional value presented above represents the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund–3


LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

ASSETS:

  

Affiliated investments, at value

   $ 329,502,513  

Unaffiliated investment, at value

     23,697,113  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

     353,199,626  

Cash collateral held at broker for futures contracts

     831,971  

Receivable for fund shares sold

     194,022  

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

     187,006  

Receivable for investments sold

     143,108  

Expense reimbursement from Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation

     20,721  

Dividends receivable from investments

     15,207  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     354,591,661  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

  

Due to manager and affiliates

     161,291  

Payable for fund shares redeemed

     99,149  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

     48,902  

Other accrued expenses payable

     23,795  

Cash due to custodian

     14,642  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     347,779  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 354,243,882  
  

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

   $ 278,766,559  

Unaffiliated investment, at cost

     23,697,113  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

   $ 302,463,672  
  

 

 

 

Standard Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 113,126  

Shares Outstanding

     9,161  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 12.349  

Service Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 354,130,756  

Shares Outstanding

     28,715,764  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 12.332  

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 321,985,789  

Accumulated net investment loss

     (704,169

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (17,911,796

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and derivatives

     50,874,058  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 354,243,882  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends from unaffiliated investment

   $ 61,248  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     1,475,279  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     409,653  

Accounting and administration expenses

     26,416  

Professional fees

     18,320  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     17,130  

Shareholder servicing fees

     16,878  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     4,303  

Custodian fees

     2,249  

Consulting fees

     2,188  

Pricing fees

     53  

Other

     796  
  

 

 

 
     1,973,265  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (1,098,263

Expenses reimbursed

     (55,549
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     819,453  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT LOSS

     (758,205
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Sale of affiliated investments

     (42,662

Futures contracts

     565,357  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     522,695  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Affiliated investments

     15,113,395  

Futures contracts

     369,974  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     15,483,369  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     16,006,064  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 15,247,859  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (758,205   $ 2,282,353  

Net realized gain (loss)

     522,695       (12,751,020

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     15,483,369       47,051,326  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     15,247,859       36,582,659  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (1,779

Service Class

           (2,616,061
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (2,617,840
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     2,847       27,396  

Service Class

     63,136,068       92,923,850  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           1,779  

Service Class

           2,616,061  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     63,138,915       95,569,086  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (55,584     (65,307

Service Class

     (17,655,274     (26,826,698
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (17,710,858     (26,892,005
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     45,428,057       68,677,081  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     60,675,916       102,641,900  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     293,567,966       190,926,066  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 354,243,882     $ 293,567,966  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (Accumulated) net investment income (loss)

   $ (704,169   $ 54,036  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund Standard Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
 

Year Ended

 

 

5/1/133

to

       (unaudited)     12/31/162   12/31/15   12/31/14   12/31/13
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 11.780     $ 10.323     $ 11.396     $ 11.685     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                    

Net investment income (loss)4

       (0.013 )       0.131       0.099       0.105       0.154

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.582       1.459       (1.087 )       (0.268 )       1.653
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.569       1.590       (0.988 )       (0.163 )       1.807
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                    

Net investment income

             (0.133 )       (0.085 )       (0.126 )       (0.122 )

Return of capital

                               5
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.133 )       (0.085 )       (0.126 )       (0.122 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $    12.349     $ 11.780     $ 10.323     $ 11.396     $ 11.685
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return6

       4.83%       15.40%       (8.68% )       (1.40% )       18.07%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                    

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 113     $ 160     $ 174     $ 96     $ 158

Ratio of expenses to average net assets7

       0.25%       0.25%       0.25%       0.25%       0.25%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed7

       0.95%       0.97%       0.99%       1.03%       1.58%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.21% )       1.24%       0.88%       0.93%       2.09%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.91% )       0.52%       0.14%       0.15%       0.76%

Portfolio turnover

       2%       22%       6%       7%       9%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Return of capital distributions of $1 was made by the Fund’s Standard Class, which calculated to de minimis amounts of $0.000 per share.

 

6 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

7 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
 

Year Ended

 

 

5/1/133

to

     (unaudited)   12/31/162   12/31/15   12/31/14   12/31/13
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 11.778     $ 10.324     $ 11.396     $ 11.684     $ 10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                    

Net investment income (loss)4

       (0.028 )       0.106       0.071       0.077       0.139

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.582       1.454       (1.085 )       (0.267 )       1.648
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.554       1.560       (1.014 )       (0.190 )       1.787
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                    

Net investment income

             (0.106 )       (0.058 )       (0.098 )       (0.103 )

Return of capital

                               5
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

             (0.106 )       (0.058 )       (0.098 )       (0.103 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 12.332     $ 11.778     $ 10.324     $ 11.396     $ 11.684
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return6

       4.70%       15.11%       (8.91% )       (1.63% )       17.87%

Ratios and supplemental data:

                    

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $   354,131     $ 293,408     $ 190,752     $ 99,047     $ 29,197

Ratio of expenses to average net assets7

       0.50%       0.50%       0.50%       0.50%       0.50%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed7

       1.20%       1.22%       1.24%       1.28%       1.83%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       (0.46% )       0.99%       0.63%       0.68%       1.84%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (1.16% )       0.27%       (0.11% )       (0.10% )       0.51%

Portfolio turnover

       2%       22%       6%       7%       9%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s volatility management overlay, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Return of capital distributions of $104 was made by the Fund’s Service Class, which calculated to de minimis amounts of $0.000 per share.

 

6 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

7 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in other open-end investment companies, primarily the LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund and LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Fund is advised by Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”). The LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund and LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund, which are sub-advised by an unaffiliated adviser, invest primarily in stocks that make up the SSGA Small-Cap Index and SSGA Mid-Cap Index, respectively, and money market instruments. In addition to mutual fund investments, the Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments, and employs an actively managed risk-management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility. Financial Statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund–8


LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

 

LIAC is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser(s), and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.90% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds (including LIAC). LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.67% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses (excluding Underlying Fund fees and expenses) exceed 0.25% of average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 0.50% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s volatility management overlay. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 9,103  

Legal

     2,198  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $13,739 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had receivables due from and liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 20,721  

Management fees payable to LIAC

     66,684  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     72,460  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     8,408  

Printing & mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     13,739  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund–9


LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated investments companies, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers whereby the Fund held 5% or more of the issuers’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds). Affiliated investments of the Fund and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/16
   Purchases    Sales    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Value
6/30/17
   Dividends    Capital Gain
Distributions

LVIP SSGA Mid-Cap Index Fund

     $ 54,386,671      $ 9,280,170      $ 1,554,174      $ (21,024 )     $ 3,401,676      $ 65,493,319        $—        $—

LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index Fund

       218,663,556        36,807,139        3,151,582        (21,638 )       11,711,719        264,009,194              
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

     $ 273,050,227      $ 46,087,309      $ 4,705,756      $ (42,662 )     $ 15,113,395      $ 329,502,513        $—        $—
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 46,087,309  

Sales

     4,705,756  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 302,463,672  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 50,735,954  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

      
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 50,735,954  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

    Post-Enactment Losses (No Expiration)    

 

Short-Term

   Long-Term      Total  
$11,898,708      $1,016,324        $12,915,032  

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund–10


LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

Assets:

  

Affiliated Investments

   $ 329,502,513  

Unaffiliated Investment

     23,697,113  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 353,199,626  
  

 

 

 

Derivatives:

  

Assets:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ 187,006  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities:

  

Futures Contracts

   $ (48,902
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     236       2,440  

Service Class

     5,267,234       8,704,381  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           151  

Service Class

           221,208  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     5,267,470       8,928,180  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (4,641     (5,918

Service Class

     (1,462,791     (2,491,371
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (1,467,432     (2,497,289
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     3,800,038       6,430,891  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

 

LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund–11


LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; and to facilitate investments in portfolio securities.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value     

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts    $ 187,006      Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts    $ (48,902

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
   Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Equity contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts      $ 565,357      $ 369,974

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative
Volume
  Short Derivative
Volume

Futures contracts (average notional value)

     $ 21,067,913     $

6. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

7. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

8. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

LVIP SSGA SMID Cap Managed Volatility Fund–12


 

LOGO

 

 

 

 

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

 

LOGO


LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings      2  
Statement of Net Assets      3  
Statement of Operations      6  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      6  
Financial Highlights      7  
Notes to Financial Statements      9  

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,194.90       0.68%       $3.70  

Service Class Shares

      1,000.00         1,193.40       0.93%         5.06  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,021.42       0.68%       $3.41  

Service Class Shares

    1,000.00       1,020.18       0.93%       4.66  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund–1


LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
Common Stock        94.94 %

Aerospace & Defense

       1.58 %

Airlines

       1.20 %

Auto Components

       0.47 %

Automobiles

       1.79 %

Banks

       1.59 %

Biotechnology

       4.26 %

Building Products

       0.46 %

Capital Markets

       4.24 %

Electric Utilities

       0.89 %

Electrical Equipment

       1.13 %

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

       2.76 %

Food & Staples Retailing

       0.70 %

Food Products

       0.36 %

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

       4.84 %

Health Care Providers & Services

       6.12 %

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

       2.81 %

Industrial Conglomerates

       2.06 %

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

       9.86 %

Internet Software & Services

       13.41 %

IT Services

       8.56 %

Machinery

       1.51 %

Media

       0.11 %

Multiline Retail

       0.57 %

Pharmaceuticals

       1.38 %

Professional Services

       0.71 %

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

       1.50 %

Software

       8.20 %

Specialty Retail

       4.07 %

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

       5.20 %

Tobacco

       1.86 %

Wireless Telecommunication Services

       0.74 %

Convertible Preferred Stock

       0.67 %

Money Market Fund

       4.47 %

Total Value of Securities

       100.08 %

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

       (0.08 %)

Total Net Assets

       100.00 %

Holdings are for informational purpose only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage
of Net Assets

Amazon.com

       6.00 %

Alphabet Class A & Class C

       5.71 %

Apple

       5.20 %

Facebook Class A

       3.66 %

Priceline Group

       3.46 %

Microsoft

       3.13 %

PayPal Holdings

       2.77 %

Visa Class A

       2.63 %

Alibaba Group Holding ADR

       2.45 %

Philip Morris International

       1.86 %

Total

       36.87 %

IT–Information Technology

 

 

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund–2


LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

    

    

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK–94.94%

   

Aerospace & Defense–1.58%

   

Boeing

    104,400     $     20,645,100  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

20,645,100

 

 

   

 

 

 

Airlines–1.20%

   

American Airlines Group

    312,000       15,699,840  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

15,699,840

 

 

   

 

 

 

Auto Components–0.47%

   

Delphi Automotive

    70,400       6,170,560  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

6,170,560

 

 

   

 

 

 

Automobiles–1.79%

   

Ferrari

    118,192       10,166,876  

†Tesla

    36,378       13,154,648  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

23,321,524

 

 

   

 

 

 

Banks–1.59%

   

First Republic Bank

    86,039       8,612,504  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    133,100       12,165,340  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

20,777,844

 

 

   

 

 

 

Biotechnology–4.26%

   

†Alexion Pharmaceuticals

    146,508       17,825,628  

†Biogen

    54,869       14,889,252  

†Celgene

    52,400       6,805,188  

†Vertex Pharmaceuticals

    123,754       15,948,178  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

55,468,246

 

 

   

 

 

 

Building Products–0.46%

   

Fortune Brands Home & Security

    92,653       6,044,682  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

6,044,682

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital Markets–4.24%

   

Charles Schwab

    188,300       8,089,368  

Intercontinental Exchange

    219,500       14,469,440  

Morgan Stanley

    368,000       16,398,080  

State Street

    82,800       7,429,644  

TD Ameritrade Holding

    205,012       8,813,466  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

55,199,998

 

 

   

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–0.89%

   

NextEra Energy

    83,200       11,658,816  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

11,658,816

 

 

   

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–1.13%

   

Acuity Brands

    72,617       14,761,584  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

14,761,584

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–2.76%

 

American Tower

    147,300       19,490,736  

Crown Castle International

    102,000       10,218,360  

Equinix

    14,712       6,313,802  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

36,022,898

 

 

   

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–0.70%

 

 

Walgreens Boots Alliance

    115,649     $     9,056,473  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

9,056,473

 

 

   

 

 

 

Food Products–0.36%

   

Mondelez International

    107,682       4,650,786  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

4,650,786

 

 

   

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–4.84%

 

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    78,304       15,277,893  

Danaher

    117,740       9,936,079  

†Intuitive Surgical

    21,700       20,297,529  

Stryker

    126,900       17,611,182  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

63,122,683

 

 

   

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–6.12%

 

Aetna

    65,065       9,878,819  

Anthem

    32,600       6,133,038  

†Centene

    59,012       4,713,878  

Cigna

    69,410       11,618,540  

†HCA Healthcare

    144,700       12,617,840  

Humana

    50,669       12,191,975  

UnitedHealth Group

    121,600       22,547,072  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

79,701,162

 

 

   

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–2.81%

 

Marriott International Class A

    66,856       6,706,325  

MGM Resorts International

    70,210       2,196,871  

Restaurant Brands International

    22,711       1,420,346  

Starbucks

    276,400       16,116,884  

Yum Brands

    137,700       10,156,752  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

36,597,178

 

 

   

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–2.06%

   

Honeywell International

    100,900       13,448,961  

Roper Technologies

    57,785       13,378,961  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

26,827,922

 

 

   

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–9.86%

 

†Amazon.com

    80,779       78,194,072  

†Ctrip.com International ADR

    86,000       4,631,960  

†=pFlipkart Limited

    4,035       483,232  

†=pFlipkart Limited Ordinary Shares

    800       70,491  

†Priceline Group.

    24,100       45,079,532  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

128,459,287

 

 

   

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–13.41%

 

†Alibaba Group Holding ADR

    226,750       31,949,075  

†Alphabet Class A

    43,600       40,534,048  

†Alphabet Class C

    37,283       33,880,180  

†=pDropbox Class A

    34,588       281,892  

†Facebook Class A

    315,893       47,693,525  

MercadoLibre

    16,400       4,114,432  

Tencent Holdings

    402,300       14,386,536  
 

 

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund–3


LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

    

    

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Internet Software & Services (continued)

 

†VeriSign

    20,329     $ 1,889,784  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

174,729,472

 

 

   

 

 

 

IT Services–8.56%

   

Fidelity National Information Services

    109,023       9,310,564  

†Fiserv

    84,267       10,309,225  

Mastercard Class A

    177,900       21,605,955  

†PayPal Holdings

    672,600       36,098,442  

Visa Class A

    365,300       34,257,834  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

111,582,020

 

 

   

 

 

 

Machinery–1.51%

   

Fortive

    75,470       4,781,024  

Illinois Tool Works

    68,900       9,869,925  

Wabtec

    54,442       4,981,443  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

19,632,392

 

 

   

 

 

 

Media–0.11%

   

†Altice USA Class A

    44,129       1,425,367  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

1,425,367

 

 

   

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–0.57%

   

Dollar General

    102,900       7,418,061  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

7,418,061

 

 

   

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–1.38%

   

Merck & Co.

    161,800       10,369,762  

Zoetis

    121,700       7,591,646  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

17,961,408

 

 

   

 

 

 

Professional Services–0.71%

   

Equifax

    67,033       9,211,675  

†=pWeWork Companies

    1,912       99,061  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

9,310,736

 

 

   

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–1.50%

 

ASML Holding (New York Shares)

    20,900       2,723,479  

NVIDIA

    32,800       4,741,568  

Xilinx

    187,300       12,047,136  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

19,512,183

 

 

   

 

 

 

Software–8.20%

   

†Electronic Arts

    106,200       11,227,464  

Intuit

    101,400       13,466,934  

Microsoft

    591,700       40,785,881  

†salesforce.com

    209,500       18,142,700  

†ServiceNow

    92,627       9,818,462  

†Snap Class A

    333,472       5,925,797  

†=pSnap Class A

    43,793       778,202  

†=pSnap Class B

    43,793       778,202  

†Workday Class A

    60,500       5,868,500  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

106,792,142

 

 

   

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–4.07%

 

†AutoZone

    21,630       12,339,050  
    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Specialty Retail (continued)

 

Home Depot

    70,200     $ 10,768,680  

L Brands

    139,100       7,496,099  

Lowe’s

    71,300       5,527,889  

†O’Reilly Automotive

    52,400       11,461,976  

Ross Stores

    37,000       2,136,010  

Tractor Supply

    60,378       3,273,091  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

53,002,795

 

 

   

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–5.20%

 

Apple

    470,447       67,753,777  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

67,753,777

 

 

   

 

 

 

Tobacco–1.86%

   

Philip Morris International

    206,700       24,276,915  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

24,276,915

 

 

   

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.74%

 

 

†T-Mobile US

    159,500       9,668,890  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

9,668,890

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $876,720,205)

      1,237,252,741  
   

 

 

 

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK–0.67%

 

†=pAirbnb Series D

    14,304       1,501,920  

†=pAirbnb Series E

    14,245       1,495,725  

†=pFlipkart Limited Series A

    274       24,143  

†=pFlipkart Limited Series C

    482       42,471  

†=pFlipkart Limited Series E

    894       78,773  

†=pFlipkart Limited Series H

    5,220       742,493  

†=pMagic Leap Series C

    47,862       1,102,405  

†=pUber Technologies Series G

    34,107       1,457,392  

†=pWeWork Companies Series E

    17,187       890,458  

†=pXiaoju Kuaizhi (Didi)

    26,379       1,343,538  
   

 

 

 

Total Convertible Preferred Stock
(Cost $6,893,710)

      8,679,318  
   

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–4.47%

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

    58,277,523       58,277,523  
   

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $58,277,523)

      58,277,523  
   

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund–4


LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

    

    

 

    TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.08% (Cost $941,891,438)

     $1,304,209,582  

« LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.08%)

     (1,053,182
  

 

 

 

    NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 32,991,141 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

     $1,303,156,400  
  

 

 

 

    NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP T. ROWE PRICE GROWTH STOCK FUND STANDARD
  CLASS ($1,014,840,902 / 25,576,407 Shares)

     $39.679  

    NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP T. ROWE PRICE GROWTH STOCK FUND SERVICE
  CLASS ($288,315,498 / 7,414,734 Shares)

     $38.884  

    COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

    Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

     $   888,577,523  

    Undistributed net investment income

     836,662  

    Accumulated net realized gain on investments

     51,424,712  

    Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     362,317,503  
  

 

 

 

    TOTAL NET ASSETS

     $1,303,156,400  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

  «

Includes $882,770 payable for securities purchased, $625,142 payable for fund shares redeemed and $755,551 due to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

 

  =

The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs and is reported as a Level 3 security in the disclosure table located in Note 3 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

  p

Restricted Security. These investments are in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and have certain restrictions on resale which may limit their liquidity. At June 30, 2017, the aggregate value of restricted securities was $11,170,398, which represented 0.86% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 6 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Restricted Securities

 

   

Investment

   Date of Acquisition    Cost      Value  
 

Airbnb Series D

     4/16/14      $   582,359        $  1,501,920  
 

Airbnb Series E

     7/14/15      1,326,130        1,495,725  
 

Dropbox Class A

     11/7/14      660,672        281,892  
 

Flipkart Limited

   12/17/14      483,232        483,232  
 

Flipkart Limited Ordinary Shares

     3/19/15      91,200        70,491  
 

Flipkart Limited Series A

     3/19/15      31,236        24,143  
 

Flipkart Limited Series C

     3/19/15      54,948        42,471  
 

Flipkart Limited Series E

     3/19/15      101,916        78,773  
 

Flipkart Limited Series H

     4/17/15      742,493        742,493  
 

Magic Leap Series C

     1/20/16      1,102,405        1,102,405  
 

Snap Class A

       5/6/16      672,660        778,202  
 

Snap Class B

       5/6/16      672,660        778,202  
 

Uber Technologies Series G

     12/3/15      1,663,473        1,457,392  
 

WeWork Companies

     6/23/15      62,885        99,061  
 

WeWork Companies Series E

     6/23/15      565,274        890,458  
 

Xiaoju Kuaizhi (Didi)

   10/19/15      723,476        1,343,538  
       

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

Total

        $9,537,019        $11,170,398  
       

 

 

    

 

 

 

Summary of Abbreviations:

ADR–American Depositary Receipt

IT–Information Technology

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of financial statements.

 

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund–5


LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

    

Dividends

       $    5,408,758  

Foreign tax withheld

       (29,724 )
    

 

 

 
    

 

 

 

5,379,034

 

    

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

    

Management fees

       3,673,832

Distribution fees-Service Class

       336,581

Accounting and administration expenses

       143,015

Shareholder servicing fees

       58,860

Professional fees

       32,204

Reports and statements to shareholders

       23,722

Trustees’ fees and expenses

       15,262

Custodian fees

       10,000

Pricing fees

       2,263

Consulting fees

       2,114

Other

       4,545
    

 

 

 
    

 

 

 

4,302,398

 

Less:

    

Management fees waived

       (44,943 )
    

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

    

 

 

 

4,257,455

 

    

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

    

 

 

 

1,121,579

 

    

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

    

Net realized gain (loss) from:

    

Investments

       62,696,679

Foreign currencies

       (86 )

Foreign currency exchange contracts

       (16 )
    

 

 

 

Net realized gain

       62,696,577
    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

    

Investments

       138,332,783

Foreign currencies

       394
    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

       138,333,177
    

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

    

 

 

 

201,029,754

 

    

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

       $202,151,333  
    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

     $       1,121,579       $           646,165  

Net realized gain (loss)

     62,696,577       (5,105,479

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     138,333,177       21,827,136  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     202,151,333       17,367,822  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (826,563

Net realized gain on investments:

    

Standard Class

           (8,969,800

Service Class

           (3,501,455

Return of capital:

    

Standard Class

           (105,823

Service Class

           (32,544
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(13,436,185

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     135,486,861       296,182,221  

Service Class

     26,139,075       43,737,549  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           9,902,186  

Service Class

           3,533,999  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

161,625,936

 

 

 

 

 

 

353,355,955

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (104,667,320     (105,887,681

Service Class

     (35,147,376     (70,568,002
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

(139,814,696

 

 

 

 

 

(176,455,683

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     21,811,240       176,900,272  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     223,962,573       180,831,909  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     1,079,193,827       898,361,918  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  

 

 

 

$1,303,156,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

$1,079,193,827

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

     $          836,662       $         (284,917
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund–6


LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

            LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund Standard Class  
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
     12/31/16     12/31/15     Year Ended
12/31/14
    12/31/13     12/31/12  
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 33.206      $ 33.230     $ 31.180     $ 28.681     $ 20.627     $ 17.435  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

             

Net investment income (loss)2

     0.047        0.044       (0.011     (0.015     (0.021     0.041  

Net realized and unrealized gain

     6.426        0.412       3.294       2.514       8.075       3.151  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

  

 

 

 

6.473

 

 

  

 

 

 

0.456

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.283

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.499

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.054

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.192

 

 

  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

             

Net investment income

            (0.033                        

Net realized gain

            (0.443     (1.233                  

Return of capital

            (0.004                        
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

(0.480

 

 

 

 

 

(1.233

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 39.679      $ 33.206     $ 33.230     $ 31.180     $ 28.681     $ 20.627  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return3

     19.49%        1.39%       10.73%       8.71%       39.05%       18.31%  

Ratios and supplemental data:

             

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

   $ 1,014,841      $ 829,032     $ 624,231     $ 201,096     $ 170,906     $ 123,228  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     0.68%        0.68%       0.71%       0.76%       0.78%       0.80%  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     0.69%        0.69%       0.71%       0.76%       0.78%       0.80%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

     0.25%        0.14%       (0.03%     (0.05%     (0.09%     0.21%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     0.24%        0.13%       (0.03%     (0.05%     (0.09%     0.21%  

Portfolio turnover

     32%        44%       35%       41%       39%       50%  

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund–7


LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

         LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund Service Class
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
  12/31/16   12/31/15   Year Ended
12/31/14
  12/31/13   12/31/12
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 32.582     $ 32.662     $ 30.743     $ 28.351     $ 20.440     $ 17.320

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                        

Net investment income (loss)2

       0.001       (0.035 )       (0.093 )       (0.087 )       (0.080 )       (0.009 )

Net realized and unrealized gain

       6.301       0.402       3.245       2.479       7.991       3.129
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    

 

 

 

6.302

 

   

 

 

 

0.367

 

   

 

 

 

3.152

 

   

 

 

 

2.392

 

   

 

 

 

7.911

 

   

 

 

 

3.120

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

                        

Net realized gain

       —         (0.443 )       (1.233 )       —         —         —  

Return of capital

       —         (0.004 )       —         —         —         —  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    

 

 

 

—  

 

   

 

 

 

(0.447

 

)

   

 

 

 

(1.233

 

)

   

 

 

 

—  

 

   

 

 

 

—  

 

   

 

 

 

—  

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 38.884     $ 32.582     $ 32.662     $ 30.743     $ 28.351     $ 20.440
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return3

       19.34%         1.15%         10.45%         8.44%         38.70%         18.01%  

Ratios and supplemental data:

                        

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $ 288,315     $ 250,162     $ 274,131     $ 190,460     $ 199,544     $ 150,409

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.93%         0.93%         0.96%         1.01%         1.03%         1.05%  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       0.94%         0.94%         0.96%         1.01%         1.03%         1.05%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       4        (0.11%       (0.28%       (0.30%       (0.34%       (0.04%

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

       (0.01%       (0.12%       (0.28%       (0.30%       (0.34%       (0.04%

Portfolio turnover

       32%         44%         35%         41%         39%         50%  

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager, as applicable. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

4 

Amount is less than 0.005%.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund–8


LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to provide long-term growth of capital.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sales price on the valuation date. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value(“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are used when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees the (“Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund does not separate that portion of realized gains and losses on foreign equity securities resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices. These changes are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

 

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund–9


LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of the distributions by the issuer or management estimate. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. Such commission rebates are included in “Net realized gain from investments” on the Statement of Operations and totaled $2,741 for the six months ended June 30, 2017. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.80% of the first $50 million of the average daily net assets of the Fund; 0.75% of the next $50 million; 0.70% of the next $150 million; 0.65% of the next $250 million; and 0.60% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $500 million. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. For the period January 1, 2017 through March 31, 2017, LIAC voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee in the amount of $44,943.

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 32,273  

Legal.

     7,791  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $15,734 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

 

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 650,646  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     59,511  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     29,660  

Printing & mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     15,734  

The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain affiliated funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under these procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund engaged in securities purchases of $720,481 and securities sales of $230,255.

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 364,959,584  

Sales

     391,130,342  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics can not be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 941,891,438  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 367,190,126  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (4,871,982
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 362,318,144  
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carry forward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss, whereas before the Act, capital losses carried forward were treated as short-term.

At December 31, 2016, the fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes.

Post Enactment Losses (No Expiration)

 
Short-Term      Long-Term    Total  
$ 4,154,295      $—    $ 4,154,295  

 

 

    

 

  

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs, including related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. The Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Valuations may also be based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which is received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1    Level 3    Total

Investments:

              

Assets:

              

Common Stock

              

Aerospace & Defense

     $ 20,645,100      $      $ 20,645,100

Airlines

       15,699,840               15,699,840

Auto Components

       6,170,560               6,170,560

Automobiles

       23,321,524               23,321,524

Banks

       20,777,844               20,777,844

Biotechnology

       55,468,246               55,468,246

Building Products

       6,044,682               6,044,682

Capital Markets

       55,199,998               55,199,998

Electric Utilities.

       11,658,816               11,658,816

Electrical Equipment

       14,761,584               14,761,584

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

       36,022,898               36,022,898

Food & Staples Retailing.

       9,056,473               9,056,473

Food Products

       4,650,786               4,650,786

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

       63,122,683               63,122,683

Health Care Providers & Services

       79,701,162               79,701,162

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

       36,597,178               36,597,178

Industrial Conglomerates

       26,827,922               26,827,922

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

       127,905,564        553,723        128,459,287

Internet Software & Services

       174,447,580        281,892        174,729,472

IT Services.

       111,582,020               111,582,020

Machinery

       19,632,392               19,632,392

Media

       1,425,367               1,425,367

Multiline Retail

       7,418,061               7,418,061

Pharmaceuticals

       17,961,408               17,961,408

Professional Services

       9,211,675        99,061        9,310,736

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

       19,512,183               19,512,183

Software

       105,235,738        1,556,404        106,792,142

Specialty Retail

       53,002,795               53,002,795

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

       67,753,777               67,753,777

Tobacco.

       24,276,915               24,276,915

Wireless Telecommunication Services

       9,668,890               9,668,890

Convertible Preferred Stock

              8,679,318        8,679,318

Money Market Fund

       58,277,523               58,277,523
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Investments

     $ 1,293,039,184      $ 11,170,398      $ 1,304,209,582
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. This does not include transfers between Level 1 investments and Level 2 investments that resulted from the Fund’s use of international fair value pricing during the period. In accordance with the fair value procedures described in Note 1, international fair value pricing uses other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to the events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded, causing a change in classification between levels. International fair

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

value pricing was not utilized at June 30, 2017. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
  Year Ended
12/31/16

Shares sold:

        

Standard Class

       3,457,653       9,169,305

Service Class

       707,687       1,427,149

Shares reinvested:

        

Standard Class

             301,999

Service Class

             110,083
    

 

 

     

 

 

 
     4,165,340   11,008,536
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

        

Standard Class

       (2,847,326 )       (3,290,641 )

Service Class

       (970,963 )       (2,252,077 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 
     (3,818,289)   (5,542,718)
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase

       347,051       5,465,818
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result, should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. No foreign currency exchange contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions.

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

   

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

  Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

  Net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts   $(16)   $—

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative Volume    Short Derivative Volume

Foreign currency exchange contracts (average cost)

   $8,809    $50,859

6. Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of equity securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a small number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund invests in REITs and is subject to the risks associated with that industry. If the Fund acquires a direct interest in real estate as a result of defaults or receives rental income directly from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company could be jeopardized. The Fund had no direct real estate holdings during the six months ended June 30, 2017. The Fund’s REIT holdings are also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs it holds use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. Restricted securities have been identified on the Statement of Net Assets.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

  

 

 


LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings      2  
Statement of Net Assets      3  
Statement of Operations      9  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      9  
Financial Highlights      10  
Notes to Financial Statements      12  

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflects fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

 

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,127.70       0.75%       $3.96  

Service Class Shares

      1,000.00         1,126.30       1.00%         5.27  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,021.08       0.75%       $3.76  

Service Class Shares

      1,000.00         1,019.84       1.00%       5.01  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Common Stock

       98.89 %

Aerospace & Defense

       1.63 %

Air Freight & Logistics

       0.47 %

Airlines

       1.28 %

Auto Components

       0.54 %

Automobiles

       0.38 %

Banks

       2.50 %

Beverages

       1.15 %

Biotechnology

       4.48 %

Building Products

       1.08 %

Capital Markets

       3.80 %

Chemicals

       2.66 %

Commercial Services & Supplies

       2.00 %

Communications Equipment

       1.52 %

Construction & Engineering

       0.19 %

Construction Materials

       1.08 %

Consumer Finance

       0.19 %

Containers & Packaging

       1.09 %

Diversified Consumer Services

       0.62 %

Electrical Equipment

       1.50 %

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

       1.75 %

Energy Equipment & Services

       0.11 %

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

       3.31 %

Food & Staples Retailing

       0.51 %

Food Products

       3.43 %

Gas Utilities

       0.27 %

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

       4.42 %

Health Care Providers & Services

       3.37 %

Health Care Technology

       0.97 %

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

       3.46 %

Household Durables

       2.29 %

Household Products

       0.85 %

Industrial Conglomerates

       0.44 %

Insurance

       1.12 %

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

       0.59 %

Internet Software & Services

       2.21 %

IT Services

       6.86 %

Leisure Products

       0.31 %

Life Sciences Tools & Services

       1.93 %

Machinery

       3.56 %

Marine

       0.16 %
Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Media

       0.80 %

Metals & Mining

       0.35 %

Multiline Retail

       1.38 %

Multi-Utilities

       0.22 %

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

       1.37 %

Pharmaceuticals

       1.40 %

Professional Services

       3.29 %

Real Estate Management & Development

       0.34 %

Road & Rail

       1.55 %

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

       2.51 %

Software

       8.03 %

Specialty Retail

       5.81 %

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

       1.36 %

Trading Companies & Distributors

       0.40 %

Convertible Preferred Stock

       0.97 %

Money Market Fund

       0.21 %

Total Value of Securities

       100.07 %

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

       (0.07 %)

Total Net Assets

       100.00 %

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage
of Net Assets

Fiserv

       0.97 %

SBA Communications

       0.90 %

Ross Stores

       0.88 %

Intuitive Surgical

       0.87 %

Dollar General

       0.87 %

Vulcan Materials

       0.85 %

CBOE Holdings

       0.80 %

Electronic Arts

       0.79 %

Amphenol Class A

       0.78 %

Zoetis

       0.77 %

Total

       8.48 %

IT–Information Technology

 

 

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund–2


LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

    

    

 

    Number of     Value  
    Shares     (U.S. $)  

COMMON STOCK–98.89%

 

Aerospace & Defense–1.63%

 

BWX Technologies

    4,987     $         243,116  

Huntington Ingalls Industries

    6,600       1,228,656  

Rockwell Collins

    45,100       4,739,108  

Textron

    41,000       1,931,100  

TransDigm Group

    15,200       4,086,824  
   

 

 

 
      12,228,804  
   

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics–0.47%

 

CH Robinson Worldwide

    25,200       1,730,736  

Expeditors International of Washington

    32,100       1,813,008  
   

 

 

 
      3,543,744  
   

 

 

 

Airlines–1.28%

 

Alaska Air Group

    36,200       3,249,312  

Allegiant Travel

    7,500       1,017,000  

Copa Holdings Class A

    11,800       1,380,600  

†Spirit Airlines

    16,900       872,885  

†United Continental Holdings

    40,900       3,077,725  
   

 

 

 
      9,597,522  
   

 

 

 

Auto Components–0.54%

 

BorgWarner

    39,500       1,673,220  

Delphi Automotive

    27,100       2,375,315  
   

 

 

 
      4,048,535  
   

 

 

 

Automobiles–0.38%

 

Ferrari

    20,980       1,804,700  

Harley-Davidson

    18,900       1,020,978  
   

 

 

 
      2,825,678  
   

 

 

 

Banks–2.50%

 

BankUnited

    51,100       1,722,581  

Citizens Financial Group

    76,900       2,743,792  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    81,100       2,105,356  

First Republic Bank

    41,000       4,104,100  

†Signature Bank

    12,300       1,765,419  

†SVB Financial Group

    20,200       3,550,958  

Webster Financial

    53,312       2,783,953  
   

 

 

 
      18,776,159  
   

 

 

 

Beverages–1.15%

 

Brown-Forman Class B

    65,324       3,174,746  

Constellation Brands Class A

    3,700       716,801  

Dr Pepper Snapple Group

    44,800       4,081,728  

†Monster Beverage

    13,200       655,776  
   

 

 

 
      8,629,051  
   

 

 

 

Biotechnology–4.48%

 

†ACADIA Pharmaceuticals

    36,300       1,012,407  

†Agios Pharmaceuticals

    14,500       746,025  

†Alexion Pharmaceuticals

    10,600       1,289,702  

†Alkermes

    53,600       3,107,192  

†Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

    15,400       1,228,304  
    Number of     Value  
    Shares     (U.S. $)  

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Biotechnology (continued)

 

†BioMarin Pharmaceutical

    38,300     $         3,478,406  

†Bioverativ

    25,300       1,522,301  

†Bluebird Bio

    11,600       1,218,580  

†Incyte

    44,900       5,653,359  

†Intercept Pharmaceuticals

    4,000       484,280  

†Ironwood Pharmaceuticals

    102,600       1,937,088  

†Kite Pharma

    12,100       1,254,407  

†Neurocrine Biosciences

    39,917       1,836,182  

†Seattle Genetics

    23,500       1,215,890  

†TESARO

    25,297       3,538,038  

†Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical

    7,300       453,403  

†United Therapeutics

    10,100       1,310,273  

†Vertex Pharmaceuticals

    18,000       2,319,660  
   

 

 

 
      33,605,497  
   

 

 

 

Building Products–1.08%

 

Allegion

    47,300       3,836,976  

Fortune Brands Home & Security

    65,383       4,265,587  
   

 

 

 
      8,102,563  
   

 

 

 

Capital Markets–3.80%

 

CBOE Holdings

    65,400       5,977,560  

†E*TRADE Financial

    57,100       2,171,513  

FactSet Research Systems

    8,350       1,387,603  

Financial Engines

    23,000       841,800  

Invesco

    28,200       992,358  

Lazard Class A

    68,400       3,168,972  

Moody’s

    31,500       3,832,920  

MSCI Class A

    24,700       2,543,853  

Northern Trust

    17,000       1,652,570  

State Street

    28,200       2,530,386  

TD Ameritrade Holding

    79,800       3,430,602  
   

 

 

 
      28,530,137  
   

 

 

 

Chemicals–2.66%

 

Air Products & Chemicals

    16,800       2,403,408  

Ashland Global Holdings

    24,800       1,634,568  

Celanese Class A

    23,900       2,269,066  

CF Industries Holdings

    48,500       1,356,060  

NewMarket

    3,200       1,473,536  

PolyOne

    25,100       972,374  

RPM International

    69,500       3,791,225  

Sherwin-Williams

    8,700       3,053,352  

Valvoline

    125,284       2,971,747  
   

 

 

 
      19,925,336  
   

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–2.00%

 

†Copart

    65,800       2,091,782  

KAR Auction Services

    81,400       3,416,358  

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers

    39,800       1,143,852  

Rollins

    75,200       3,061,392  

†Stericycle

    22,100       1,686,672  
 

 

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund–3


LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

    

    

 

    Number of     Value  
    Shares     (U.S. $)  

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)

 

Waste Connections

    55,425     $         3,570,479  
   

 

 

 
      14,970,535  
   

 

 

 

Communications Equipment–1.52%

 

†F5 Networks

    17,200       2,185,432  

Harris

    46,900       5,115,852  

Motorola Solutions

    16,400       1,422,536  

†Palo Alto Networks

    19,900       2,662,819  
   

 

 

 
      11,386,639  
   

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering–0.19%

 

Valmont Industries

    9,300       1,391,280  
   

 

 

 
      1,391,280  
   

 

 

 

Construction Materials–1.08%

 

Eagle Materials

    18,500       1,709,770  

Vulcan Materials

    50,400       6,384,672  
   

 

 

 
      8,094,442  
   

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–0.19%

 

Discover Financial Services

    23,300       1,449,027  
   

 

 

 
      1,449,027  
   

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging–1.09%

 

Ball

    135,400       5,715,234  

Sealed Air

    55,500       2,484,180  
   

 

 

 
      8,199,414  
   

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services–0.62%

 

Service Corp. International

    105,500       3,528,975  

†Sotheby’s

    21,200       1,137,804  
   

 

 

 
      4,666,779  
   

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–1.50%

 

Acuity Brands

    16,500       3,354,120  

AMETEK

    29,625       1,794,386  

†Generac Holdings

    38,800       1,401,844  

Hubbell

    18,000       2,037,060  

†Sensata Technologies Holding

    62,700       2,678,544  
   

 

 

 
      11,265,954  
   

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–1.75%

 

Amphenol Class A

    79,300       5,853,926  

Cognex

    18,900       1,604,610  

†IPG Photonics

    13,900       2,016,890  

†Keysight Technologies

    58,862       2,291,498  

†Trimble

    37,800       1,348,326  
   

 

 

 
      13,115,250  
   

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services–0.11%

 

Oceaneering International

    35,900       819,956  
   

 

 

 
      819,956  
   

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–3.31%

 

American Campus Communities

    28,700       1,357,510  
    Number of     Value  
    Shares     (U.S. $)  

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)

 

Crown Castle International

    23,500     $         2,354,230  

CubeSmart

    44,800       1,076,992  

Equinix

    9,588       4,114,786  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    11,900       1,504,041  

Iron Mountain

    43,100       1,480,916  

MGM Growth Properties

    63,400       1,850,646  

†SBA Communications

    50,100       6,758,490  

SL Green Realty

    16,700       1,766,860  

Taubman Centers

    17,000       1,012,350  

VEREIT

    189,050       1,538,867  
   

 

 

 
      24,815,688  
   

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–0.51%

 

Casey’s General Stores

    14,800       1,585,228  

PriceSmart

    10,700       937,320  

†Sprouts Farmers Market

    57,200       1,296,724  
   

 

 

 
      3,819,272  
   

 

 

 

Food Products–3.43%

 

†Blue Buffalo Pet Products

    78,300       1,786,023  

Conagra Brands

    55,900       1,998,984  

Flowers Foods

    58,750       1,016,964  

†Hain Celestial Group

    41,500       1,611,030  

Hershey

    41,100       4,412,907  

Hormel Foods

    70,600       2,408,166  

JM Smucker

    11,200       1,325,296  

McCormick & Co.

    39,500       3,851,645  

Pinnacle Foods

    33,500       1,989,900  

Snyder’s-Lance

    58,800       2,035,656  

Tyson Foods Class A

    52,100       3,263,023  
   

 

 

 
      25,699,594  
   

 

 

 

Gas Utilities–0.27%

 

Atmos Energy

    24,818       2,058,653  
   

 

 

 
      2,058,653  
   

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–4.42%

 

†Align Technology

    14,200       2,131,704  

Cooper

    22,700       5,434,834  

DENTSPLY SIRONA

    53,014       3,437,428  

†Hologic

    112,800       5,118,864  

†IDEXX Laboratories

    27,200       4,390,624  

†Intuitive Surgical

    7,000       6,547,590  

STERIS

    18,700       1,524,050  

Teleflex

    14,600       3,033,296  

West Pharmaceutical Services

    16,600       1,569,032  
   

 

 

 
      33,187,422  
   

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–3.37%

 

†Acadia Healthcare

    67,188       3,317,743  

AmerisourceBergen

    37,600       3,554,328  

†Centene

    38,600       3,083,368  

†DaVita

    25,000       1,619,000  
 

 

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund–4


LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

    

    

 

    Number of     Value  
    Shares     (U.S. $)  

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Health Care Providers & Services (continued)

 

†Envision Healthcare

    19,238     $         1,205,645  

†Henry Schein

    19,800       3,623,796  

Humana

    7,400       1,780,588  

†MEDNAX

    18,200       1,098,734  

†Molina Healthcare

    22,100       1,528,878  

Universal Health Services Class B

    16,800       2,050,944  

†WellCare Health Plans

    13,300       2,388,148  
   

 

 

 
      25,251,172  
   

 

 

 

Health Care Technology–0.97%

 

†athenahealth

    7,500       1,054,125  

†Cerner

    37,600       2,499,272  

†Medidata Solutions

    17,600       1,376,320  

†Veeva Systems Class A

    38,900       2,384,959  
   

 

 

 
      7,314,676  
   

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–3.46%

 

Aramark

    48,200       1,975,236  

†Chipotle Mexican Grill

    2,900       1,206,690  

Choice Hotels International

    31,300       2,011,025  

Dunkin’ Brands Group

    34,700       1,912,664  

Extended Stay America

    76,800       1,486,848  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings

    47,633       2,946,101  

Marriott International Class A

    30,157       3,025,049  

MGM Resorts International

    102,900       3,219,741  

†Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings

    28,900       1,568,981  

Papa John’s International

    20,500       1,471,080  

Royal Caribbean Cruises

    16,900       1,845,987  

Wynn Resorts

    10,400       1,394,848  

Yum Brands

    25,400       1,873,504  
   

 

 

 
      25,937,754  
   

 

 

 

Household Durables–2.29%

 

†Mohawk Industries

    12,900       3,117,801  

Newell Brands

    89,400       4,793,628  

†NVR

    1,090       2,627,565  

PulteGroup

    65,200       1,599,356  

†Tempur Sealy International

    26,400       1,409,496  

Toll Brothers

    43,300       1,710,783  

Whirlpool

    10,100       1,935,362  
   

 

 

 
      17,193,991  
   

 

 

 

Household Products–0.85%

 

Church & Dwight

    65,000       3,372,200  

Clorox

    12,600       1,678,824  

Energizer Holdings

    28,000       1,344,560  
   

 

 

 
      6,395,584  
   

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–0.44%

 

Roper Technologies

    14,200       3,287,726  
   

 

 

 
      3,287,726  
   

 

 

 

Insurance–1.12%

 

FNF Group

    85,300       3,823,999  
    Number of     Value  
    Shares     (U.S. $)  

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Insurance (continued)

 

Progressive

    46,000     $         2,028,140  

Willis Towers Watson

    17,500       2,545,550  
   

 

 

 
      8,397,689  
   

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–0.59%

 

†Ctrip.com International ADR

    46,900       2,526,034  

†Vipshop Holdings ADR

    65,300       688,915  

†Wayfair Class A

    16,030       1,232,386  
   

 

 

 
      4,447,335  
   

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–2.21%

 

†CoStar Group

    13,400       3,532,240  

†=pDropbox

    7,607       61,997  

†=pDropbox Class A

    27,601       224,948  

†InterActiveCorp

    19,900       2,054,476  

†Match Group

    105,000       1,824,900  

MercadoLibre

    6,100       1,530,368  

†Shopify Class A

    8,700       756,030  

†VeriSign

    49,800       4,629,408  

†Zillow Group

    40,000       1,953,600  
   

 

 

 
      16,567,967  
   

 

 

 

IT Services–6.86%

 

Alliance Data Systems

    13,800       3,542,322  

†Black Knight Financial Services Class A

    72,500       2,968,875  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding

    59,700       1,942,638  

†CoreLogic

    67,600       2,932,488  

CSRA

    77,700       2,466,975  

†EPAM Systems

    15,800       1,328,622  

Fidelity National Information Services

    56,200       4,799,480  

†Fiserv

    59,400       7,266,996  

†FleetCor Technologies

    20,600       2,970,726  

†=pFlipkart Limited

    5,529       662,153  

†Gartner

    26,800       3,310,068  

       Genpact

    47,000       1,308,010  

       Global Payments

    46,300       4,181,816  

       Paychex

    29,000       1,651,260  

       Sabre

    142,800       3,108,756  

†Vantiv Class A

    84,900       5,377,566  

†WEX

    16,000       1,668,320  
   

 

 

 
      51,487,071  
   

 

 

 

Leisure Products–0.31%

 

Mattel

    62,100       1,337,013  

Polaris Industries

    11,100       1,023,753  
   

 

 

 
      2,360,766  
   

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–1.93%

 

Agilent Technologies

    50,200       2,977,362  

Bruker

    51,800       1,493,912  

†Illumina

    23,400       4,060,368  

†Mettler-Toledo International

    6,400       3,766,656  
 

 

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund–5


LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

    

    

 

    Number of     Value  
    Shares     (U.S. $)  

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services (continued)

 

†Quintiles IMS Holdings

    24,000     $         2,148,000  
   

 

 

 
      14,446,298  
   

 

 

 

Machinery–3.56%

 

†Colfax

    33,200       1,307,084  

Donaldson

    37,000       1,684,980  

Flowserve

    25,900       1,202,537  

Fortive

    33,200       2,103,220  

Graco

    25,100       2,742,928  

IDEX

    19,325       2,183,918  

†Middleby

    19,100       2,320,841  

Nordson

    10,800       1,310,256  

PACCAR

    23,500       1,551,940  

Snap-on

    17,700       2,796,600  

Toro

    31,400       2,175,706  

†WABCO Holdings

    12,100       1,542,871  

Wabtec

    25,600       2,342,400  

Xylem

    26,500       1,468,895  
   

 

 

 
      26,734,176  
   

 

 

 

Marine–0.16%

 

†Kirby

    17,800       1,189,930  
   

 

 

 
      1,189,930  
   

 

 

 

Media–0.80%

 

†Altice USA Class A

    25,064       809,567  

Interpublic Group

    107,000       2,632,200  

Omnicom Group

    31,100       2,578,190  
   

 

 

 
      6,019,957  
   

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–0.35%

 

Carpenter Technology

    16,800       628,824  

Compass Minerals International

    12,000       783,600  

Wheaton Precious Metals (New York Shares)

    59,900       1,191,411  
   

 

 

 
      2,603,835  
   

 

 

 

Multiline Retail–1.38%

 

Dollar General

    90,800       6,545,772  

†Dollar Tree

    54,100       3,782,672  
   
   

 

 

 
      10,328,444  

Multi-Utilities–0.22%

 

NiSource

    64,000       1,623,040  
   

 

 

 
      1,623,040  
   

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–1.37%

 

Cabot Oil & Gas

    28,300       709,764  

†Centennial Resource Development Class A

    75,400       1,192,828  

†=Centennial Resource Development Class A

    10,700       160,810  

Cimarex Energy

    8,300       780,283  

†Concho Resources

    10,700       1,300,371  
    Number of     Value  
    Shares     (U.S. $)  

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

†Diamondback Energy

    12,700     $         1,127,887  

        EQT

    15,500       908,145  

†Jagged Peak Energy

    70,000       934,500  

†Parsley Energy Class A

    18,800       521,700  

        Pioneer Natural Resources

    7,800       1,244,724  

        Tesoro

    15,100       1,413,360  
   

 

 

 
      10,294,372  
   

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–1.40%

 

†Catalent

    39,962       1,402,666  

†Horizon Pharma

    30,900       366,783  

†Jazz Pharmaceuticals

    10,800       1,679,400  

†Mallinckrodt

    13,500       604,935  

†Pacira Pharmaceuticals

    13,000       620,100  

Zoetis

    93,000       5,801,340  
   

 

 

 
      10,475,224  
   

 

 

 

Professional Services–3.29%

 

Equifax

    40,000       5,496,800  

†IHS Markit

    81,725       3,599,169  

ManpowerGroup

    18,300       2,043,195  

Nielsen Holdings

    70,200       2,713,932  

Robert Half International

    30,300       1,452,279  

†TransUnion

    78,700       3,408,497  

†Verisk Analytics Class A

    60,200       5,079,074  

†=pWeWork Companies

    17,146       888,334  
   

 

 

 
      24,681,280  
   

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development–0.34%

 

Jones Lang LaSalle

    20,500       2,562,500  
   

 

 

 
      2,562,500  
   

 

 

 

Road & Rail–1.55%

 

†Avis Budget Group

    29,500       804,465  

†Genesee & Wyoming

    22,000       1,504,580  

JB Hunt Transport Services

    23,900       2,183,982  

Kansas City Southern

    20,500       2,145,325  

Landstar System

    14,200       1,215,520  

Old Dominion Freight Line

    22,100       2,104,804  

Schneider National Class B

    76,194       1,704,460  
   

 

 

 
      11,663,136  
   

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–2.51%

 

†Integrated Device Technology

    45,600       1,176,024  

KLA-Tencor

    32,700       2,992,377  

Marvell Technology Group

    85,911       1,419,250  

Microchip Technology

    50,800       3,920,744  

†Microsemi

    64,500       3,018,600  

Skyworks Solutions

    38,000       3,646,100  

Xilinx

    41,200       2,649,984  
   

 

 

 
      18,823,079  
   

 

 

 

Software–8.03%

 

†ANSYS

    8,600       1,046,448  
 

 

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund–6


LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

    

    

 

    Number of     Value  
    Shares     (U.S. $)  

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Software (continued)

 

†Atlassian

    125,231     $         4,405,627  

†Autodesk

    32,800       3,306,896  

†Cadence Design Systems

    45,200       1,513,748  

†Electronic Arts

    56,100       5,930,892  

†Ellie Mae

    15,700       1,725,587  

†Fortinet

    37,000       1,385,280  

†Guidewire Software

    45,900       3,153,789  

Intuit

    25,200       3,346,812  

†Proofpoint

    24,200       2,101,286  

†Red Hat

    58,100       5,563,075  

†ServiceNow

    50,400       5,342,400  

†Snap Class A

    31,400       557,978  

†Splunk

    42,400       2,412,136  

SS&C Technologies Holdings

    75,200       2,888,432  

†Synopsys

    32,700       2,384,811  

†Tableau Software Class A

    44,527       2,728,169  

†Tyler Technologies

    14,700       2,582,349  

†Ultimate Software Group

    14,500       3,045,870  

†Workday Class A

    35,905       3,482,785  

†Zendesk

    25,100       697,278  

†Zynga Class A

    184,500       671,580  
   

 

 

 
      60,273,228  
   

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–5.81%

 

†AutoZone

    8,900       5,077,094  

†Burlington Stores

    44,200       4,065,958  

†CarMax

    61,500       3,878,190  

Dick’s Sporting Goods

    26,300       1,047,529  

†Five Below

    28,700       1,416,919  

L Brands

    51,000       2,748,390  

†Michaels

    92,600       1,714,952  

†O’Reilly Automotive

    23,300       5,096,642  

Ross Stores

    114,200       6,592,766  

Signet Jewelers

    19,100       1,207,884  

Tiffany & Co

    27,698       2,600,011  

Tractor Supply

    49,000       2,656,290  

†Ulta Beauty

    13,100       3,764,154  

Williams-Sonoma

    35,800       1,736,300  
   

 

 

 
      43,603,079  
   

 

 

 
    Number of     Value  
    Shares     (U.S. $)  

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–1.36%

 

Carter’s

    15,800     $ 1,405,410  

Coach

    81,900       3,877,146  

Hanesbrands

    46,400       1,074,624  

†Lululemon Athletica

    15,700       936,819  

PVH

    16,600       1,900,700  

Wolverine World Wide

    37,100       1,039,171  
   

 

 

 
      10,233,870  
   

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–0.40%

 

Fastenal

    19,600       853,188  

Watsco

    9,900       1,526,580  

WW Grainger

    3,500       631,855  
   

 

 

 
      3,011,623  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $488,328,183)

 

    741,961,733  
   

 

 

 

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK–0.97%

 

†=pAirbnb Series D

    18,795       1,973,475  

†=pAirbnb Series E

    2,425       254,625  

†=pDropbox Series A

    9,449       77,009  

†=pDropbox Series A-1

    46,402       378,176  

†=pTanium

    234,645       1,164,848  

†=pWeWork Companies Series D1

    27,915       1,446,276  

†=pWeWork Companies Series D2

    21,933       1,136,349  

†=pWeWork Companies Series E

    16,055       831,810  
   

 

 

 

Total Convertible Preferred Stock (Cost $4,019,276)

 

    7,262,568  
   

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–0.21%

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

    1,600,580       1,600,580  
   

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $1,600,580)

 

    1,600,580  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.07% (Cost $493,948,039)

     750,824,881       

«LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.07%)

     (555,226     
  

 

 

      

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 31,165,402 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $     750,269,655       
  

 

 

      

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP T. ROWE PRICE STRUCTURED MID-CAP GROWTH FUND STANDARD CLASS ($589,757,686 / 24,313,572 Shares)

     $24.256       

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP T. ROWE PRICE STRUCTURED MID-CAP GROWTH FUND SERVICE CLASS ($160,511,969 / 6,851,830 Shares)

     $23.426       

 

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund–7


LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

    

    

 

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

 

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

  $ 450,942,613  

Undistributed net investment income

    1,032,308  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments.

    41,417,892  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

    256,876,842  
 

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

  $ 750,269,655  
 

 

 

 

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

«

Includes $2,428,635 payable for securities purchased, $590,543 payable for fund shares redeemed, and $506,112 due to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

 

=

The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs and is reported as a Level 3 security in the disclosure table located in Note 3 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

p

Restricted Security. These investments are in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and have certain restrictions on resale which may limit their liquidity. At June 30, 2017, the aggregate value of restricted securities was $9,100,000, which represented 1.21% of the Fund’s net assets. See Notes 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Restricted Securities

 

Investment

   Date of Acquisition      Cost      Value  

Airbnb Series D

     4/16/14                $   765,201        $1,973,475  

Airbnb Series E

     7/14/15                225,754        254,625  

Dropbox

     5/1/12                68,836        61,997  

Dropbox Class A

     11/7/14                527,212        224,948  

Dropbox Series A

     5/1/12                85,505        77,009  

Dropbox Series A-1

     5/1/12                419,896        378,176  

Flipkart Limited

     12/17/14                662,153        662,153  

Tanium

     8/26/15                1,164,848        1,164,848  

WeWork Companies

     12/9/14                93,530        291,017  

WeWork Companies

     5/26/15                138,112        504,940  

WeWork Companies

     6/23/15                58,643        92,377  

WeWork Companies Series D-1

     12/9/14                464,818        1,446,276  

WeWork Companies Series D-2

     12/9/14                365,211        1,136,349  

WeWork Companies Series E

     6/23/15                528,043        831,810  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

        $5,567,762        $9,100,000  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Summary of Abbreviations:

ADR–American Depositary Receipt

IT–Information Technology

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund–8


LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

    

Dividends

     $     3,906,393

Foreign tax withheld

       (10,729 )
    

 

 

 
       3,895,664
    

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

    

Management fees

       2,461,784

Distribution fees-Service Class

       187,031

Accounting and administration expenses

       88,608

Reports and statements to shareholders

       39,263

Shareholder servicing fees

       35,898

Professional fees.

       28,562

Trustees’ fees and expenses

       9,457

Custodian fees

       4,614

Pricing fees

       2,045

Consulting fees

       1,630

Other

       4,520
    

 

 

 
       2,863,412

Less:

    

Management fees waived

       (56 )
    

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

       2,863,356
    

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

       1,032,308
    

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN:

 

Net realized gain on investments

       23,193,090

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

       60,857,420
    

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

       84,050,510
    

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

     $ 85,082,818
    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year
Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 1,032,308     $ 1,167,492  

Net realized gain

     23,193,090       21,530,005  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     60,857,420       26,259,137  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     85,082,818       48,956,634  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (1,562,688

Service Class

           (74,373

Net realized gain:

    

Standard Class

           (26,597,208

Service Class

           (6,951,883
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (35,186,152
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     24,962,007       59,573,856  

Service Class

     18,652,698       23,441,194  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           28,159,896  

Service Class

           7,026,256  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     43,614,705       118,201,202  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (39,084,984     (82,483,261

Service Class

     (14,417,293     (29,592,710
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (53,502,277     (112,075,971
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (9,887,572     6,125,231  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     75,195,246       19,895,713  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     675,074,409       655,178,696  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 750,269,655     $ 675,074,409  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 1,032,308     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund–9


LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund Standard Class  
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
     12/31/16     12/31/15     Year Ended
12/31/14
    12/31/13     12/31/12  
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $  21.510        $  21.097       $  22.079       $  20.943       $  15.688       $  13.872  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

             

Net investment income (loss)2

     0.039        0.048       0.025       0.032       (0.003     0.073  

Net realized and unrealized gain

     2.707        1.526       0.420       2.346       5.453       2.186  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     2.746        1.574       0.445       2.378       5.450       2.259  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

             

Net investment income

            (0.062     (0.028     (0.052            

Net realized gain

            (1.099     (1.399     (1.190     (0.195     (0.443
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (1.161     (1.427     (1.242     (0.195     (0.443
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $  24.256        $  21.510       $  21.097       $  22.079       $  20.943       $  15.688  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return3

     12.77%        7.56%       2.10%       11.59%       34.80%       16.30%  

Ratios and supplemental data:

             

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $589,758        $536,444       $519,709       $430,439       $381,529       $206,358  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     0.75%        0.75%       0.75%       0.76%       0.79%       0.82%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

     0.34%        0.23%       0.11%       0.15%       (0.02%     0.47%  

Portfolio turnover

     12%        26%       26%       34%       30%       0.31  

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund–10


LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund Service Class  
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
     12/31/16     12/31/15     Year Ended
12/31/14
    12/31/13     12/31/12  
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $  20.799        $  20.440       $  21.461       $  20.394       $  15.319       $  13.588  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

             

Net investment income (loss)2

     0.010        (0.004     (0.030     (0.021     (0.048     0.034  

Net realized and unrealized gain

     2.617        1.473       0.408       2.278       5.318       2.140  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     2.627        1.469       0.378       2.257       5.270       2.174  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

             

Net investment income

            (0.011                        

Net realized gain

            (1.099     (1.399     (1.190     (0.195     (0.443
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total dividend and distributions

            (1.110     (1.399     (1.190     (0.195     (0.443
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $  23.426        $  20.799       $  20.440       $  21.461       $  20.394       $  15.319  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return3

     12.63%        7.29%       1.85%       11.30%       34.46%       16.02%  

Ratios and supplemental data:

             

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $160,512        $138,630       $135,470       $112,165       $103,229       $91,185  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     1.00%        1.00%       1.00%       1.01%       1.04%       1.07%  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

     0.09%        (0.02%     (0.14%     (0.10%     (0.27%     0.22%  

Portfolio turnover

     12%        26%       26%       34%       30%       31%  

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund–11


LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts

The Fund’s investment objective is to maximize the value of your shares (capital appreciation).

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of such distributions by the issuer or management estimate.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. Commission rebates are included in “Net realized gain on investments” on the Statement of Operations and totaled $172 for the six months ended June 30, 2017. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.75% of the first $200 million of the average daily net assets of the Fund; 0.70% of the next $200 million; and 0.65% of the average daily net assets of the Fund in excess of $400 million. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.05% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $750 million. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and can not be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board and LIAC.

T. Rowe Price (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administrative expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 20,091  

Legal.

     4,850  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $30,947 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares; the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 424,482  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     32,845  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     17,838  

Printing & mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     30,947  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 87,873,456  

Sales

     97,965,567  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics can not be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 493,948,039  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 269,126,631  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (12,249,789
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 256,876,842  
  

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments)

(e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs, including related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. The Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Valuations may also be based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which is received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

        

Assets:

        

Common Stock

        

Aerospace & Defense

   $ 12,228,804       $ —       $ 12,228,804  

Air Freight & Logistics

     3,543,744         —         3,543,744   

Airlines

     9,597,522         —         9,597,522   

Auto Components

     4,048,535         —         4,048,535   

Automobiles

     2,825,678         —         2,825,678   

Banks

     18,776,159         —         18,776,159   

Beverages

     8,629,051         —         8,629,051   

Biotechnology

     33,605,497         —         33,605,497   

Building Products

     8,102,563         —         8,102,563   

Capital Markets

     28,530,137         —         28,530,137   

Chemicals

     19,925,336         —         19,925,336   

Commercial Services & Supplies

     14,970,535         —         14,970,535   

Communications Equipment

     11,386,639         —         11,386,639   

Construction & Engineering

     1,391,280         —         1,391,280   

Construction Materials

     8,094,442         —         8,094,442   

Consumer Finance

     1,449,027         —         1,449,027   

Containers & Packaging

     8,199,414         —         8,199,414   

Diversified Consumer Services

     4,666,779         —         4,666,779   

Electrical Equipment

     11,265,954         —         11,265,954   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components.

     13,115,250         —         13,115,250   

Energy Equipment & Services

     819,956         —         819,956   

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     24,815,688         —         24,815,688   

Food & Staples Retailing.

     3,819,272         —         3,819,272   

Food Products

     25,699,594         —         25,699,594   

Gas Utilities

     2,058,653         —         2,058,653   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     33,187,422         —         33,187,422   

Health Care Providers & Services

     25,251,172         —         25,251,172   

Health Care Technology

     7,314,676         —         7,314,676   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     25,937,754         —         25,937,754   

Household Durables

     17,193,991         —         17,193,991   

Household Products

     6,395,584         —         6,395,584   

Industrial Conglomerates

     3,287,726         —         3,287,726   

Insurance

     8,397,689         —         8,397,689   

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     4,447,335         —         4,447,335   

Internet Software & Services

     16,281,022         286,945        16,567,967   

IT Services.

     50,824,918         662,153        51,487,071   

Leisure Products

     2,360,766         —         2,360,766   

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     14,446,298         —         14,446,298   

Machinery

     26,734,176         —         26,734,176   

Marine

     1,189,930         —         1,189,930   

Media

     6,019,957         —         6,019,957   

Metals & Mining.

     2,603,835         —         2,603,835   

Multiline Retail

     10,328,444         —         10,328,444   

Multi-Utilities

     1,623,040         —         1,623,040   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     10,133,562         160,810        10,294,372   

Pharmaceuticals

     10,475,224         —         10,475,224   

Professional Services

     23,792,946         888,334        24,681,280   

Real Estate Management & Development

     2,562,500         —         2,562,500   

Road & Rail

     11,663,136         —         11,663,136   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     18,823,079         —         18,823,079   

Software

     60,273,228         —         60,273,228   

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

     Level 1      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

        

Assets:

        

Specialty Retail

   $ 43,603,079      $ —       $ 43,603,079  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     10,233,870        —         10,233,870  

Trading Companies & Distributors

     3,011,623        —         3,011,623  

Convertible Preferred Stock

     —         7,262,568        7,262,568  

Money Market Fund

     1,600,580        —         1,600,580  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 741,564,071      $ 9,260,810      $ 750,824,881  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

 

     Convertible
Preferred
Stock
     Common
Stock
     Total  

Balance as of 12/31/16

   $ 6,016,436      $ 1,408,553      $ 7,424,989  

Purchases

     —         155,150        155,150  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     1,246,132        434,539        1,680,671  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance as of 6/30/17

   $ 7,262,568      $ 1,998,242      $ 9,260,810  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from Level 3 investments still held as of 6/30/17

   $ 1,246,132      $ 434,539      $ 1,680,671  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Sensitivity Analysis:

Valuation: U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Fund fair values its financial instruments at fair value using independent pricing sources under the policies approved by the Board. The Pricing Committee is the committee formed by the advisor to develop pricing policies and procedures and to provide oversight of the pricing function for the Fund.

When market quotations are not readily available for one or more portfolio securities, the Fund’s NAV shall be calculated by using the “fair value” of the securities as determined by the Pricing Committee. Such “fair value” is the amount that a Fund might reasonably expect to receive for the security (or asset) upon its current sale. Each determination should be based on a consideration of all relevant factors, which are likely to vary from one pricing context to another. Examples of such factors may include, but are not limited to: (i) the type of security, (ii) the size of the holding, (iii) the initial cost of the security, (iv) the existence of any contractual restrictions of the security’s disposition, (v) the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or of comparable companies, (vi) quotations or evaluated prices from broker-dealers and/or pricing services, (vii) information obtained from the issuer, analysts, and/or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), (viii) an analysis of the company’s financial statements, and (ix) an evaluation of the forces that influence the issuer and the market(s) in which the security is purchased and sold.

The Pricing Committee, or its delegate, employs various methods for calibrating these valuation approaches, including due diligence of the Fund’s pricing vendors and periodic back-testing of the prices that are fair valued under these procedures and reviews of any market related activity. The pricing of all securities fair valued by the Pricing Committee is subsequently reported to and approved by the Board on a quarterly basis.

We did not present a table including the quantitative information about significant unobservable inputs used in Level 3 fair value measurements as all unobservable Level 3 measurements were provided by third parties without adjustments as of June 30, 2017.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund. This does not include transfers between Level 1 investments and Level 2 investments that resulted from the Fund’s use of international fair value pricing during the period. In accordance with the fair value procedures described in Note 1, international fair value pricing uses other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to the events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded, causing a change in classification between levels. International fair value pricing was not utilized at June 30, 2017. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year
Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     1,068,083       2,860,725  

Service Class

     831,205       1,159,479  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

     —        1,325,906  

Service Class

     —        343,132  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     1,899,288       5,689,242  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (1,694,201     (3,881,151

Service Class

     (644,505     (1,465,070
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (2,338,706     (5,346,221
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (439,418     343,021  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Market Risk

The Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in small- and mid-sized companies and may be subject to certain risks associated with ownership of securities of such companies. Investments in small- or mid-sized companies may be more volatile than investments in larger companies for a number of reasons, which include more limited financial resources or a dependence on narrow product lines.

The Fund invests in REITs and is subject to the risks associated with that industry. If the Fund acquires a direct interest in real estate as a result of defaults or receives rental income directly from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company could be jeopardized. The Fund had no direct real estate holdings during the six months ended June 30, 2017. The Fund’s REIT holdings are also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs it holds use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC, the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. As of June 30, 2017, there were no Rule 144A securities. Restricted securities have been identified on the Statement of Net Assets.

6. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

7. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

8. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

  


LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     1  

Security Type/Sector Allocation

     2  

Schedule of Investments

     3  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     4  

Statement of Operations

     5  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     5  

Financial Highlights

     6  

Notes to Financial Statements

     8  

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
  Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
  Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*

Actual

               

Standard Class Shares

      $1,000.00         $1,075.90         0.29%         $1.49  

Service Class Shares

      1,000.00         1,074.60         0.54%         2.78  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

   

Standard Class Shares

      $1,000.00         $1,023.36         0.29%         $1.45  

Service Class Shares

      1,000.00         1,022.12         0.54%         2.71  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in other investment companies (“Underlying Funds”). In addition to the Fund’s expenses reflected above, the Fund also indirectly bears its portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in the table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial Statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund–1


LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Security Type/Sector   Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Affiliated Investments

        88.04%   

Equity Funds

    61.93%   

Fixed Income Funds

    26.11%   

Unaffiliated Investments

    12.01%   

Equity Funds

    7.95%   

Money Market Fund

    4.06%   

Total Value of Securities

    100.05%   

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

    (0.05%)  

Total Net Assets

    100.00%   
 

 

LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund–2


LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

  AFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–88.04%

 

 

  Equity Funds–61.93%

   

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

 

  LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

    332,968     $ 16,035,413  

  LVIP MFS Value Fund

    2,923,824       120,961,507  

  LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

    7,075,315       120,259,132  

  LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

    583,393       8,370,521  

  LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

    3,036,414       120,481,854  

  LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

    2,322,497       56,334,499  

  LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund

    2,167,556       56,599,209  
   

 

 

 
          499,042,135  
   

 

 

 

  Fixed Income Funds–26.11%

 

 

*Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

 

  LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

    3,948,150       54,429,194  

  LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

    9,232,621       105,168,787  

  LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

    5,163,765       50,832,099  
   

 

 

 
      210,430,080  
   

 

 

 

  Total Affiliated Investments
(Cost $648,699,222)

 

    709,472,215  
   

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

    UNAFFILIATED INVESTMENTS–12.01%

 

    Equity Funds–7.95%

   

    Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust–

 

LOGO Franklin Rising Dividends VIP Fund

    866,935     $ 22,696,350  

**Invesco V.I. Diversified Dividend Fund

    634,095       17,298,123  

    Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund VA Non-Service Shares

    996,230       24,078,880  
   

 

 

 
          64,073,353  
   

 

 

 

    Money Market Fund–4.06%

   

    Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

    32,744,401       32,744,401  
   

 

 

 
      32,744,401  
   

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investments
(Cost $91,554,334)

 

    96,817,754  
   

 

 

 
 

 

TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.05% (Cost $740,253,556)

     806,289,969  

LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.05%)

     (417,353
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 76,765,030 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $    805,872,616  
  

 

 

 

 

 

*   Standard Class shares.

** Series I shares.

LOGO  Class 1 shares.

Summary of Abbreviations:

VA–Variable Annuity

V.I.–Variable Insurance

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund–3


LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

ASSETS:

  

Affiliated investments, at value

   $ 709,472,215  

Unaffiliated investments, at value

     96,817,754  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

     806,289,969  

Receivable for fund shares sold

     266,783  

Dividends receivable from investments

     20,472  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     806,577,224  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

  

Due to manager and affiliates

     347,697  

Payable for investments purchased

     293,020  

Payable for fund shares redeemed

     33,283  

Other accrued expenses payable

     30,608  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     704,608  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 805,872,616  
  

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

   $ 648,699,222  

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

     91,554,334  
  

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

   $ 740,253,556  
  

 

 

 

Standard Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 4,891,470  

Shares Outstanding

     465,394  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 10.510  

Service Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 800,981,146  

Shares Outstanding

     76,299,636  

Net Asset Value Per Share

   $ 10.498  

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 746,195,941  

Accumulated net investment loss.

     (1,252,752

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (5,106,986

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     66,036,413  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 805,872,616  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund–4


LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends from unaffiliated investments

   $ 613,619  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     2,484,544  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     882,031  

Accounting and administration expenses

     39,440  

Shareholder servicing fees

     37,523  

Professional fees

     24,627  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     9,132  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     8,373  

Custodian fees

     5,831  

Consulting fees

     2,572  

Pricing fees

     51  

Other

     1,491  
  

 

 

 
     3,495,615  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (1,597,207
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     1,898,408  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT LOSS

     (1,284,789
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Distributions from unaffiliated investments

     2,071,261  

Sale of affiliated investments

     72,925  

Sale of unaffiliated investments

     (943
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     2,143,243  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Affiliated investments

     48,543,828  

Unaffiliated investments

     820,357  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     49,364,185  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     51,507,428  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 50,222,639  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (1,284,789   $ 5,612,296  

Net realized gain (loss)

     2,143,243       (5,479,642

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     49,364,185       22,559,862  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     50,222,639       22,692,516  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (48,949

Service Class

           (6,432,843
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (6,481,792
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     1,461,882       3,675,418  

Service Class

     172,151,858       395,284,910  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           48,949  

Service Class

           6,432,843  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     173,613,740       405,442,120  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (639,345     (313,285

Service Class

     (45,150,391     (49,041,530
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (45,789,736     (49,354,815
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     127,824,004       356,087,305  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     178,046,643       372,298,029  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     627,825,973       255,527,944  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 805,872,616     $ 627,825,973  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (Accumulated) net investment income (loss)

   $ (1,252,752   $ 32,037  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund–5


LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund
Standard Class
   

Six Months

Ended

6/30/171

  (unaudited)  

 

Year

Ended
12/31/162

 

5/1/153

to

  12/31/15  

Net asset value, beginning of period

      $  9.769       $  9.507       $10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

           

Net investment income (loss)4

      (0.006 )       0.145       0.236

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.747       0.243       (0.600 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.741       0.388       (0.364 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

           

Net investment income

            (0.126 )       (0.113 )

Net realized gain.

                  (0.016 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.126 )       (0.129 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period.

      $10.510       $  9.769       $  9.507
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

      7.59%       4.08%       (3.64% )

Ratios and supplemental data:

           

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

      $  4,892       $  3,775       $     298

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

      0.29%       0.28%       0.31%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/ reimbursed6

      0.74%       0.73%       0.77%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

      (0.11% )       1.50%       3.61%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      (0.56% )       1.05%       3.15%

Portfolio turnover

      8%       15%       9%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund–6


LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

   

LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Service Class

   

Six Months
Ended

6/30/171

(unaudited)

 

Year

Ended

12/31/162

 

5/1/153

to

12/31/15

Net asset value, beginning of period

      $    9.769       $    9.508       $  10.000

Income (loss) from investment operations:

           

Net investment income (loss)4

      (0.018 )       0.120       0.219

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.747       0.243       (0.599 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.729       0.363       (0.380 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

           

Net investment income

      —         (0.102 )       (0.096 )

Net realized gain.

      —         —         (0.016 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

      —         (0.102 )       (0.112 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period.

      $  10.498       $    9.769       $    9.508
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total return5

      7.46%       3.82%       (3.80% )

Ratios and supplemental data:

           

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

      $800,981       $624,051       $255,230

Ratio of expenses to average net assets6

      0.54%       0.53%       0.56%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/ reimbursed6

      0.99%       0.98%       1.02%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

      (0.36% )       1.25%       3.36%

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

      (0.81% )       0.80%       2.90%

Portfolio turnover

      8%       15%       9%

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Effective May 1, 2016, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s managed risk strategy, replacing Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation.

 

3 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

4 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

5 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

 

6 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund–7


LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a non-diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in open-end investment companies that are advised by Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) or other unaffiliated managers (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Underlying Funds invest in U.S. and foreign stocks, bonds and money market instruments. A significant portion of the Underlying Funds employ a passive investment style (i.e. index funds). In addition to investment company investments, the Fund may invest in individual securities, such as money market instruments, and employs an actively managed risk-management overlay strategy that invests directly in exchange-traded futures to seek to stabilize overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek a balance between a high level of current income and growth of capital, with an emphasis on growth of capital.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–The Fund values Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on days when the NYSE is open. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax return to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for the open tax years (years ended December 31, 2015-December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund–8


LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

LIAC is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.70% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds (including LIAC). LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.45% of the average daily net asset of the Fund. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018 and can not be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC.

Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for managing the Fund’s managed risk strategy. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

     $19,482  

Legal.

     4,705  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $4,666 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC, whereby the 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statement of Operations, the Fund indirectly bears the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Because each of the Underlying Funds has varied expense and fee levels, and the Fund may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

     $162,582  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     161,589  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     18,860  

Printing & mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     4,666  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund–9


LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated investments, for purposes of the 1940 Act, are investments that have a common investment adviser, LIAC (LVIP Funds), or investments in issuers whereby the Fund held 5% or more of the issuers’ outstanding securities (non-LVIP Funds). Affiliated investments of the Fund and the corresponding investment activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

    Value
12/31/16
  Purchases   Sales   Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)
  Value
6/30/17
  Dividends   Capital Gain
Distributions

LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

    $ 5,941,467     $ 9,301,504     $ 241,136     $ (5,691 )     $ 1,039,269     $ 16,035,413     $     $

LVIP Delaware Bond Fund

      53,423,191             450,158       (31,638 )       1,487,799       54,429,194            

LVIP MFS Value Fund

      90,484,737       24,751,277       3,122,451       (7,652 )       8,855,596       120,961,507            

LVIP SSGA Bond Index Fund

      90,820,850       22,306,058       10,172,287       (301,108 )       2,515,274       105,168,787            

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund

      84,779,041       27,899,298       981,538       (4,917 )       8,567,248       120,259,132            

LVIP SSGA Small-Mid Cap 200 Fund

      6,070,808       4,642,125       2,477,819       (16,610 )       152,017       8,370,521            

LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund

      90,181,705       25,976,204       13,297,525       647,268       16,974,202       120,481,854            

LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund

      41,738,733       10,196,030       1,262,629       (13,600 )       5,675,965       56,334,499            

LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund

      47,372,792       11,216,461       3,752,698       (61,969 )       1,824,623       56,599,209            

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

      37,432,017       22,457,623       10,378,218       (131,158 )       1,451,835       50,832,099            
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

    $ 548,245,341     $ 158,746,580     $ 46,136,459     $ 72,925     $ 48,543,828     $ 709,472,215     $     $
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

     $173,115,626  

Sales

     51,804,605  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics can not be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

     $740,253,556  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

     $  66,350,477  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (314,064
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

     $  66,036,413  
  

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

Level 1

 

 

inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2

   

other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable

 

LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund–10


LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

   

for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3

   

inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1

Investments:

    

Assets:

    

Affiliated Investments

       $709,472,215

Unaffiliated Investments.

       96,817,754
    

 

 

 

Total Investments

       $806,289,969
    

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     141,646       382,304  

Service Class

     16,866,581       41,509,255  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           4,999  

Service Class

           656,949  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     17,008,227       42,553,507  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (62,634     (32,317

Service Class

     (4,444,692     (5,133,045
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (4,507,326     (5,165,362
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     12,500,901       37,388,145  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

6. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

7. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

LVIP U.S. Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund–11


 

LOGO

 

 

 

LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund  

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

 

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

  LOGO


LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings      2  
Statement of Net Assets      3  
Statement of Operations      6  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      6  
Financial Highlights      7  
Notes to Financial Statements      9  

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 


LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (LNY). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,184.10       0.75%       $4.06  

Service Class Shares

      1,000.00         1,182.60       1.00%         5.41  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,021.08       0.75%       $3.76  

Service Class Shares

      1,000.00         1,019.84       1.00%         5.01  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund–1


LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

    

    

 

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets
 
Common Stock          99.64%  

Aerospace & Defense

     2.24%  

Banks

     0.70%  

Beverages

     4.12%  

Biotechnology

     2.82%  

Building Products

     0.86%  

Capital Markets

     3.82%  

Chemicals

     0.91%  

Electrical Equipment

     1.59%  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     1.42%  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     2.76%  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     2.57%  

Health Care Providers & Services

     1.45%  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     1.79%  

Insurance

     2.61%  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     5.99%  

Internet Software & Services

     13.68%  

IT Services

     11.68%  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     1.04%  

Machinery

     0.59%  

Personal Products

     1.38%  

Pharmaceuticals

     3.42%  

Professional Services

     5.37%  

Road & Rail

     0.80%  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     1.70%  

Software

     9.50%  

Specialty Retail

     6.32%  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     5.93%  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     1.13%  

Trading Companies & Distributors

     1.45%  

Money Market Fund

     0.62%  

Total Value of Securities

     100.26%  

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (0.26%

Total Net Assets

     100.00%  

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage
of Net Assets
 

Apple

     5.93%      

Alphabet Class C

     4.97%      

Facebook Class A

     3.90%      

Home Depot

     3.08%      

Mastercard Class A

     2.69%      

Amazon.com

     2.54%      

eBay

     2.38%      

Visa Class A

     2.29%      

Bristol-Myers Squibb

     2.29%      

FleetCor Technologies

     2.12%      

Total

     32.19%      

IT–Information Technology

 

 

LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund–2


LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

    

    

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK–99.64%

 

Aerospace & Defense–2.24%

 

Lockheed Martin

    22,377     $         6,212,079  

Northrop Grumman

    17,642       4,528,878  
   

 

 

 
      10,740,957  
   

 

 

 

Banks–0.70%

 

Bank of America

    138,203       3,352,805  
   

 

 

 
      3,352,805  
   

 

 

 

Beverages–4.12%

 

Constellation Brands Class A

    37,258       7,217,992  

†Monster Beverage

    180,821       8,983,187  

PepsiCo.

    30,652       3,540,000  
   

 

 

 
      19,741,179  
   

 

 

 

Biotechnology–2.82%

 

†Celgene

    54,055       7,020,123  

†Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

    9,076       4,457,587  

†Vertex Pharmaceuticals

    15,890       2,047,744  
   

 

 

 
      13,525,454  
   

 

 

 

Building Products–0.86%

 

Fortune Brands Home & Security

    63,526       4,144,436  
   

 

 

 
      4,144,436  
   

 

 

 

Capital Markets–3.82%

 

Intercontinental Exchange

    97,940       6,456,205  

MarketAxess Holdings

    22,416       4,507,858  

MSCI

    42,043       4,330,009  

TD Ameritrade Holding

    70,305       3,022,412  
   

 

 

 
      18,316,484  
   

 

 

 

Chemicals–0.91%

 

Sherwin-Williams

    12,445       4,367,697  
   

 

 

 
      4,367,697  
   

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–1.59%

 

AMETEK.

    125,805       7,620,009  
   

 

 

 
      7,620,009  
   

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–1.42%

 

CDW

    109,153       6,825,337  
   

 

 

 
      6,825,337  
   

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–2.76%

 

American Tower

    66,712       8,827,332  

Public Storage

    21,090       4,397,898  
   

 

 

 
      13,225,230  
   

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–2.57%

 

†ABIOMED

    23,850       3,417,705  

†Edwards Lifesciences

    75,175       8,888,692  
   

 

 

 
      12,306,397  
   

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Health Care Providers & Services–1.45%

 

UnitedHealth Group

    37,469     $         6,947,502  
   

 

 

 
      6,947,502  
   

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–1.79%

 

Hilton Worldwide Holdings

    72,548       4,487,094  

Las Vegas Sands

    63,823       4,077,652  
   

 

 

 
      8,564,746  
   

 

 

 

Insurance–2.61%

 

†Markel

    6,469       6,312,838  

Marsh & McLennan

    79,915       6,230,173  
   

 

 

 
      12,543,011  
   

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–5.99%

 

†Amazon.com

    12,609       12,205,512  

†Netflix

    63,867       9,542,368  

†Priceline Group

    3,743       7,001,356  
   

 

 

 
      28,749,236  
   

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services–13.68%

 

†Alibaba Group Holding ADR

    49,211       6,933,830  

†Alphabet Class C

    26,224       23,830,536  

†eBay

    327,213       11,426,278  

†Facebook Class A

    123,861       18,700,534  

†Zillow Group Class C

    96,100       4,709,861  
   

 

 

 
      65,601,039  
   

 

 

 

IT Services–11.68%

 

Alliance Data Systems

    26,564       6,818,713  

†FleetCor Technologies

    70,558       10,175,169  

Global Payments

    74,574       6,735,524  

Mastercard Class A

    106,324       12,913,050  

†PayPal Holdings

    156,053       8,375,365  

Visa Class A

    117,340       11,004,145  
   

 

 

 
      56,021,966  
   

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services–1.04%

 

Thermo Fisher Scientific

    28,555       4,981,991  
   

 

 

 
      4,981,991  
   

 

 

 

Machinery–0.59%

 

Snap-on

    17,896       2,827,568  
   

 

 

 
      2,827,568  
   

 

 

 

Personal Products–1.38%

 

Estee Lauder Class A

    69,195       6,641,336  
   

 

 

 
      6,641,336  
   

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–3.42%

 

Allergan

    22,279       5,415,802  

Bristol-Myers Squibb

    197,074       10,980,963  
   

 

 

 
      16,396,765  
   

 

 

 

Professional Services–5.37%

 

Equifax

    49,462       6,797,068  
 

 

LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund–3


LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

    

    

 

    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Professional Services (continued)

 

†IHS Markit

    155,839     $         6,863,150  

†TransUnion

    166,905       7,228,656  

†Verisk Analytics Class A

    57,412       4,843,850  
   

 

 

 
      25,732,724  
   

 

 

 

Road & Rail–0.80%

 

JB Hunt Transport Services

    42,052       3,842,712  
   

 

 

 
      3,842,712  
   

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–1.70%

 

Microchip Technology

    50,012       3,859,926  

NVIDIA

    29,835       4,312,948  
   

 

 

 
      8,172,874  
   

 

 

 

Software–9.50%

 

†Adobe Systems

    56,507       7,992,350  

†Autodesk

    76,819       7,744,892  

Microsoft

    115,924       7,990,641  

†salesforce.com

    80,859       7,002,389  

†ServiceNow

    84,734       8,981,804  

†Workday Class A

    60,188       5,838,236  
   

 

 

 
      45,550,312  
   

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

Specialty Retail–6.32%

 

†AutoZone

    5,390     $         3,074,779  

Home Depot

    96,433       14,792,822  

†O’Reilly Automotive

    37,529       8,209,093  

Ross Stores

    73,202       4,225,951  
   

 

 

 
      30,302,645  
   

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–5.93%

 

Apple

    197,386       28,427,532  
   

 

 

 
      28,427,532  
   

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–1.13%

 

NIKE Class B

    34,123       2,013,257  

†Under Armour Class C

    170,064       3,428,490  
   

 

 

 
      5,441,747  
   

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–1.45%

 

Fastenal

    160,002       6,964,887  
   

 

 

 
      6,964,887  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $317,615,469)

      477,876,578  
   

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUND–0.62%

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

    3,001,294       3,001,294  
   

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund (Cost $3,001,294)

      3,001,294  
   

 

 

 
 

 

   TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.26% (Cost $320,616,763)

     480,877,872       

«LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.26%)

     (1,260,064     
  

 

 

      

   NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 11,433,622 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

     $479,617,808       
  

 

 

      

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP WELLINGTON CAPITAL GROWTH FUND STANDARD CLASS ($153,180,537 / 3,601,398 Shares)

     $42.534       

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP WELLINGTON CAPITAL GROWTH FUND SERVICE CLASS ($326,437,271 / 7,832,224 Shares)

     $41.679       

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

       

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

     $272,620,131       

Undistributed net investment income

     115,238       

Accumulated net realized gain on investments.

     46,621,330       

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     160,261,109       
  

 

 

      

TOTAL NET ASSETS

     $479,617,808       
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

«

Includes $299,565 payable for fund shares redeemed, $2,238,317 payable for securities purchased and $385,800 due to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

 

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LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

    

    

 

Summary of Abbreviations:

ADR–American Depositary Receipt

IT–Information Technology

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund–5


LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $ 2,243,398  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     1,578,972  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     398,468  

Accounting and administration expenses

     57,040  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     37,028  

Shareholder servicing fees

     23,287  

Professional fees.

     19,127  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     6,049  

Custodian fees

     3,257  

Consulting fees

     1,355  

Pricing fees

     119  

Other

     3,458  
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     2,128,160  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     115,238  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN:

  

Net realized gain on investments

     22,148,174  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     54,403,055  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     76,551,229  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 76,666,467  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended

6/30/17
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
12/31/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 115,238     $ (383,534

Net realized gain

     22,148,174       25,246,614  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     54,403,055       (24,537,839
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     76,666,467       325,241  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net realized gain:

    

Standard Class

           (10,638,772

Service Class

           (25,160,907
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (35,799,679
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     10,177,133       7,693,856  

Service Class

     8,953,900       23,636,050  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           10,638,772  

Service Class

           25,160,907  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     19,131,033       67,129,585  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (8,861,095     (15,461,797

Service Class

     (34,210,271     (43,581,963
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (43,071,366     (59,043,760
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (23,940,333     8,085,825  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

     52,726,134       (27,388,613

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     426,891,674       454,280,287  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 479,617,808     $ 426,891,674  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income.

   $ 115,238     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund–6


LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

            LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund Standard Class  
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
     12/31/16     12/31/15     Year Ended
12/31/14
    12/31/13      12/31/12  
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $  35.922        $  38.974       $  41.894       $  37.738       $  27.748        $  23.305  

Income from investment operations:

              

Net investment income2

     0.044        0.033       0.066       0.083       0.049        0.042  

Net realized and unrealized gain

     6.568        0.102       3.557       4.211       9.941        4.401  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     6.612        0.135       3.623       4.294       9.990        4.443  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

              

Net investment income

                        (0.073             

Net realized gain

            (3.187     (6.543     (0.065             
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (3.187     (6.543     (0.138             
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $  42.534        $  35.922       $  38.974       $  41.894       $  37.738        $  27.748  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return3

     18.41%        0.10%       9.42%       11.37%       36.00%        19.06%  

Ratios and supplemental data:

              

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $153,181        $128,537       $136,262       $134,373       $130,399        $104,645  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     0.75%        0.75%       0.74%       0.74%       0.76%        0.78%  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

     0.22%        0.09%       0.16%       0.21%       0.15%        0.16%  

Portfolio turnover

     17%        31%       33%       45%       47%        64%  

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund–7


LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

           LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund Service Class  
     Six Months
Ended
6/30/171
(unaudited)
    12/31/16     12/31/15     Year Ended
12/31/14
    12/31/13     12/31/12  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $  35.244       $  38.390       $  41.459       $  37.377       $  27.551       $  23.197  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

            

Net investment loss2

     (0.005     (0.060     (0.040     (0.015     (0.032     (0.025

Net realized and unrealized gain

     6.440       0.101       3.514       4.162       9.858       4.379  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     6.435       0.041       3.474       4.147       9.826       4.354  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

            

Net realized gain

           (3.187     (6.543     (0.065            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

           (3.187     (6.543     (0.065            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $  41.679       $  35.244       $  38.390       $  41.459       $  37.377       $  27.551  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return3

     18.26%       (0.15%     9.15%       11.09%       35.66%       18.77%  

Ratios and supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $326,437       $298,355       $318,018       $319,768       $326,361       $274,248  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     1.00%       1.00%       0.99%       0.99%       1.01%       1.03%  

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets

     (0.03%     (0.16%     (0.09%     (0.04%     (0.10%     (0.09%

Portfolio turnover

     17%       31%       33%       45%       47%       64%  

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund–8


LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIPWellington Capital Growth Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital growth. Realization of income is not a significant investment consideration and any income realized will be incidental.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (NAV). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of such distributions by the issuer or management estimate. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund–9


LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. Commission rebates are included in “Net realized gain on investments” on the Statement of Operations and totaled $890 for the six months ended June 30, 2017. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.75% of the first $100 million of the average daily net assets of the Fund; 0.70% of the next $150 million; 0.65% of the next $750 million; and 0.60% of the average daily net assets of the Fund in excess of $1 billion. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

Wellington Management Company LLP (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 12,860  

Legal

     3,105  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $32,070 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 273,871  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     68,282  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     11,577  

Printing and mailing fees payble to Lincoln Life

     32,070  

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

 

LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund–10


LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 75,980,764  

Sales

     101,166,893  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics can not be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 320,616,763  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 164,553,092  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (4,291,983
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 160,261,109  
  

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

Level 1–  

inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–  

other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–  

inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1  

Investments:

  

Assets:

  

Common Stock.

   $ 477,876,578  

Money Market Fund

     3,001,294  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 480,877,872  
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

 

LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund–11


LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
     Year
Ended
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

     

Standard Class

     244,074        204,401  

Service Class

     230,102        652,774  

Shares reinvested:

     

Standard Class

            287,247  

Service Class

            691,899  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     474,176        1,836,321  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

     

Standard Class

     (220,920      (409,670

Service Class

     (863,392      (1,163,130
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (1,084,312      (1,572,800
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (610,136      263,521  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

5. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

6. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

7. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no additional material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

LVIP Wellington Capital Growth Fund–12


 

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LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable

Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

 

June 30, 2017

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LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings      2  
Statement of Net Assets      3  
Statement of Operations      6  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      6  
Financial Highlights      7  
Notes to Financial Statements      9  

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled, “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Fund’s actual expenses shown in the table reflect fee waivers in effect.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

 

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

       

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,036.20       0.88   $ 4.44  

Service Class Shares

      1,000.00         1,034.90       1.13       5.70  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

 

Standard Class Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,020.43       0.88   $ 4.41  

Service Class Shares

      1,000.00         1,019.19       1.13       5.66  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund–1


LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Top 10 Equity Holdings (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

    

    

 

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Common Stock

       98.91 %

Aerospace & Defense

       1.57 %

Auto Components

       1.97 %

Banks

       12.28 %

Building Products

       1.46 %

Capital Markets

       0.50 %

Chemicals

       4.99 %

Commercial Services & Supplies

       1.37 %

Communications Equipment

       4.25 %

Containers & Packaging

       1.32 %

Electric Utilities

       2.73 %

Electrical Equipment

       3.13 %

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

       4.28 %

Energy Equipment & Services

       0.19 %

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

       7.57 %

Food Products

       2.26 %

Gas Utilities

       2.59 %

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

       1.65 %

Health Care Providers & Services

       4.26 %

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

       1.61 %

Household Durables

       2.92 %

Insurance

       9.30 %

Internet Software & Services

       1.23 %

IT Services

       1.30 %

Machinery

       1.00 %

Media

       1.21 %

Metals & Mining

       1.23 %

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

       6.47 %

Paper & Forest Products

       0.77 %

Road & Rail

       4.22 %

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

       3.82 %

Software

       1.50 %

Specialty Retail

       0.20 %

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

       1.03 %

Thrift & Mortgage Finance

       0.69 %

Trading Companies & Distributors

       0.95 %

Wireless Telecommunication Services

       1.09 %

Money Market Fund

       1.36 %

Total Value of Securities

       100.27 %

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

       (0.27 %)

Total Net Assets

       100.00 %

Holdings are for informational purpose only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings    Percentage
of Net Assets

Comerica

       2.91 %

Arrow Electronics

       2.81 %

Diamondback Energy

       2.60 %

UGI

       2.59 %

Reinsurance Group of America

       2.42 %

XL Group

       2.19 %

Zions Bancorporation

       2.03 %

Microsemi

       2.03 %

Goodyear Tire & Rubber

       1.97 %

Knight Transportation

 

      

 

1.86

 

%

 

Total

       23.41 %

IT–Information Technology

 

 

LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund–2


LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

    

    

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

  COMMON STOCK–98.91%

 

  Aerospace & Defense–1.57%

 

†Moog Class A

     44,524      $ 3,193,261  
     

 

 

 
        3,193,261  
     

 

 

 

  Auto Components–1.97%

 

  Goodyear Tire & Rubber

     115,037        4,021,693  
     

 

 

 
              4,021,693  
     

 

 

 

  Banks–12.28%

 

  Bank of the Ozarks

     46,394        2,174,487  

  Comerica

     81,121        5,941,302  

  FNB

     120,916        1,712,171  

  IBERIABANK

     38,044        3,100,586  

  MB Financial

     54,657        2,407,094  

  South State

     26,171        2,242,855  

  Sterling Bancorp

     60,663        1,410,415  

†Western Alliance Bancorp

     38,932        1,915,454  

  Zions Bancorporation

     94,305        4,140,933  
     

 

 

 
        25,045,297  
     

 

 

 

  Building Products–1.46%

 

  Sanwa Holdings

     283,254        2,981,754  
     

 

 

 
        2,981,754  
     

 

 

 

  Capital Markets–0.50%

 

  Raymond James Financial

     12,766        1,024,088  
     

 

 

 
        1,024,088  
     

 

 

 

  Chemicals–4.99%

 

  Cabot

     33,683        1,799,683  

  Celanese Class A

     39,321        3,733,136  

  Methanex

     36,442        1,605,270  

  Westlake Chemical

     45,860        3,036,391  
     

 

 

 
        10,174,480  
     

 

 

 

  Commercial Services & Supplies–1.37%

 

†Clean Harbors

     50,018        2,792,505  
     

 

 

 
        2,792,505  
     

 

 

 

  Communications Equipment–4.25%

 

†Acacia Communications

     53,289        2,209,895  

†CommScope Holding

     87,909        3,343,179  

  Harris

     28,428        3,100,926  
     

 

 

 
        8,654,000  
     

 

 

 

  Containers & Packaging–1.32%

 

  Bemis

     27,682        1,280,293  

†Crown Holdings

     23,788        1,419,192  
     

 

 

 
        2,699,485  
     

 

 

 

  Electric Utilities–2.73%

 

  Alliant Energy

     88,895        3,570,912  

  Great Plains Energy

     68,409        2,003,015  
     

 

 

 
        5,573,927  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

  COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  Electrical Equipment–3.13%

 

†Generac Holdings

     37,286      $ 1,347,143  

  Hubbell

     25,587        2,895,681  

†Sensata Technologies Holding

     50,176        2,143,519  
     

 

 

 
              6,386,343  
     

 

 

 

  Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–4.28%

 

†Arrow Electronics

     73,091        5,731,796  

†Keysight Technologies

     77,143        3,003,177  
     

 

 

 
        8,734,973  
     

 

 

 

  Energy Equipment & Services–0.19%

 

†Trican Well Service

     138,334        387,224  
     

 

 

 
        387,224  
     

 

 

 

  Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts–7.57%

 

  American Assets Trust

     26,158        1,030,364  

  Equity LifeStyle Properties

     33,900        2,926,926  

  Extra Space Storage

     19,119        1,491,282  

  Forest City Realty Trust Class A

     34,817        841,527  

  LaSalle Hotel Properties

     11,012        328,158  

  Life Storage

     19,330        1,432,353  

  PS Business Parks

     28,183        3,731,147  

  STORE Capital

     162,215        3,641,727  
     

 

 

 
        15,423,484  
     

 

 

 

  Food Products–2.26%

 

  Ingredion

     15,339        1,828,562  

†Post Holdings

     35,640        2,767,446  
     

 

 

 
        4,596,008  
     

 

 

 

  Gas Utilities–2.59%

 

  UGI

     108,973        5,275,383  
     

 

 

 
        5,275,383  
     

 

 

 

  Health Care Equipment & Supplies–1.65%

 

  STERIS

     41,348        3,369,862  
     

 

 

 
        3,369,862  
     

 

 

 

  Health Care Providers & Services–4.26%

 

†Acadia Healthcare

     69,605        3,437,095  

†Brookdale Senior Living

     127,874        1,881,026  

†Envision Healthcare

     53,611        3,359,801  
     

 

 

 
        8,677,922  
     

 

 

 

  Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–1.61%

 

†Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings

     60,515        3,285,359  
     

 

 

 
        3,285,359  
     

 

 

 

  Household Durables–2.92%

 

  DR Horton

     67,945        2,348,859  

  Lennar Class A

     36,362        1,938,822  

  Toll Brothers

     42,084        1,662,739  
     

 

 

 
        5,950,420  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund–3


LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

    

    

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

  COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  Insurance–9.30%

 

  Assurant

     19,386      $ 2,010,134  

  CNO Financial Group

     116,585        2,434,295  

  Hanover Insurance Group

     20,324        1,801,316  

  Reinsurance Group of America

     38,447        4,936,210  

  Unum Group

     70,736        3,298,420  

  XL Group

     102,107        4,472,287  
     

 

 

 
              18,952,662  
     

 

 

 

  Internet Software & Services–1.23%

 

†VeriSign

     27,057        2,515,219  
     

 

 

 
        2,515,219  
     

 

 

 

  IT Services–1.30%

 

  Booz Allen Hamilton Holding

     81,325        2,646,315  
     

 

 

 
        2,646,315  
     

 

 

 

  Machinery–1.00%

 

†Milacron Holdings

     115,362        2,029,218  
     

 

 

 
        2,029,218  
     

 

 

 

  Media–1.21%

 

  John Wiley & Sons Class A

     46,800        2,468,700  
     

 

 

 
        2,468,700  
     

 

 

 

  Metals & Mining–1.23%

 

  Reliance Steel & Aluminum

     34,411        2,505,465  
     

 

 

 
        2,505,465  
     

 

 

 

  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–6.47%

 

  Delek U.S. Holdings

     49,507        1,308,965  

†Diamondback Energy

     59,788        5,309,772  

†Energen

     25,760        1,271,771  

†Newfield Exploration

     124,733        3,549,901  

†QEP Resources

     174,217        1,759,592  
     

 

 

 
        13,200,001  
     

 

 

 

  Paper & Forest Products–0.77%

 

†Louisiana-Pacific

     65,177        1,571,417  
     

 

 

 
        1,571,417  
     

 

 

 

  Road & Rail–4.22%

 

†Genesee & Wyoming

     50,053        3,423,125  

  Knight Transportation

     102,045        3,780,767  

  Schneider National Class B

     43,271        967,972  

†Swift Transportation

     16,444        435,766  
     

 

 

 
        8,607,630  
     

 

 

 

  Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–3.82%

 

†Microsemi

     88,316        4,133,189  

  Silicon Motion Technology ADR

     75,714        3,651,686  
     

 

 

 
        7,784,875  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

  COMMON STOCK (continued)

 

  Software–1.50%

 

  SS&C Technologies Holdings

     79,692      $ 3,060,970  
     

 

 

 
              3,060,970  
     

 

 

 

  Specialty Retail–0.20%

 

  Camping World Holdings Class A

     13,200        407,220  
     

 

 

 
        407,220  
     

 

 

 

  Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods–1.03%

 

†Global Brands Group Holding

     20,022,788        2,102,951  
     

 

 

 
        2,102,951  
     

 

 

 

  Thrift & Mortgage Finance–0.69%

 

  Provident Financial Services

     55,283        1,403,083  
     

 

 

 
        1,403,083  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–0.95%

 

†WESCO International

     33,774        1,935,250  
     

 

 

 
        1,935,250  
     

 

 

 

  Wireless Telecommunication Services–1.09%

 

  Millicom International Cellular SDR

     37,737        2,228,914  
     

 

 

 
        2,228,914  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $158,546,337)

        201,667,358  
     

 

 

 

  MONEY MARKET FUND–1.36%

 

  Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     2,779,887        2,779,887  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $2,779,887)

        2,779,887  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund–4


LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund

Statement of Net Assets (continued)

    

    

 

   TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.27% (Cost $161,326,224)

     $204,447,245  

«LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.27%)

     (545,034
  

 

 

 

   NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 7,824,750 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

     $203,902,211  
  

 

 

 

   NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP WELLINGTON MID-CAP VALUE FUND STANDARD CLASS ($107,811,077 / 4,128,910 Shares)

    

 

$26.111

 

 

 

   NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LVIP WELLINGTON MID-CAP VALUE FUND SERVICE CLASS ($96,091,134 / 3,695,840 Shares)

    

 

$26.000

 

 

 

   COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

   Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

     $155,635,157  

   Undistributed net investment income

     323,085  

   Accumulated net realized gain on investments

     4,822,941  

   Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     43,121,028  
  

 

 

 

   TOTAL NET ASSETS

         $203,902,211  
  

 

 

 

 

 

Non-income producing for the period.

 

«

Includes $1,717,249 payable for securities purchased, $165,354 due to manager and affiliates, and $117,812 payable for fund shares redeemed as of June 30, 2017.

The following foreign currency exchange contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
        Receive (Deliver)        
       In Exchange For       

Settlement Date

    

Unrealized
Appreciation

  

Unrealized
Depreciation

BNP    HKD      31,889        USD        (4,085      7/3/17      $—    $(1)
BNYM    JPY      (2,408,733      USD        21,459        7/3/17        41    — 
BNYM    SEK      36,518        USD        (4,309      7/3/17        26     
Total                   $67    $(1)

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amount recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1 See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:

ADR–American Depositary Receipt

BNP–Banque Paribas

BNYM–Bank of New York Mellon

HKD–Hong Kong Dollar IT–Information Technology

JPY–Japanese Yen

SDR–Special Depositary Receipt

SEK–Swedish Krona

USD–U.S. Dollar

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund–5


LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Dividends

   $ 1,318,707  

Foreign tax withheld

     (21,038
  

 

 

 
     1,297,669  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     820,316  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     117,114  

Accounting and administration expenses

     24,339  

Professional fees

     17,722  

Custodian fees

     12,664  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     12,458  

Shareholder servicing fees

     9,762  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     2,633  

Consulting fees

     1,060  

Pricing fees

     475  

Other

     672  
  

 

 

 
     1,019,215  

Less:

  

Management fees waived

     (44,631
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     974,584  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     323,085  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments

     3,280,290  

Foreign currencies

     (1,864

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     1,548  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     3,279,974  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

 

Investments

     3,083,940  

Foreign currencies

     (1

Foreign currency exchange contracts

     66  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     3,084,005  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     6,363,979  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS.

   $ 6,687,064  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months        
     Ended        
     6/30/17     Year Ended  
     (unaudited)     12/31/16  

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 323,085     $ 567,354  

Net realized gain

     3,279,974       4,043,560  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     3,084,005       17,393,236  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     6,687,064       22,004,150  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

           (454,444

Service Class

           (230,162

Net realized gain on investments:

    

Standard Class

           (259,160

Service Class

           (265,986
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
           (1,209,752
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     17,894,246       41,963,871  

Service Class

     12,871,646       18,504,268  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

           713,604  

Service Class

           496,148  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     30,765,892       61,677,891  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (7,475,132     (18,140,316

Service Class

     (10,996,254     (17,862,009
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (18,471,386     (36,002,325
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     12,294,506       25,675,566  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     18,981,570       46,469,964  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     184,920,641       138,450,677  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 203,902,211     $ 184,920,641  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 323,085     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

    

LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund Standard Class

 
     Six Months                                 
     Ended                                 
     6/30/171      Year Ended  
     (unaudited)      12/31/16     12/31/15     12/31/14     12/31/13     12/31/12  
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 25.200      $ 22.460     $ 22.964     $ 21.273     $ 15.896     $ 12.855  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

             

Net investment income2

     0.058        0.111       0.068       0.085       0.062       0.114  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.853        2.823       (0.418     1.677       5.357       2.984  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.911        2.934       (0.350     1.762       5.419       3.098  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

             

Net investment income.

            (0.121     (0.154     (0.071     (0.042     (0.057

Net realized gain

            (0.073                        
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions.

            (0.194     (0.154     (0.071     (0.042     (0.057
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 26.111      $ 25.200     $ 22.460     $ 22.964     $ 21.273     $ 15.896  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return3

     3.62%        13.07%       (1.52%     8.29%       34.15%       24.12%  

Ratios and supplemental data:

             

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

   $ 107,811      $ 93,907     $ 58,589     $ 39,097     $ 35,212     $ 50,386  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     0.88%        0.92%       0.96%       0.94%       1.00%       1.04%  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     0.92%        0.94%       0.97%       0.95%       1.01%       1.05%  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

     0.45%        0.48%       0.29%       0.38%       0.34%       0.77%  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     0.41%        0.46%       0.28%       0.37%       0.33%       0.76%  

Portfolio turnover

     22%        50%       45%       40%       56%       56%  

 

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund Service Class  
     Six Months                                 
     Ended                                 
     6/30/171      Year Ended  
     (unaudited)      12/31/16     12/31/15     12/31/14     12/31/13     12/31/12  
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $25.124      $ 22.400     $ 22.843     $ 21.171     $ 15.860     $ 12.827  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

             

Net investment income2

     0.026        0.053       0.009       0.029       0.017       0.077  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.850        2.808       (0.412     1.668       5.336       2.976  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.876        2.861       (0.403     1.697       5.353       3.053  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions from:

             

Net investment income

            (0.064     (0.040     (0.025     (0.042     (0.020

Net realized gain

            (0.073                        
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

            (0.137     (0.040     (0.025     (0.042     (0.020
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $26.000      $ 25.124     $ 22.400     $ 22.843     $ 21.171     $ 15.860  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return3

     3.49%        12.78%       (1.76%     8.02%       33.82%       23.81%  

Ratios and supplemental data:

             

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $96,091      $ 91,014     $ 79,862     $ 143,293     $ 77,486     $ 62,511  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     1.13%        1.17%       1.21%       1.19%       1.25%       1.29%  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     1.17%        1.19%       1.22%       1.20%       1.26%       1.30%  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

     0.20%        0.23%       0.04%       0.13%       0.09%       0.52%  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     0.16%        0.21%       0.03%       0.12%       0.08%       0.51%  

Portfolio turnover

     22%        50%       45%       40%       56%       56%  

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–Equity securities, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price on the valuation date. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are used when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). In determining whether market quotations are reliable or readily available, various factors are taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (“international fair value pricing”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made as the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax returns through the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for all open tax years (years ended December 31, 2013–December 31, 2016), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund does not separate the portion of realized gains and losses on investments resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices. For foreign equity securities, these changes are included in net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

 

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LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings not eligible for rebates. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends are recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of such distributions by the issuer or management estimate. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Subject to seeking best execution, the Fund may direct certain security trades to brokers who have agreed to rebate a portion of the related brokerage commission to the Fund in cash. Commission rebates are included in “Net realized gain (loss) on investments” on the Statement of Operations and totaled $2,236 for the six months ended June 30, 2017. In general, best execution refers to many factors, including the price paid or received for a security, the commission charged, the promptness and reliability of execution, the confidentiality and placement of the transaction, and other factors affecting the overall benefit obtained by the Fund on the transaction.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 1.05% on the first $25 million of the average daily net assets of the Fund; 0.95% on the next $25 million; 0.85% on the next $50 million; 0.75% on the next $150 million; and 0.70% on average daily net assets in excess of $250 million. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee. The waiver amount is 0.09% of the first $100 million of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This agreement will continue at least through April 30, 2018, and can not be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board and LIAC.

Effective May 1, 2017, LIAC has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses (excluding Underlying Fund fees and expenses) exceed 0.90% of the average daily net assets for the Standard Class and 1.15% for the Service Class. This agreement will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and can not be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC.

Wellington Management Company LLP (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 5,512  

Legal

     1,331  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $8,317 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

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LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Management fees payable to LIAC

   $ 132,534  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     19,649  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     4,855  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     8,317  

The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain affiliated funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under these procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund engaged in securities sales of $34,642.

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases

   $ 55,051,776  

Sales

     41,794,471  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 161,326,224  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 48,142,816  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (5,021,795
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 43,121,021  
  

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

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LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1                     Level 2                     Total  

Investments:

                    

Assets:

                    

Common Stock

     $201,667,358              $—              $201,667,358  

Money Market Fund

     2,779,887                           2,779,887  
  

 

 

          

 

 

          

 

 

 

Total Investments

     $204,447,245              $—              $204,447,245  
  

 

 

          

 

 

          

 

 

 

Derivatives:

                    

Assets:

                    

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

       $                —              $  67                $                67  
  

 

 

          

 

 

          

 

 

 

Liabilities:

                    

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

       $                —              $  (1)                $                (1)  
  

 

 

          

 

 

          

 

 

 

There were no Level 3 investments at the end of the period.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. This does not include transfers between Level 1 investments and Level 2 investments that resulted from the Fund’s use of international fair value pricing during the period. In accordance with the fair value procedures described in Note 1, international fair value pricing uses other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to the events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded, causing a change in classification between levels. International fair value pricing was not utilized at June 30, 2017. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months               
     Ended            Year Ended  
     6/30/17            12/31/16  

Shares sold:

       

Standard Class

     690,351          1,857,194  

Service Class

     498,292          815,956  

Shares reinvested:

       

Standard Class

              28,443  

Service Class

              20,224  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 
     1,188,643          2,721,817  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

       

Standard Class

     (287,873        (767,781

Service Class

     (425,112        (778,873
  

 

 

      

 

 

 
     (712,985        (1,546,654
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase

     475,658          1,175,163  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable investors to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts–The Fund enters into foreign currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is paid for and delivered. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies and to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions. A change in a contract’s value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

 

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LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

5. Derivatives (continued)

 

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts establishes a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future but does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. Although foreign currency exchange contracts may limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to the risk that counterparties to the contracts may be unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate or expedite the settlement of portfolio transactions

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

    

        Statement of Net Assets Location         

     Fair Value     

        Statement of Net Assets Location         

     Fair Value

(Foreign currency
exchange contracts)
Currency contracts

   Liabilities net of receivables and other assets      $67      Liabilities net of receivables and other assets      $(1)

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

               Change in Unrealized
               Appreciation
          Realized Gain    (Depreciation)
          (Loss) on Derivatives    on Derivatives
     Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives    Recognized in    Recognized in
                                                                

Recognized in Income

   Income    Income

Foreign currency exchange contracts (Currency contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts    $1,548    $66

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative Volume      Short Derivative Volume

Foreign currency exchange contracts (average cost)

   $10,876      $20,768

6. Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in mid-sized companies and may be subject to certain risks associated with ownership of securities of such companies. Investments in mid-sized companies may be more volatile than investments in larger companies for a number of reasons, which include more limited financial resources or a dependence on narrow product lines.

The Fund invests in REITs and is subject to the risks associated with that industry. If the Fund acquires a direct interest in real estate as a result of defaults or receives rental income directly from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company could be jeopardized. The Fund had no direct real estate holdings during the six months ended June 30, 2017. The Fund’s REIT holdings are also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs it holds use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated to LIAC, the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are

 

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LVIP Wellington Mid-Cap Value Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

6. Market Risk (continued)

 

illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be illiquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investments in illiquid securities. As of June 30, 2017, there were no Rule 144A securities.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable
Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

June 30, 2017

  


LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocation and Credit Quality Breakdown      2  
Schedule of Investments      3  
Statement of Assets and Liabilities      15  
Statement of Operations      16  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      16  
Financial Highlights      17  
Notes to Financial Statements      19  

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Fund’s proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of the Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis table. The Expense Analysis table does not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analysis is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analysis is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Fund does not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

 

      Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
     Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
     Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid
During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17*
 

Actual

          

Standard Class Shares

     $1,000.00        $1,026.20        0.50%       $2.51  

Service Class Shares

       1,000.00          1,024.90        0.75%         3.77  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

 

 

Standard Class Shares

     $1,000.00        $1,022.32        0.50%       $2.51  

Service Class Shares

       1,000.00          1,021.08        0.75%         3.76  

 

*

“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Security Type/Sector Allocation and Credit Quality Breakdown (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

 

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

       3.27 %

Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

       0.51 %

Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

       23.49 %

Corporate Bonds

       24.99 %

Aerospace & Defense

       0.25 %

Air Freight & Logistics

       0.05 %

Airlines

       0.07 %

Automobiles

       0.65 %

Banks

       5.76 %

Beverages

       0.51 %

Biotechnology

       0.44 %

Capital Markets

       1.81 %

Chemicals

       0.23 %

Commercial Services & Supplies

       0.15 %

Communications Equipment

       0.05 %

Construction & Engineering

       0.29 %

Consumer Finance

       0.08 %

Diversified Telecommunication Services

       0.77 %

Electric Utilities

       0.89 %

Electrical Equipment

       0.20 %

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

       0.03 %

Energy Equipment & Services

       0.24 %

Food & Staples Retailing

       0.39 %

Food Products

       0.66 %

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

       0.44 %

Health Care Providers & Services

       0.29 %

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

       0.08 %

Household Durables

       0.12 %

Household Products

       0.15 %

Industrial Conglomerates

       0.74 %

Insurance

       0.28 %

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

       0.05 %

IT Services

       0.34 %

Media

       0.58 %

Metals & Mining

       1.69 %

Multi-Utilities

       0.09 %

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

       3.98 %

Paper & Forest Products

       0.05 %

Pharmaceuticals

       0.20 %

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

       0.20 %

Software

       0.65 %

Specialty Retail

       0.04 %
Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

       0.61 %

Tobacco

       0.36 %

Trading Companies & Distributors

       0.16 %

Wireless Telecommunication Services

       0.37 %

Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities

       5.24 %

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

       3.26 %

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

       5.43 %

Regional Bonds

       0.31 %

Sovereign Bonds

       2.68 %

Supranational Bank

       0.03 %

U.S. Treasury Obligations

       27.61 %

Money Market Fund

       17.58 %

Total Value of Securities

       114.40 %

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

       (14.40 %)

Total Net Assets

       100.00 %

Credit Quality Breakdown

    

(as a % of fixed income investments)*

          

U.S. Government

       56.68 %

AAA

       9.13 %

AA

       4.56 %

A

       15.28 %

BBB

       11.88 %

Not Rated

       2.47 %

Total

       100.00 %

*For financial reporting purposes, credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either Standard & Poor’s Rating Services (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. (“Moody”) or Fitch Inc. (“Fitch”). Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities, Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities, and U.S. Treasury Obligations appear under “U.S. Government”. “Not Rated” isused to classify securities for which a rating is not available and does not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

IT–Information Technology

 

 

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LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

    

    

 

 

   

Principal

Amount°

   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

  AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS–3.27%

 

•Fannie Mae Connecticut

   

Avenue Securities Series

2015-C04 2M1 2.916% 4/25/28

    288,496     $ 289,229  

Fannie Mae REMICs

   

•*Series 2010-100 SV

      5.414% 9/25/40

    3,368,359       612,016  

•*Series 2016-60 QS

      4.884% 9/25/46

    2,649,199       458,187  

•*Series 2016-61 BS

      4.884% 9/25/46

    5,018,698       824,262  

•*Freddie Mac Strips

   

Series 334 S7 4.941% 8/15/44

   Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit  Risk Debt

    3,138,804       657,074  

Notes

   

  •Series 2014-DN1 M2

      3.416% 2/25/24

    3,868,058       3,976,448  

  •Series 2015-DNA3 M2

      4.066% 4/25/28

    5,099,069       5,281,362  

  •Series 2015-HQ2 M2

      3.166% 5/25/25

    534,000       544,100  

  •Series 2015-HQA2 M2

      4.016% 5/25/28

    584,585       605,251  

  •Series 2016-DNA1 M2

      4.116% 7/25/28

    467,000       486,179  

  •Series 2016-DNA3 M2

      3.216% 12/25/28

    280,000       286,994  

  •Series 2016-HQA1 M2

      3.966% 9/25/28

    6,910,000       7,170,099  

  •Series 2016-HQA2 M2

      3.466% 11/25/28

    323,000       331,919  

  •Series 2016-HQA3 M1

      2.016% 3/25/29

    7,911,828       7,929,518  

  •Series 2016-HQA3 M2

      2.566% 3/25/29

    9,000,000       9,145,266  

GNMA

   

Series 2010-42 PC

    5.00% 7/20/39

    185,000       201,652  

  *Series 2013-53 OI

      3.50% 4/20/43

    3,278,680       527,010  

  •Series 2013-74 IO

      0.783% 12/16/53

    61,446,681       2,989,111  

  •Series 2016-128 IO

      0.977% 9/16/56

    21,482,110       1,695,009  

•*Series 2016-135 SB

      4.928% 10/16/46

    555,210       122,683  

•*Series 2016-21 ST

      4.938% 2/20/46

    3,605,391       602,267  

  •Series 2016-56 VL

      3.372% 3/16/57

    2,187,807       2,200,506  
   

Principal

Amount°

   

Value

(U.S. $)

 

  AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (continued)

 

  GNMA (continued)

   

  *Series 2016-84 IG

    4.50% 11/16/45

    6,459,402     $ 1,302,996  
   

 

 

 

  Total Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

 

 

    (Cost $48,849,379)

      48,239,138  
   

 

 

 

  AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES–0.51%

 

  Fannie Mae-Aces Series

    2016-M11 AL 2.944% 7/25/39

    2,475,657       2,430,662  

  Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates

 

¨Series K058 X1

        1.059% 8/25/26

    55,556,348       3,835,716  

¨Series KJ11 A2

      2.932% 1/25/23

    1,153,000       1,183,858  
   

 

 

 

  Total Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

 

  (Cost $7,578,597)

      7,450,236  
   

 

 

 

  AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES–23.49%

 

  Fannie Mae

   

2.91% 6/1/25

    1,076,154       1,101,784  

3.08% 1/1/27

    2,080,000       2,118,046  

4.00% 8/1/56

    13,650,168       14,424,296  

  Fannie Mae S.F. 15 yr

   

4.00% 1/1/27

    1,724,091       1,814,654  

  Fannie Mae S.F. 15 yr TBA

   

2.50% 7/1/32

    15,700,000       15,760,446  

3.00% 7/1/32

    10,700,000       10,970,008  

3.50% 7/1/32

    5,500,000       5,718,389  

  Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr

   

3.00% 11/1/46

    3,480,396       3,478,156  

3.00% 12/1/46

    1,359,354       1,362,483  

3.00% 1/1/47

    3,435,264       3,440,902  

3.00% 2/1/47

    2,952,577       2,959,617  

4.00% 11/1/42

    2,001,916       2,123,440  

4.00% 4/1/47

    3,169,652       3,349,814  

4.50% 6/1/38

    2,661,901       2,868,363  

4.50% 6/1/39

    2,225,266       2,408,158  

4.50% 10/1/41

    1,458,739       1,579,787  

4.50% 1/1/42

    5,623,738       6,081,498  

4.50% 10/1/43

    2,897,012       3,144,915  

4.50% 8/1/44

    5,085,393       5,495,915  

4.50% 3/1/46

    4,492,686       4,869,644  

5.00% 4/1/37

    67,365       73,906  

5.50% 5/1/34

    895,831       1,003,495  

5.50% 9/1/36

    1,227,352       1,374,799  

5.50% 1/1/38

    3,668,918       4,107,337  

5.50% 1/1/39

    1,402,451       1,570,712  

5.50% 3/1/40

    2,433,420       2,725,607  

5.50% 3/1/41

    1,207,482       1,352,576  

5.50% 6/1/41

    834,274       936,360  
 

 

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LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

    

    

 

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr (continued)

 

  

5.50% 7/1/41

     2,610,853      $ 2,923,510  

6.00% 1/1/39

     108,660        123,043  

6.00% 10/1/39

     1,486,811        1,695,961  

6.00% 4/1/40

     115,357        130,343  

6.00% 10/1/40

     532,394        602,972  

6.00% 7/1/41

     1,530,925        1,739,154  

Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr TBA

     

3.00% 7/1/47

     15,500,000        15,455,131  

3.50% 7/1/47

     43,500,000        44,602,407  

4.50% 7/1/47

     6,800,000        7,285,164  

Freddie Mac S.F. 15 yr TBA

     

3.00% 7/1/32

     3,000,000        3,077,227  

Freddie Mac S.F. 20 yr

     

3.00% 6/1/36

     312,400        318,491  

Freddie Mac S.F. 30 yr

     

3.00% 1/1/47

     5,875,920        5,883,050  

4.00% 8/1/44

     67,065        70,586  

4.00% 5/1/45

     59,746        62,883  

4.00% 9/1/45

     57,784        60,818  

4.00% 10/1/45

     96,988        102,081  

4.00% 11/1/45

     71,841        75,613  

4.00% 12/1/45

     698,970        735,671  

4.00% 9/1/46

     888,554        935,210  

4.00% 12/1/46

     1,004,677        1,057,430  

4.00% 2/1/47

     888,746        935,412  

4.00% 7/1/47

     14,000,000        14,735,106  

4.50% 10/1/35

     618,404        664,164  

Freddie Mac S.F. 30 yr TBA

     

3.00% 7/1/47

     25,800,000        25,703,250  

3.50% 7/1/47

     24,600,000        25,225,873  

4.00% 7/1/47

     2,100,000        2,204,368  

GNMA II S.F. 30 yr

     

3.50% 3/20/47

     2,180,952        2,261,368  

4.00% 3/20/47

     4,261,711        4,488,953  

GNMA II S.F. 30 yr TBA

     

3.00% 7/1/47

     36,400,000        36,736,273  

3.50% 7/1/47

     37,200,000        38,472,936  
     

 

 

 

Total Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $347,678,927)

 

     346,579,555  
     

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS–24.99%

 

  

Aerospace & Defense–0.25%

 

  

#Aviation Capital Group 144A

     

6.75% 4/6/21

     606,000        688,293  

Boeing 4.875% 2/15/20

     890,000        958,376  

Lockheed Martin

     

3.55% 1/15/26

     1,676,000        1,739,790  

4.50% 5/15/36

     240,000        262,574  
     

 

 

 
        3,649,033  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

  CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

     

  Air Freight & Logistics–0.05%

     

  United Parcel Service

     

    3.125% 1/15/21

     660,000      $ 685,731  
     

 

 

 
        685,731  
     

 

 

 

  Airlines–0.07%

     

¨American Airlines 2014-1

    Class A Pass Through Trust

     

    3.70% 10/1/26

     268,501        275,213  

¨American Airlines 2015-1

    Class A Pass Through Trust

     

    3.375% 5/1/27

     750,258        755,885  
     

 

 

 
        1,031,098  
     

 

 

 

  Automobiles–0.65%

     

#BMW U.S. Capital 144A

     

    2.80% 4/11/26

     2,144,000        2,087,900  

  Ford Motor Credit

    3.096% 5/4/23

     1,366,000        1,351,408  

3.336% 3/18/21

     1,939,000        1,978,152  

  General Motors 6.75% 4/1/46

     191,000        227,310  

  General Motors Financial

     

    3.45% 4/10/22

     1,140,000        1,159,919  

3.70% 5/9/23

     2,090,000        2,125,012  

4.375% 9/25/21

     643,000        678,418  
     

 

 

 
        9,608,119  
     

 

 

 

  Banks–5.76%

     

#Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten

     

    144A 1.625% 4/19/21

     1,294,000        1,277,813  

  Bank of America

     

    3.30% 1/11/23

     4,140,000        4,224,729  

4.25% 10/22/26

     3,250,000        3,353,184  

4.45% 3/3/26

     8,611,000        8,977,941  

5.00% 1/21/44

     2,180,000        2,473,871  

#BNP Paribas 144A

     

    4.625% 3/13/27

     1,390,000        1,468,641  

#BPCE 144A 5.15% 7/21/24

     780,000        834,560  

  Citigroup

     

    3.30% 4/27/25

     4,070,000        4,078,177  

4.45% 9/29/27

     9,000,000        9,371,700  

4.75% 5/18/46

     620,000        653,415  

Cooperatieve Rabobank

     

    2.50% 1/19/21

     648,000        652,165  

4.375% 8/4/25

     3,250,000        3,413,956  

5.25% 8/4/45

     780,000        914,557  

#•144A 11.00% 12/29/49

     1,520,000        1,771,180  

  HSBC Holdings

     

    3.40% 3/8/21

     1,340,000        1,377,960  

•4.041% 3/13/28

     3,410,000        3,536,245  

4.30% 3/8/26

     910,000        965,644  

•6.875% 12/29/49

     566,000        612,695  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    3.625% 12/1/27

     1,570,000        1,557,267  
 

 

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund–4


LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

    

    

 

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Banks (continued)

     

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (continued)

     

4.125% 12/15/26

     2,000,000      $     2,075,620  

4.25% 10/1/27

     7,738,000        8,088,276  

Lloyds Banking Group

     

3.10% 7/6/21

     233,000        236,895  

4.65% 3/24/26

     2,810,000        2,933,317  

Santander UK Group Holdings

     

2.875% 10/16/20

     635,000        645,339  

3.125% 1/8/21

     1,210,000        1,230,032  

US Bancorp 2.35% 1/29/21

     713,000        716,886  

•Wachovia Capital Trust III

     

5.57% 3/29/49

     1,850,000        1,862,488  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

3.00% 10/23/26

     1,480,000        1,442,898  

4.125% 8/15/23

     2,460,000        2,603,669  

4.30% 7/22/27

     1,004,000        1,052,897  

4.40% 6/14/46

     2,750,000        2,790,945  

4.60% 4/1/21

     2,410,000        2,599,207  

4.65% 11/4/44

     30,000        31,583  

4.75% 12/7/46

     3,140,000        3,360,667  

4.90% 11/17/45

     1,630,000        1,781,541  
     

 

 

 
        84,967,960  
     

 

 

 

Beverages–0.51%

     

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance

     

3.30% 2/1/23

     1,350,000        1,391,853  

3.65% 2/1/26

     169,000        174,427  

4.90% 2/1/46

     3,760,000        4,260,667  

Diageo Investment

     

2.875% 5/11/22

     900,000        922,600  

PepsiCo 4.45% 4/14/46

     769,000        840,351  
     

 

 

 
        7,589,898  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology–0.44%

     

AbbVie 3.60% 5/14/25

     610,000        623,270  

Amgen 3.875% 11/15/21

     570,000        601,379  

Celgene 3.25% 8/15/22

     2,818,000        2,900,353  

Compass Bank 3.875% 4/10/25

     892,000        890,017  

Gilead Sciences

     

3.65% 3/1/26

     90,000        92,650  

4.75% 3/1/46

     1,190,000        1,309,544  
     

 

 

 
        6,417,213  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets–1.81%

     

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey

     

3.125% 12/10/20

     1,139,000        1,161,361  

4.55% 4/17/26

     2,881,000        3,066,029  

Goldman Sachs Group

     

3.50% 11/16/26

     4,000,000        3,983,512  

4.25% 10/21/25

     1,340,000        1,387,519  

4.75% 10/21/45

     3,090,000        3,427,159  

5.15% 5/22/45

     800,000        890,664  

5.25% 7/27/21

     2,380,000        2,610,037  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Capital Markets (continued)

     

Goldman Sachs Group (continued)

     

6.25% 2/1/41

     1,660,000      $     2,172,913  

6.75% 10/1/37

     750,000        975,310  

Kreditanstalt fuer

     

Wiederaufbau 1.50% 6/15/21

     1,006,000        990,885  

State Street 3.10% 5/15/23

     730,000        743,561  

UBS Group Funding Switzerland

     

#144A 3.491% 5/23/23

     1,820,000        1,864,130  

#144A 4.125% 4/15/26

     1,176,000        1,228,694  

#144A 4.253% 3/23/28

     2,080,000        2,177,367  
     

 

 

 
        26,679,141  
     

 

 

 

  Chemicals–0.23%

     

#Equate Petrochemical 144A

     

4.25% 11/3/26

     2,150,000        2,184,400  

#OCP 144A 4.50% 10/22/25

     1,257,000        1,271,141  
     

 

 

 
        3,455,541  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies–0.15%

 

Cintas No. 2

     

2.90% 4/1/22

     600,000        610,039  

3.70% 4/1/27

     690,000        712,978  

Waste Management

     

  2.40% 5/15/23

     960,000        948,629  
     

 

 

 
        2,271,646  
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment–0.05%

 

  

Harris

     

4.854% 4/27/35

     580,000        636,973  

5.054% 4/27/45

     80,000        90,136  
     

 

 

 
        727,109  
     

 

 

 

  Construction & Engineering–0.29%

 

  

#Mexico City Airport Trust 144A

     

  5.50% 10/31/46

     4,190,000        4,252,850  
     

 

 

 
        4,252,850  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance–0.08%

     

Toyota Motor Credit

     

  2.80% 7/13/22

     1,225,000        1,246,756  
     

 

 

 
        1,246,756  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services–0.77%

 

AT&T

     

3.60% 2/17/23

     1,321,000        1,353,655  

4.125% 2/17/26

     2,601,000        2,671,425  

4.35% 6/15/45

     70,000        65,222  

Telefonica Emisiones

     

  5.213% 3/8/47

     490,000        531,134  

Verizon Communications

     

  3.50% 11/1/24

     1,240,000        1,253,417  

4.125% 3/16/27

     3,200,000        3,311,488  

5.25% 3/16/37

     820,000        884,252  
 

 

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund–5


LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

    

    

 

 

    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (continued)

 

Verizon Communications (continued)

     

5.50% 3/16/47

     1,180,000      $     1,294,849  
     

 

 

 
        11,365,442  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities–0.89%

     

Duke Energy 3.75% 9/1/46

     880,000        839,607  

FirstEnergy

     

  2.85% 7/15/22

     2,190,000        2,190,471  

7.375% 11/15/31

     1,450,000        1,912,285  

Majapahit Holding

  7.75% 1/20/20

     1,420,000        1,590,400  

Pacific Gas & Electric

     

5.80% 3/1/37

     892,000        1,139,958  

6.05% 3/1/34

     3,330,000        4,304,271  

Southern 3.25% 7/1/26

     1,200,000        1,176,179  
     

 

 

 
        13,153,171  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment–0.20%

     

Eaton

     

  2.75% 11/2/22

     1,660,000        1,671,104  

4.15% 11/2/42

     1,170,000        1,201,444  
     

 

 

 
        2,872,548  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components–0.03%

 

#Temasek Financial I 144A

     

2.375% 1/23/23

     368,000        364,646  
     

 

 

 
        364,646  
     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services–0.24%

 

Halliburton

     

  3.80% 11/15/25

     1,120,000        1,149,800  

5.00% 11/15/45

     290,000        309,742  

Schlumberger Holdings

     

#144A 3.00% 12/21/20

     660,000        672,547  

#144A 4.00% 12/21/25

     1,270,000        1,333,661  
     

 

 

 
        3,465,750  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing–0.39%

     

CVS Health

     

3.875% 7/20/25

     2,380,000        2,478,751  

5.125% 7/20/45

     1,170,000        1,346,513  

Walgreens Boots Alliance

     

4.80% 11/18/44

     386,000        412,349  

Wal-Mart Stores 4.75% 10/2/43

     1,290,000        1,520,053  
     

 

 

 
        5,757,666  
     

 

 

 

Food Products–0.66%

     

Danone

     

#144A 2.077% 11/2/21

     1,040,000        1,027,052  

#144A 2.589% 11/2/23

     2,160,000        2,110,508  

#144A 2.947% 11/2/26

     1,490,000        1,443,064  

Kraft Heinz Foods 3.00% 6/1/26 .

     2,992,000        2,869,026  
    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Food Products (continued)

 

#Smithfield Foods 144A

     

2.70% 1/31/20

     2,320,000      $ 2,335,114  
     

 

 

 
        9,784,764  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–0.44%

 

  

Abbott Laboratories

     

  3.75% 11/30/26

     40,000        40,911  

4.75% 11/30/36

     650,000        709,753  

4.90% 11/30/46

     1,220,000        1,349,157  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

     

  3.363% 6/6/24

     1,220,000        1,224,623  

3.734% 12/15/24

     313,000        318,628  

4.685% 12/15/44

     660,000        682,336  

Medtronic

     

3.50% 3/15/25

     1,050,000        1,093,379  

4.625% 3/15/45

     940,000        1,060,496  
     

 

 

 
        6,479,283  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services–0.29%

 

  

Anthem 3.125% 5/15/22

     320,000        326,328  

Cardinal Health

     

  2.616% 6/15/22

     390,000        390,803  

3.079% 6/15/24

     510,000        512,007  

Humana

     

  3.95% 3/15/27

     1,220,000        1,273,936  

4.80% 3/15/47

     50,000        55,323  

4.95% 10/1/44

     220,000        248,028  

UnitedHealth Group

     

3.75% 7/15/25

     810,000        854,022  

3.875% 10/15/20

     610,000        642,474  
     

 

 

 
        4,302,921  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure–0.08%

 

  

McDonald’s

     

3.50% 3/1/27

     290,000        295,376  

3.70% 1/30/26

     890,000        923,350  
     

 

 

 
        1,218,726  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables–0.12%

     

Newell Brands

     

3.15% 4/1/21

     330,000        337,958  

3.85% 4/1/23

     390,000        409,989  

4.20% 4/1/26

     1,000,000        1,062,927  
     

 

 

 
        1,810,874  
     

 

 

 

Household Products–0.15%

     

#Reckitt Benckiser Treasury

     

Services 144A 2.375% 6/24/22

     2,150,000        2,137,453  
     

 

 

 
        2,137,453  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates–0.74%

     

General Electric

     

4.50% 3/11/44

     450,000        501,136  
 

 

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund–6


LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

    

    

 

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Industrial Conglomerates (continued)

 

General Electric (continued)

     

  5.55% 5/4/20

     362,000      $ 397,922  

5.875% 1/14/38

     650,000        842,824  

6.00% 8/7/19

     1,016,000        1,104,521  

6.875% 1/10/39

     5,560,000        8,075,066  
     

 

 

 
        10,921,469  
     

 

 

 

Insurance–0.28%

     

American International Group

     

  3.75% 7/10/25

     450,000        459,129  

Chubb INA Holdings

  3.35% 5/3/26

     820,000        839,637  

MetLife 6.40% 12/15/36

     1,600,000        1,852,000  

#NUVEEN FINANCE 144A

     

2.95% 11/1/19

     919,000        932,655  
     

 

 

 
        4,083,421  
     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–0.05%

 

Amazon.com 4.95% 12/5/44

     630,000        745,388  
     

 

 

 
        745,388  
     

 

 

 

IT Services–0.34%

     

Visa

  3.15% 12/14/25

     2,120,000        2,154,687  

4.30% 12/14/45

     2,560,000        2,814,789  
     

 

 

 
        4,969,476  
     

 

 

 

Media–0.58%

     

Charter Communications Operating

     

  4.908% 7/23/25

     2,401,000        2,598,069  

6.484% 10/23/45

     1,210,000        1,457,378  

Comcast

     

  3.15% 3/1/26

     2,166,000        2,179,600  

3.375% 8/15/25

     1,000,000        1,026,969  

Time Warner 3.80% 2/15/27

     840,000        847,334  

WPP Finance 2010

     

  5.625% 11/15/43

     343,000        397,474  
     

 

 

 
        8,506,824  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining–1.69%

     

Barrick Gold

     

  4.10% 5/1/23

     2,424,000        2,625,885  

5.25% 4/1/42

     10,000        11,419  

Barrick North America Finance

     

  5.70% 5/30/41

     1,260,000        1,497,196  

BHP Billiton Finance USA

     

  2.875% 2/24/22

     793,000        809,649  

5.00% 9/30/43

     480,000        556,737  

 #•144A 6.25% 10/19/75

     1,150,000        1,256,950  

 #•144A 6.75% 10/19/75

     920,000        1,053,483  

Glencore Finance Canada

     

#144A 2.70% 10/25/17

     610,000        610,961  

#144A 4.25% 10/25/22

     820,000        850,500  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Metals & Mining (continued)

 

Glencore Funding

     

 #144A 4.00% 3/27/27

     550,000      $ 542,222  

 #144A 4.125% 5/30/23

     110,000        113,017  

 #144A 4.625% 4/29/24

     1,380,000        1,444,653  

Southern Copper 5.25% 11/8/42

     3,960,000        3,959,236  

Vale Overseas 5.875% 6/10/21

     8,929,000        9,607,604  
     

 

 

 
        24,939,512  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities–0.09%

     

DTE Energy 3.30% 6/15/22

     1,263,000        1,297,375  
     

 

 

 
        1,297,375  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–3.98%

 

  

Anadarko Petroleum

     

  4.50% 7/15/44

     2,850,000        2,621,561  

6.60% 3/15/46

     2,500,000        3,098,570  

Apache

     

  4.75% 4/15/43

     3,700,000        3,724,416  

5.10% 9/1/40

     400,000        410,050  

BP Capital Markets

     

  3.119% 5/4/26

     2,820,000        2,798,196  

3.216% 11/28/23

     1,520,000        1,544,963  

3.245% 5/6/22

     800,000        823,498  

Chevron 2.954% 5/16/26

     1,667,000        1,656,440  

CNOOC Finance 2015 Australia

     

  2.625% 5/5/20

     488,000        489,935  

CNOOC Finance 2015 USA

     

  3.50% 5/5/25

     3,000,000        3,005,733  

ConocoPhillips 4.30% 11/15/44

     1,050,000        1,076,350  

Devon Energy

     

  3.25% 5/15/22

     370,000        368,132  

5.00% 6/15/45

     2,025,000        2,053,384  

5.85% 12/15/25

     2,260,000        2,572,470  

Ecopetrol 5.875% 5/28/45

     6,240,000        5,759,520  

Enterprise Products Operating

     

  3.95% 2/15/27

     1,783,000        1,846,537  

•7.034% 1/15/68

     205,000        210,945  

Exxon Mobil

  3.043% 3/1/26

     1,250,000        1,262,096  

4.114% 3/1/46

     1,460,000        1,544,071  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners

     

  4.25% 9/1/24

     1,080,000        1,117,555  

Noble Energy 5.05% 11/15/44

     1,200,000        1,236,991  

Occidental Petroleum

     

  3.00% 2/15/27

     820,000        799,473  

3.125% 2/15/22

     370,000        380,177  

4.10% 2/15/47

     1,090,000        1,088,294  

4.40% 4/15/46

     380,000        395,959  

4.625% 6/15/45

     1,170,000        1,243,223  

Petroleos Mexicanos

     

  5.50% 6/27/44

     790,000        702,310  
 

 

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund–7


LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

    

    

 

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

Petroleos Mexicanos (continued)

  6.375% 1/23/45

     900,000      $ 882,000  

6.625% 6/15/35

     546,000        567,157  

6.875% 8/4/26

     365,000        405,333  

Regency Energy Partners

     

  5.875% 3/1/22

     1,308,000        1,442,278  

Shell International Finance

     

  1.875% 5/10/21

     850,000        840,041  

2.875% 5/10/26

     804,000        794,279  

4.00% 5/10/46

     4,020,000        3,979,515  

#Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2014 144A

     

4.375% 4/10/24

     830,000        883,973  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

     

  7.85% 2/1/26

     4,000,000        5,154,476  
     

 

 

 
        58,779,901  
     

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products–0.05%

 

  

Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion

     

  4.75% 1/11/22

     740,000        771,917  
     

 

 

 
        771,917  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals–0.20%

     

Allergan Funding

     

  3.80% 3/15/25

     790,000        818,458  

4.55% 3/15/35

     420,000        449,631  

4.75% 3/15/45

     168,000        182,063  

Eli Lilly 3.10% 5/15/27

     460,000        465,098  

Johnson & Johnson

     

  3.70% 3/1/46

     1,040,000        1,071,214  
     

 

 

 
        2,986,464  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–0.20%

 

QUALCOMM 2.10% 5/20/20

     3,000,000        3,014,967  
     

 

 

 
        3,014,967  
     

 

 

 

Software–0.65%

     

Microsoft

     

  2.40% 8/8/26

     4,900,000        4,721,366  

2.70% 2/12/25

     310,000        308,226  

2.875% 2/6/24

     1,780,000        1,810,539  

3.30% 2/6/27

     1,040,000        1,072,562  

3.45% 8/8/36

     40,000        40,107  

3.70% 8/8/46

     280,000        277,806  

4.10% 2/6/37

     1,240,000        1,338,322  
     

 

 

 
        9,568,928  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail–0.04%

     

TJX 2.25% 9/15/26

     560,000        520,602  
     

 

 

 
        520,602  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.61%

 

Apple 2.45% 8/4/26

     3,950,000        3,781,611  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (continued)

 

Dell International

     

  #144A 3.48% 6/1/19

     1,690,000      $ 1,730,300  

  #144A 4.42% 6/15/21

     3,230,000        3,408,144  
     

 

 

 
        8,920,055  
     

 

 

 

Tobacco–0.36%

     

Altria Group 5.375% 1/31/44

     910,000        1,099,458  

Philip Morris International

     

  2.50% 8/22/22

     800,000        799,704  

4.50% 3/20/42

     340,000        362,494  

Reynolds American

     

  4.00% 6/12/22

     1,757,000        1,863,905  

5.85% 8/15/45

     1,010,000        1,241,690  
     

 

 

 
        5,367,251  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors–0.16%

 

  

AerCap Ireland Capital

     

  4.50% 5/15/21

     1,590,000        1,688,462  

International Lease Finance

     

  8.625% 1/15/22

     590,000        727,210  
     

 

 

 
        2,415,672  
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.37%

 

America Movil

     

  3.125% 7/16/22

     950,000        970,494  

5.00% 3/30/20

     664,000        714,192  

#Bharti Airtel 144A

     

  4.375% 6/10/25

     1,660,000        1,662,736  

#Sprint Spectrum 144A

     

  3.36% 9/20/21

     2,100,000        2,123,625  
     

 

 

 
        5,471,047  
     

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $367,204,016)

        368,575,608  
     

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES–5.24%

 

#•Apidos CLO XVIII Series
2014-18A A1R 144A

  2.273% 7/22/26

     2,000,000        1,998,990  

#•Apidos CLO XXII Series

  2015-22A A1 144A

  2.656% 10/20/27

     3,500,000        3,511,777  

#Applebee’s Funding Series

  2014-1 A2 144A 4.277% 9/5/44

     2,460,000        2,421,510  

#•Ares XXXIII CLO Series 2015-1A A1R 144A

  2.568% 12/5/25

     1,750,000        1,755,453  

#•Avery Point IV CLO Series
2014-1A CR 144A

  3.506% 4/25/26

     2,000,000        2,010,412  

#Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP Series 2014-1A A 144A 2.46% 7/20/20

     1,001,000        1,003,653  
 

 

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund–8


LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

    

    

 

 

    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

  NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

  BlueMountain CLO

     

#•Series 2014-3A A1R 144A

  2.298% 10/15/26

     1,000,000      $ 999,996  

#•Series 2015-1A A1R 144A

  2.485% 4/13/27

     2,250,000        2,258,185  

#•Carlyle US CLO Series 2017-2A

  A1B 144A 2.551% 7/20/31

     3,500,000        3,488,779  

#•Catskill Park CLO Series

  2017-1A A2 144A

  2.785% 4/20/29

     1,500,000        1,498,500  

#•GT Loan Financing I Series

  2013-1A A 144A

  2.442% 10/28/24

     2,850,000        2,850,308  

#•KKR CLO Series 18 A 144A

  1.00% 7/18/30

     3,000,000        3,000,000  

#•Madison Park Funding XI Series 2013-11A C 144A

  3.903% 10/23/25

     1,100,000        1,100,304  

#•Magnetite XVIII Series

  2016-18A A 144A

  2.582% 11/15/28

     2,750,000        2,778,339  

#•Neuberger Berman CLO XV

  Series 2013-15A A1 144A

  2.558% 10/15/25

     2,250,000        2,250,126  

#•Neuberger Berman Loan

  Advisers CLO 24 Series

  2017-24A C 144A

  3.549% 4/19/30

     1,000,000        983,823  

•RAMP Series 2005-RS3 M1

  1.636% 3/25/35

     38,300        38,298  

#•Regatta VII Funding Series

  2016-1A B2 144A

  3.074% 12/20/28

     2,750,000        2,751,590  

#•Seneca Park CLO Series

  2014-1A AR 144A

  2.278% 7/17/26

     1,500,000        1,502,180  

#•SHACKLETON 2013-IV CLO

  Series 2013-4A B1R 144A

  2.655% 1/13/25

     2,250,000        2,247,741  

SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust

     

•Series 2005-B A4

  1.576% 6/15/39

     7,920,000        7,485,161  

•Series 2006-A A5

  1.536% 6/15/39

     3,870,000        3,668,049  

#•SMB Private Education Loan

  Trust Series 2016-C A2B 144A

  2.259% 9/15/34

     3,400,000        3,456,783  
    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

NON-AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

#•Structured Asset Securities

  Mortgage Loan Trust Series

  2006-GEL3 A3 144A

  1.516% 7/25/36

     4,676,606      $       4,561,878  

#•TCI-Symphony CLO Series

  2016-1A B1 144A

  2.718% 10/13/29

     2,500,000        2,505,415  

Towd Point Mortgage Trust

     

#•Series 2015-6 A1B 144A

  2.75% 4/25/55

     556,503        560,819  

#•Series 2016-1 A1B 144A

  2.75% 2/25/55

     400,792        403,779  

#•Series 2016-2 A1 144A

  3.00% 8/25/55

     359,836        364,883  

#•Venture VII CDO Series 2006-7A A2 144A 1.396% 1/20/22

     3,108,283        3,071,558  

#•Venture XXIV CLO Series 2016-24A A1D 144A

  2.576% 10/20/28

     1,750,000        1,751,822  

#•Venture XXVIII CLO Series 2017-28A A2 144A

  0.00% 7/20/30

     4,040,000        4,006,525  

Voya CLO

     

#•Series 2013-3A A1R 144A

  2.208% 1/18/26

     2,000,000        2,001,236  

#•Series 2014-2A A1R 144A

  2.408% 4/17/30

     3,000,000        3,005,886  
     

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $76,629,180)

        77,293,758  
     

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS–3.26%

 

•Bear Stearns ALT-A Trust Series 2004-7 2A1 3.422% 8/25/34

     2,289,812        2,337,471  

#•Galton Funding Mortgage Trust Series 2017-1 A22 144A

  3.00% 7/25/56

     2,445,437        2,439,705  

•Homestar Mortgage Acceptance

  Series 2004-3 M1

  1.846% 7/25/34

     1,367,760        1,298,236  

•Merrill Lynch Mortgage

  Investors Trust Series 2005-A8

  A3A3 1.586% 8/25/36

     2,680,325        2,590,798  

#•=Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2017-1 M3 144A

  3.25% 11/25/58

     5,633,000        5,240,943  

#•Mortgage Repurchase

  Agreement Financing Trust

  Series 2016-4 A1 144A

  2.317% 5/10/19

     2,740,000        2,740,000  

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust

     

#•Series 2014-2A A3 144A

  3.75% 5/25/54

     3,355,360        3,425,039  
 

 

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund–9


LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

    

    

 

 

    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

NON-AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (continued)

 

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust (continued)

 

#•Series 2015-1A A3 144A

  3.75% 5/28/52

     1,743,890      $ 1,790,683  

#•Series 2015-2A A1 144A

  3.75% 8/25/55

     556,775        574,473  

#•Series 2016-3A A1B 144A

  3.25% 9/25/56

     3,598,983        3,658,110  

#•Series 2016-3A B1 144A

  4.00% 9/25/56

     5,216,692        5,512,494  

#•Series 2016-4A B2 144A

  4.75% 11/25/56

     2,475,171        2,543,021  

#•=Series 2017-4A A1 144A

  4.00% 5/25/57

     10,640,000        11,113,448  

¨Opteum Mortgage Acceptance

  Asset-Backed Pass-Through

  Certificates Series 2005-1 M5

  2.416% 2/25/35

     1,921,000        1,888,476  

¨Structured Asset Securities

  Mortgage Pass-Through

  Certificates Series 2004-S3 M1

  2.191% 11/25/34

     947,429        946,239  
     

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(Cost $47,934,262)

        48,099,136  
     

 

 

 

NON-AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES–5.43%

 

CD Mortgage Trust Series

  2016-CD1 A4 2.724% 8/10/49

     2,560,000        2,481,960  

#•CG-BAM Commercial Mortgage

  Trust Series 2016-IMC D 144A

  6.572% 11/15/21

     1,130,000        1,115,696  

Chicago Skyscraper Trust

     

#•Series 2017-SKY B 144A

  2.259% 2/15/30

     1,380,000        1,382,583  

#•Series 2017-SKY C 144A

  2.409% 2/15/30

     1,380,000        1,383,232  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

•Series 2013-GC11 XA

  1.942% 4/10/46

     18,283,191        898,809  

#•Series 2013-GC17 D 144A

  5.259% 11/10/46

     4,500,000        4,289,983  

Series 2014-GC25 A4

  3.635% 10/10/47

     889,000        924,535  

Series 2016-P3 A4

  3.329% 4/15/49

     758,000        772,129  

COMM Mortgage Trust

     

#Series 2013-CR6 AM 144A

  3.147% 3/10/46

     775,000        781,227  
    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

NON-AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

COMM Mortgage Trust (continued)

 

Series 2014-CR16 A4

  4.051% 4/10/47

     774,000      $ 824,505  

Series 2014-CR19 A5

  3.796% 8/10/47

     1,143,000        1,200,219  

Series 2014-CR20 A4

  3.59% 11/10/47

     402,000        416,644  

Series 2014-CR20 AM

  3.938% 11/10/47

     1,580,000        1,647,315  

Series 2015-CR23 A4

  3.497% 5/10/48

     418,000        430,032  

•Series 2015-LC19 B

3.829% 2/10/48

     870,000        883,130  

CSMC Trust

     

#•Series 2016-BDWN A 144A

   4.059% 2/15/29

     4,150,000        4,170,750  

#•Series 2016-BDWN B 144A

    5.659% 2/15/29

     2,850,000        2,856,284  

#Series 2017-LSTK A 144A

    2.761% 4/5/33

     1,350,000        1,366,127  

DB-JPM Mortgage Trust Series

  2016-C1 A4 3.276% 5/10/49

     925,000        938,980  

#•DB-UBS Mortgage Trust Series

  2011-LC1A C 144A

  5.871% 11/10/46

     948,000        1,035,505  

#GRACE Mortgage Trust Series

  2014-GRCE A 144A

  3.369% 6/10/28

     1,986,000        2,062,722  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

     

#•Series 2010-C1 C 144A

    5.635% 8/10/43

     437,000        463,071  

Series 2014-GC24 A5

  3.931% 9/10/47

     1,448,000        1,533,066  

Series 2015-GC32 A4

  3.764% 7/10/48

     512,000        537,343  

#•Hospitality Mortgage Trust

  Series 2017-HIT A 144A

  1.939% 5/8/30

     1,340,000        1,341,582  

#Hudson Yards Mortgage Trust

  Series 2016-10HY A 144A

  2.835% 8/10/38

     4,350,000        4,244,556  

JPM-BB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series

  2015-C33 A4 3.77% 12/15/48

     1,795,000        1,879,194  

JPM-DB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

     

Series 2016-C2 A4

  3.144% 6/15/49

     1,704,000        1,710,255  

•Series 2017-C5 B

  4.009% 3/15/50

     4,180,000        4,305,422  

•Series 2017-C5 C

  4.512% 3/15/50

     5,211,000        5,363,269  
 

 

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund–10


LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

    

    

 

 

    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

NON-AGENCY COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities

 

  

Trust

     

Series 2013-LC11 B

  3.499% 4/15/46

     686,000      $ 688,073  

#•Series 2015-FL7 C 144A

  4.009% 5/15/28

     1,100,000        1,101,322  

Series 2015-JP1 A5

  3.914% 1/15/49

     1,248,000        1,325,440  

•Series 2016-JP3 C

  3.623% 8/15/49

     1,140,000        1,079,837  

•LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage

  Trust Series 2006-C6 AJ

  5.452% 9/15/39

     733,914        638,951  

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust

 

Series 2014-C17 A5

  3.741% 8/15/47

     717,000        751,193  

Series 2015-C23 A4

  3.719% 7/15/50

     1,618,000        1,694,285  

Series 2015-C26 A5

  3.531% 10/15/48

     1,271,800        1,313,134  

Series 2016-C29 A4

  3.325% 5/15/49

     710,000        721,381  

•Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust

  Series 2015-MS1 A4

  3.779% 5/15/48

     1,750,000        1,834,731  

#MSCG Trust Series 2016-SNR C

  144A 5.205% 11/15/34

     1,050,000        1,057,076  

#•Rosslyn Portfolio Trust Series

  2017-ROSS A 144A

  2.109% 6/15/33

     1,490,000        1,492,161  

#VNDO Trust Series 2016-350P A

  144A 3.805% 1/10/35

     1,080,000        1,130,662  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust

 

  

Series 2012-LC5 B

  4.142% 10/15/45

     474,000        493,485  

Series 2015-NXS3 A4

  3.617% 9/15/57

     645,000        667,603  

Series 2016-BNK1 A3

  2.652% 8/15/49

     3,750,000        3,611,619  

•Series 2016-BNK1 XA

  1.945% 8/15/49

     17,989,847        2,226,946  

•Series 2016-C36 XA

  1.512% 11/15/59

     42,929,917        3,839,592  

•Series 2016-C37 C

  4.644% 12/15/49

     1,220,000        1,236,415  
     

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $82,172,762)

        80,144,031  
     

 

 

 
    

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DREGIONAL BONDS–0.31%

     

  Canada–0.21%

     

  Province of British Columbia Canada

  2.25% 6/2/26

     1,445,000      $ 1,401,036  

  Province of Manitoba Canada

  2.125% 6/22/26

     872,000        829,984  

  Province of Quebec Canada

  2.50% 4/20/26

     959,000        944,168  
     

 

 

 
        3,175,188  
     

 

 

 

  Japan–0.10%

     

  Japan Finance Organization For Municipalities

  #144A 2.125% 4/13/21

     1,468,000        1,447,097  
     

 

 

 
        1,447,097  
     

 

 

 

  Total Regional Bonds
(Cost $4,837,337)

        4,622,285  
     

 

 

 

DSOVEREIGN BONDS–2.68%

     

Colombia–0.25%

     

Colombia Government International Bond

     

    5.00% 6/15/45

     630,000        636,930  

    5.625% 2/26/44

     2,770,000        3,041,460  
     

 

 

 
        3,678,390  
     

 

 

 

Indonesia–0.29%

     

Indonesia Government International Bond

     

  4.625% 4/15/43

     950,000        960,807  

  #144A 4.875% 5/5/21

     290,000        312,187  

  5.125% 1/15/45

     2,790,000        2,993,840  
     

 

 

 
        4,266,834  
     

 

 

 

  Kuwait–0.13%

     

#Kuwait International

     

Government Bond 144A

  3.50% 3/20/27

     1,930,000        1,975,210  
     

 

 

 
        1,975,210  
     

 

 

 

Mexico–1.18%

     

Mexico Government International Bond

     

    4.00% 10/2/23

     8,000,000        8,387,200  

  4.75% 3/8/44

     8,320,000        8,349,120  

  5.55% 1/21/45

     580,000        651,775  
     

 

 

 
        17,388,095  
     

 

 

 

Peru–0.28%

     

Peruvian Government International Bond

     

  6.55% 3/14/37

     3,080,000        4,064,060  
     

 

 

 
        4,064,060  
     

 

 

 
 

 

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund–11


LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

    

    

 

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

DSOVEREIGN BONDS (continued)

 

  Poland–0.55%

     

  Republic of Poland Government

     

International Bond

4.00% 1/22/24

     7,560,000        $    8,097,758  
     

 

 

 
        8,097,758  
     

 

 

 

  Total Sovereign Bonds
(Cost $39,617,939)

        39,470,347  
     

 

 

 

  SUPRANATIONAL BANK–0.03%

 

  FMS Wertmanagement
1.375% 6/8/21

     476,000        466,750  
     

 

 

 

  Total Supranational Bank
(Cost $478,083)

        466,750  
     

 

 

 

  U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS–27.61%

 

  U.S. Treasury Bonds

     

    2.50% 2/15/46

     2,860,000        2,662,706  

3.00% 5/15/45

     47,650,000        49,111,140  

3.00% 2/15/47

     16,760,000        17,292,583  

3.375% 5/15/44

     6,640,000        7,337,067  

3.75% 11/15/43

     56,470,000        66,394,151  

  U.S. Treasury Inflation Index Bond 1.00% 2/15/46

     11,754,366        11,756,223  

  U.S. Treasury Inflation Index Notes

     

    0.125% 4/15/21

     21,955,002        21,929,490  

0.125% 4/15/22

     5,731,122        5,706,656  

0.125% 7/15/26

     13,526,791        13,056,275  

0.625% 1/15/26

     4,888,178        4,922,248  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS (continued)

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

     

    1.125% 6/30/21

     116,261,000      $ 113,483,873  

1.125% 7/31/21

     28,890,000        28,162,665  

1.375% 5/31/21

     12,230,000        12,061,838  

1.875% 1/31/22

     1,110,000        1,111,561  

2.00% 12/31/21

     860,000        866,332  

2.00% 5/31/24

     12,460,000        12,361,192  

2.00% 6/30/24

     21,360,000        21,173,933  

2.25% 11/15/25

     2,150,000        2,150,882  

2.375% 5/15/27

     8,128,000        8,180,548  

3.00% 5/15/47

     7,370,000        7,607,366  
     

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(Cost $408,798,382)

        407,328,729  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
        

MONEY MARKET FUND–17.58%

 

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency

     

Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     259,308,115        259,308,115  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost $259,308,115)

        259,308,115  
     

 

 

 
 

 

  TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–114.40% (Cost $1,691,086,979)

     1,687,577,688  

  LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(14.40%)

     (212,392,418
  

 

 

 

  NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 149,849,419 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%

   $ 1,475,185,270  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

#

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At June 30, 2017, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $189,293,432, which represents 12.83% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 6 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

D

Securities have been classified by country of origin.

 

Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate as of June 30, 2017. Interest rates reset periodically.

 

*

Interest only security. An interest only security is the interest only portion of a fixed income security which is sold separately from the principal portion of the security.

 

¨

Pass Through Agreement. Security represents the contractual right to receive a proportionate amount of underlying payments due to the counterparty pursuant to various agreements related to the rescheduling of obligations and the exchange of certain notes.

 

=

The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs and is reported as a Level 3 security in the disclosure table located in Note 3 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

 

°

Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.

 

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LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

    

    

 

The following futures contracts and swap contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2017:1

Futures Contracts

 

Contracts to Buy (Sell)         Notional
Cost (Proceeds)
     Notional
Value
     Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 
 

Interest Rate Contracts:

                 
  (439)     

90 Day IMM Eurodollar

        $(108,266,886)        $(108,262,888)        9/19/17        $    3,998        $             —  
  (539)     

90 Day IMM Eurodollar

        (132,834,136)        (132,762,438)        12/19/17        71,698         
  (106)     

90 Day IMM Eurodollar

        (26,071,018)        (26,046,850)        9/18/18        24,168         
  549     

90 Day IMM Eurodollar

        134,321,622        134,779,500        12/18/18        457,878         
  (549)     

90 Day IMM Eurodollar

        (133,878,116)        (134,443,238)        12/17/19               (565,122)  
  839     

U.S. Treasury 2 yr Notes

        181,457,979        181,315,766        10/2/17               (142,213)  
  3,633     

U.S. Treasury 5 yr Notes

        429,214,309        428,097,961        10/2/17               (1,116,348)  
  550     

U.S. Treasury 10 yr Notes

        69,705,697        69,042,188        9/21/17               (663,509)  
  (497)     

U.S. Treasury 10 yr Ultra Notes

        (67,016,681)        (67,001,812)        9/21/17        14,869         
  (545)     

U.S. Treasury Long Bonds

        (83,595,552)        (83,759,688)        9/21/17               (164,136)  
  135     

U.S. Treasury Ultra Bonds

        22,629,040        22,393,125        9/21/17                   —             (235,915)  
  Total                       $572,611        $(2,887,243)  

Swap Contracts

CDS Contracts

 

Counterparty

  

Swap Referenced

Obligation

   Notional
Amount2
     Annual
Protection
Payments
    Termination
Date
     Upfront
Payments
Paid
(Received)
     Unrealized
Appreciation
 
   Protection Sold:              

GSC

  

  CME-CDX.NA.IG.283

     51,300,000        1.00     6/20/22      $ 897,667      $ 49,581  

Interest Rate Swap Contracts

 

Counterparty &

Swap Referenced Obligation

   Notional Amount2      Fixed
Interest
Rate Paid
(Received)
    Floating
Interest
Rate Paid
(Received)
     Termination
Date
     Upfront
Payments
Paid
(Received)
     Unrealized
Appreciation
 

CME-GSC 6 yr IRS

     56,000,000        1.900%       (1.299%)        11/30/22      $ (2,017,224    $ 2,284,473  

CME-GSC 7 yr IRS

     79,104,000        1.267%       (1.299%)        5/15/23        1,593,610        1,774,282  

CME-GSC 26 yr IRS

     15,800,000        2.467%       (1.299%)        11/15/43               347,145  
             

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

              $ (423,614    $ 4,405,900  
             

 

 

    

 

 

 

The use of futures contracts and swap contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements. The notional values and notional amounts presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 5 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

2Notional amount shown is stated in U.S. Dollars unless noted that the swap is denominated in another currency.

3Markit’s North America Investment Grade Index, or CDX.NA.IG Index, is composed of 125 of the most liquid North America entities with investment grade credit ratings that trade in the CDS market.

 

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LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments (continued)

    

    

 

Summary of Abbreviations:

BAM–Bank of America

BB–Barclays Bank

CDO–Collateralized Debt Obligation

CDS–Credit Default Swap

CDX.NA.IG–Credit Default Swap North America Investment Grade

CG–Citigroup Global Markets Realty

CLO–Collateralized Loan Obligation

CME–Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.

DB–Deutsche Bank

GCM–Greenwhich Capital Management

GNMA–Government National Mortgage Association

GS–Goldman Sachs

GSC–Goldman Sachs Capital

HSBC–Hong Kong Shanghai Bank

IMM–International Monetary Market

IRS–Interest Rate Swap

IT–Information Technology

JPM–JPMorgan

LB–Lehman Brothers

REMIC–Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

S.F.–Single Family

TBA–To be announced

yr–Year

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund–14


LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

 

ASSETS:

  

Investments, at value

   $ 1,687,577,688  

Receivable for securities sold

     249,042,883  

Dividends and interest receivable

     6,917,505  

Cash collateral held at broker for certain open derivatives

     5,851,073  

Unrealized appreciation on interest rate swap contracts

     4,405,900  

Upfront payments paid on interest rate swap contracts

     1,593,610  

Upfront payments paid on credit default swap contracts

     897,667  

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

     572,611  

Swap payments receivable

     197,476  

Receivable for fund shares sold

     157,180  

Unrealized appreciation on credit default swap contracts

     49,581  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     1,957,263,174  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

  

Payable for securities purchased

     473,178,700  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

     2,887,243  

Cash due to custodian

     2,524,131  

Upfront payments received on interest rate swap contracts

     2,017,224  

Payable for fund shares redeemed

     585,258  

Due to manager and affiliates

     546,480  

Swap payments payable

     219,640  

Other accrued expenses payable

     119,228  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     482,077,904  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 1,475,185,270  
  

 

 

 

Investments, at cost

   $ 1,691,086,979  

Standard Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 1,471,630,235  

Shares Outstanding

     149,487,836  

Net Asset Value Per Share.

   $ 9.844  

Service Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 3,555,035  

Shares Outstanding

     361,583  

Net Asset Value Per Share.

   $ 9.832  

COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $ 1,482,411,513  

Undistributed net investment income

     12,658,405  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (18,464,210

Net unrealized depreciation of investments and derivatives.

     (1,420,438
  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 1,475,185,270  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund–15


LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Statement of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  

Interest

   $ 14,567,846  

Dividends

     667,248  
  

 

 

 
     15,235,094  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

  

Management fees

     2,841,751  

Accounting and administration expenses

     156,280  

Shareholder servicing fees

     66,263  

Professional fees.

     44,577  

Pricing fees

     19,601  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     16,356  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     8,716  

Custodian fees

     4,884  

Consulting fees

     3,168  

Distribution fees-Service Class

     292  

Other

     3,392  
  

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     3,165,280  
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     12,069,814  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments

     (5,783,662

Foreign currencies

     (8

Futures contracts

     449,644  

Options purchased

     (103,616

Options written.

     1,663,739  

Swap contracts

     (318,351
  

 

 

 

Net realized loss

     (4,092,254
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investments

     30,863,190  

Futures contracts

     (2,005,601

Options written.

     74,125  

Swap contracts

     (612,721
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     28,318,993  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     24,226,739  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 36,296,553  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months        
     Ended     7/14/16*  
     6/30/17     to  
     (unaudited)     12/31/16  

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 12,069,814     $ 7,938,314  

Net realized loss

     (4,092,254     (13,666,964

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     28,318,993       (29,739,431
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     36,296,553       (35,468,081
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income:

    

Standard Class

     —         (8,054,658

Service Class

     —         (63
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     —         (8,054,721
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     531,189,794       1,408,780,954  

Service Class

     3,760,163       10,000  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

    

Standard Class

     —         8,054,658  

Service Class

     —         63  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     534,949,957       1,416,845,675  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (262,493,517     (206,689,141

Service Class

     (201,455     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (262,694,972     (206,689,141
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions .

     272,254,985       1,210,156,534  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     308,551,538       1,166,633,732  

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     1,166,633,732       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 1,475,185,270     $ 1,166,633,732  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 12,658,405     $ 588,591  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

*Date of commencement of operations.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund–16


LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

            LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund Standard Class  
    

Six Months

Ended

6/30/171

(unaudited)

    

7/14/162

to

12/31/16

 
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

      $ 9.593            $ 10.000    

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                

Net investment income3

        0.092              0.074    

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

        0.159              (0.406  
     

 

 

          

 

 

   

Total from investment operations

        0.251              (0.332  
     

 

 

          

 

 

   

Less dividends and distributions from:

                

Net investment income

        —                (0.075  
     

 

 

          

 

 

   

Total dividends and distributions

        —                (0.075  
     

 

 

          

 

 

   

Net asset value, end of period

      $ 9.844            $ 9.593    
     

 

 

          

 

 

   

Total return4

        2.62%              (3.32%)    

Ratios and supplemental data:

                

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

      $ 1,471,630            $ 1,166,624    

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

        0.50%              0.50%    

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

        1.91%              1.61%    

Portfolio turnover.

        180%              182%5    

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

 

5 

Excludes the value of securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind subscriptions of the Fund’s capital shares.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund Service Class
    

Six Months

Ended

6/30/171

(unaudited)

  

7/14/162

to

12/31/16

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

       $  9.593           $   10.000  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

              

Net investment income3

       0.082           0.062  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

           0.157                (0.406  

Total from investment operations

           0.239                (0.344  

Less dividends and distributions from:

              

Net investment income

              —                  (0.063  

Total dividends and distributions

              —                  (0.063  

Net asset value, end of period

       $  9.832           $     9.593  

Total return4

       2.49%             (3.44%)    

Ratios and supplemental data:

              

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

    

 

$  3,555

          $          10  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.75%             0.75%    

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.66%             1.36%    

Portfolio turnover

       180%             182%5    

 

1 

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

2 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

 

3 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

 

4 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value.

 

5 

Excludes the value of securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind subscriptions of the Fund’s capital shares.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Fund is a diversified management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold the Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

The Fund’s investment objective is to maximize total return, consistent with prudent investment management and liquidity needs.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, the Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Fund.

Security Valuation–U.S. government and agency securities are valued at the mean between their bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Other debt securities, credit default swap (“CDS”) contracts and interest rate swap contracts are valued based upon valuations provided by an independent pricing service or broker and reviewed by management. To the extent current market prices are not available, the pricing service may take into account developments related to the specific security, as well as transactions in comparable securities. Swap prices are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments. Valuations for fixed income securities, including short-term debt securities, utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Open-end investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Futures contracts and options on futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Exchange-traded options are valued at the last reported sale price or, if no sales are reported, at the mean between the last reported bid and ask price, which approximates fair value. Other securities and assets for which market quotations are not reliable or readily available are generally valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because the Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Fund evaluates tax positions expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken or to be taken on the Fund’s federal income tax return for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for the open tax year (year ended December 31, 2016) and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting–Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

To Be Announced Securities (TBA)–The Fund may contract to purchase securities for a fixed price at a transaction date beyond the customary settlement period (e.g., when issued, delayed delivery, forward commitment, or TBA transactions) consistent with the Fund’s ability to manage its investment portfolio and meet redemption requests. These transactions involve a commitment by the Fund to purchase securities for a predetermined price or yield with payment and delivery taking place more than three days in the future, or after a period longer than the customary settlement period for that type of security. No interest will be earned by the Fund on such purchases until the securities are delivered; however, the market value may change prior to delivery.

Foreign Currency Transactions–Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the transaction date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund generally separates the portion of realized gains and losses on investments in debt securities resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of debt securities. Gains or losses attributable to changes in foreign exchange rates are included in the Statement of Operations under “Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currencies.” The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

 

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund–19


LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Realized gains (losses) on paydowns of asset- and mortgage-backed securities are classified as interest income. In addition, the Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on other income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned. The Fund declares and distributes dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended June 30, 2017

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Fund’s investment portfolio, including monitoring of the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Fund. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.45% of the first $2 billion of the average daily net assets of the Fund and 0.35% of the average daily net assets in excess of $2 billion. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

Western Asset Management Company (the “Sub-Adviser”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Advisor a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust, Lincoln Life provides various administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. For these services, the Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of administrative and internal legal services, which is included in “Accounting and administration expenses” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, costs for these administrative and legal services were as follows:

 

Administrative

   $ 34,841  

Legal

     8,417  

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Fund. Effective May 1, 2017, the Fund pays Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statement of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Fund. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statement of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Fund reimburses Lincoln Life for the cost of these services, which amounted to $1,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: the Standard Class and the Service Class. The two classes of shares are identical, except that Service Class shares are subject to a distribution and service fee (“12b-1 Fee”). Pursuant to its distribution and service plan, the Fund is authorized to pay, out of the assets of the Service Class shares, Lincoln Life, LNY, or others, an annual 12b-1 Fee at a rate not to exceed 0.35% of average daily net assets of the Service Class shares, as compensation or reimbursement for services rendered and/or expenses borne. The Trust has entered into a distribution agreement with Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”), an affiliate of LIAC. The 12b-1 Fee is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class shares. The 12b-1 Fee can be adjusted only with the consent of the Board. The fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

   $ 512,197  

Distribution fees payable to LFD

     275  

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     1,000  

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     33,008  

 

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2. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

 

Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

3. Investments

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

Purchases other than U.S. government securities

   $ 2,088,703,518  

Purchases of U.S. government securities

     411,563,289  

Sales other than U.S. government securities

     1,918,370,417  

Sales of U.S. government securities

     337,423,630  

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

   $ 1,691,086,979  
  

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

   $ 10,325,971  

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

     (13,835,262
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized depreciation

   $ (3,509,291
  

 

 

 

The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act made changes to several tax rules, including providing for the unlimited carryover of future capital losses. The Act also provides that each capital loss carryforward retains its character as short-term or long-term capital loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:

 

Post-Enactment Losses (No Expiration)

Short-Term    Long-Term    Total
$12,692,553    $—    $12,692,553

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1–inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs, including related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. The Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Valuations may also be based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which is received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations.

 

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3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Level 1     Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

          

Assets:

          

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

   $ —       $ 48,239,138      $ —        $ 48,239,138  

Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     —         7,450,236        —          7,450,236  

Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

     —         346,579,555        —          346,579,555  

Corporate Bonds

     —         368,575,608        —          368,575,608  

Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities

     —         77,293,758        —          77,293,758  

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     —         31,744,745        16,354,391        48,099,136  

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed

          

Securities

     —         80,144,031        —          80,144,031  

Regional Bonds

     —         4,622,285        —          4,622,285  

Sovereign Bonds

     —         39,470,347        —          39,470,347  

Supranational Bank

     —         466,750        —          466,750  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     —         407,328,729        —          407,328,729  

Money Market Fund

     259,308,115       —          —          259,308,115  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 259,308,115     $ 1,411,915,182      $ 16,354,391      $ 1,687,577,688  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

          

Derivatives:

          

Assets:

          

Futures Contracts

   $ 572,611     $ —        $ —        $ 572,611  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Swap Contracts

   $ —       $ 4,455,481      $ —        $ 4,455,481  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

          

Futures Contracts

   $ (2,887,243   $ —        $ —        $ (2,887,243
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

 

     Non-Agency
Collateralized
Mortgage
Obligations
 

Balance as of December 31, 2016

   $ —    

Purchases

     16,092,384    

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     262,007    
  

 

 

 

Balance as of June 30, 2017

   $ 16,354,391    
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from Level 3 investments still held as of June 30, 2017

   $ 262,007    
  

 

 

 

Sensitivity Analysis:

Valuation: U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Fund fair values its financial instruments at fair value using independent pricing sources under the policies approved by the Board. The Pricing Committee is the committee formed by the advisor to develop pricing policies and procedures and to provide oversight of the pricing function for the Fund.

When market quotations are not readily available for one or more portfolio securities, the Fund’s Net Asset Value shall be calculated by using the “fair value” of the securities as determined by the Pricing Committee. Such “fair value” is the amount that a Fund might reasonably expect to receive for the security (or asset) upon its current sale. Each determination should be based on a consideration of all relevant factors, which are likely to vary from one pricing context to another. Examples of such factors may include, but are not limited to: (i) the type of security, (ii) the size of the holding, (iii) the initial cost of the security, (iv) the existence of any contractual restrictions of the security’s disposition, (v) the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or of comparable companies, (vi) quotations or evaluated prices from broker-dealers and/or pricing services, (vii) information obtained from the issuer, analysts, and/or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities),

 

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3. Investments (continued)

 

(viii) an analysis of the company’s financial statements, and (ix) an evaluation of the forces that influence the issuer and the market(s) in which the security is purchased and sold.

The Pricing Committee, or its delegate, employs various methods for calibrating these valuation approaches, including due diligence of the Fund’s pricing vendors and periodic back-testing of the prices that are fair valued under these procedures and reviews of any market related activity. The pricing of all securities fair valued by the Pricing Committee is subsequently reported to and approved by the Board on a quarterly basis.

We did not present a table including the quantitative information about significant unobservable inputs used in Level 3 fair value measurements as all unobservable Level 3 measurements were provided by third parties as of June 30, 2017.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months
Ended
6/30/17
(unaudited)
    7/14/16*
to
12/31/16
 

Shares sold:

    

Standard Class

     54,916,914       141,829,778  

Service Class

     380,968       1,000  

Shares reinvested:

    

Standard Class

           841,042  

Service Class

           7  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     55,297,882       142,671,827  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares redeemed:

    

Standard Class

     (27,039,005     (21,060,893

Service Class

     (20,392      
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (27,059,397     (21,060,893
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     28,238,485       121,610,934  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Date of commencement of operations.

5. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable shareholders to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Futures Contracts–The Fund may use futures contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may invest in futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to hedge currency risks associated with the Fund’s investments; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce cost. In addition, the Fund may take long or short positions in futures to seek to control overall portfolio volatility and to hedge overall market risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits U.S. or foreign cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used futures contracts to hedge the Fund’s existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in value caused by changes in interest rates or market conditions; as a cash management tool; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to reduce transaction costs.

Options Contracts–During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund entered into options contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may buy or write options contracts for any number of reasons, including without limitation: to manage the Fund’s exposure to changes in securities prices caused by interest rates or market conditions and foreign currencies; as an efficient

 

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5. Derivatives (continued)

 

means of adjusting the Fund’s overall exposure to certain markets; to protect the value of portfolio securities; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; as a cash management tool; and to generate income. The Fund may buy or write call or put options on securities, futures, swaps, swaptions, financial indices, and foreign currencies. When the Fund buys an option, a premium is paid and an asset is recorded and adjusted on a daily basis to reflect the current market value of the option purchased. When the Fund writes an option, a premium is received and a liability is recorded and adjusted on a daily basis to reflect the current market value of the option written. Premiums received from writing options that expire unexercised are treated by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gains. The difference between the premium received and the amount paid at the close of the transaction, including brokerage commissions, is treated as realized gain or loss. If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security in determining whether the Fund has a realized gain or loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the securities purchased by the Fund. The Fund, as writer of an option, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option. When writing options, the Fund is subject to minimal counterparty risk because the counterparty is only obligated to pay premiums and does not bear the market risk of an unfavorable market change. When buying options, the Fund is subject to counterparty risk.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund entered into options contracts to manage the Fund’s exposure to changes in securities prices caused by interest rates or market conditions; to facilitate investments in portfolio securities; and to receive premiums for writing options.

Transactions in options written during the six months ended June 30, 2017 for the Fund were as follows:

 

     Number of
Contracts
    Premium  

Call Options

    

Options outstanding at December 31, 2016

     (733   $ (208,391

Options written

     (3,146     (1,138,440

Options exercised

     400       176,348  

Options expired

     3,479       1,170,483  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Options outstanding at June 30, 2017

         $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Number of
Contracts
    Premium  

Put Options

    

Options outstanding at December 31, 2016

         $  

Options written

     (888     (415,044

Options expired

     888       415,044  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Options outstanding at June 30, 2017

         $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Swap Contracts–The Fund enters into interest rate swap contracts and CDS contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and strategies. The Fund may use interest rate swaps to manage the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates. The Fund may enter into CDS contracts in order to hedge against a credit event, to enhance total return, or to gain exposure to certain securities or markets.

Interest Rate Swaps–An interest rate swap contract is an exchange of interest rates between counterparties. An interest rate swap generally involves one party making payments based on a fixed interest rate in return for payments from a counterparty based on a variable or floating interest rate. The Fund may enter into either side of such a swap contract. Periodic payments on such contracts are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized appreciation/depreciation on swap contracts. Interest rate swaps may be used to adjust the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates. Upon periodic payment/receipt or termination of the contract, such amounts are recorded as realized gains or losses on swap contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from (paid to) the counterparty over the interest rate swap contract’s remaining life, to the extent that the amount is positive. This risk is mitigated by (1) for bilateral swap contracts, having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty, and (2) for cleared swaps, trading these instruments through a central counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used interest rate swap contracts to manage the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates.

Credit Default Swaps–A CDS contract is a risk-transfer instrument through which one party (a purchaser of protection) transfers to another party (a seller of protection) the financial risk of a credit event (as defined in the CDS agreement), as it relates to a particular referenced security or basket of securities, such as an index. In exchange for the protection offered by the seller of protection, the purchaser of protection agrees to pay the seller of protection a periodic amount at a stated rate that is applied to the notional amount of the CDS contract. In addition, an upfront payment may be made or received by the Fund in connection with an unwinding or assignment of a CDS contract. Upon the occurrence

 

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5. Derivatives (continued)

 

of a credit event, the seller of protection would pay the counterparty the agreed-upon value for the reference security or basket of securities. Credit events generally include, among others, bankruptcy, failure to pay, and obligation default.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund entered into CDS contracts as a seller of protection. Periodic payments (receipts) on such contracts are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized losses (gains) on swap contracts. Upon payment (receipt), such amounts are recorded as realized losses (gains) on swap contracts. Upfront payments made or received in connection with CDS contracts are amortized over the expected life of the CDS contracts as unrealized losses (gains) on swap contracts. The change in value of CDS contracts is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation daily. A realized gain or loss is recorded upon a credit event (as defined in the CDS agreement) or the maturity or termination of the agreement. Initial margin and variation margin are posted to counterparties for centrally cleared CDS basket trades, as determined by the applicable central counterparty.

As disclosed in the footnotes to the Schedule of Investments, at June 30, 2017, the notional value of the protection sold was $51,300,000, which reflects the maximum potential amount the Fund would have been required to make as a seller of credit protection if a credit event had occurred. In addition to serving as the source of the current value of the securities, the quoted market prices and resulting market values for credit default swap agreements on securities and credit indices serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood of an expected liability (or profit) for the credit derivative if the swap agreement has been closed/sold as of the period end. Increasing market values, in absolute terms when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the reference entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood of risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement. At June 30, 2017, net unrealized appreciation of the protection sold was $49,581.

CDS contracts may involve greater risks than if the Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly. CDS contracts are subject to general market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk, either as the seller of protection or the buyer of protection, is the fair value of the contract. This risk is mitigated by (1) for bilateral swap contracts, having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty, and (2) for cleared swaps, trading these instruments through a central counterparty.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund used swap contracts to gain exposure to certain securities or markets.

Swaps Generally–The value of open swaps may differ from that which would be realized in the event the Fund terminated its position in the agreement. Risks of entering into these contracts include the potential inability of the counterparty to meet the terms of the contracts. This type of risk is generally limited to the amount of favorable movement in the value of the underlying security, instrument or basket of instruments, if any, at the day of default. Risks also arise from potential losses from adverse market movements and such losses could exceed the unrealized amounts shown on the Schedule of Investments.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:

    

Asset Derivatives

  

Liabilities Derivatives

 
    

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value   

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location

   Fair Value  

Futures contracts (Interest rate contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts    $    572,611    Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts      $(2,887,243)  

Swap contracts (Credit contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on credit default swap contracts        49,581    Unrealized depreciation on credit default swap contracts      —    

Swap contracts (Interest rate contracts)

   Unrealized appreciation on interest rate swap contracts    4,405,900    Unrealized depreciation on interest rate swap contracts      —    
     

 

     

 

 

 

Total

      $5,028,092         $(2,887,243)  
     

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

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5. Derivatives (continued)

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
   

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

Futures contracts (Interest rate contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts      $449,644     $(2,005,601)  

Options written (Interest rate contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from options written and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of options written      1,663,739     74,125   

Options purchased (Interest rate contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from options purchased and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of options purchased      (103,616   —   

Swap contracts (Credit contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from swap contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of swap contracts      (4,451   62,406   

Swap contracts (Interest rate contracts)

   Net realized gain (loss) from swap contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of swap contracts         (313,900       (675,127)  

Total

        $1,691,416     $(2,544,197)  

Average Volume of Derivatives–The table below summarizes the average balance of derivative holdings by the Fund for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

     Long Derivative      Short Derivative  
     Volume      Volume  

Futures contracts (average notional value)

   $ 677,776,410      $ 469,372,687  

Options contracts (average notional value)

     28,853        226,595  

CDS contracts (average notional value)*

     —          3,283,200  

Interest rate swap contracts (average notional value)**

     —          136,241,600  

*Long represents buying protection and short represents selling protection.

**Long represents paying floating interest payments and short represents receiving floating interest payments.

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights to help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and foreign currency exchange contracts and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting items and netting provisions in the event of a default or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty derivative financial instrument payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of an ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out) including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative asset and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund had no assets and liabilities subject to offsetting provisions.

6. Credit and Market Risk

Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of

 

LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund–26


LVIP Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

6. Credit and Market Risk (continued)

 

the aggregate market value of securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.

Foreign currency fluctuations or economic or financial instability could cause the value of foreign investments to fluctuate. Foreign currency risk is the risk that the U.S. dollar value of foreign investments may be negatively affected by changes in foreign (non-U.S.) currency rates. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

The Fund invests in high yield fixed income securities, which are securities rated BB or lower by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC or Ba or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, or similarly rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Investments in these higher yielding securities are generally accompanied by a greater degree of credit risk than higher rated securities. Additionally, lower rated securities may be more susceptible to adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than investment-grade securities.

The Fund invests in fixed income securities whose values are derived from an underlying pool of mortgages or consumer loans. The values of these securities are sensitive to changes in economic conditions, including delinquencies and defaults, and may be adversely affected by changes in interest rates and shifts in the market’s perception of issuers. Investors receive principal and interest payments as the underlying mortgages and consumer loans are paid back. Some of these securities are collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”). CMOs are debt securities issued by U.S. government agencies or by financial institutions and other mortgage lenders, which are collateralized by a pool of mortgages held under an indenture. Prepayment of mortgages may shorten the stated maturity of the obligations and can result in a loss of premium, if any has been paid. Certain of these securities may be stripped (securities which provide only the principal or interest feature of the underlying security). The yield to maturity on an interest-only CMO is extremely sensitive not only to changes in prevailing interest rates, but also to the rate of principal payments (including prepayments) on the related underlying mortgage assets. A rapid rate of principal payments may have a material adverse effect on a CMO’s yield to maturity. If the underlying mortgage assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may fail to fully recoup its initial investment in these securities even if the securities are rated in the highest rating categories.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Fund’s Board has delegated to LIAC, the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are illiquid for purposes of the Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Fund’s limit on investment in illiquid securities. Rule 144A securities are identified on the Schedule of Investments.

7. Contractual Obligations

The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Fund’s current financial statement presentation and expects that the Fund will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

9. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no additional material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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Lincoln iShares® Allocation Funds

 

Lincoln iShares® Fixed Income Allocation Fund

 

Lincoln iShares® Global Growth Allocation Fund

 

Lincoln iShares® U.S. Moderate Allocation Fund

 

a series of Lincoln Variable
Insurance Products Trust

 

Semiannual Report

June 30, 2017

  


Lincoln iShares® Allocation Funds

Index

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses      1  
Security Type/Sector Allocations      2  
Statements of Net Assets      3  
Statements of Operations      6  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      7  
Financial Highlights      8  
Notes to Financial Statements      11  
Other Fund Information      15  

 

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also request a copy by calling 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265).

For a free copy of the Funds’ proxy voting procedures and information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, please call 1-800-4LINCOLN (454-6265) or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


Lincoln iShares® Allocation Funds

Disclosure

OF FUND EXPENSES (unaudited)

For the Period January 1, 2017* to June 30, 2017

 

Each Fund sells its shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold each Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. Insurance company separate account beneficial owners incur ongoing costs such as the separate account’s cost of owning shares of a Fund. The ongoing Fund costs incurred by beneficial owners are included in the Expense Analysis tables. The Expense Analysis tables do not include other costs incurred by beneficial owners, such as insurance company separate account fees and variable annuity or variable life contract charges.

As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. Shareholders of other funds may also incur transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. This Expense Analyses are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Expense Analyses are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2017* to June 30, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the tables, “Actual”, provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the tables, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the tables, “Hypothetical”, provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses can not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You can use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. The Funds do not charge transaction fees, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of each table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. The Funds’ actual expenses shown in the tables reflect fee waivers and reimbursements in effect.

Lincoln iShares® Fixed Income Allocation Fund Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

 

    

Beginning

Account

Value

1/1/17

  Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17
 

 

Actual*

       

Standard Class Shares

  $1,000.00     $1,025.00       0.15%       $0.62  

 

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)**

 

 

Standard Class Shares

  $1,000.00     $1,024.05       0.15%       $0.75  

Lincoln iShares® Global Growth Allocation Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

 

    

Beginning

Account

Value

1/1/17

     Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17
 

 

Actual*

        

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00        $1,064.10       0.21%       $0.89  

 

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)**

 

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00        $1,023.75       0.21%       $1.05  

Lincoln iShares® U.S. Moderate Allocation Fund

Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

 

     Beginning
Account
Value
1/1/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid During
Period
1/1/17 to
6/30/17
 

 

Actual*

       

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,047.50       0.19%       $0.80  

 

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)**

 

 

Standard Class Shares

    $1,000.00       $1,023.85       0.19%       $0.95  

 

*

The Fund commenced operations on February 1, 2017. The ending account value for “Actual” uses the performance since inception and is not annualized and the expenses paid during period for “Actual” are equal to a Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 150/365 (to reflect the actual since inception).

** “Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to a Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

Each Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. Each Fund invests substantially all of its assets in Exchange-Traded Funds or other investment companies (“Underlying Funds”). In addition to the Funds’ expenses reflected above, the Funds also indirectly bear their portion of the fees and expenses of the applicable Underlying Funds. The Expense Analysis of an investment in each table above does not reflect the expenses of the Underlying Funds. Financial Statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at www.sec.gov.

 

 

Lincoln iShares® Allocation Funds–1


Lincoln iShares® Allocation Funds

Security Type/Sector Allocations (unaudited)

As of June 30, 2017

    

    

 

Lincoln iShares® Fixed Income Allocation Fund

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Investment Companies

       103.80 %

Fixed Income Funds

       103.59 %

Money Market Fund

       0.21 %

Total Value of Securities

       103.80 %

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

       (3.80 %)

Total Net Assets

       100.00 %

Lincoln iShares® Global Growth Allocation Fund

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Investment Companies

       101.25 %

Equity Funds

       45.06 %

Fixed Income Funds

       28.11 %

International Equity Funds

       27.70 %

Money Market Fund

       0.38 %

Total Value of Securities

       101.25 %

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

       (1.25 %)

Total Net Assets

       100.00 %

Lincoln iShares® U.S. Moderate Allocation Fund

 

Security Type/Sector    Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Investment Companies

       100.62 %

Equity Funds

       64.93 %

Fixed Income Funds

       35.34 %

Money Market Fund

       0.35 %

Total Value of Securities

       100.62 %

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

       (0.62 %)

Total Net Assets

       100.00 %
 

 

Lincoln iShares® Allocation Funds–2


Lincoln iShares® Fixed Income Allocation Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

    

    

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

  INVESTMENT COMPANIES–103.80%

 

  Fixed Income Funds–103.59%

 

  iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

     57      $       4,816  

  iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

     437        47,856  

  iShares Core U.S. Credit Bond ETF

     126        14,072  

  iShares Core U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

     548        13,842  

  iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     35        3,093  

  iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

     68        8,195  

  iShares MBS ETF

     134        14,306  
     

 

 

 
        106,180  
     

 

 

 

 

     Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES (continued)

 

Money Market Fund–0.21%

     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

     209      $ 209  
     

 

 

 
        209  
     

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(Cost $104,763)

             106,389  
     

 

 

 
 

 

    TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–103.80% (Cost $104,763)

     106,389  

«LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(3.80%)

     (3,891
  

 

 

 

    NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 10,000 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%.

   $     102,498  
  

 

 

 

    NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LINCOLN iSHARES® FIXED INCOME ALLOCATION FUND STANDARD CLASS ($102,498 / 10,000 Shares)

     $10.250  

 

    COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

    Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $     100,000  

    Undistributed net investment income

     811  

    Accumulated net realized gain on investments.

     61  

    Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     1,626  
  

 

 

 

    TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $     102,498  
  

 

 

 

 

 

«

Includes $4,465 expense reimbursement receivable from manager and $51 payable to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

Summary of Abbreviations:

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

MBS–Mortgage-Backed Security

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

Lincoln iShares® Allocation Funds–3


Lincoln iShares® Global Growth Allocation Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

    

    

 

 

    Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

    INVESTMENT COMPANIES–101.25%

 

    Equity Funds–45.06%

    

    iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

    217      $      52,820  

    iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

    62        10,785  

    iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

    132        9,255  

    iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA ETF

    394        19,278  

    iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF

    12        1,067  
    

 

 

 
       93,205  
    

 

 

 

    Fixed Income Funds–28.11%

    

    iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

    291        31,867  

    iShares Core U.S. Credit Bond ETF

    114        12,732  

    iShares Core U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

    169        4,269  

    iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

    35        3,094  

    iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

    16        1,928  

    iShares MBS ETF

    40        4,270  
    

 

 

 
       58,160  
    

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES (continued)

 

International Equity Funds–27.70%

 

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

    707      $      43,049  

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

    285        14,261  
    

 

 

 
       57,310  
    

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–0.38%

    

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

    784        784  
    

 

 

 
       784  
    

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(Cost $204,183)

       209,459  
    

 

 

 
 

 

    TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–101.25% (Cost $204,183)

     209,459  

«LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(1.25%)

     (2,585
  

 

 

 

    NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 19,442 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%.

   $      206,874  
  

 

 

 

    NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LINCOLN iSHARES® GLOBAL GROWTH ALLOCATION FUND STANDARD CLASS
($206,874 / 19,442 Shares)

     $10.641  
  

 

 

 

    COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

    Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $      199,938  

    Undistributed net investment income

     1,626  

    Accumulated net realized gain on investments

     34  

    Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     5,276  
  

 

 

 

    TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $      206,874  
  

 

 

 

 

 

«

Includes $393 payable for securities purchased, $6,514 expense reimbursement receivable from manager, and $72 due to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

Summary of Abbreviations:

EAFE–Europe Australasia Far East

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

MBS–Mortgage-Backed Securities

MSCI–Morgan Stanley Capital International

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

Lincoln iShares® Allocation Funds–4


Lincoln iShares® U.S. Moderate Allocation Fund

Statement of Net Assets

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

    

    

 

 

    Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

    INVESTMENT COMPANIES–100.62%

 

    Equity Funds–64.93%

    

    iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

    1,432      $      348,563  

    iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

    609        105,936  

    iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

    295        20,682  

    iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA ETF

    1,455        71,193  

    iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF

    116        10,311  
    

 

 

 
       556,685  
    

 

 

 

    Fixed Income Funds–35.34%

    

    iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

    127        10,730  

    iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

    1,575        172,478  

    iShares Core U.S. Credit Bond ETF

    289        32,276  

    iShares Core U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

    1,171        29,579  

    iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

    195        17,236  
    Number of
Shares
    

Value

(U.S. $)

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES (continued)

 

  

Fixed Income Funds (continued)

    

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

    105      $       12,654  

iShares MBS ETF

    263        28,078  
    

 

 

 
       303,031  
    

 

 

 

Money Market Fund–0.35%

    

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.86%)

    3,029        3,029  
    

 

 

 
       3,029  
    

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(Cost $858,014)

       862,745  
    

 

 

 
 

 

    TOTAL VALUE OF SECURITIES–100.62% (Cost $858,014)

     862,745  

«LIABILITIES NET OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS–(0.62%)

     (5,325
  

 

 

 

    NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO 81,854 SHARES OUTSTANDING–100.00%.

   $      857,420  
  

 

 

 

    NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE–LINCOLN iSHARES® U.S. MODERATE ALLOCATION FUND STANDARD CLASS
($857,420 / 81,854 Shares)

   $ 10.475  
  

 

 

 

    COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS AT JUNE 30, 2017:

  

    Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization–no par)

   $      849,567  

    Undistributed net investment income

     3,199  

    Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (77

    Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     4,731  
  

 

 

 

    TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $      857,420  
  

 

 

 

 

 

«

Includes $1,399 payable for securities purchased, $31 payable for fund shares redeemed, $4,469 expense reimbursement receivable from manager, and $112 due to manager and affiliates as of June 30, 2017.

Summary of Abbreviations:

ETF–Exchange-Traded Fund

MBS–Mortgage-Backed Security

MSCI–Morgan Stanley Capital International

S&P–Standard & Poor’s

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

Lincoln iShares® Allocation Funds–5


Lincoln iShares® Allocation Funds

Statements of Operations

February 1, 2017* to June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

    

    

 

     Lincoln iShares®
Fixed Income
Allocation Fund
    Lincoln iShares®
Global Growth
Allocation Fund
    Lincoln iShares®
U.S. Moderate
Allocation Fund
 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

      

Dividends

   $ 873     $ 1,736     $ 3,383  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

      

Accounting and administration expenses

     12,500       12,500       12,500  

Professional fees

     8,764       10,660       8,765  

Reports and statements to shareholders

     2,312       2,805       2,332  

Custodian fees

     380       381       384  

Management fees

     104       127       238  

Pricing fees

     11       17       16  

Shareholder servicing fees

     5       8       21  

Other

     356       505       360  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     24,432       27,003       24,616  

Less:

      

Management fees waived

     (83     (61     (143

Expenses reimbursed

     (24,287     (26,832     (24,289
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     62       110       184  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

     811       1,626       3,199  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

      

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     61       34       (77

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     1,626       5,276       4,731  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN

     1,687       5,310       4,654  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 2,498     $ 6,936     $ 7,853  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

*Date of commencement of operations.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

Lincoln iShares® Allocation Funds–6


Lincoln iShares® Allocation Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

February 1, 2017* to June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

    

    

 

     Lincoln iShares®
Fixed Income
Allocation Fund
     Lincoln iShares®
Global Growth
Allocation Fund
    Lincoln iShares®
U.S. Moderate
Allocation Fund
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

       

Net investment income.

   $ 811      $ 1,626     $ 3,199  

Net realized gain (loss)

     61        34       (77

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     1,626        5,276       4,731  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     2,498        6,936       7,853  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

       

Proceeds from shares sold:

       

  Standard Class.

     100,000        200,000       853,929  

Cost of shares redeemed:

       

  Standard Class.

            (62     (4,362
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     100,000        199,938       849,567  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     102,498        206,874       857,420  

NET ASSETS:

       

Beginning of period

                   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period.

   $ 102,498      $ 206,874     $ 857,420  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

   $ 811      $ 1,626     $ 3,199  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

*Date of commencement of operations.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Lincoln iShares® Fixed Income Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights

    

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout the period was as follows:

 

     Lincoln iShares®
Fixed Income
Allocation Fund
Standard Class
2/1/171

to
6/30/17
(unaudited)

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $10.000  

Income from investment operations:

  

Net investment income2

     0.081  

Net realized and unrealized gain

     0.169  
  

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.250  
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $10.250  
  

 

 

 

Total return3

     2.50

Ratios and supplemental data:

  

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $     102  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

     0.15

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

     58.63

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

     1.95

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     (56.53 %) 

Portfolio turnover

     6

 

1 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver and expenses reimbursed by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver and expense reimbursement not been in effect.

4 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Lincoln iShares® Global Growth Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights

    

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout the period were as follows:

 

     Lincoln iShares®
Global Growth
Allocation Fund
Standard Class
2/1/171

to
6/30/17
(unaudited)

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $10.000  

Income from investment operations:

  

Net investment income2

     0.136  

Net realized and unrealized gain

     0.505  
  

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.641  
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $10.641  
  

 

 

 

Total return3

     6.41

Ratios and supplemental data:

  

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

     $     207  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

     0.21

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

     52.72

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets.

     3.17

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     (49.34 %) 

Portfolio turnover

     6

 

1 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver and expenses reimbursed by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver and expense reimbursement not been in effect.

4 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Lincoln iShares® U.S. Moderate Allocation Fund

Financial Highlights

 

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout the period were as follows:

 

     Lincoln iShares®
U.S. Moderate
Allocation Fund
Standard Class
2/1/171

to
6/30/17
(unaudited)

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 10.000  

Income from investment operations:

  

Net investment income2

     0.140  

Net realized and unrealized gain

     0.335  
  

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.475  
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 10.475  
  

 

 

 

Total return3

     4.75

Ratios and supplemental data:

  

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

   $      857  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets4

     0.19

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed4

     25.28

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

     3.29

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets prior to expenses waived/reimbursed

     (21.80 %) 

Portfolio turnover

     11

 

1 

Date of commencement of operations; ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.

2 

The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.

3 

Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return reflects a waiver and expenses reimbursed by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver and expense reimbursement not been in effect.

4 

Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Lincoln iShares® Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (“LVIP” or the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust consists of 92 series, each of which is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and for other purposes. A shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to the Lincoln iShares® Fixed Income Allocation Fund, Lincoln iShares® Global Growth Allocation Fund and Lincoln iShares® U.S. Moderate Allocation Fund (each, a “Fund”, and collectively, the “Funds”). The financial statements of the Trust’s other series are included in separate reports to their shareholders. The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Funds are non-diversified management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act. The Funds sell their shares directly or indirectly to The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”). Lincoln Life and LNY hold each Fund’s shares in separate accounts that support various variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.

Each Fund operates under a fund of funds structure and invests substantially all of its assets in Exchange-Traded Funds (“ETFs”) or financial instruments that provide exposure to such underlying ETFs or other investment companies (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”). The Underlying Funds invest in U.S. and foreign stocks, bonds and money market instruments. The underlying ETFs will primarily be BlackRock iShares ETFs.

Financial statements for the Underlying Funds can be found at http://www.sec.gov.

The investment objective of the Lincoln iShares® Fixed Income Allocation Fund is to maximize total return, consistent with prudent investment management and liquidity needs.

The investment objective of the Lincoln iShares® Global Growth Allocation Fund and the Lincoln iShares® U.S. Moderate Allocation Fund is to seek long-term capital appreciation.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

Each Fund is an investment company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Therefore, each Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidelines for investment companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are consistently followed by the Funds.

Security Valuation–ETFs, except those traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on the valuation date. ETFs traded on Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sales price. If on a particular day an ETF does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices is used, which approximates fair value. The Funds value Underlying Funds that are open-end funds at their published net asset value (“NAV”), computed as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE on days when the NYSE is open. Investments in government money market funds have a stable NAV. Securities of each open-end Underlying Fund are valued under the valuation policy of such Underlying Fund. For information regarding the determination of the Underlying Funds’ NAVs, see the Underlying Funds’ prospectuses and statements of additional information.

Federal Income Taxes–No provision for federal income taxes has been made because each Fund intends to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Funds evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing each Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the tax positions to be taken on each Fund’s federal income tax return through the period ended June 30, 2017, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. If applicable, each Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the Statements of Operations. During the period February 1, 2017* through June 30, 2017, the Funds did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Use of Estimates–The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other–Expenses common to all series of the Trust are allocated to each series based on their relative net assets. Expenses exclusive to a specific series of the Trust are charged directly to the applicable series. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (i.e., the trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Income and capital gain distributions from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Funds declare and distribute dividends from net investment income, if any, semi-annually. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

Lincoln iShares® Allocation Funds–11


Lincoln iShares® Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

The Funds may receive earnings credits from their custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custodian fees. There were no earnings credits for the period February 1, 2017* through June 30, 2017.

 

* Date of commencement of operations.

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates

Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. LIAC is responsible for overall management of the Funds’ investment portfolios, including monitoring of the Funds’ investment sub-adviser, and providing certain administrative services to the Funds. For its services, LIAC receives a management fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each Fund. This fee is calculated daily and paid monthly. This fee is in addition to the management fee indirectly paid to the investment advisers of the Underlying Funds (including LIAC).

LIAC has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee for each Fund. The agreements will continue at least through April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and LIAC. The waiver amounts as a percentage of each Fund’s average daily net assets are as follows:

 

Lincoln iShares®

Fixed Income

Allocation Fund

   Lincoln iShares®
Global Growth
Allocation Fund
  Lincoln iShares®
U.S. Moderate
Allocation Fund
0.20%    0.12%   0.15%

LIAC has also contractually agreed to reimburse each Fund to the extent that the Fund’s annual operating expenses (excluding Underlying Fund fees and expenses) exceed certain expense limits. The agreements will continue through at least April 30, 2018, and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Board and LIAC. The expense limits as a percentage of each Fund’s average daily net assets are as follows:

 

Lincoln iShares®

Fixed Income

Allocation Fund

   Lincoln iShares®
Global Growth
Allocation Fund
  Lincoln iShares®
U.S. Moderate
Allocation Fund
0.15%    0.20%1   0.19%2

1Prior to May 1, 2017, the expense limit as a percentage of Lincoln iShares® Global Growth Allocation Fund was 0.23%.

2Prior to May 1, 2017, the expense limit as a percentage of Lincoln iShares® U.S. Moderate Allocation Fund was 0.20%.

BlackRock Investment Management LLC (“BlackRock”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of each Fund’s investment portfolio. For these services, LIAC, not the Funds, pay BlackRock a fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Lincoln Life also provides certain contractholder and additional corporate services to the Funds. Effective May 1, 2017, the Funds pay Lincoln Life a fee for such services at an annual rate of 0.029% of each Fund’s average daily net assets, calculated daily and paid monthly. The fee is included in “Shareholder servicing fees” on the Statements of Operations.

Lincoln Life also prints and mails Fund documents on behalf of the Funds. The cost of these services is included in “Reports and statements to shareholders” on the Statements of Operations. The fees are calculated daily and paid annually. The Funds reimburse Lincoln Life for the cost of these services. For the period February 1, 2017* through June 30, 2017, these fees were as follows:

 

     Lincoln iShares®
Fixed Income
Allocation Fund
     Lincoln iShares®
Global Growth
Allocation Fund
     Lincoln iShares®
U.S. Moderate
Allocation Fund
 

Printing and mailing fees

     $45        $45        $45  

In addition to the management fees and other expenses reflected on the Statements of Operations, the Funds indirectly bear the investment management fees and other expenses of the Underlying Funds and ETFs in which they invest. Because each of the Underlying Funds and ETFs has varied expense and fee levels, and the Funds may own different amounts of shares of these Underlying Funds and ETFs at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly will vary.

 

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Lincoln iShares® Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

2. Management Fees and Other Transactions With Affiliates (continued)

 

At June 30, 2017, the Funds had expense reimbursement receivable from and liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:

 

     Lincoln iShares®
Fixed Income
Allocation Fund
     Lincoln iShares®
Global Growth
Allocation Fund
     Lincoln iShares®
U.S. Moderate
Allocation Fund
 

Expense reimbursement receivable from LIAC

     $4,465              $6,514              $4,469        

Management fees payable to LIAC

     4              22              52        

Shareholder servicing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     2              5              15        

Printing and mailing fees payable to Lincoln Life

     45              45              45        

Certain officers and trustees of the Funds are also officers or directors of Lincoln Life and its affiliates and receive no compensation from the Fund. The Fund pays compensation to unaffiliated trustees.

At June 30, 2017, Lincoln Life directly owned 100.00% of Lincoln iShares® Fixed Income Allocation Fund and 51.44% of Lincoln iShares® Global Growth Allocation Fund.

 

* Date of commencement of operations.

3. Investments

For the period February 1, 2017* through June 30, 2017, the Funds made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

     Lincoln iShares®
Fixed Income
Allocation Fund
     Lincoln iShares®
Global Growth
Allocation Fund
     Lincoln iShares®
U.S. Moderate
Allocation Fund
 

Purchases

     $110,554              $224,915              $871,244        

Sales

     6,061              21,549              16,182        

At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2017, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for each Fund were as follows:

 

     Lincoln iShares®
Fixed Income
Allocation Fund
     Lincoln iShares®
Global Growth
Allocation Fund
     Lincoln iShares®
U.S. Moderate
Allocation Fund
 

Cost of investments

     $104,763            $204,183            $858,014      

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation

  

 

 

 

$    1,626    

 

 

  

 

 

 

$    5,276    

 

 

  

 

 

 

$    4,861    

 

 

Aggregate unrealized depreciation

                —                       —                   (130)     

Net unrealized appreciation

     $    1,626            $    5,276            $    4,731      

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

Level 1–

 

inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2–

 

other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)

Level 3–

 

inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., indicative quotes from brokers, fair valued securities)

 

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Lincoln iShares® Allocation Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

    

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

 

Level 1

   Lincoln iShares®
Fixed Income
Allocation Fund
     Lincoln iShares®
Global Growth
Allocation Fund
     Lincoln iShares®
U.S. Moderate
Allocation Fund
 

Investments:

        

Assets:

        

Investment Companies

     $106,389              $209,459              $862,745        

There were no Level 3 investments at the end of the period.

During the period February 1, 2017* through June 30, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments. Each Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred.

 

* Date of commencement of operations.

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Lincoln iShares®
Fixed Income
Allocation Fund
     Lincoln iShares®
Global Growth
Allocation Fund
     Lincoln iShares®
U.S. Moderate
Allocation Fund
 
     2/1/17*
to
6/30/17
     2/1/17*
to
6/30/17
     2/1/17*
to
6/30/17
 

Shares sold:

        

Standard Class

     10,000              19,448              82,269        

Shares redeemed:

        

Standard Class

            —                     (6)                (415)       

 

Net increase

     10,000              19,442              81,854        

 

* Date of commencement of operations.

5. Contractual Obligations

The Funds enter into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Funds’ existing contracts and expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

6. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments. Although it is still evaluating the impact of the Rule, management believes that many of the Regulation S-X amendments are materially consistent with the Funds’ current financial statement presentation and expects that the Funds will comply with the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments by the August 1, 2017 compliance date.

7. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.

 

Lincoln iShares® Allocation Funds–14


Lincoln iShares® Allocation Funds

Other Fund Information (unaudited)

    

 

Approval of Investment Management and Subadvisory Agreements

On June 6 and September 12-13, 2016, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust (the “Trust”) met to consider, among other things, (i) the approval of the investment management agreement between the Trust and Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”) and (ii) the approval of the sub-advisory agreement with BlackRock Investment Management LLC (“BlackRock”) (collectively, with the investment management agreement, the “Advisory Agreements”) for three new series of the Trust (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”). The trustees of the Trust who are not “interested persons” (as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) (the “Independent Trustees”) reported that they had reviewed materials provided by LIAC, Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”) and BlackRock prior to and during the meetings, and had reviewed a memorandum from their independent legal counsel that advised them of their fiduciary duties pertaining to approval of investment management and sub-advisory agreements and the factors that they should consider in evaluating such agreements. Among other information, LIAC, Lincoln Life and BlackRock provided information to assist the Independent Trustees in assessing the nature, extent and quality of services to be provided, including an in-person presentation by representatives of BlackRock, information comparing the management fee and estimated operating expense ratio of each Fund to peer groups, information about estimated profitability and/or financial condition and compliance and regulatory matters. The Board noted that LIAC and BlackRock provided services to other funds in the Trust. After reviewing the information received, the Independent Trustees requested supplemental information and LIAC provided materials in response. The Board determined that, given the totality of the information provided with respect to the Advisory Agreements, the Board had received sufficient information to approve the Advisory Agreements. The Independent Trustees and their independent legal counsel met separately from the “interested” trustee, Trust officers and employees of Lincoln Life, LIAC and BlackRock to consider the approval of the Advisory Agreements.

Based upon its review, the Board concluded that it was in the best interests of each Fund that the Advisory Agreements be approved. In considering the approval of the Advisory Agreements, the Board did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all-important or controlling, and considered a variety of factors in its analysis including those discussed below. The Board did not allot a particular weight to any one factor or group of factors.

Investment Management Agreement

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. In considering the approval of the investment management agreement with LIAC, the Board considered the nature, extent and quality of services expected to be provided to each Fund by LIAC, including LIAC personnel and resources and LIAC’s criteria for review of a sub-adviser’s performance. The Board considered that LIAC provided investment management services to the other funds in the Trust. The Board reviewed the services provided by LIAC in serving as investment adviser, including the backgrounds of the personnel providing the investment management services and compliance staff. The Board also considered that certain Lincoln Life personnel provide services to the other funds in the Trust on behalf of LIAC and that Lincoln Life was proposed to provide administrative services to each Fund under a separate administration agreement. The Board concluded that the services provided by LIAC were expected to be satisfactory.

Performance. With respect to performance, the Board considered that the Funds had not commenced operations.

Management Fee. The Board reviewed each Fund’s investment management fee and estimated expense ratio and reviewed information comparing the investment management fee and expense ratio to those of a US Insurance Fund peer group for each Fund provided by LIAC based on information from Morningstar.

The Board noted that the investment management fee for each Fund was below the median investment management fee of its respective peer group. The Board also considered that each Fund’s estimated operating expense ratio for standard class shares giving effect to the proposed advisory fee waiver and expense limitation was lower than the median expense ratio of its respective peer group. In light of the nature, quality and extent of services to be provided by LIAC, including sub-adviser oversight, the Board concluded that each Fund’s investment management fee was reasonable.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect a reasonable sharing of such economies of scale for the benefit of Fund investors. The Board considered that the Funds had not commenced operations and that LIAC proposed an advisory fee waiver for each Fund and an expense limitation for each Fund‘s standard class shares through April 30, 2018 and concluded that economies of scale were appropriately shared with investors.

Profitability. The Board also reviewed the estimated profitability analysis to LIAC with respect to each Fund and concluded that the estimated profitability of LIAC in connection with the management of the each Fund was not unreasonable.

Fallout Benefits. Because of its relationship with the Funds, LIAC and its affiliates may receive certain benefits. The Board considered materials previously provided as to any such benefits to LIAC and its affiliates. Lincoln Life serves as the administrator for the Funds for which it is separately reimbursed. The Board also noted that Lincoln Life and its affiliated insurance companies (“Lincoln Insurance Companies”) may be eligible to claim on their tax returns dividends received deductions in connection with dividends received from LVIP Funds by the Lincoln Insurance Companies holding Fund shares on behalf of contract holders.

 

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Lincoln iShares® Allocation Funds

Other Fund Information (unaudited) (continued)

    

 

BlackRock Sub-Advisory Agreement

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. In considering the approval of the sub-advisory agreement between LIAC and BlackRock with respect to each Fund, the Board considered the nature, extent and quality of day-to-day investment management services to be provided by BlackRock under the sub-advisory agreement. The Board considered that BlackRock provided sub-advisory services to other funds in the Trust. The Board reviewed the services to be provided by BlackRock, BlackRock’s expertise with exchange traded funds and the reputation, resources and investment approach of BlackRock. They also reviewed information provided regarding the structure of portfolio manager compensation, trading and brokerage practices, soft dollar usage, risk management and compliance and regulatory matters. The Board concluded that the services to be provided by BlackRock were expected to be satisfactory.

Performance. With respect to performance, the Board considered that the Funds had not commenced operations.

Sub-Advisory Fee and Economies of Scale. The Board reviewed the proposed sub-advisory fee schedule and considered that the sub-advisory fee schedule was negotiated between LIAC and BlackRock, an unaffiliated third party and that LIAC would compensate BlackRock from its fees. The Board concluded that the proposed subadvisory fee was reasonable.

Profitability and Fallout Benefits. The Board noted that the sub-advisory fee schedule was negotiated between LIAC and BlackRock, an unaffiliated third party, and that LIAC would compensate BlackRock from its fees. The Board reviewed materials provided by BlackRock as to any additional benefits it receives and noted that BlackRock stated that the engagement raises its profile in the broker-dealer community, may increase analyst coverage and sales of BlackRock proprietary funds and that research may be obtained with soft dollars, which may be used to manage other accounts.

Conclusion. Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board determined that the terms of the Advisory Agreements for each Fund are fair and reasonable, and that approval of the Advisory Agreements is in the best interests of each Fund.

 

Lincoln iShares® Allocation Funds–16


Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Investments.

 

(a)

Schedule of Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the reporting period is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.

 

(b)

Not applicable.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.


Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Not applicable.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)

The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

 

(b)

There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))) that occurred during the registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Exhibits.

 

(a)(1)  

Not applicable.

(a)(2)  

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.

(a)(3)  

Not applicable.

(b)  

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(Registrant)                                  Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust                                                        

By (Signature and Title)*            /s/ Jayson Bronchetti                                                                                 

           Jayson Bronchetti, President

           (principal executive officer)

Date                                 8/21/17                                                                                                                  

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By (Signature and Title)*             /s/ Jayson Bronchetti                                                                                          

            Jayson Bronchetti, President

            (principal executive officer)

Date                                 8/21/17                                                                                                                  

By (Signature and Title)*             /s/ William P. Flory, Jr.                                                                                 

            William P. Flory, Jr., Chief Accounting Officer

            (principal financial officer)

Date                                 8/21/17                                                                                                                       

 

* 

Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.